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U.S. government - budget surplus by quarter 2018

Budget surplus of the U.S. government from 2011 to 2018, by quarter (Figures expressed in trillions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the total net lending or borrowing of the United States government from 2011 to 2018 by quarter. In the last quarter of 2018, the U.S. government's budget balance amounted to a net lending of about 1.13 trillion USD.

Q1 '11 -1.64
Q2 '11 -1.73
Q3 '11 -1.66
Q4 '11 -1.64
Q1 '12 -1.49
Q2 '12 -1.47
Q3 '12 -1.42
Q4 '12 -1.4
Q1 '13 -1.07
Q2 '13 -0.79
Q3 '13 -0.99
Q4 '13 -0.81
Q1 '14 -0.83
Q2 '14 -0.84
Q3 '14 -0.86
Q4 '14 -0.87
Q1 '15 -0.77
Q2 '15 -0.72
Q3 '15 -0.9
Q4 '15 -0.74
Q1 '16 -0.95
Q2 '16 -0.92
Q3 '16 -0.91
Q4 '16 -0.95
Q1 '17 -0.91
Q2 '17 -0.92
Q3 '17 -0.93
Q4 '17 0.02
Q1 '18 -1.13