The United States announced a significant increase in the country's budget deficit in June

It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to management information.

It is specified that the increase in costs is associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

The corresponding report also states that for the nine months of fiscal year 2018-2019 (October 2018 - June 2019) the budget deficit was $ 747 billion, while this figure for the nine months of fiscal year 2020 amounted to $ 2.7 trillion.

It was previously reported that since the beginning of 2020, US government debt has grown by almost $ 3 trillion and for the first time in history exceeded the mark of $ 26 trillion.