The United States Bureau of Fiscal Service said in its Monthly Treasury Statement on Wednesday that the country's budget deficit amounted to $21.3 billion in December.
Total receipts for the country were $486.7 billion with the majority of them coming from individual income taxes followed by social insurance and retirement receipts, while total monthly outlays climbed to $508 billion, with social security and health accounting for the majority of them, closely followed by income security and national defense outlays.
For the year-to-date figures, the budget deficit narrowed to $377.7 billion.
