Treasury budget reports show the difference between the total receipts and outlays of the US government. This difference is either a deficit (if income is lower than spending) or a surplus (when income exceeds spending). The reports are released monthly by the US Department of the Treasury; usually, on the 8th day of the next month. It is an important fundamental indicator because the deficit of the US budget should be covered by borrowing, which creates additional dollar supply. A bigger deficit or a smaller surplus usually have a negative effect on the USD. A better-than-expected difference helps the US currency to rise. You can read our reports on the treasury budget deficit/surplus values released to the public since 2007 in the posts below.
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2020
- EUR/USD Rises After ECB Expands Stimulus Within Expectations
- EUR/USD Gains Despite Falling US Jobless Claims
- EUR/USD Trades Above Opening Despite Positive Surprise from CPI
- EUR/USD Gets Support from Positive US Inflation Numbers
- EUR/USD Rises as Optimism Rules Markets on Monday
- EUR/USD Climbs After FOMC Keeps Monetary Policy Accommodative
- EUR/USD Volatile on US CPI, Trump’s Tweet
- EUR/USD Little Changed Ahead of Easter
- EUR/USD Reverses Rally After US CPI Beats Expectations
- EUR/USD Drops on Economic Data, Risk Aversion
- EUR/USD Declines, Bounces Back to Opening Later
2019
- EUR/USD Climbs After FOMC Signals About No Rate Changes in 2020
- EUR/USD Falls, But Losses Small
- EUR/USD Recovers After Falling Intraday
- EUR/USD Volatile After ECB, Decides to Go Higher
- EUR/USD Starts Week with Gains
- EUR/USD Fails to Maintain Rally, Pushed Down by US CPI
- EUR/USD Sinks Despite Slowing US Consumer Inflation
- EUR/USD Rallies After US Inflation Miss
- EUR/USD Settles Slightly Higher Despite ECB & FOMC
- EUR/USD Sinks After Terrible Data in Eurozone
- EUR/USD Falls on US Treasury Yields, Positive US Economic Data
- EUR/USD Slides After Eurozone Industrial Production Contracts
- EUR/USD Drops After US CPI Matches Market Expectations
2018
- EUR/USD Volatile due to ECB Policy Announcement
- EUR/USD Demonstrates Volatile Reaction to US CPI
- EUR/USD Retreats After Rallying Earlier on Tuesday
- EUR/USD Jumps After US Inflation Misses Expectations
- US Sanctions on Turkey Drive EUR/USD Down
- EUR/USD Recovers on Mixed US Data
- EUR/USD Higher Ahead of FOMC Meeting
- EUR/USD Halts Decline After US CPI Misses Expectations
- EUR/USD Stays Above Opening After Hawkish FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Jumps After CPI Report
- EUR/USD Drops After US CPI, Reverses Loss Later
- EUR/USD Rallies on ECB Meeting Account and Poor US Data
2017
- EUR/USD Drops as Traders Wait for FOMC, PPI Shows Stable Growth
- EUR/USD Flat on Uneventful Monday
- EUR/USD Drops After Senate Passes Budget Draft
- EUR/USD Slips After Four Sessions of Gains
- EUR/USD Falls Even as US PPI Misses Forecasts Slightly
- Poor US Fundamentals Drive USD Down, Lower Deficit Does Not Help
- EUR/USD Stable After Mixed US Data
- EUR/USD Little Changed Ahead of FOMC Meeting
- Trump Sacks FBI Director Comey, EUR/USD Retreats
- EUR/USD Surges After Trump Says Dollar Too Strong
- EUR/USD Surges on Talks About Interest Rate Hike from ECB
- EUR/USD Ends Friday Lower
- EUR/USD Rallies for Second Day Following Donald Trump’s Press Conference
2016
- EUR/USD Steady Ahead of Fed Announcement
- EUR/USD Falls as Markets Come to Terms with Trump’s Victory
- EUR/USD Drops on US Data, Fails to Rebound
- EUR/USD Gives Ground During American Session
- EUR/USD Pushes Higher
- EUR/USD Climbs After BoE, Trims Gains Later
- EUR/USD Drops Further
- EUR/USD Bounces for First Time in Six Sessions
- EUR/USD Retreats After IMF Forecast
- EUR/USD Soars After ECB Monetary Announcement
- EUR/USD Goes Higher amid Risk Aversion
- EUR/USD Inches Higher During Wednesday’s Trading
2015
- EUR/USD Corrects After Two-Day Gain
- EUR/USD Reverses Thursday’s Gains
- EUR/USD Halts October’s Rally
- EUR/USD Maintains Rally Ahead of FOMC Week
- EUR/USD Rises on PBoC Actions
- EUR/USD Flat After US Data
- EUR/USD Demonstrates Fragile Rally
- EUR/USD Pushes Higher for Third Straight Session
- EUR/USD Trades Near Opening During Monday’s Session
- EUR/USD Finds Respite After Poor US Data
- EUR/USD Plunges to New Low
- EUR/USD Rises on Back of Dollar Weakness
2014
- EUR/USD Climbs as Traders Flock to Yen
- EUR/USD Gains After Poor Data
- Poor US Data Helps EUR/USD to Gain
- EUR/USD Gains, Ignoring Positive US Data
- EUR/USD Reacts Violently to US Retail Sales
- EUR/USD Sinks, Driven by German Economic Sentiment
- EUR/USD Trickles Down During Quiet Trading
- EUR/USD Loses Ground due to German Economic Sentiment
- EUR/USD Spurred by US Positive Factors
- EUR/USD Retreats from Highest Since 2011
- EUR/USD Down with Eurozone Industrial Production
- EUR/USD Fluctuates After Shocking Employment Report
2013
- EUR/USD Maintains Upward Movement
- EUR/USD Attempts to Recover on US Data, Yellen’s Comments
- EUR/USD Halts Rally as Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Plunge
- EUR/USD Slips for Third Session on US Retail Sales
- EUR/USD Falls Pressed on by Fundamentals
- EUR/USD Rises on Eurozone Industrial Production
- EUR Gains on USD as Europe Wants to Spur Growth
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After Five Sessions of Gains
- EUR/USD Down After Italian Bond Auction
- Portugal’s Record Unemployment Hurts Euro’s Rally
- EUR/USD Extends Rally, Caused by ECB
2012
- EUR/USD Surges as FOMC Expands Asset Purchases
- EUR/USD Gains Following Week of Losses as FOMC Talks About QE
- EUR/USD Up for Second Day
- EUR/USD Soars as Fed Initiates QE3
- EUR/USD Drops, Nearly Erases Losses
- EUR/USD Falls to Two-Year Low
- EUR/USD Pares Losses
- EUR/USD Rises as Situation in Greece Improves
- EUR/USD Climbs as ECB Plans to Buy Spain’s Debt
- EUR/USD Falls as FOMC Refrains from QE, Sees Economic Recovery
- EUR/USD Slips as Greece Doesn’t Receive Rescue
- EUR/USD Climbs as ECB President Sees Signs of Stability
2011
- EUR/USD Extends Slump for Second Day
- EUR/USD Climbs, Fundamentals Still Point to Downside
- G20 Meeting Started, Bolstering EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Rebounds, Helped by Stocks
- EUR/USD Weakens, Strives Higher as US Budget Deficit Grows
- EUR/USD Climbs After Bernanke Speech
- EUR/USD Falls on Better-Than-Expected Fundamentals
- Greece Continues to Threaten Stability of Euro
- EUR/USD Rises as US Trade Balance Deficit Exceeds Forecasts
- EUR/USD Falls as Spain’s Rating Goes Down
- EUR/USD Falls on Lower Jobless Claims & Budget Deficit
- EUR/USD Jumps on Good Outlook for Portugal’s Debt Auction
2010
- EUR/USD Fluctuates, Heading to Weekly Drop
- EUR/USD Near Opening Level After Dropping Previously
- EUR/USD Tumbles Despite More Signals About Easing
- Treasury Budget Deficit Shrinks, EUR/USD Rises
- EUR/USD Drops to Lowest Level Since July 23rd
- EUR/USD Goes Up as Focus of Concerns Shift from E.U. to U.S.
- Euro Outperforms Dollar for Third Day
- Dollar Consolidates on Trade Balance Deficit Growth
- USD Consolidates on Improved Trade Balance
- Dollar Up on Excellent Domestic Data
- EUR/USD Fluctuates on Declining U.S. Optimism
2009
- EUR/USD Falls Slowly, Fundamentals Are Pro Dollar
- EUR/USD Growth Chokes
- EUR/USD Up on Trade Balance Deficit and Fed Decision Expectations
- EUR/USD Continues Consilidation
- EUR/USD Falls Despite U.S. Trade Balance Deficit Gain
- EUR/USD Fails to Break Through Resistance on Global Trade Decline
- EUR/USD Advances Extremely Fast, Ignores Reports
- Trade Balance Deficit Shrinks, Budget Deficit Grows, Dollar Strengthens
- EUR/USD Falls for 3rd Day After Budget and Trade Deficit Reports
2008
- EUR/USD Up as Stock Markets Rally
- U.S. Dollar Weakens on Bad Jobless Data
- Good Trade Balance and Treasury Budget Reports Fail to Stop Correction on EUR/USD
- Dollar Falls on Trade Balace and Budget Deficit Decrease
- USD Rises on Better Fundamentals
- New Record on EUR/USD at 1.5526
- Dollar Steady Even After Trade Balance Deficit Widens