Share of Americans who see the federal budget deficit as a very big problem budget has fallen since 2018 very % who say the federal budget deficit is a vvery big problem in the country today
In a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 16-22, just under half of U.S. adults (47%) called the deficit “a very big problem” in the country today – down from 55% in the fall of 2018. Over roughly that same period, the deficit grew from $779.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2018 to $2.8 trillion as of the end of July, according to data reported Wednesday by the Treasury Department. (The federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.)
Share of Americans who see the  | federal budget deficit as a very big  | problem budget has fallen since 2018 very  | % who say the federal budget deficit is a vvery  | big problem in the country today  | 53  | 55%  | Sept.  | Sept.  | June  | 2020  | 2018  | 2019  | Source: Survey of U.S adults conducted June 16-22, 2020,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 