US Treasury Deficit - The US Treasury experienced a significant deficit of $291 billion in July, exceeding economists' expectations of $183 billion [1] - July's deficit was notably higher than the $244 billion deficit recorded in July of the previous year [2] - Increased government spending, reaching an all-time high for July, contributed to the larger deficit, with spending up 10% year-over-year [2] - The fiscal year-to-date deficit stands at $16 trillion, slightly above the level from the same period last year [3] Customs Revenue - The US collected $28 billion in customs revenue last month, a figure that includes more than just tariffs [3] - Customs revenue has increased this year, coinciding with the implementation of tariffs [4] - Year-to-date customs duties collected by the Treasury amount to approximately $115 billion [4] - The actual tariff revenue collected is significantly less than the trillions of dollars often cited [4]

How concerned are clients about these deficits and the big beautiful bill. Like what's the vibe out there in terms of what you're hearing. I think investors are a bit confused um because I think they went into the start of this year with the new administration and whether it was all the conversations around Doge and cutting government spending, the secretary's comments around uh moving to, you know, 3% deficit to GDP ratio, and then they look at the reconciliation bill, and there's a bit of um h how does th ...