US-Haushaltsdefizit schießt im Mai auf Rekordhöhe: 316 Milliarden Dollar Loch im Budget

Die USA haben im Mai 2025 das drittgrößte monatliche Haushaltsdefizit ihrer Geschichte verzeichnet – satte 316 Milliarden Dollar. Ein Alarmsignal für die Wirtschaft oder nur Business as usual in Washington?

Fette Jahre, magere Jahre – die Regierung gibt einfach weiter. Während normale Bürger jeden Cent zweimal umdrehen, wirft der Staat mit Billionen nur so um sich. Aber hey, wer braucht schon eine ausgeglichene Bilanz, wenn man die Notenpresse anwerfen kann?

Krypto-Enthusiasten sehen darin übrigens nur weitere Bestätigung: Während Fiat-Währungen an Wert verlieren, bleibt Bitcoin das harteste Geld der Geschichte. Food for thought für alle, die noch an das alte System glauben.

Budget pressures persist as Trump’s tariff move fuels yield   

On the surface, the U.S. isn’t facing a revenue problem. Tax receipts rose 15% in May, and they’re 6% higher than they were a year ago. But spending went up too, by 2% on the month, and 8% on the year. Even tariffs helped: the government collected $23 billion from customs duties in May, jumping from just $6 billion a year earlier.

Over the year, tariffs have pulled in $86 billion, a 59% increase. Still not enough.

One reason things are tight is because yields are still high. After sliding last summer, they began rising again, even with the Federal Reserve cutting rates. Then came President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff announcement on April 2, which pushed yields higher again. The 10-year Treasury yield now sits at about 4.4%, nearly flat from last year but still painfully high when you’re borrowing trillions.

Warnings are also coming from Wall Street. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Larry Fink, who runs BlackRock, and RAY Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, have all raised concerns in recent weeks about the risks of piling debt. The deficit now makes up more than 6% of U.S. GDP, a figure almost never seen outside of wartime.

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