U.S. runs $137 billion deficit in November

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
The federal government ran a budget deficit of $137 billion in November, the Treasury Department reported Monday, keeping its finances in the red in the second month of the fiscal year.
The government spent $290 billion in the month and took in $152 billion, pushing the fiscal year-to-date deficit to $236 billion.
For the first two months of the year, the U.S. is running a deficit 19% smaller than it did in the first two months of fiscal 2011.