The US government is currently running the largest fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP since before the pandemic, and historically, it has been the largest in over 50 years.
"out of the last 50 plus years the United States government ran its largest fiscal deficit that we've ever seen by a long sha and even today even though our deficit has been reduced now in 2023 on a percentage of GDP basis compared to pre pandemic we're still running the largest deficit we've ever seen since before the pandemic"