It takes NZ 8 months to carve out a half-day’s deficit in the US

• NZ budget deficit NZ$395m wider than expected
• Tax revenue NZ$825m less than forecast
• Deficit of NZ$5.53 billion in the 8 months up to March

Such ridiculously small numbers. Adjusted for FX values, the deficit of the entire 8 month period is roughly equivalent to half of one day in the US’s $230B deficit in the month of February.