美国是世界上最大的经济发达国家，在预算管理方面有一套比较系统、规范的机制和方法。特别是１９９２年克林顿政府上台以来，在美国经济强势的大背景下，财政赤字逐年减少，１９９８年联邦总预算已经出现盈余６９２亿美元，其中一般预算（相当于预算内）赤字２９９亿美元，基 The United States, the largest economically developed country in the world, has a set of more systematic and standardized mechanisms and methods in budget management. Especially since the Clinton administration came into power in 1992, the fiscal deficit has been declining year by year under the backdrop of the economic strength of the United States. In 1998, the federal budget had surpluses of 69.2 billion U.S. dollars, of which the general budget (equivalent to the budget) deficit was 29.9 billion U.S. dollars.