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Accessible version of figures presented with the Annual Report: Budget Review 2009

Chart 1.1 - Distribution of Budgeted Expenses of the Federal Reserve System, 2009

  Percent
Reserve Banks 76
Board of Governors 9
Currency 15

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Chart 1.2 - Total Expenses of the Federal Reserve System, 2000-2009

Billions of dollars
Year Current dollars 2000 dollars1
2000 2.927 2.927
2001 3.001 2.984
2002 3.192 3.071
2003 3.379 3.184
2004 3.298 3.030
2005 2.365 2.995
2006 3.561 3.054
2007 3.883 3.262
2008 3.872 8.172
2009 4.084 3.270

Note: Expenses for 2007 have been restated so that all years include Office of Inspector General expenses and extraordinary items. For all years, includes the costs of new currency. For 2009, budgeted.

1. Calculated with the GDP price deflator. Return to table

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Chart 1.3 - Cumulative Change in Federal Reserve System Expenses and Federal Government Expenses, 2000-2009

Percent
Year Federal
government1
Federal
Reserve2
2000 0.0 0.0
2001 7.3 2.6
2002 20.5 9.1
2003 31.4 15.5
2004 38.0 12.7
2005 48.4 15.0
2006 21.7 65.3
2007 59.7 32.7
2008 59.7 32.3
2009 69.1 39.6

Note: For 2009, budgeted.

1. Discretionary spending less expenditures on defense. Source: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009: Historical Tables, Table 8.1. Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category, 1962-2013. Return to table

2. Includes the cost of new currency and Office of Inspector General expenses and extraordinary items. Return to table

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Chart 1.4 - Employment in the Federal Reserve System, 2000-2009

Year Number
2000 24,871
2001 24,908
2002 24,720
2003 23,737
2004 22,680
2005 21,789
2006 21,691
2007 21,575
2008 20,745
2009 20,018

Note: For 2009, budgeted.

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Chart 4.1 - Federal Reserve Costs for New Currency, 1997-2009

Millions of dollars
Year Costs for New Currency
1997 367
1998 408
1999 487
2000 456
2001 344
2002 430
2003 514
2004 514
2005 497
2006 489
2007 576
2008 500
2009 631

Note: For 2009, budgeted.

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