The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to home page

Skip to: [Printable Version (PDF)] [Bibliography] [Footnotes]
Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for paper 2010-43

Fiscal Policy in the United States: Automatic Stabilizers, Discretionary Fiscal Policy Actions, and the Economy

Glenn Follette and Byron Lutz

Figure 1: Estimates of GDP Gap and Employment Slack (Quaterly)

Quarter GDP: HEB GDP: ACT GDP: GAP Employment: RU Employment: NAIRU Employment: SLACK
50q1 279.9 275.2 1.68 6.40 5.26 1.14
50q2 284.3 284.5 -0.08 5.60 5.26 0.34
50q3 293.5 301.9 -2.87 4.60 5.27 -0.67
50q4 302.2 313.3 -3.68 4.20 5.28 -1.08
51q1 316.6 329.0 -3.91 3.50 5.29 -1.79
51q2 322.6 336.6 -4.35 3.10 5.31 -2.21
51q3 327.9 343.5 -4.76 3.20 5.32 -2.12
51q4 336.6 347.9 -3.37 3.40 5.34 -1.94
52q1 341.3 351.2 -2.90 3.10 5.36 -2.26
52q2 347.1 352.1 -1.45 3.00 5.37 -2.37
52q3 354.0 358.5 -1.27 3.20 5.38 -2.18
52q4 359.2 371.4 -3.39 2.80 5.38 -2.58
53q1 363.3 378.4 -4.15 2.70 5.37 -2.67
53q2 367.7 382.0 -3.88 2.60 5.37 -2.77
53q3 372.2 381.1 -2.39 2.70 5.37 -2.67
53q4 376.4 375.9 0.14 3.70 5.37 -1.67
54q1 380.9 375.3 1.48 5.30 5.37 -0.07
54q2 384.2 376.0 2.14 5.80 5.37 0.43
54q3 386.5 380.8 1.48 6.00 5.37 0.63
54q4 389.5 389.4 0.02 5.30 5.37 -0.07
55q1 393.6 402.6 -2.28 4.70 5.37 -0.67
55q2 398.5 410.9 -3.10 4.40 5.38 -0.98
55q3 404.2 419.5 -3.77 4.10 5.38 -1.28
55q4 409.8 426.0 -3.95 4.20 5.39 -1.19
56q1 416.9 428.3 -2.73 4.00 5.40 -1.40
56q2 424.1 434.2 -2.37 4.20 5.41 -1.21
56q3 432.3 439.2 -1.59 4.10 5.41 -1.31
56q4 438.4 448.1 -2.21 4.10 5.41 -1.31
57q1 447.0 457.2 -2.28 3.90 5.40 -1.50
57q2 453.9 459.2 -1.16 4.10 5.40 -1.30
57q3 461.3 466.4 -1.10 4.20 5.40 -1.20
57q4 467.7 461.5 1.32 4.90 5.40 -0.50
58q1 475.6 453.9 4.56 6.30 5.40 0.90
58q2 481.6 458.0 4.89 7.40 5.40 2.00
58q3 486.7 471.7 3.08 7.30 5.40 1.90
58q4 491.1 485.0 1.25 6.40 5.40 1.00
59q1 496.9 495.5 0.29 5.80 5.41 0.39
59q2 502.0 508.5 -1.29 5.10 5.42 -0.32
59q3 507.8 509.3 -0.30 5.30 5.43 -0.13
59q4 514.4 513.2 0.23 5.60 5.45 0.15
60q1 520.1 527.0 -1.32 5.10 5.48 -0.38
60q2 527.3 526.2 0.21 5.20 5.49 -0.29
60q3 535.0 529.0 1.13 5.50 5.50 0.00
60q4 542.7 523.7 3.51 6.30 5.51 0.79
61q1 548.9 528.0 3.81 6.80 5.51 1.29
61q2 555.6 539.0 2.98 7.00 5.51 1.49
61q3 562.7 549.5 2.35 6.80 5.51 1.29
61q4 569.9 562.6 1.28 6.20 5.51 0.69
62q1 578.9 576.1 0.49 5.60 5.50 0.10
62q2 586.3 583.2 0.52 5.50 5.50 0.00
62q3 593.8 590.0 0.64 5.60 5.51 0.09
62q4 602.0 593.3 1.44 5.50 5.51 -0.01
63q1 609.9 602.5 1.22 5.80 5.53 0.27
63q2 616.8 611.2 0.91 5.70 5.54 0.16
63q3 624.3 623.9 0.06 5.50 5.55 -0.05
63q4 634.6 633.5 0.18 5.60 5.56 0.04
64q1 643.4 649.6 -0.97 5.50 5.57 -0.07
64q2 652.3 658.9 -1.01 5.20 5.59 -0.39
64q3 662.3 670.5 -1.23 5.00 5.60 -0.60
64q4 672.3 675.6 -0.49 5.00 5.62 -0.62
65q1 682.3 695.7 -1.96 4.90 5.64 -0.74
65q2 692.7 708.2 -2.23 4.70 5.66 -0.96
65q3 703.3 725.2 -3.11 4.40 5.69 -1.29
65q4 715.4 747.5 -4.48 4.10 5.71 -1.61
66q1 727.9 770.8 -5.89 3.90 5.74 -1.84
66q2 743.2 779.9 -4.94 3.80 5.76 -1.96
66q3 758.9 793.2 -4.51 3.80 5.77 -1.97
66q4 774.5 806.9 -4.19 3.70 5.78 -2.08
67q1 787.4 817.8 -3.86 3.80 5.78 -1.98
67q2 801.4 822.3 -2.61 3.80 5.78 -1.98
67q3 817.9 837.0 -2.34 3.80 5.78 -1.98
67q4 836.0 852.7 -2.00 3.90 5.78 -1.88
68q1 854.3 879.8 -2.98 3.70 5.78 -2.08
68q2 873.1 904.1 -3.55 3.60 5.79 -2.19
68q3 890.7 919.3 -3.21 3.50 5.79 -2.29
68q4 912.4 936.2 -2.61 3.40 5.81 -2.41
69q1 931.0 960.9 -3.21 3.40 5.82 -2.42
69q2 952.8 976.1 -2.45 3.40 5.84 -2.44
69q3 975.9 996.3 -2.09 3.60 5.85 -2.25
69q4 997.4 1004.5 -0.71 3.60 5.86 -2.26
70q1 1020.2 1017.1 0.30 4.20 5.88 -1.68
70q2 1043.6 1033.1 1.01 4.80 5.89 -1.09
70q3 1060.4 1050.5 0.93 5.20 5.90 -0.70
70q4 1082.4 1052.7 2.75 5.80 5.91 -0.11
71q1 1107.1 1098.1 0.82 5.90 5.92 -0.02
71q2 1130.3 1118.8 1.02 5.90 5.93 -0.03
71q3 1150.1 1139.1 0.96 6.00 5.95 0.05
71q4 1167.8 1151.4 1.41 5.90 5.97 -0.07
72q1 1195.7 1190.1 0.46 5.80 6.00 -0.20
72q2 1211.6 1225.6 -1.15 5.70 6.02 -0.32
72q3 1232.0 1249.3 -1.40 5.60 6.05 -0.45
72q4 1256.2 1286.6 -2.42 5.40 6.07 -0.67
73q1 1282.9 1335.1 -4.07 4.90 6.10 -1.20
73q2 1315.2 1371.5 -4.28 4.90 6.12 -1.22
73q3 1352.0 1390.7 -2.86 4.80 6.14 -1.34
73q4 1387.4 1431.8 -3.20 4.80 6.15 -1.35
74q1 1429.1 1446.5 -1.22 5.10 6.16 -1.06
74q2 1474.8 1484.8 -0.68 5.20 6.17 -0.97
74q3 1534.9 1513.7 1.38 5.60 6.17 -0.57
74q4 1596.9 1552.8 2.76 6.60 6.17 0.43
75q1 1648.3 1569.4 4.78 8.30 6.17 2.13
75q2 1686.6 1605.0 4.84 8.90 6.17 2.73
75q3 1732.2 1662.5 4.03 8.50 6.17 2.33
75q4 1776.9 1713.9 3.54 8.30 6.18 2.12
76q1 1810.8 1771.9 2.15 7.70 6.19 1.51
76q2 1844.0 1804.2 2.16 7.60 6.20 1.40
76q3 1883.1 1837.7 2.41 7.70 6.20 1.50
76q4 1930.3 1884.5 2.37 7.80 6.21 1.59
77q1 1978.5 1938.5 2.02 7.50 6.22 1.28
77q2 2026.3 2005.2 1.04 7.10 6.23 0.87
77q3 2071.3 2066.0 0.26 6.90 6.24 0.66
77q4 2124.3 2110.8 0.63 6.70 6.25 0.45
78q1 2178.1 2149.1 1.33 6.30 6.26 0.04
78q2 2240.3 2274.7 -1.54 6.00 6.27 -0.27
78q3 2300.0 2335.2 -1.53 6.00 6.27 -0.27
78q4 2368.3 2416.0 -2.02 5.90 6.27 -0.37
79q1 2433.5 2463.3 -1.22 5.90 6.26 -0.36
79q2 2514.0 2526.4 -0.49 5.70 6.26 -0.56
79q3 2586.5 2599.7 -0.51 5.90 6.25 -0.35
79q4 2656.8 2659.4 -0.10 6.00 6.24 -0.24
80q1 2732.2 2724.1 0.30 6.30 6.23 0.07
80q2 2808.3 2728.0 2.86 7.30 6.22 1.08
80q3 2886.6 2785.2 3.51 7.70 6.21 1.49
80q4 2982.4 2915.3 2.25 7.40 6.20 1.20
81q1 3076.2 3051.4 0.81 7.40 6.19 1.21
81q2 3149.0 3084.3 2.06 7.40 6.17 1.23
81q3 3226.9 3177.0 1.55 7.40 6.16 1.24
81q4 3305.4 3194.7 3.35 8.20 6.15 2.05
82q1 3377.0 3184.9 5.69 8.80 6.13 2.67
82q2 3445.1 3241.0 5.93 9.40 6.12 3.28
82q3 3520.1 3274.4 6.98 9.90 6.11 3.79
82q4 3585.0 3312.5 7.60 10.70 6.10 4.60
83q1 3642.3 3381.0 7.17 10.40 6.09 4.31
83q2 3695.2 3482.2 5.76 10.10 6.08 4.02
83q3 3759.6 3587.1 4.59 9.40 6.07 3.33
83q4 3814.2 3688.1 3.31 8.50 6.06 2.44
84q1 3890.6 3807.4 2.14 7.90 6.05 1.85
84q2 3956.4 3906.3 1.27 7.40 6.05 1.35
84q3 4020.8 3976.0 1.12 7.40 6.04 1.36
84q4 4078.0 4034.0 1.08 7.30 6.03 1.27
85q1 4159.5 4117.2 1.02 7.20 6.03 1.17
85q2 4216.5 4175.7 0.97 7.30 6.02 1.28
85q3 4272.6 4258.3 0.33 7.20 6.02 1.18
85q4 4335.2 4318.7 0.38 7.00 6.01 0.99
86q1 4393.2 4382.4 0.25 7.00 6.00 1.00
86q2 4451.0 4423.3 0.62 7.20 6.00 1.20
86q3 4514.9 4491.3 0.52 7.00 5.99 1.01
86q4 4583.4 4543.3 0.88 6.80 5.98 0.82
87q1 4655.5 4611.1 0.95 6.60 5.98 0.62
87q2 4717.9 4686.7 0.66 6.30 5.97 0.33
87q3 4791.7 4764.5 0.57 6.00 5.97 0.03
87q4 4863.1 4883.1 -0.41 5.80 5.96 -0.16
88q1 4939.8 4948.6 -0.18 5.70 5.94 -0.24
88q2 5025.5 5059.3 -0.67 5.50 5.94 -0.44
88q3 5123.9 5142.8 -0.37 5.50 5.93 -0.43
88q4 5204.6 5251.0 -0.89 5.30 5.92 -0.62
89q1 5299.0 5360.3 -1.16 5.20 5.91 -0.71
89q2 5392.6 5453.6 -1.13 5.20 5.91 -0.71
89q3 5470.5 5532.9 -1.14 5.20 5.90 -0.70
89q4 5546.6 5581.7 -0.63 5.40 5.89 -0.49
90q1 5656.0 5708.1 -0.92 5.30 5.88 -0.58
90q2 5764.1 5797.4 -0.58 5.30 5.87 -0.57
90q3 5859.7 5850.6 0.15 5.70 5.86 -0.16
90q4 5949.7 5846.0 1.74 6.10 5.84 0.26
91q1 6054.6 5880.2 2.88 6.60 5.82 0.78
91q2 6137.6 5962.0 2.86 6.80 5.79 1.01
91q3 6224.3 6033.7 3.06 6.90 5.77 1.13
91q4 6299.7 6092.5 3.29 7.10 5.74 1.36
92q1 6375.6 6190.7 2.90 7.40 5.71 1.69
92q2 6454.3 6295.2 2.47 7.60 5.68 1.92
92q3 6524.4 6389.7 2.06 7.60 5.64 1.96
92q4 6603.7 6493.6 1.67 7.40 5.61 1.79
93q1 6687.9 6544.5 2.14 7.10 5.58 1.52
93q2 6769.2 6622.7 2.16 7.10 5.54 1.56
93q3 6847.1 6688.3 2.32 6.80 5.51 1.29
93q4 6930.0 6813.8 1.68 6.60 5.48 1.12
94q1 7016.6 6916.3 1.43 6.60 5.44 1.16
94q2 7100.1 7044.3 0.79 6.20 5.41 0.79
94q3 7190.7 7131.8 0.82 6.00 5.38 0.62
94q4 7280.6 7248.2 0.44 5.60 5.35 0.25
95q1 7377.2 7307.7 0.94 5.50 5.33 0.17
95q2 7464.4 7355.8 1.45 5.70 5.30 0.40
95q3 7551.6 7452.5 1.31 5.70 5.27 0.43
95q4 7647.1 7542.5 1.37 5.60 5.25 0.35
96q1 7746.5 7638.2 1.40 5.50 5.23 0.27
96q2 7834.3 7800.0 0.44 5.50 5.20 0.30
96q3 7933.6 7892.7 0.52 5.30 5.18 0.12
96q4 8031.8 8023.0 0.11 5.30 5.16 0.14
97q1 8136.0 8137.0 -0.01 5.20 5.14 0.06
97q2 8237.6 8276.8 -0.48 5.00 5.13 -0.13
97q3 8327.4 8409.9 -0.99 4.90 5.11 -0.21
97q4 8427.7 8505.7 -0.93 4.70 5.10 -0.40
98q1 8510.7 8600.6 -1.06 4.60 5.08 -0.48
98q2 8603.9 8698.6 -1.10 4.40 5.07 -0.67
98q3 8709.9 8847.2 -1.58 4.50 5.06 -0.56
98q4 8807.9 9027.5 -2.49 4.40 5.05 -0.65
99q1 8921.7 9148.6 -2.54 4.30 5.04 -0.74
99q2 9036.5 9252.6 -2.39 4.30 5.03 -0.73
99q3 9147.0 9405.1 -2.82 4.20 5.02 -0.82
99q4 9265.2 9607.7 -3.70 4.10 5.01 -0.91
00q1 9418.7 9709.5 -3.09 4.00 5.01 -1.01
00q2 9552.9 9949.1 -4.15 3.90 5.01 -1.11
00q3 9698.0 10017.5 -3.29 4.00 5.00 -1.00
00q4 9837.6 10129.8 -2.97 3.90 5.00 -1.10
01q1 9998.1 10165.1 -1.67 4.20 5.00 -0.80
01q2 10160.3 10301.3 -1.39 4.40 5.00 -0.60
01q3 10284.8 10305.2 -0.20 4.80 5.00 -0.20
01q4 10404.8 10373.1 0.30 5.50 5.00 0.50
02q1 10531.1 10498.7 0.31 5.70 5.00 0.70
02q2 10666.0 10601.9 0.60 5.80 5.00 0.80
02q3 10800.4 10701.7 0.91 5.70 5.00 0.70
02q4 10949.7 10766.9 1.67 5.90 5.00 0.90
03q1 11113.4 10888.4 2.02 5.90 5.00 0.90
03q2 11228.4 11008.1 1.96 6.10 5.00 1.10
03q3 11370.9 11255.7 1.01 6.10 5.00 1.10
03q4 11509.8 11416.5 0.81 5.80 5.00 0.80
04q1 11683.7 11597.2 0.74 5.70 5.00 0.70
04q2 11857.6 11778.4 0.67 5.60 5.00 0.60
04q3 12017.6 11950.6 0.56 5.40 5.00 0.40
04q4 12179.5 12144.9 0.28 5.40 5.00 0.40
05q1 12366.8 12379.5 -0.10 5.30 5.00 0.30
05q2 12525.4 12516.8 0.07 5.10 5.00 0.10
05q3 12730.5 12741.6 -0.09 5.00 5.00 0.00
05q4 12914.9 12915.6 -0.01 4.90 5.00 -0.10
06q1 13091.1 13183.5 -0.71 4.70 5.00 -0.30
06q2 13289.7 13347.8 -0.44 4.70 5.00 -0.30
06q3 13474.8 13452.9 0.16 4.60 5.00 -0.40
06q4 13622.2 13611.5 0.08 4.40 5.00 -0.60
07q1 13852.7 13795.6 0.41 4.50 5.00 -0.50
07q2 14033.7 13997.2 0.26 4.50 5.00 -0.50
07q3 14180.9 14179.9 0.01 4.70 5.00 -0.30
07q4 14352.8 14337.9 0.10 4.80 5.00 -0.20
08q1 14510.5 14373.9 0.94 4.90 5.00 -0.10
08q2 14666.3 14497.8 1.15 5.40 5.00 0.40
08q3 14901.0 14546.7 2.38 6.10 5.00 1.10
08q4 14991.1 14347.3 4.29 6.90 5.00 1.90
09q1 15144.0 14178.0 6.38 8.10 5.00 3.10
09q2 15221.1 14151.2 7.03 9.30 5.00 4.30
09q3 15314.4 14242.1 7.00 9.60 5.00 4.60
09q4 15425.0 14461.7 6.25 10.10 5.00 5.10

Figure 1: Estimates of GDP Gap and Employment Slack (Calendar Years)

Calendar Year GDP: HEB GDP: ACT GDP: GAP Employment: RU Employment: NAIRU Employment: SLACK
1950 290.0 293.7 -1.3 5.2 5.3 -0.07
1951 325.9 339.3 -4.1 3.3 5.3 -2.02
1952 350.4 358.3 -2.3 3.0 5.4 -2.35
1953 369.9 379.3 -2.5 2.9 5.4 -2.45
1954 385.3 380.4 1.3 5.6 5.4 0.23
1955 401.5 414.7 -3.3 4.4 5.4 -1.03
1956 427.9 437.4 -2.2 4.1 5.4 -1.31
1957 457.5 461.1 -0.8 4.3 5.4 -1.13
1958 483.8 467.2 3.4 6.9 5.4 1.45
1959 505.3 506.6 -0.3 5.5 5.4 0.02
1960 531.3 526.4 0.9 5.5 5.5 0.03
1961 559.3 544.8 2.6 6.7 5.5 1.19
1962 590.3 585.7 0.8 5.6 5.5 0.05
1963 621.4 617.8 0.6 5.7 5.5 0.11
1964 657.6 663.6 -0.9 5.2 5.6 -0.42
1965 698.4 719.1 -3.0 4.5 5.7 -1.15
1966 751.1 787.7 -4.9 3.8 5.8 -1.96
1967 810.7 832.4 -2.7 3.8 5.8 -1.96
1968 882.6 909.8 -3.1 3.6 5.8 -2.24
1969 964.3 984.4 -2.1 3.5 5.8 -2.34
1970 1051.7 1038.3 1.3 5.0 5.9 -0.90
1971 1138.8 1126.8 1.1 5.9 5.9 -0.02
1972 1223.9 1237.9 -1.1 5.6 6.0 -0.41
1973 1334.4 1382.3 -3.6 4.9 6.1 -1.28
1974 1508.9 1499.4 0.6 5.6 6.2 -0.54
1975 1711.0 1637.7 4.3 8.5 6.2 2.33
1976 1867.1 1824.6 2.3 7.7 6.2 1.50
1977 2050.1 2030.1 1.0 7.1 6.2 0.82
1978 2271.7 2293.8 -1.0 6.1 6.3 -0.22
1979 2547.7 2562.2 -0.6 5.9 6.3 -0.38
1980 2852.4 2788.1 2.3 7.2 6.2 0.96
1981 3189.4 3126.8 2.0 7.6 6.2 1.43
1982 3481.8 3253.2 6.6 9.7 6.1 3.59
1983 3727.8 3534.6 5.2 9.6 6.1 3.53
1984 3986.5 3930.9 1.4 7.5 6.0 1.46
1985 4246.0 4217.5 0.7 7.2 6.0 1.16
1986 4485.6 4460.1 0.6 7.0 6.0 1.01
1987 4757.1 4736.4 0.4 6.2 6.0 0.21
1988 5073.5 5100.4 -0.5 5.5 5.9 -0.43
1989 5427.2 5482.2 -1.0 5.3 5.9 -0.65
1990 5807.4 5800.5 0.1 5.6 5.9 -0.26
1991 6179.1 5992.1 3.0 6.9 5.8 1.07
1992 6489.5 6342.3 2.3 7.5 5.7 1.84
1993 6808.6 6667.3 2.1 6.9 5.5 1.37
1994 7147.0 7085.2 0.9 6.1 5.4 0.71
1995 7510.1 7414.7 1.3 5.6 5.3 0.34
1996 7886.6 7838.5 0.6 5.4 5.2 0.21
1997 8282.2 8332.4 -0.6 5.0 5.1 -0.17
1998 8658.1 8793.5 -1.6 4.5 5.1 -0.59
1999 9092.6 9353.5 -2.9 4.2 5.0 -0.80
2000 9626.8 9951.5 -3.4 4.0 5.0 -1.06
2001 10212.0 10286.2 -0.7 4.7 5.0 -0.27
2002 10736.8 10642.3 0.9 5.8 5.0 0.78
2003 11305.6 11142.1 1.4 6.0 5.0 0.98
2004 11934.6 11867.8 0.6 5.5 5.0 0.53
2005 12634.4 12638.4 -0.0 5.1 5.0 0.07
2006 13369.5 13398.9 -0.2 4.6 5.0 -0.40
2007 14105.0 14077.6 0.2 4.6 5.0 -0.38
2008 14767.2 14441.4 2.2 5.8 5.0 0.82
2009 15276.1 14258.2 6.7 9.3 5.0 4.28

Figure 2: Estimates of GDP, Wage, and Profit Gaps (Quaterly)

Quarter GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP Wages, HEB Wages, ACT Wages, GAP Profits, HEB Profits, ACT Profits, GAP
50q1 279.9 275.2 1.68 141.0 137.1 2.76 30.3 29.8 1.59
50q2 284.3 284.5 -0.08 145.1 142.9 1.52 31.9 33.4 -4.89
50q3 293.5 301.9 -2.87 150.2 150.8 -0.37 33.9 38.1 -12.20
50q4 302.2 313.3 -3.68 154.8 158.3 -2.25 36.4 41.3 -13.44
51q1 316.6 329.0 -3.91 160.1 165.5 -3.40 36.4 40.2 -10.53
51q2 322.6 336.6 -4.35 163.8 170.8 -4.29 36.5 40.2 -10.02
51q3 327.9 343.5 -4.76 166.1 173.8 -4.65 37.2 40.7 -9.58
51q4 336.6 347.9 -3.37 169.3 176.2 -4.11 40.3 42.1 -4.34
52q1 341.3 351.2 -2.90 174.8 181.2 -3.63 38.2 39.5 -3.54
52q2 347.1 352.1 -1.45 177.7 182.4 -2.65 37.6 37.4 0.53
52q3 354.0 358.5 -1.27 181.7 185.7 -2.21 37.8 37.1 1.83
52q4 359.2 371.4 -3.39 187.9 193.3 -2.86 38.4 41.3 -7.49
53q1 363.3 378.4 -4.15 190.3 196.9 -3.47 38.2 42.0 -9.90
53q2 367.7 382.0 -3.88 193.0 200.1 -3.67 37.8 41.2 -8.99
53q3 372.2 381.1 -2.39 193.8 200.3 -3.35 38.8 40.2 -3.56
53q4 376.4 375.9 0.14 195.2 198.7 -1.80 35.5 33.1 6.78
54q1 380.9 375.3 1.48 196.0 196.4 -0.23 39.1 35.5 9.43
54q2 384.2 376.0 2.14 198.0 196.0 1.05 40.6 36.8 9.43
54q3 386.5 380.8 1.48 199.0 196.3 1.35 41.0 38.7 5.49
54q4 389.5 389.4 0.02 201.9 200.4 0.78 41.8 42.4 -1.29
55q1 393.6 402.6 -2.28 202.9 204.2 -0.65 43.5 47.5 -9.12
55q2 398.5 410.9 -3.10 206.7 210.3 -1.77 43.8 48.7 -11.33
55q3 404.2 419.5 -3.77 208.6 214.7 -2.90 44.1 49.4 -11.90
55q4 409.8 426.0 -3.95 211.2 219.5 -3.90 46.1 50.4 -9.51
56q1 416.9 428.3 -2.73 215.5 223.3 -3.60 46.9 48.4 -3.20
56q2 424.1 434.2 -2.37 220.8 227.5 -3.03 46.9 48.2 -2.71
56q3 432.3 439.2 -1.59 224.3 230.0 -2.54 47.6 47.4 0.40
56q4 438.4 448.1 -2.21 230.1 235.4 -2.29 46.7 48.1 -2.96
57q1 447.0 457.2 -2.28 232.5 238.3 -2.50 48.0 49.7 -3.50
57q2 453.9 459.2 -1.16 235.3 239.6 -1.83 48.8 48.5 0.45
57q3 461.3 466.4 -1.10 238.2 241.8 -1.52 47.5 48.0 -1.18
57q4 467.7 461.5 1.32 240.4 240.1 0.11 47.4 44.3 6.48
58q1 475.6 453.9 4.56 243.1 237.4 2.36 46.5 38.4 17.37
58q2 481.6 458.0 4.89 246.0 236.9 3.71 46.0 39.2 14.85
58q3 486.7 471.7 3.08 251.0 242.6 3.36 46.9 43.3 7.84
58q4 491.1 485.0 1.25 254.9 248.4 2.55 49.4 49.0 0.89
59q1 496.9 495.5 0.29 258.7 254.0 1.79 50.1 52.6 -5.01
59q2 502.0 508.5 -1.29 261.4 260.6 0.34 52.5 57.6 -9.65
59q3 507.8 509.3 -0.30 260.8 260.9 -0.02 50.5 52.4 -3.62
59q4 514.4 513.2 0.23 263.9 263.9 0.01 52.7 52.8 -0.19
60q1 520.1 527.0 -1.32 268.2 270.8 -0.97 54.6 57.0 -4.49
60q2 527.3 526.2 0.21 272.6 273.4 -0.30 54.6 53.2 2.64
60q3 535.0 529.0 1.13 275.4 274.0 0.53 54.7 52.3 4.43
60q4 542.7 523.7 3.51 279.0 273.3 2.04 56.1 50.0 10.88
61q1 548.9 528.0 3.81 282.2 273.8 2.99 55.5 48.9 11.89
61q2 555.6 539.0 2.98 286.5 277.6 3.11 57.0 53.2 6.69
61q3 562.7 549.5 2.35 291.0 282.3 3.01 57.8 55.4 4.07
61q4 569.9 562.6 1.28 295.3 288.4 2.32 58.8 59.3 -0.85
62q1 578.9 576.1 0.49 297.7 293.3 1.47 59.8 61.7 -3.14
62q2 586.3 583.2 0.52 302.1 298.7 1.10 59.9 61.0 -1.82
62q3 593.8 590.0 0.64 303.8 301.2 0.86 61.9 62.2 -0.53
62q4 602.0 593.3 1.44 307.8 304.3 1.14 66.5 64.5 2.96
63q1 609.9 602.5 1.22 311.7 308.0 1.21 66.3 64.7 2.35
63q2 616.8 611.2 0.91 315.7 312.4 1.05 69.1 68.1 1.46
63q3 624.3 623.9 0.06 318.9 316.8 0.66 68.6 69.5 -1.27
63q4 634.6 633.5 0.18 323.5 322.3 0.38 70.6 71.0 -0.62
64q1 643.4 649.6 -0.97 327.4 328.2 -0.25 72.2 75.2 -4.21
64q2 652.3 658.9 -1.01 332.6 334.8 -0.66 72.4 75.2 -3.80
64q3 662.3 670.5 -1.23 338.4 341.4 -0.90 73.6 76.3 -3.64
64q4 672.3 675.6 -0.49 343.8 346.7 -0.83 74.7 75.4 -1.00
65q1 682.3 695.7 -1.96 347.6 352.8 -1.51 79.4 83.3 -4.94
65q2 692.7 708.2 -2.23 352.0 358.9 -1.95 81.1 85.4 -5.31
65q3 703.3 725.2 -3.11 357.3 366.2 -2.49 80.5 86.7 -7.72
65q4 715.4 747.5 -4.48 363.8 377.1 -3.66 80.7 90.7 -12.41
66q1 727.9 770.8 -5.89 367.6 385.8 -4.93 81.6 93.9 -15.10
66q2 743.2 779.9 -4.94 376.4 395.9 -5.18 84.1 92.8 -10.41
66q3 758.9 793.2 -4.51 385.8 406.1 -5.26 84.5 91.1 -7.81
66q4 774.5 806.9 -4.19 393.2 413.5 -5.17 87.3 92.4 -5.88
67q1 787.4 817.8 -3.86 400.0 418.8 -4.72 86.1 89.6 -4.10
67q2 801.4 822.3 -2.61 408.1 423.6 -3.79 87.5 88.5 -1.07
67q3 817.9 837.0 -2.34 418.4 432.0 -3.26 88.7 89.7 -1.15
67q4 836.0 852.7 -2.00 429.6 441.6 -2.79 92.1 92.9 -0.89
68q1 854.3 879.8 -2.98 441.3 454.2 -2.93 89.4 93.9 -5.01
68q2 873.1 904.1 -3.55 451.1 465.9 -3.28 90.5 97.7 -7.95
68q3 890.7 919.3 -3.21 462.8 478.3 -3.35 92.2 97.9 -6.24
68q4 912.4 936.2 -2.61 474.3 489.4 -3.20 95.4 99.4 -4.25
69q1 931.0 960.9 -3.21 482.4 499.1 -3.46 93.8 99.4 -5.95
69q2 952.8 976.1 -2.45 496.1 511.4 -3.07 93.9 96.4 -2.60
69q3 975.9 996.3 -2.09 512.8 526.4 -2.65 91.8 93.6 -1.93
69q4 997.4 1004.5 -0.71 526.8 536.5 -1.83 90.8 88.5 2.48
70q1 1020.2 1017.1 0.30 540.7 545.1 -0.82 86.1 80.6 6.38
70q2 1043.6 1033.1 1.01 549.6 549.1 0.09 90.6 84.4 6.79
70q3 1060.4 1050.5 0.93 559.0 555.7 0.59 89.3 84.6 5.28
70q4 1082.4 1052.7 2.75 566.7 556.4 1.83 90.1 80.4 10.75
71q1 1107.1 1098.1 0.82 578.2 570.2 1.39 93.3 92.8 0.62
71q2 1130.3 1118.8 1.02 587.8 580.3 1.28 95.7 94.6 1.14
71q3 1150.1 1139.1 0.96 596.8 588.8 1.34 98.3 96.8 1.55
71q4 1167.8 1151.4 1.41 607.1 599.0 1.32 101.8 100.2 1.56
72q1 1195.7 1190.1 0.46 623.8 618.0 0.94 105.5 106.2 -0.68
72q2 1211.6 1225.6 -1.15 630.0 630.5 -0.08 100.6 107.9 -7.20
72q3 1232.0 1249.3 -1.40 638.0 642.4 -0.69 105.4 112.1 -6.36
72q4 1256.2 1286.6 -2.42 653.2 664.3 -1.69 109.0 119.5 -9.59
73q1 1282.9 1335.1 -4.07 663.5 683.4 -3.00 109.4 126.0 -15.16
73q2 1315.2 1371.5 -4.28 675.0 700.1 -3.71 108.4 122.8 -13.31
73q3 1352.0 1390.7 -2.86 691.8 716.2 -3.52 116.7 123.2 -5.54
73q4 1387.4 1431.8 -3.20 708.2 735.4 -3.84 119.1 126.0 -5.81
74q1 1429.1 1446.5 -1.22 728.4 748.2 -2.71 122.7 118.8 3.20
74q2 1474.8 1484.8 -0.68 751.7 765.3 -1.81 123.5 117.4 4.99
74q3 1534.9 1513.7 1.38 781.5 783.1 -0.21 126.9 114.1 10.12
74q4 1596.9 1552.8 2.76 804.0 792.5 1.43 128.2 110.3 14.00
75q1 1648.3 1569.4 4.78 818.1 791.8 3.22 136.2 111.8 17.94
75q2 1686.6 1605.0 4.84 835.7 800.3 4.24 146.4 124.5 14.97
75q3 1732.2 1662.5 4.03 858.9 821.2 4.39 158.6 144.8 8.70
75q4 1776.9 1713.9 3.54 884.1 845.7 4.35 161.8 152.2 5.96
76q1 1810.8 1771.9 2.15 903.0 871.1 3.53 163.5 164.9 -0.83
76q2 1844.0 1804.2 2.16 916.5 889.3 2.97 160.7 160.3 0.21
76q3 1883.1 1837.7 2.41 934.4 908.4 2.79 165.4 160.9 2.73
76q4 1930.3 1884.5 2.37 954.0 929.8 2.54 165.8 160.4 3.29
77q1 1978.5 1938.5 2.02 972.9 949.9 2.36 175.9 170.3 3.22
77q2 2026.3 2005.2 1.04 1000.1 980.8 1.92 189.9 191.5 -0.83
77q3 2071.3 2066.0 0.26 1020.7 1007.4 1.30 199.0 206.2 -3.60
77q4 2124.3 2110.8 0.63 1046.2 1038.1 0.78 199.6 199.5 0.08
78q1 2178.1 2149.1 1.33 1075.9 1064.1 1.10 197.5 192.5 2.54
78q2 2240.3 2274.7 -1.54 1103.7 1105.9 -0.20 203.2 220.2 -8.37
78q3 2300.0 2335.2 -1.53 1128.1 1136.6 -0.76 212.5 225.1 -5.93
78q4 2368.3 2416.0 -2.02 1159.3 1174.6 -1.32 220.0 235.9 -7.25
79q1 2433.5 2463.3 -1.22 1189.8 1208.2 -1.55 216.5 226.1 -4.44
79q2 2514.0 2526.4 -0.49 1220.2 1234.9 -1.21 231.0 228.0 1.29
79q3 2586.5 2599.7 -0.51 1255.3 1268.3 -1.03 228.2 226.2 0.87
79q4 2656.8 2659.4 -0.10 1294.7 1302.5 -0.61 227.2 221.1 2.69
80q1 2732.2 2724.1 0.30 1334.1 1335.0 -0.07 223.1 216.5 2.95
80q2 2808.3 2728.0 2.86 1370.1 1351.0 1.39 213.8 186.3 12.84
80q3 2886.6 2785.2 3.51 1411.5 1376.1 2.51 222.4 192.6 13.39
80q4 2982.4 2915.3 2.25 1468.1 1431.7 2.47 223.1 210.2 5.76
81q1 3076.2 3051.4 0.81 1499.6 1469.1 2.03 218.8 221.0 -1.00
81q2 3149.0 3084.3 2.06 1530.2 1496.2 2.22 225.5 217.2 3.69
81q3 3226.9 3177.0 1.55 1558.9 1528.5 1.95 235.8 235.4 0.19
81q4 3305.4 3194.7 3.35 1591.5 1551.5 2.51 243.8 219.6 9.95
82q1 3377.0 3184.9 5.69 1638.2 1567.3 4.32 247.9 197.3 20.44
82q2 3445.1 3241.0 5.93 1668.2 1580.9 5.23 255.4 211.6 17.15
82q3 3520.1 3274.4 6.98 1705.3 1596.0 6.41 264.9 210.1 20.68
82q4 3585.0 3312.5 7.60 1735.5 1605.8 7.47 257.2 203.9 20.71
83q1 3642.3 3381.0 7.17 1758.3 1623.1 7.69 264.7 225.2 14.93
83q2 3695.2 3482.2 5.76 1783.7 1656.4 7.14 279.7 256.1 8.41
83q3 3759.6 3587.1 4.59 1806.0 1692.2 6.30 282.6 273.3 3.29
83q4 3814.2 3688.1 3.31 1834.3 1740.2 5.13 280.2 284.7 -1.58
84q1 3890.6 3807.4 2.14 1856.0 1785.0 3.82 298.9 311.5 -4.23
84q2 3956.4 3906.3 1.27 1878.7 1828.0 2.70 308.0 323.2 -4.94
84q3 4020.8 3976.0 1.12 1904.0 1866.8 1.96 307.3 316.6 -3.03
84q4 4078.0 4034.0 1.08 1927.6 1899.0 1.49 320.6 323.1 -0.79
85q1 4159.5 4117.2 1.02 1958.0 1933.7 1.24 326.6 325.6 0.31
85q2 4216.5 4175.7 0.97 1986.1 1964.3 1.10 332.1 327.4 1.42
85q3 4272.6 4258.3 0.33 2012.6 1996.1 0.82 341.7 346.0 -1.26
85q4 4335.2 4318.7 0.38 2049.6 2037.1 0.61 329.6 331.2 -0.49
86q1 4393.2 4382.4 0.25 2073.3 2063.5 0.47 322.1 324.4 -0.73
86q2 4451.0 4423.3 0.62 2091.9 2081.8 0.48 319.0 315.1 1.22
86q3 4514.9 4491.3 0.52 2123.4 2111.7 0.55 311.2 307.5 1.19
86q4 4583.4 4543.3 0.88 2168.1 2152.2 0.73 317.4 309.5 2.48
87q1 4655.5 4611.1 0.95 2211.9 2193.7 0.82 334.3 323.3 3.28
87q2 4717.9 4686.7 0.66 2247.3 2230.1 0.77 367.2 363.1 1.11
87q3 4791.7 4764.5 0.57 2287.0 2270.4 0.73 393.4 389.7 0.93
87q4 4863.1 4883.1 -0.41 2336.2 2330.9 0.23 382.6 395.2 -3.30
88q1 4939.8 4948.6 -0.18 2367.7 2367.2 0.02 398.3 405.1 -1.72
88q2 5025.5 5059.3 -0.67 2415.1 2422.2 -0.29 407.9 421.4 -3.29
88q3 5123.9 5142.8 -0.37 2452.9 2462.7 -0.40 421.0 428.3 -1.73
88q4 5204.6 5251.0 -0.89 2491.8 2507.1 -0.61 438.8 451.7 -2.95
89q1 5299.0 5360.3 -1.16 2517.1 2542.0 -0.99 415.1 431.4 -3.92
89q2 5392.6 5453.6 -1.13 2536.0 2563.3 -1.08 411.9 423.9 -2.90
89q3 5470.5 5532.9 -1.14 2561.2 2591.7 -1.19 415.3 428.6 -3.20
89q4 5546.6 5581.7 -0.63 2608.3 2635.3 -1.04 418.1 418.4 -0.07
90q1 5656.0 5708.1 -0.92 2659.6 2686.8 -1.02 420.7 427.3 -1.57
90q2 5764.1 5797.4 -0.58 2712.2 2735.9 -0.87 451.9 452.4 -0.11
90q3 5859.7 5850.6 0.15 2758.3 2768.6 -0.37 440.3 426.9 3.03
90q4 5949.7 5846.0 1.74 2790.1 2773.2 0.60 470.1 431.2 8.28
91q1 6054.6 5880.2 2.88 2824.5 2775.8 1.72 520.5 462.4 11.16
91q2 6137.6 5962.0 2.86 2869.9 2801.6 2.38 504.3 455.8 9.61
91q3 6224.3 6033.7 3.06 2911.9 2826.5 2.93 499.2 453.2 9.20
91q4 6299.7 6092.5 3.29 2953.5 2854.2 3.36 498.8 457.7 8.25
92q1 6375.6 6190.7 2.90 3003.7 2903.5 3.34 516.1 491.0 4.86
92q2 6454.3 6295.2 2.47 3036.2 2942.8 3.08 515.9 498.7 3.33
92q3 6524.4 6389.7 2.06 3060.5 2976.1 2.76 489.9 480.5 1.92
92q4 6603.7 6493.6 1.67 3145.2 3071.9 2.33 517.1 514.7 0.45
93q1 6687.9 6544.5 2.14 3033.0 2962.5 2.33 527.5 509.3 3.44
93q2 6769.2 6622.7 2.16 3138.0 3065.5 2.31 555.0 533.7 3.85
93q3 6847.1 6688.3 2.32 3173.6 3098.3 2.37 569.9 543.4 4.65
93q4 6930.0 6813.8 1.68 3250.5 3180.1 2.17 602.8 588.4 2.38
94q1 7016.6 6916.3 1.43 3192.3 3129.8 1.96 597.5 590.5 1.17
94q2 7100.1 7044.3 0.79 3274.6 3224.6 1.53 603.7 610.0 -1.05
94q3 7190.7 7131.8 0.82 3297.5 3258.0 1.20 641.1 643.2 -0.32
94q4 7280.6 7248.2 0.44 3340.4 3310.9 0.88 663.2 669.2 -0.91
95q1 7377.2 7307.7 0.94 3390.7 3360.6 0.89 684.8 674.8 1.46
95q2 7464.4 7355.8 1.45 3436.1 3395.3 1.19 729.6 702.2 3.76
95q3 7551.6 7452.5 1.31 3481.4 3438.2 1.24 759.1 737.7 2.82
95q4 7647.1 7542.5 1.37 3526.9 3478.0 1.39 774.5 750.0 3.16
96q1 7746.5 7638.2 1.40 3579.3 3525.8 1.49 806.4 783.2 2.88
96q2 7834.3 7800.0 0.44 3629.5 3590.5 1.08 788.2 795.9 -0.97
96q3 7933.6 7892.7 0.52 3681.8 3646.5 0.96 797.6 802.1 -0.57
96q4 8031.8 8023.0 0.11 3723.9 3702.5 0.57 813.3 824.8 -1.41
97q1 8136.0 8137.0 -0.01 3783.4 3777.1 0.17 845.1 855.7 -1.25
97q2 8237.6 8276.8 -0.48 3834.3 3835.3 -0.03 857.6 878.8 -2.47
97q3 8327.4 8409.9 -0.99 3882.2 3903.4 -0.55 880.2 912.0 -3.61
97q4 8427.7 8505.7 -0.93 3961.0 3990.5 -0.75 869.5 892.9 -2.70
98q1 8510.7 8600.6 -1.06 4035.9 4075.9 -0.99 792.8 817.7 -3.14
98q2 8603.9 8698.6 -1.10 4099.2 4145.9 -1.14 790.9 811.5 -2.61
98q3 8709.9 8847.2 -1.58 4158.5 4216.9 -1.40 789.0 820.1 -3.94
98q4 8807.9 9027.5 -2.49 4203.7 4287.8 -2.00 744.2 800.3 -7.54
99q1 8921.7 9148.6 -2.54 4269.6 4370.4 -2.36 807.6 859.7 -6.46
99q2 9036.5 9252.6 -2.39 4306.2 4412.8 -2.48 813.9 859.4 -5.59
99q3 9147.0 9405.1 -2.82 4350.4 4474.3 -2.85 793.8 848.4 -6.88
99q4 9265.2 9607.7 -3.70 4433.8 4582.7 -3.36 782.0 857.6 -9.67
00q1 9418.7 9709.5 -3.09 4598.7 4755.1 -3.40 792.0 840.5 -6.12
00q2 9552.9 9949.1 -4.15 4601.7 4781.9 -3.92 747.9 831.7 -11.20
00q3 9698.0 10017.5 -3.29 4690.3 4874.4 -3.92 766.9 814.7 -6.23
00q4 9837.6 10129.8 -2.97 4728.5 4899.5 -3.62 761.1 790.0 -3.80
01q1 9998.1 10165.1 -1.67 4845.7 4988.1 -2.94 787.0 782.8 0.54
01q2 10160.3 10301.3 -1.39 4850.2 4961.4 -2.29 826.2 812.3 1.68
01q3 10284.8 10305.2 -0.20 4865.3 4932.4 -1.38 805.7 765.0 5.05
01q4 10404.8 10373.1 0.30 4900.1 4926.8 -0.55 823.8 776.6 5.73
02q1 10531.1 10498.7 0.31 4957.3 4963.6 -0.13 857.7 830.3 3.19
02q2 10666.0 10601.9 0.60 5018.5 5003.0 0.31 884.9 852.0 3.72
02q3 10800.4 10701.7 0.91 5040.8 5006.3 0.68 900.7 869.8 3.43
02q4 10949.7 10766.9 1.67 5076.5 5016.4 1.18 988.9 936.7 5.27
03q1 11113.4 10888.4 2.02 5134.7 5049.6 1.66 977.3 917.5 6.12
03q2 11228.4 11008.1 1.96 5208.9 5109.9 1.90 999.7 950.1 4.97
03q3 11370.9 11255.7 1.01 5246.1 5159.6 1.65 1000.9 992.7 0.82
03q4 11509.8 11416.5 0.81 5313.2 5239.4 1.39 1049.1 1050.9 -0.17
04q1 11683.7 11597.2 0.74 5341.4 5279.4 1.16 1185.7 1187.2 -0.13
04q2 11857.6 11778.4 0.67 5434.2 5385.1 0.90 1224.9 1226.9 -0.16
04q3 12017.6 11950.6 0.56 5535.3 5493.9 0.75 1296.8 1292.2 0.35
04q4 12179.5 12144.9 0.28 5575.3 5544.4 0.55 1277.7 1281.4 -0.29
05q1 12366.8 12379.5 -0.10 5599.9 5584.2 0.28 1389.6 1408.2 -1.34
05q2 12525.4 12516.8 0.07 5661.8 5651.7 0.18 1423.2 1429.0 -0.40
05q3 12730.5 12741.6 -0.09 5761.0 5758.3 0.05 1443.6 1454.7 -0.77
05q4 12914.9 12915.6 -0.01 5808.1 5809.8 -0.03 1529.2 1532.5 -0.22
06q1 13091.1 13183.5 -0.71 5959.8 5978.9 -0.32 1557.4 1590.9 -2.16
06q2 13289.7 13347.8 -0.44 5994.2 6018.6 -0.41 1579.8 1597.7 -1.13
06q3 13474.8 13452.9 0.16 6065.7 6075.4 -0.16 1671.2 1655.1 0.97
06q4 13622.2 13611.5 0.08 6195.8 6202.7 -0.11 1594.7 1589.6 0.32
07q1 13852.7 13795.6 0.41 6351.3 6343.6 0.12 1564.1 1535.4 1.83
07q2 14033.7 13997.2 0.26 6388.8 6372.2 0.26 1609.8 1594.9 0.93
07q3 14180.9 14179.9 0.01 6422.6 6412.5 0.16 1530.7 1537.1 -0.42
07q4 14352.8 14337.9 0.10 6517.7 6507.3 0.16 1502.0 1499.4 0.17
08q1 14510.5 14373.9 0.94 6568.1 6533.0 0.53 1501.1 1459.7 2.76
08q2 14666.3 14497.8 1.15 6591.2 6539.2 0.79 1452.8 1403.7 3.38
08q3 14901.0 14546.7 2.38 6669.5 6567.7 1.53 1568.9 1454.6 7.29
08q4 14991.1 14347.3 4.29 6744.8 6543.5 2.98 1313.2 1123.6 14.43
09q1 15144.0 14178.0 6.38 6619.9 6307.8 4.71 1452.0 1182.7 18.55
09q2 15221.1 14151.2 7.03 6725.3 6313.2 6.13 1500.9 1226.5 18.28
09q3 15314.4 14242.1 7.00 6720.0 6249.2 7.01 1603.6 1358.9 15.26
09q4 15425.0 14461.7 6.25 6760.4 6267.3 7.29 1694.8 1520.1 10.31

Figure 2: Estimates of GDP, Wage, and Profit Gaps (Calendar Years)

Calendar Year GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP Wages, HEB Wages, ACT Wages, GAP Profits, HEB Profits, ACT Profits, GAP
1950 290.0 293.7 -1.24 147.8 147.3 0.41 33.1 35.6 -7.24
1951 325.9 339.3 -4.10 164.8 171.6 -4.11 37.6 40.8 -8.62
1952 350.4 358.3 -2.25 180.5 185.6 -2.84 38.0 38.8 -2.17
1953 369.9 379.3 -2.57 193.1 199.0 -3.07 37.6 39.1 -3.92
1954 385.3 380.4 1.28 198.7 197.3 0.74 40.6 38.3 5.76
1955 401.5 414.7 -3.28 207.3 212.2 -2.30 44.4 49.0 -10.47
1956 427.9 437.4 -2.23 222.7 229.0 -2.86 47.0 48.0 -2.12
1957 457.5 461.1 -0.80 236.6 240.0 -1.44 47.9 47.6 0.56
1958 483.8 467.2 3.44 248.8 241.3 3.00 47.2 42.5 10.24
1959 505.3 506.6 -0.27 261.2 259.8 0.53 51.5 53.8 -4.62
1960 531.3 526.4 0.88 273.8 272.9 0.33 55.0 53.1 3.36
1961 559.3 544.8 2.61 288.8 280.5 2.86 57.3 54.2 5.45
1962 590.3 585.7 0.77 302.8 299.4 1.14 62.0 62.3 -0.63
1963 621.4 617.8 0.59 317.5 314.9 0.82 68.7 68.3 0.48
1964 657.6 663.6 -0.92 335.6 337.8 -0.66 73.2 75.5 -3.16
1965 698.4 719.1 -2.95 355.2 363.8 -2.40 80.4 86.5 -7.60
1966 751.1 787.7 -4.88 380.8 400.3 -5.14 84.3 92.5 -9.80
1967 810.7 832.4 -2.70 414.0 429.0 -3.64 88.6 90.2 -1.80
1968 882.6 909.8 -3.09 457.4 472.0 -3.19 91.9 97.3 -5.86
1969 964.3 984.4 -2.11 504.5 518.3 -2.75 92.6 94.5 -2.00
1970 1051.7 1038.3 1.25 554.0 551.6 0.42 89.0 82.5 7.30
1971 1138.8 1126.8 1.05 592.4 584.5 1.33 97.3 96.1 1.22
1972 1223.9 1237.9 -1.13 636.3 638.8 -0.38 105.1 111.4 -5.96
1973 1334.4 1382.3 -3.60 684.6 708.8 -3.52 113.4 124.5 -9.96
1974 1508.9 1499.4 0.56 766.4 772.3 -0.83 125.4 115.1 8.08
1975 1711.0 1637.7 4.30 849.2 814.7 4.05 150.8 133.3 11.89
1976 1867.1 1824.6 2.27 927.0 899.6 2.96 163.8 161.6 1.35
1977 2050.1 2030.1 0.99 1010.0 994.1 1.59 191.1 191.8 -0.28
1978 2271.7 2293.8 -0.94 1116.7 1120.3 -0.29 208.3 218.4 -4.75
1979 2547.7 2562.2 -0.58 1240.0 1253.5 -1.10 225.7 225.4 0.10
1980 2852.4 2788.1 2.23 1395.9 1373.5 1.57 220.6 201.4 8.73
1981 3189.4 3126.8 1.94 1545.0 1511.3 2.18 231.0 223.3 3.21
1982 3481.8 3253.2 6.55 1686.8 1587.5 5.86 256.3 205.7 19.75
1983 3727.8 3534.6 5.21 1795.6 1678.0 6.56 276.8 259.8 6.26
1984 3986.5 3930.9 1.40 1891.6 1844.7 2.49 308.7 318.6 -3.25
1985 4246.0 4217.5 0.67 2001.6 1982.8 0.94 332.5 332.5 -0.01
1986 4485.6 4460.1 0.57 2114.2 2102.3 0.56 317.4 314.1 1.04
1987 4757.1 4736.4 0.44 2270.6 2256.3 0.64 369.4 367.8 0.50
1988 5073.5 5100.4 -0.53 2431.9 2439.8 -0.32 416.5 426.6 -2.42
1989 5427.2 5482.2 -1.02 2555.6 2583.1 -1.07 415.1 425.6 -2.52
1990 5807.4 5800.5 0.10 2730.0 2741.1 -0.42 445.7 434.4 2.41
1991 6179.1 5992.1 3.02 2889.9 2814.5 2.60 505.7 457.3 9.55
1992 6489.5 6342.3 2.27 3061.4 2973.5 2.88 509.7 496.2 2.64
1993 6808.6 6667.3 2.08 3148.8 3076.6 2.29 563.8 543.7 3.58
1994 7147.0 7085.2 0.87 3276.2 3230.8 1.39 626.4 628.2 -0.28
1995 7510.1 7414.7 1.27 3458.8 3418.0 1.18 737.0 716.2 2.80
1996 7886.6 7838.5 0.62 3653.6 3616.3 1.02 801.4 801.5 -0.02
1997 8282.2 8332.4 -0.60 3865.2 3876.6 -0.29 863.1 884.8 -2.51
1998 8658.1 8793.5 -1.56 4124.3 4181.6 -1.38 779.2 812.4 -4.31
1999 9092.6 9353.5 -2.86 4340.0 4460.0 -2.76 799.3 856.3 -7.15
2000 9626.8 9951.5 -3.37 4654.8 4827.7 -3.71 767.0 819.2 -6.84
2001 10212.0 10286.2 -0.74 4865.3 4952.2 -1.79 810.7 784.2 3.25
2002 10736.8 10642.3 0.87 5023.3 4997.3 0.51 908.0 872.2 3.90
2003 11305.6 11142.1 1.45 5225.7 5139.6 1.65 1006.7 977.8 2.93
2004 11934.6 11867.8 0.56 5471.5 5425.7 0.84 1246.3 1246.9 -0.06
2005 12634.4 12638.4 -0.03 5707.7 5701.0 0.12 1446.4 1456.1 -0.68
2006 13369.5 13398.9 -0.23 6053.9 6068.9 -0.25 1600.8 1608.3 -0.50
2007 14105.0 14077.6 0.20 6420.1 6408.9 0.17 1551.6 1541.7 0.63
2008 14767.2 14441.4 2.19 6643.4 6545.8 1.46 1459.0 1360.4 6.97
2009 15276.1 14258.2 6.66 6706.4 6284.4 6.29 1562.8 1322.1 15.60

Figure 3A: Estimates of Cyclical Receipts by Government (Quaterly)

Quarter General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970, Q1 297.9 302.5 0.45 182.6 187.4 0.47 115.3 115.1 -0.02 1020.2 1017.1 0.30
1970, Q2 305.2 306.8 0.15 186.0 188.2 0.22 119.2 118.6 -0.06 1043.6 1033.1 1.01
1970, Q3 306.8 307.0 0.02 183.9 184.8 0.09 122.9 122.2 -0.07 1060.4 1050.5 0.93
1970, Q4 314.1 308.4 -0.53 187.8 183.9 -0.35 126.4 124.5 -0.18 1082.4 1052.7 2.75
1971, Q1 318.5 317.2 -0.12 189.3 188.7 -0.06 129.2 128.5 -0.06 1107.1 1098.1 0.82
1971, Q2 326.5 324.7 -0.15 192.6 191.6 -0.09 133.9 133.2 -0.07 1130.3 1118.8 1.02
1971, Q3 331.3 328.8 -0.22 193.8 192.0 -0.15 137.5 136.7 -0.07 1150.1 1139.1 0.96
1971, Q4 340.2 336.6 -0.31 197.9 195.3 -0.22 142.4 141.3 -0.09 1167.8 1151.4 1.41
1972, Q1 362.6 361.5 -0.09 215.0 214.3 -0.05 147.6 147.2 -0.04 1195.7 1190.1 0.46
1972, Q2 373.1 377.2 0.33 214.6 217.7 0.26 158.5 159.4 0.07 1211.6 1225.6 -1.15
1972, Q3 370.4 375.6 0.42 216.7 220.7 0.32 153.7 154.9 0.10 1232.0 1249.3 -1.40
1972, Q4 391.9 400.7 0.70 221.8 228.4 0.53 170.1 172.3 0.17 1256.2 1286.6 -2.42
1973, Q1 399.0 415.0 1.25 231.6 243.9 0.96 167.4 171.0 0.29 1282.9 1335.1 -4.07
1973, Q2 402.4 420.3 1.37 234.0 248.0 1.06 168.4 172.4 0.30 1315.2 1371.5 -4.28
1973, Q3 412.2 426.4 1.05 240.0 251.2 0.83 172.2 175.1 0.22 1352.0 1390.7 -2.86
1973, Q4 424.6 438.9 1.03 249.0 260.1 0.80 175.6 178.9 0.24 1387.4 1431.8 -3.20
1974, Q1 441.0 448.1 0.50 262.0 267.6 0.40 179.0 180.4 0.10 1429.1 1446.5 -1.22
1974, Q2 461.0 463.9 0.19 275.9 278.0 0.15 185.1 185.8 0.05 1474.8 1484.8 -0.68
1974, Q3 486.4 480.9 -0.36 293.0 288.8 -0.27 193.4 192.0 -0.09 1534.9 1513.7 1.38
1974, Q4 493.0 479.4 -0.85 296.0 285.4 -0.66 197.1 194.0 -0.19 1596.9 1552.8 2.76
1975, Q1 500.8 477.0 -1.44 297.0 278.7 -1.11 203.7 198.3 -0.33 1648.3 1569.4 4.78
1975, Q2 478.6 453.2 -1.51 265.1 245.6 -1.16 213.5 207.6 -0.35 1686.6 1605.0 4.84
1975, Q3 528.6 502.8 -1.49 309.7 289.0 -1.19 218.9 213.8 -0.29 1732.2 1662.5 4.03
1975, Q4 540.1 515.9 -1.36 316.9 297.2 -1.11 223.2 218.6 -0.26 1776.9 1713.9 3.54
1976, Q1 553.2 538.3 -0.82 324.6 312.5 -0.67 228.5 225.8 -0.15 1810.8 1771.9 2.15
1976, Q2 562.9 549.6 -0.72 330.0 319.4 -0.58 232.9 230.2 -0.14 1844.0 1804.2 2.16
1976, Q3 576.4 562.0 -0.76 338.5 327.1 -0.60 237.9 234.9 -0.16 1883.1 1837.7 2.41
1976, Q4 591.6 576.7 -0.77 344.7 332.9 -0.61 246.9 243.8 -0.16 1930.3 1884.5 2.37
1977, Q1 608.0 595.4 -0.64 357.3 347.5 -0.49 250.8 247.9 -0.14 1978.5 1938.5 2.02
1977, Q2 624.9 617.7 -0.36 367.1 361.4 -0.28 257.9 256.3 -0.08 2026.3 2005.2 1.04
1977, Q3 634.2 633.2 -0.05 368.7 368.0 -0.03 265.6 265.2 -0.02 2071.3 2066.0 0.26
1977, Q4 652.5 649.4 -0.15 381.2 379.0 -0.10 271.3 270.4 -0.04 2124.3 2110.8 0.63
1978, Q1 673.0 667.0 -0.28 393.3 389.2 -0.19 279.7 277.8 -0.09 2178.1 2149.1 1.33
1978, Q2 697.2 707.2 0.45 409.9 417.6 0.35 287.3 289.5 0.10 2240.3 2274.7 -1.54
1978, Q3 709.4 722.7 0.58 424.3 435.2 0.48 285.1 287.5 0.10 2300.0 2335.2 -1.53
1978, Q4 730.4 749.5 0.81 438.2 454.0 0.67 292.2 295.5 0.14 2368.3 2416.0 -2.02
1979, Q1 748.8 768.6 0.81 452.5 469.8 0.71 296.3 298.8 0.10 2433.5 2463.3 -1.22
1979, Q2 770.4 783.7 0.53 468.6 480.9 0.49 301.8 302.8 0.04 2514.0 2526.4 -0.49
1979, Q3 794.4 805.9 0.44 482.5 493.1 0.41 311.9 312.8 0.04 2586.5 2599.7 -0.51
1979, Q4 816.9 822.9 0.23 497.9 503.9 0.23 319.0 319.1 0.00 2656.8 2659.4 -0.10
1980, Q1 844.9 846.0 0.04 516.2 518.0 0.07 328.7 328.0 -0.03 2732.2 2724.1 0.30
1980, Q2 864.5 844.6 -0.71 529.2 515.1 -0.50 335.3 329.5 -0.20 2808.3 2728.0 2.86
1980, Q3 909.3 875.8 -1.16 560.2 534.3 -0.90 349.2 341.5 -0.26 2886.6 2785.2 3.51
1980, Q4 948.9 917.6 -1.05 590.0 563.9 -0.87 358.9 353.7 -0.17 2982.4 2915.3 2.25
1981, Q1 993.3 970.6 -0.74 627.5 607.1 -0.66 365.8 363.5 -0.07 3076.2 3051.4 0.81
1981, Q2 1015.5 984.6 -0.98 642.8 616.6 -0.83 372.7 368.1 -0.15 3149.0 3084.3 2.06
1981, Q3 1034.2 1006.4 -0.86 656.8 632.4 -0.76 377.4 374.0 -0.10 3226.9 3177.0 1.55
1981, Q4 1042.8 999.0 -1.33 659.9 623.7 -1.10 382.9 375.3 -0.23 3305.4 3194.7 3.35
1982, Q1 1066.8 997.9 -2.04 670.9 617.1 -1.59 395.9 380.8 -0.45 3377.0 3184.9 5.69
1982, Q2 1090.9 1012.6 -2.27 685.8 623.5 -1.81 405.1 389.1 -0.46 3445.1 3241.0 5.93
1982, Q3 1102.6 1007.8 -2.69 687.7 612.7 -2.13 414.9 395.0 -0.56 3520.1 3274.4 6.98
1982, Q4 1123.5 1016.9 -2.97 700.6 616.1 -2.36 422.9 400.8 -0.62 3585.0 3312.5 7.60
1983, Q1 1132.8 1030.6 -2.81 705.0 623.0 -2.25 427.9 407.6 -0.56 3642.3 3381.0 7.17
1983, Q2 1166.6 1072.2 -2.56 726.0 648.6 -2.09 440.6 423.6 -0.46 3695.2 3482.2 5.76
1983, Q3 1158.0 1078.4 -2.12 707.8 642.0 -1.75 450.2 436.4 -0.37 3759.6 3587.1 4.59
1983, Q4 1169.8 1106.3 -1.66 713.1 659.4 -1.41 456.7 446.9 -0.26 3814.2 3688.1 3.31
1984, Q1 1202.3 1158.8 -1.12 730.9 693.5 -0.96 471.4 465.3 -0.16 3890.6 3807.4 2.14
1984, Q2 1214.4 1184.3 -0.76 732.9 706.2 -0.67 481.6 478.1 -0.09 3956.4 3906.3 1.27
1984, Q3 1218.7 1194.4 -0.60 734.0 712.7 -0.53 484.7 481.6 -0.08 4020.8 3976.0 1.12
1984, Q4 1245.3 1223.1 -0.55 746.6 727.5 -0.47 498.7 495.6 -0.08 4078.0 4034.0 1.08
1985, Q1 1310.1 1287.3 -0.55 800.2 780.8 -0.47 509.9 506.5 -0.08 4159.5 4117.2 1.02
1985, Q2 1282.1 1261.0 -0.50 762.2 744.6 -0.42 520.0 516.4 -0.08 4216.5 4175.7 0.97
1985, Q3 1321.3 1308.4 -0.30 793.9 782.3 -0.27 527.5 526.1 -0.03 4272.6 4258.3 0.33
1985, Q4 1336.1 1325.2 -0.25 799.6 790.0 -0.22 536.6 535.2 -0.03 4335.2 4318.7 0.38
1986, Q1 1362.8 1353.1 -0.22 809.1 800.5 -0.20 553.7 552.6 -0.02 4393.2 4382.4 0.25
1986, Q2 1371.2 1358.5 -0.29 814.1 803.7 -0.23 557.1 554.8 -0.05 4451.0 4423.3 0.62
1986, Q3 1396.9 1384.7 -0.27 827.6 817.6 -0.22 569.3 567.1 -0.05 4514.9 4491.3 0.52
1986, Q4 1430.8 1414.4 -0.36 855.1 842.4 -0.28 575.7 572.0 -0.08 4583.4 4543.3 0.88
1987, Q1 1441.7 1418.1 -0.51 864.6 845.3 -0.41 577.0 572.8 -0.09 4655.5 4611.1 0.95
1987, Q2 1529.4 1508.4 -0.45 932.3 914.3 -0.38 597.1 594.1 -0.06 4717.9 4686.7 0.66
1987, Q3 1518.3 1499.3 -0.40 922.2 905.8 -0.34 596.1 593.5 -0.06 4791.7 4764.5 0.57
1987, Q4 1525.8 1522.7 -0.07 925.2 920.7 -0.09 600.7 602.0 0.03 4863.1 4883.1 -0.41
1988, Q1 1557.7 1554.5 -0.06 942.6 938.7 -0.08 615.0 615.8 0.02 4939.8 4948.6 -0.18
1988, Q2 1567.1 1572.9 0.12 944.2 947.3 0.06 622.9 625.6 0.05 5025.5 5059.3 -0.67
1988, Q3 1602.0 1607.6 0.11 959.9 963.5 0.07 642.1 644.1 0.04 5123.9 5142.8 -0.37
1988, Q4 1628.0 1641.2 0.25 975.3 984.6 0.18 652.7 656.6 0.07 5204.6 5251.0 -0.89
1989, Q1 1684.2 1703.0 0.35 1015.3 1028.4 0.25 668.9 674.6 0.11 5299.0 5360.3 -1.16
1989, Q2 1696.5 1715.4 0.35 1015.4 1028.8 0.25 681.2 686.5 0.10 5392.6 5453.6 -1.13
1989, Q3 1714.5 1736.4 0.40 1025.5 1041.7 0.30 689.0 694.7 0.10 5470.5 5532.9 -1.14
1989, Q4 1735.1 1747.3 0.22 1044.2 1053.2 0.16 690.9 694.2 0.06 5546.6 5581.7 -0.63
1990, Q1 1767.8 1781.8 0.25 1050.7 1060.2 0.17 717.1 721.6 0.08 5656.0 5708.1 -0.92
1990, Q2 1798.7 1806.5 0.14 1071.6 1076.3 0.08 727.1 730.2 0.05 5764.1 5797.4 -0.58
1990, Q3 1843.7 1835.9 -0.13 1099.1 1092.0 -0.12 744.6 743.9 -0.01 5859.7 5850.6 0.15
1990, Q4 1899.1 1858.7 -0.68 1134.3 1102.5 -0.54 764.8 756.2 -0.14 5949.7 5846.0 1.74
1991, Q1 1930.3 1857.6 -1.20 1150.9 1093.4 -0.95 779.4 764.2 -0.25 6054.6 5880.2 2.88
1991, Q2 1957.5 1874.7 -1.35 1162.5 1095.6 -1.09 795.0 779.1 -0.26 6137.6 5962.0 2.86
1991, Q3 1997.4 1902.5 -1.52 1181.8 1104.5 -1.24 815.6 798.0 -0.28 6224.3 6033.7 3.06
1991, Q4 2034.3 1930.4 -1.65 1199.1 1114.1 -1.35 835.3 816.3 -0.30 6299.7 6092.5 3.29
1992, Q1 2044.9 1950.6 -1.48 1202.8 1125.0 -1.22 842.1 825.6 -0.26 6375.6 6190.7 2.90
1992, Q2 2068.1 1981.5 -1.34 1211.5 1139.1 -1.12 856.6 842.4 -0.22 6454.3 6295.2 2.47
1992, Q3 2077.7 2000.2 -1.19 1212.4 1146.5 -1.01 865.3 853.7 -0.18 6524.4 6389.7 2.06
1992, Q4 2112.6 2044.6 -1.03 1240.3 1181.4 -0.89 872.3 863.2 -0.14 6603.7 6493.6 1.67
1993, Q1 2106.2 2036.3 -1.05 1230.9 1172.2 -0.88 875.3 864.0 -0.17 6687.9 6544.5 2.14
1993, Q2 2169.8 2095.6 -1.10 1281.1 1218.6 -0.92 888.7 877.0 -0.17 6769.2 6622.7 2.16
1993, Q3 2198.7 2119.6 -1.15 1292.4 1226.2 -0.97 906.3 893.5 -0.19 6847.1 6688.3 2.32
1993, Q4 2269.9 2197.5 -1.04 1341.4 1279.3 -0.90 928.5 918.1 -0.15 6930.0 6813.8 1.68
1994, Q1 2260.2 2200.7 -0.85 1327.4 1276.6 -0.72 932.9 924.1 -0.12 7016.6 6916.3 1.43
1994, Q2 2299.7 2255.5 -0.62 1362.2 1323.2 -0.55 937.5 932.3 -0.07 7100.1 7044.3 0.79
1994, Q3 2324.7 2286.7 -0.53 1365.1 1332.1 -0.46 959.6 954.5 -0.07 7190.7 7131.8 0.82
1994, Q4 2352.6 2324.9 -0.38 1381.0 1356.5 -0.34 971.6 968.4 -0.04 7280.6 7248.2 0.44
1995, Q1 2397.8 2363.6 -0.46 1407.3 1379.0 -0.38 990.5 984.6 -0.08 7377.2 7307.7 0.94
1995, Q2 2436.9 2388.1 -0.65 1446.6 1407.2 -0.53 990.3 981.0 -0.13 7464.4 7355.8 1.45
1995, Q3 2461.0 2412.8 -0.64 1453.3 1414.0 -0.52 1007.7 998.8 -0.12 7551.6 7452.5 1.31
1995, Q4 2487.4 2434.4 -0.69 1474.3 1431.2 -0.56 1013.1 1003.2 -0.13 7647.1 7542.5 1.37
1996, Q1 2546.9 2490.5 -0.73 1513.7 1467.7 -0.59 1033.2 1022.8 -0.13 7746.5 7638.2 1.40
1996, Q2 2599.3 2566.5 -0.42 1550.2 1521.9 -0.36 1049.1 1044.7 -0.06 7834.3 7800.0 0.44
1996, Q3 2610.0 2585.1 -0.31 1554.3 1533.8 -0.26 1055.7 1051.3 -0.05 7933.6 7892.7 0.52
1996, Q4 2655.7 2644.0 -0.15 1592.7 1582.4 -0.13 1063.1 1061.5 -0.02 8031.8 8023.0 0.11
1997, Q1 2687.9 2683.3 -0.06 1610.3 1605.6 -0.06 1077.7 1077.7 0.00 8136.0 8137.0 -0.01
1997, Q2 2715.2 2726.9 0.14 1632.1 1641.2 0.11 1083.0 1085.8 0.03 8237.6 8276.8 -0.48
1997, Q3 2754.4 2785.2 0.37 1653.4 1677.5 0.29 1101.1 1107.7 0.08 8327.4 8409.9 -0.99
1997, Q4 2792.1 2827.1 0.41 1672.0 1700.4 0.34 1120.1 1126.7 0.08 8427.7 8505.7 -0.93
1998, Q1 2832.5 2873.9 0.49 1700.8 1734.0 0.39 1131.8 1139.9 0.10 8510.7 8600.6 -1.06
1998, Q2 2870.1 2912.4 0.49 1726.5 1760.2 0.39 1143.7 1152.2 0.10 8603.9 8698.6 -1.10
1998, Q3 2909.4 2963.0 0.62 1753.7 1795.7 0.48 1155.7 1167.3 0.13 8709.9 8847.2 -1.58
1998, Q4 2938.2 3020.2 0.93 1758.2 1821.5 0.72 1180.0 1198.6 0.21 8807.9 9027.5 -2.49
1999, Q1 2976.1 3062.6 0.97 1785.5 1852.3 0.75 1190.6 1210.3 0.22 8921.7 9148.6 -2.54
1999, Q2 3007.5 3093.9 0.96 1805.4 1872.4 0.74 1202.2 1221.5 0.21 9036.5 9252.6 -2.39
1999, Q3 3056.7 3156.2 1.09 1827.0 1903.4 0.83 1229.7 1252.9 0.25 9147.0 9405.1 -2.82
1999, Q4 3101.8 3228.8 1.37 1854.7 1951.8 1.05 1247.1 1277.0 0.32 9265.2 9607.7 -3.70
2000, Q1 3216.5 3332.1 1.23 1944.7 2032.9 0.94 1271.9 1299.1 0.29 9418.7 9709.5 -3.09
2000, Q2 3220.2 3370.6 1.58 1932.7 2047.2 1.20 1287.5 1323.4 0.38 9552.9 9949.1 -4.15
2000, Q3 3264.7 3396.3 1.36 1963.3 2064.7 1.05 1301.5 1331.6 0.31 9698.0 10017.5 -3.29
2000, Q4 3307.1 3420.0 1.15 1997.8 2083.8 0.87 1309.4 1336.2 0.27 9837.6 10129.8 -2.97
2001, Q1 3398.1 3470.2 0.72 2047.6 2101.9 0.54 1350.5 1368.3 0.18 9998.1 10165.1 -1.67
2001, Q2 3432.1 3475.6 0.43 2057.0 2087.0 0.29 1375.1 1388.7 0.13 10160.3 10301.3 -1.39
2001, Q3 3263.5 3258.5 -0.05 1903.1 1894.9 -0.08 1360.4 1363.7 0.03 10284.8 10305.2 -0.20
2001, Q4 3413.7 3372.8 -0.39 2035.7 1997.3 -0.37 1378.0 1375.5 -0.02 10404.8 10373.1 0.30
2002, Q1 3285.3 3240.9 -0.42 1902.1 1860.0 -0.40 1383.2 1381.0 -0.02 10531.1 10498.7 0.31
2002, Q2 3314.2 3253.6 -0.57 1914.2 1858.4 -0.52 1400.0 1395.2 -0.05 10666.0 10601.9 0.60
2002, Q3 3358.7 3285.4 -0.68 1922.2 1855.9 -0.61 1436.5 1429.5 -0.06 10800.4 10701.7 0.91
2002, Q4 3409.4 3308.3 -0.92 1951.6 1863.1 -0.81 1457.8 1445.1 -0.12 10949.7 10766.9 1.67
2003, Q1 3444.7 3327.3 -1.06 1987.7 1886.3 -0.91 1457.1 1441.0 -0.14 11113.4 10888.4 2.02
2003, Q2 3499.4 3376.0 -1.10 2010.6 1902.8 -0.96 1488.8 1473.2 -0.14 11228.4 11008.1 1.96
2003, Q3 3440.3 3346.6 -0.82 1912.0 1827.4 -0.74 1528.3 1519.2 -0.08 11370.9 11255.7 1.01
2003, Q4 3560.0 3475.7 -0.73 2001.1 1923.9 -0.67 1558.9 1551.8 -0.06 11509.8 11416.5 0.81
2004, Q1 3565.4 3499.6 -0.56 2004.1 1944.4 -0.51 1561.2 1555.2 -0.05 11683.7 11597.2 0.74
2004, Q2 3624.6 3569.2 -0.47 2039.7 1989.0 -0.43 1585.0 1580.2 -0.04 11857.6 11778.4 0.67
2004, Q3 3706.0 3654.9 -0.43 2090.6 2044.2 -0.39 1615.4 1610.7 -0.04 12017.6 11950.6 0.56
2004, Q4 3774.6 3736.0 -0.32 2114.3 2078.3 -0.30 1660.4 1657.7 -0.02 12179.5 12144.9 0.28
2005, Q1 3940.8 3921.5 -0.16 2250.6 2230.7 -0.16 1690.1 1690.8 0.01 12366.8 12379.5 -0.10
2005, Q2 3991.0 3971.6 -0.16 2276.1 2257.3 -0.15 1715.0 1714.3 -0.01 12525.4 12516.8 0.07
2005, Q3 4058.0 4046.7 -0.09 2317.4 2305.4 -0.09 1740.6 1741.3 0.01 12730.5 12741.6 -0.09
2005, Q4 4153.7 4142.3 -0.09 2378.3 2366.9 -0.09 1775.4 1775.4 -0.00 12914.9 12915.6 -0.01
2006, Q1 4260.4 4274.5 0.11 2465.8 2473.8 0.06 1794.6 1800.6 0.05 13091.1 13183.5 -0.71
2006, Q2 4319.3 4332.1 0.10 2493.5 2501.8 0.06 1825.8 1830.3 0.03 13289.7 13347.8 -0.44
2006, Q3 4400.6 4389.8 -0.08 2556.4 2547.4 -0.07 1844.2 1842.5 -0.01 13474.8 13452.9 0.16
2006, Q4 4429.5 4420.4 -0.07 2583.0 2575.1 -0.06 1846.5 1845.3 -0.01 13622.2 13611.5 0.08
2007, Q1 4572.5 4542.4 -0.22 2664.8 2640.2 -0.18 1907.8 1902.3 -0.04 13852.7 13795.6 0.41
2007, Q2 4614.4 4583.4 -0.22 2686.1 2660.1 -0.19 1928.3 1923.4 -0.04 14033.7 13997.2 0.26
2007, Q3 4610.5 4592.0 -0.13 2676.5 2659.9 -0.12 1934.0 1932.1 -0.01 14180.9 14179.9 0.01
2007, Q4 4657.1 4634.5 -0.16 2702.7 2682.9 -0.14 1954.4 1951.6 -0.02 14352.8 14337.9 0.10
2008, Q1 4608.8 4554.4 -0.37 2633.9 2590.7 -0.30 1975.0 1963.7 -0.08 14510.5 14373.9 0.94
2008, Q2 4435.5 4366.3 -0.47 2427.0 2372.1 -0.37 2008.5 1994.3 -0.10 14666.3 14497.8 1.15
2008, Q3 4610.6 4477.0 -0.90 2594.9 2489.5 -0.71 2015.7 1987.5 -0.19 14901.0 14546.7 2.38
2008, Q4 4635.2 4399.2 -1.57 2632.9 2447.8 -1.24 2002.3 1951.4 -0.34 14991.1 14347.3 4.29
2009, Q1 4546.6 4212.7 -2.20 2510.2 2251.3 -1.71 2036.4 1961.4 -0.50 15144.0 14178.0 6.38
2009, Q2 4622.2 4226.3 -2.60 2552.0 2237.0 -2.07 2070.3 1989.3 -0.53 15221.1 14151.2 7.03
2009, Q3 4613.0 4192.1 -2.75 2526.6 2188.5 -2.21 2086.4 2003.6 -0.54 15314.4 14242.1 7.00
2009, Q4 4693.4 4274.2 -2.72 2602.8 2256.1 -2.25 2090.6 2018.1 -0.47 15425.0 14461.7 6.25

Figure 3A: Estimates of Cyclical Receipts by Government (Calendar Years)

Calendar Year General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970 306.0 306.2 0.02 185.1 186.1 0.10 120.9 120.1 -0.08 1051.7 1038.3 1.27
1971 329.1 326.8 -0.20 193.4 191.9 -0.13 135.7 134.9 -0.07 1138.8 1126.8 1.05
1972 374.5 378.7 0.35 217.0 220.3 0.27 157.5 158.4 0.08 1223.9 1237.9 -1.14
1973 409.5 425.1 1.17 238.7 250.8 0.91 170.9 174.3 0.26 1334.4 1382.3 -3.59
1974 470.3 468.0 -0.15 281.7 280.0 -0.12 188.6 188.1 -0.04 1508.9 1499.4 0.63
1975 512.0 487.2 -1.45 297.2 277.6 -1.14 214.8 209.6 -0.31 1711.0 1637.7 4.28
1976 571.0 556.7 -0.77 334.5 323.0 -0.61 236.5 233.7 -0.15 1867.1 1824.6 2.27
1977 629.9 623.9 -0.29 368.6 364.0 -0.22 261.4 259.9 -0.07 2050.1 2030.1 0.97
1978 702.5 711.6 0.40 416.4 424.0 0.34 286.1 287.6 0.07 2271.7 2293.8 -0.97
1979 782.6 795.3 0.50 475.4 486.9 0.45 307.2 308.4 0.04 2547.7 2562.2 -0.57
1980 891.9 871.0 -0.73 548.9 532.8 -0.56 343.0 338.2 -0.17 2852.4 2788.1 2.25
1981 1021.4 990.2 -0.98 646.8 619.9 -0.84 374.7 370.2 -0.14 3189.4 3126.8 1.96
1982 1096.0 1008.8 -2.50 686.3 617.3 -1.98 409.7 391.4 -0.52 3481.8 3253.2 6.57
1983 1156.8 1071.9 -2.28 713.0 643.3 -1.87 443.8 428.6 -0.41 3727.8 3534.6 5.18
1984 1220.2 1190.1 -0.75 736.1 710.0 -0.65 484.1 480.2 -0.10 3986.5 3930.9 1.39
1985 1312.4 1295.5 -0.40 789.0 774.4 -0.34 523.5 521.1 -0.06 4246.0 4217.5 0.67
1986 1390.4 1377.7 -0.28 826.5 816.0 -0.23 564.0 561.6 -0.05 4485.6 4460.1 0.57
1987 1503.8 1487.1 -0.35 911.1 896.5 -0.31 592.7 590.6 -0.05 4757.1 4736.4 0.44
1988 1588.7 1594.1 0.11 955.5 958.5 0.06 633.2 635.5 0.05 5073.5 5100.4 -0.53
1989 1707.6 1725.5 0.33 1025.1 1038.0 0.24 682.5 687.5 0.09 5427.2 5482.2 -1.01
1990 1827.3 1820.7 -0.11 1088.9 1082.8 -0.11 738.4 738.0 -0.01 5807.4 5800.5 0.12
1991 1979.9 1891.3 -1.43 1173.6 1101.9 -1.16 806.3 789.4 -0.27 6179.1 5992.1 3.03
1992 2075.8 1994.2 -1.26 1216.8 1148.0 -1.06 859.1 846.2 -0.20 6489.5 6342.3 2.27
1993 2186.1 2112.2 -1.09 1286.4 1224.1 -0.92 899.7 888.2 -0.17 6808.6 6667.3 2.07
1994 2309.3 2267.0 -0.59 1358.9 1322.1 -0.51 950.4 944.8 -0.08 7147.0 7085.2 0.87
1995 2445.8 2399.7 -0.61 1445.4 1407.8 -0.50 1000.4 991.9 -0.11 7510.1 7414.7 1.27
1996 2603.0 2571.5 -0.40 1552.7 1526.4 -0.33 1050.3 1045.1 -0.07 7886.6 7838.5 0.61
1997 2737.4 2755.6 0.22 1641.9 1656.2 0.17 1095.5 1099.5 0.05 8282.2 8332.4 -0.61
1998 2887.5 2942.4 0.63 1734.8 1777.9 0.50 1152.8 1164.5 0.14 8658.1 8793.5 -1.56
1999 3035.5 3135.4 1.10 1818.1 1895.0 0.84 1217.4 1240.4 0.25 9092.6 9353.5 -2.87
2000 3252.1 3379.7 1.33 1959.6 2057.1 1.01 1292.6 1322.6 0.31 9626.8 9951.5 -3.37
2001 3376.8 3394.3 0.17 2010.8 2020.3 0.09 1366.0 1374.0 0.08 10212.0 10286.2 -0.73
2002 3341.9 3272.0 -0.65 1922.5 1859.3 -0.59 1419.4 1412.7 -0.06 10736.8 10642.3 0.88
2003 3486.1 3381.4 -0.93 1977.8 1885.1 -0.82 1508.3 1496.3 -0.11 11305.6 11142.1 1.45
2004 3667.7 3614.9 -0.44 2062.2 2013.9 -0.40 1605.5 1601.0 -0.04 11934.6 11867.8 0.56
2005 4035.9 4020.5 -0.12 2305.6 2290.1 -0.12 1730.3 1730.4 0.00 12634.4 12638.4 -0.03
2006 4352.4 4354.2 0.01 2524.7 2524.5 -0.00 1827.8 1829.7 0.01 13369.5 13398.9 -0.22
2007 4613.6 4588.1 -0.18 2682.5 2660.8 -0.15 1931.1 1927.3 -0.03 14105.0 14077.6 0.19
2008 4572.5 4449.2 -0.83 2572.2 2475.0 -0.66 2000.3 1974.2 -0.18 14767.2 14441.4 2.21
2009 4618.8 4226.3 -2.57 2547.9 2233.2 -2.06 2070.9 1993.1 -0.51 15276.1 14258.2 6.66

Figure 3B: Estimates of Cyclical Expenditures by Government (Quaterly)

Quarter General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970, Q1 299.7 296.8 -0.28 192.4 189.9 -0.25 107.2 106.9 -0.03 1020.2 1017.1 0.30
1970, Q2 317.2 315.3 -0.19 206.1 204.4 -0.16 111.1 110.9 -0.02 1043.6 1033.1 1.01
1970, Q3 321.0 319.6 -0.13 205.7 204.6 -0.11 115.3 115.1 -0.02 1060.4 1050.5 0.93
1970, Q4 326.9 326.5 -0.04 207.8 207.4 -0.03 119.2 119.1 -0.01 1082.4 1052.7 2.75
1971, Q1 336.0 336.1 0.01 212.4 212.5 0.01 123.6 123.5 -0.00 1107.1 1098.1 0.82
1971, Q2 348.5 349.1 0.06 221.4 222.0 0.06 127.1 127.1 0.00 1130.3 1118.8 1.02
1971, Q3 351.5 351.8 0.02 220.8 221.5 0.06 130.7 130.2 -0.04 1150.1 1139.1 0.96
1971, Q4 359.3 359.2 -0.01 225.6 226.3 0.06 133.7 132.9 -0.06 1167.8 1151.4 1.41
1972, Q1 374.2 375.4 0.10 237.2 237.2 0.00 137.0 138.1 0.10 1195.7 1190.1 0.46
1972, Q2 386.6 386.7 0.00 246.0 245.9 -0.01 140.6 140.7 0.01 1211.6 1225.6 -1.15
1972, Q3 383.1 382.6 -0.04 238.3 237.8 -0.04 144.9 144.8 -0.01 1232.0 1249.3 -1.40
1972, Q4 408.6 407.4 -0.09 260.9 259.8 -0.09 147.7 147.6 -0.00 1256.2 1286.6 -2.42
1973, Q1 413.4 411.3 -0.17 261.1 259.2 -0.15 152.3 152.1 -0.02 1282.9 1335.1 -4.07
1973, Q2 422.4 419.8 -0.20 265.6 263.2 -0.18 156.8 156.6 -0.01 1315.2 1371.5 -4.28
1973, Q3 425.5 422.4 -0.23 264.6 261.9 -0.20 160.9 160.5 -0.03 1352.0 1390.7 -2.86
1973, Q4 434.8 431.6 -0.23 269.1 266.3 -0.20 165.7 165.3 -0.03 1387.4 1431.8 -3.20
1974, Q1 447.8 445.2 -0.19 278.8 276.5 -0.16 169.0 168.6 -0.03 1429.1 1446.5 -1.22
1974, Q2 466.6 464.6 -0.13 291.1 289.4 -0.11 175.6 175.2 -0.03 1474.8 1484.8 -0.68
1974, Q3 483.5 482.1 -0.09 301.2 300.1 -0.07 182.3 182.0 -0.02 1534.9 1513.7 1.38
1974, Q4 500.1 500.9 0.05 311.0 311.7 0.05 189.1 189.1 -0.00 1596.9 1552.8 2.76
1975, Q1 518.8 524.9 0.37 321.6 327.2 0.34 197.2 197.7 0.03 1648.3 1569.4 4.78
1975, Q2 546.0 556.4 0.61 341.8 351.3 0.57 204.3 205.1 0.05 1686.6 1605.0 4.84
1975, Q3 551.7 562.9 0.65 342.3 352.7 0.60 209.5 210.3 0.05 1732.2 1662.5 4.03
1975, Q4 566.1 577.4 0.63 351.5 361.9 0.58 214.6 215.5 0.05 1776.9 1713.9 3.54
1976, Q1 576.7 586.9 0.56 357.4 366.8 0.52 219.3 220.1 0.05 1810.8 1771.9 2.15
1976, Q2 584.5 593.1 0.47 361.6 369.4 0.43 222.9 223.7 0.05 1844.0 1804.2 2.16
1976, Q3 600.8 609.3 0.45 373.2 380.7 0.40 227.6 228.6 0.05 1883.1 1837.7 2.41
1976, Q4 614.1 622.5 0.44 382.2 389.7 0.39 232.0 232.8 0.05 1930.3 1884.5 2.37
1977, Q1 625.3 633.0 0.39 387.7 394.7 0.35 237.6 238.3 0.04 1978.5 1938.5 2.02
1977, Q2 642.1 647.2 0.25 398.0 402.7 0.23 244.0 244.5 0.02 2026.3 2005.2 1.04
1977, Q3 661.5 664.7 0.15 412.4 415.2 0.14 249.1 249.5 0.02 2071.3 2066.0 0.26
1977, Q4 680.3 682.7 0.11 425.6 427.8 0.10 254.7 254.9 0.01 2124.3 2110.8 0.63
1978, Q1 698.6 698.7 0.01 437.7 437.8 0.01 260.9 260.9 0.00 2178.1 2149.1 1.33
1978, Q2 713.0 712.0 -0.04 446.3 445.5 -0.04 266.6 266.5 -0.01 2240.3 2274.7 -1.54
1978, Q3 730.7 728.6 -0.09 458.4 457.2 -0.05 272.3 271.4 -0.04 2300.0 2335.2 -1.53
1978, Q4 750.9 748.0 -0.12 473.1 471.2 -0.08 277.8 276.8 -0.04 2368.3 2416.0 -2.02
1979, Q1 765.5 762.8 -0.11 480.4 478.5 -0.08 285.2 284.3 -0.04 2433.5 2463.3 -1.22
1979, Q2 781.7 780.7 -0.04 492.2 489.8 -0.10 289.5 290.9 0.05 2514.0 2526.4 -0.49
1979, Q3 808.8 806.5 -0.09 509.8 507.7 -0.08 299.0 298.9 -0.00 2586.5 2599.7 -0.51
1979, Q4 837.5 834.9 -0.10 529.5 527.5 -0.07 308.1 307.4 -0.02 2656.8 2659.4 -0.10
1980, Q1 869.4 869.0 -0.01 552.3 551.7 -0.02 317.2 317.3 0.01 2732.2 2724.1 0.30
1980, Q2 893.1 896.7 0.13 569.5 572.6 0.11 323.7 324.0 0.01 2808.3 2728.0 2.86
1980, Q3 933.2 940.1 0.24 599.8 606.1 0.22 333.4 334.0 0.02 2886.6 2785.2 3.51
1980, Q4 962.5 969.5 0.24 621.0 627.3 0.21 341.5 342.2 0.02 2982.4 2915.3 2.25
1981, Q1 994.9 1001.5 0.21 644.0 649.7 0.19 351.0 351.8 0.03 3076.2 3051.4 0.81
1981, Q2 1017.6 1023.5 0.19 658.5 663.4 0.15 359.1 360.0 0.03 3149.0 3084.3 2.06
1981, Q3 1047.9 1053.4 0.17 682.6 687.0 0.14 365.3 366.4 0.03 3226.9 3177.0 1.55
1981, Q4 1070.5 1079.1 0.26 699.6 706.6 0.21 371.0 372.5 0.05 3305.4 3194.7 3.35
1982, Q1 1089.8 1102.4 0.37 710.3 721.0 0.32 379.5 381.5 0.06 3377.0 3184.9 5.69
1982, Q2 1105.8 1123.4 0.51 717.6 732.9 0.44 388.2 390.6 0.07 3445.1 3241.0 5.93
1982, Q3 1138.0 1157.6 0.56 743.1 759.9 0.48 394.9 397.7 0.08 3520.1 3274.4 6.98
1982, Q4 1178.4 1201.6 0.65 776.9 796.8 0.55 401.4 404.8 0.09 3585.0 3312.5 7.60
1983, Q1 1190.8 1214.4 0.65 779.4 799.4 0.55 411.5 415.0 0.10 3642.3 3381.0 7.17
1983, Q2 1219.3 1241.9 0.61 802.3 821.3 0.51 417.1 420.6 0.10 3695.2 3482.2 5.76
1983, Q3 1240.8 1257.6 0.45 817.4 831.0 0.36 423.4 426.6 0.09 3759.6 3587.1 4.59
1983, Q4 1246.6 1259.0 0.33 816.7 826.4 0.25 429.9 432.7 0.07 3814.2 3688.1 3.31
1984, Q1 1284.0 1293.3 0.24 843.6 850.5 0.18 440.5 442.8 0.06 3890.6 3807.4 2.14
1984, Q2 1317.5 1324.8 0.18 868.0 873.5 0.14 449.5 451.4 0.05 3956.4 3906.3 1.27
1984, Q3 1341.7 1348.4 0.17 882.7 887.9 0.13 459.0 460.5 0.04 4020.8 3976.0 1.12
1984, Q4 1378.2 1384.1 0.15 909.1 913.9 0.12 469.0 470.2 0.03 4078.0 4034.0 1.08
1985, Q1 1408.1 1413.3 0.13 927.0 931.5 0.11 481.1 481.9 0.02 4159.5 4117.2 1.02
1985, Q2 1432.9 1438.0 0.12 941.2 945.6 0.10 491.7 492.4 0.02 4216.5 4175.7 0.97
1985, Q3 1460.2 1464.7 0.10 956.4 960.3 0.09 503.8 504.4 0.01 4272.6 4258.3 0.33
1985, Q4 1487.5 1490.9 0.08 971.9 974.7 0.07 515.7 516.2 0.01 4335.2 4318.7 0.38
1986, Q1 1506.6 1510.4 0.09 981.4 984.7 0.07 525.2 525.8 0.01 4393.2 4382.4 0.25
1986, Q2 1538.4 1544.0 0.12 1004.7 1009.4 0.11 533.8 534.6 0.02 4451.0 4423.3 0.62
1986, Q3 1567.8 1573.1 0.12 1024.0 1028.5 0.10 543.7 544.6 0.02 4514.9 4491.3 0.52
1986, Q4 1574.4 1578.7 0.09 1016.5 1020.0 0.08 557.9 558.7 0.02 4583.4 4543.3 0.88
1987, Q1 1589.5 1592.6 0.07 1024.8 1027.2 0.05 564.7 565.4 0.01 4655.5 4611.1 0.95
1987, Q2 1614.9 1616.3 0.03 1041.1 1042.1 0.02 573.8 574.2 0.01 4717.9 4686.7 0.66
1987, Q3 1627.4 1627.0 -0.01 1045.3 1044.8 -0.01 582.1 582.2 0.00 4791.7 4764.5 0.57
1987, Q4 1663.0 1662.0 -0.02 1070.4 1069.4 -0.02 592.6 592.6 -0.00 4863.1 4883.1 -0.41
1988, Q1 1692.4 1690.1 -0.05 1088.6 1086.6 -0.04 603.7 603.5 -0.01 4939.8 4948.6 -0.18
1988, Q2 1702.3 1698.6 -0.07 1088.3 1085.2 -0.06 614.1 613.5 -0.01 5025.5 5059.3 -0.67
1988, Q3 1720.0 1716.1 -0.08 1096.9 1093.6 -0.06 623.2 622.5 -0.01 5123.9 5142.8 -0.37
1988, Q4 1761.3 1756.2 -0.10 1126.6 1122.4 -0.08 634.7 633.7 -0.02 5204.6 5251.0 -0.89
1989, Q1 1796.8 1790.9 -0.11 1148.5 1143.8 -0.09 648.3 647.1 -0.02 5299.0 5360.3 -1.16
1989, Q2 1830.2 1824.1 -0.11 1168.6 1163.7 -0.09 661.6 660.4 -0.02 5392.6 5453.6 -1.13
1989, Q3 1860.9 1855.7 -0.10 1186.6 1182.6 -0.07 674.3 673.1 -0.02 5470.5 5532.9 -1.14
1989, Q4 1890.7 1886.7 -0.07 1200.9 1197.8 -0.05 689.8 688.8 -0.02 5546.6 5581.7 -0.63
1990, Q1 1942.4 1937.8 -0.08 1235.1 1231.5 -0.06 707.3 706.2 -0.02 5656.0 5708.1 -0.92
1990, Q2 1979.0 1974.2 -0.08 1256.8 1253.0 -0.07 722.2 721.2 -0.02 5764.1 5797.4 -0.58
1990, Q3 2005.0 2003.5 -0.03 1264.9 1264.0 -0.02 740.1 739.5 -0.01 5859.7 5850.6 0.15
1990, Q4 2045.6 2048.5 0.05 1285.4 1288.3 0.05 760.2 760.2 -0.00 5949.7 5846.0 1.74
1991, Q1 2014.0 2021.7 0.13 1243.9 1250.8 0.11 770.2 770.9 0.01 6054.6 5880.2 2.88
1991, Q2 2088.9 2099.9 0.18 1303.0 1312.7 0.16 785.9 787.2 0.02 6137.6 5962.0 2.86
1991, Q3 2133.7 2145.5 0.19 1335.0 1345.1 0.16 798.7 800.4 0.03 6224.3 6033.7 3.06
1991, Q4 2181.0 2195.2 0.22 1361.2 1372.8 0.18 819.8 822.4 0.04 6299.7 6092.5 3.29
1992, Q1 2228.8 2247.1 0.29 1406.0 1421.0 0.24 822.8 826.1 0.05 6375.6 6190.7 2.90
1992, Q2 2262.6 2284.1 0.33 1423.7 1441.3 0.27 838.8 842.8 0.06 6454.3 6295.2 2.47
1992, Q3 2295.6 2318.2 0.35 1441.6 1459.7 0.28 854.0 858.5 0.07 6524.4 6389.7 2.06
1992, Q4 2321.9 2343.1 0.32 1463.2 1480.0 0.26 858.7 863.1 0.07 6603.7 6493.6 1.67
1993, Q1 2339.6 2358.6 0.28 1469.5 1484.3 0.22 870.0 874.2 0.06 6687.9 6544.5 2.14
1993, Q2 2356.0 2374.5 0.27 1479.6 1494.0 0.21 876.4 880.6 0.06 6769.2 6622.7 2.16
1993, Q3 2389.2 2405.5 0.24 1495.9 1508.3 0.18 893.3 897.2 0.06 6847.1 6688.3 2.32
1993, Q4 2420.8 2435.1 0.21 1519.6 1530.6 0.16 901.2 904.4 0.05 6930.0 6813.8 1.68
1994, Q1 2418.5 2431.7 0.19 1502.7 1513.0 0.15 915.8 918.7 0.04 7016.6 6916.3 1.43
1994, Q2 2445.3 2454.7 0.13 1518.8 1526.1 0.10 926.5 928.5 0.03 7100.1 7044.3 0.79
1994, Q3 2485.5 2492.0 0.09 1547.6 1552.7 0.07 937.8 939.3 0.02 7190.7 7131.8 0.82
1994, Q4 2535.8 2538.1 0.03 1576.7 1578.2 0.02 959.1 959.8 0.01 7280.6 7248.2 0.44
1995, Q1 2573.7 2574.2 0.01 1600.2 1600.4 0.00 973.5 973.7 0.00 7377.2 7307.7 0.94
1995, Q2 2594.7 2596.7 0.03 1611.7 1613.4 0.02 983.0 983.3 0.00 7464.4 7355.8 1.45
1995, Q3 2611.0 2613.8 0.04 1621.7 1624.3 0.03 989.3 989.5 0.00 7551.6 7452.5 1.31
1995, Q4 2600.2 2602.2 0.03 1615.9 1617.9 0.03 984.3 984.3 0.00 7647.1 7542.5 1.37
1996, Q1 2663.3 2664.3 0.01 1661.0 1662.0 0.01 1002.4 1002.3 -0.00 7746.5 7638.2 1.40
1996, Q2 2696.4 2697.5 0.01 1670.3 1671.4 0.01 1026.1 1026.1 -0.00 7834.3 7800.0 0.44
1996, Q3 2698.4 2698.4 -0.00 1672.1 1672.1 0.00 1026.3 1026.3 -0.00 7933.6 7892.7 0.52
1996, Q4 2726.7 2727.0 0.00 1693.1 1693.3 0.00 1033.6 1033.8 0.00 8031.8 8023.0 0.11
1997, Q1 2746.0 2745.7 -0.00 1698.4 1698.0 -0.01 1047.6 1047.7 0.00 8136.0 8137.0 -0.01
1997, Q2 2767.1 2764.9 -0.03 1714.2 1712.2 -0.02 1052.9 1052.7 -0.00 8237.6 8276.8 -0.48
1997, Q3 2783.9 2780.4 -0.04 1716.1 1713.0 -0.04 1067.8 1067.4 -0.01 8327.4 8409.9 -0.99
1997, Q4 2832.7 2826.9 -0.07 1746.9 1741.9 -0.06 1085.8 1085.0 -0.01 8427.7 8505.7 -0.93
1998, Q1 2828.1 2820.4 -0.09 1732.6 1726.1 -0.08 1095.5 1094.3 -0.01 8510.7 8600.6 -1.06
1998, Q2 2859.6 2849.2 -0.12 1748.2 1739.5 -0.10 1111.4 1109.6 -0.02 8603.9 8698.6 -1.10
1998, Q3 2875.4 2865.6 -0.11 1751.4 1743.4 -0.09 1124.0 1122.3 -0.02 8709.9 8847.2 -1.58
1998, Q4 2923.1 2912.4 -0.12 1776.8 1768.1 -0.10 1146.4 1144.2 -0.02 8807.9 9027.5 -2.49
1999, Q1 2952.0 2939.5 -0.14 1783.3 1773.2 -0.11 1168.7 1166.3 -0.03 8921.7 9148.6 -2.54
1999, Q2 2973.2 2960.3 -0.14 1786.7 1776.3 -0.11 1186.5 1184.0 -0.03 9036.5 9252.6 -2.39
1999, Q3 3025.2 3011.2 -0.15 1811.2 1799.9 -0.12 1214.0 1211.3 -0.03 9147.0 9405.1 -2.82
1999, Q4 3083.7 3068.0 -0.17 1847.9 1835.2 -0.14 1235.8 1232.8 -0.03 9265.2 9607.7 -3.70
2000, Q1 3092.9 3075.6 -0.18 1841.9 1827.7 -0.15 1251.1 1248.0 -0.03 9418.7 9709.5 -3.09
2000, Q2 3161.6 3142.9 -0.20 1887.6 1872.2 -0.16 1274.1 1270.7 -0.04 9552.9 9949.1 -4.15
2000, Q3 3193.7 3176.0 -0.18 1897.2 1882.9 -0.15 1296.5 1293.1 -0.03 9698.0 10017.5 -3.29
2000, Q4 3237.2 3218.6 -0.19 1920.0 1905.0 -0.15 1317.2 1313.6 -0.04 9837.6 10129.8 -2.97
2001, Q1 3310.8 3295.8 -0.15 1954.4 1942.5 -0.12 1356.4 1353.2 -0.03 9998.1 10165.1 -1.67
2001, Q2 3373.7 3362.4 -0.11 1976.4 1968.0 -0.08 1397.3 1394.4 -0.03 10160.3 10301.3 -1.39
2001, Q3 3390.5 3385.9 -0.05 2002.1 1999.3 -0.03 1388.5 1386.6 -0.02 10284.8 10305.2 -0.20
2001, Q4 3428.7 3434.8 0.06 2003.1 2009.3 0.06 1425.6 1425.5 -0.00 10404.8 10373.1 0.30
2002, Q1 3490.1 3502.2 0.12 2054.4 2065.4 0.10 1435.7 1436.8 0.01 10531.1 10498.7 0.31
2002, Q2 3547.0 3561.1 0.13 2096.2 2108.1 0.11 1450.8 1453.1 0.02 10666.0 10601.9 0.60
2002, Q3 3581.8 3595.3 0.13 2108.4 2118.8 0.10 1473.4 1476.5 0.03 10800.4 10701.7 0.91
2002, Q4 3640.5 3656.9 0.15 2144.2 2156.2 0.11 1496.3 1500.7 0.04 10949.7 10766.9 1.67
2003, Q1 3689.0 3709.1 0.18 2171.9 2186.9 0.13 1517.2 1522.3 0.05 11113.4 10888.4 2.02
2003, Q2 3777.5 3803.3 0.23 2257.9 2277.8 0.18 1519.6 1525.5 0.05 11228.4 11008.1 1.96
2003, Q3 3797.9 3823.5 0.23 2259.2 2278.8 0.17 1538.7 1544.7 0.05 11370.9 11255.7 1.01
2003, Q4 3830.2 3850.5 0.18 2287.2 2302.4 0.13 1543.0 1548.1 0.04 11509.8 11416.5 0.81
2004, Q1 3914.5 3931.5 0.15 2341.2 2353.7 0.11 1573.3 1577.9 0.04 11683.7 11597.2 0.74
2004, Q2 3959.5 3974.6 0.13 2362.3 2373.4 0.09 1597.2 1601.2 0.03 11857.6 11778.4 0.67
2004, Q3 4008.2 4020.1 0.10 2396.9 2405.8 0.07 1611.4 1614.3 0.02 12017.6 11950.6 0.56
2004, Q4 4074.0 4084.7 0.09 2432.4 2440.8 0.07 1641.6 1643.9 0.02 12179.5 12144.9 0.28
2005, Q1 4176.7 4185.2 0.07 2512.7 2519.6 0.06 1664.1 1665.6 0.01 12366.8 12379.5 -0.10
2005, Q2 4236.1 4240.8 0.04 2541.2 2545.4 0.03 1694.9 1695.4 0.00 12525.4 12516.8 0.07
2005, Q3 4307.1 4308.8 0.01 2591.0 2592.8 0.01 1716.1 1716.0 -0.00 12730.5 12741.6 -0.09
2005, Q4 4374.6 4375.6 0.01 2632.8 2634.6 0.01 1741.8 1741.0 -0.01 12914.9 12915.6 -0.01
2006, Q1 4423.1 4419.2 -0.03 2683.5 2681.1 -0.02 1739.6 1738.0 -0.01 13091.1 13183.5 -0.71
2006, Q2 4503.4 4498.2 -0.04 2734.4 2731.2 -0.02 1768.9 1767.0 -0.01 13289.7 13347.8 -0.44
2006, Q3 4569.8 4562.9 -0.05 2767.3 2762.9 -0.03 1802.5 1800.1 -0.02 13474.8 13452.9 0.16
2006, Q4 4556.3 4547.5 -0.06 2743.8 2738.1 -0.04 1812.5 1809.4 -0.02 13622.2 13611.5 0.08
2007, Q1 4720.3 4710.5 -0.07 2847.5 2841.0 -0.05 1872.8 1869.5 -0.02 13852.7 13795.6 0.41
2007, Q2 4778.8 4769.8 -0.06 2887.1 2881.3 -0.04 1891.7 1888.4 -0.02 14033.7 13997.2 0.26
2007, Q3 4835.4 4830.4 -0.04 2920.9 2918.7 -0.02 1914.5 1911.7 -0.02 14180.9 14179.9 0.01
2007, Q4 4903.1 4900.8 -0.02 2947.8 2947.9 0.00 1955.3 1952.9 -0.02 14352.8 14337.9 0.10
2008, Q1 5006.0 5008.0 0.01 3020.4 3024.2 0.03 1985.6 1983.8 -0.01 14510.5 14373.9 0.94
2008, Q2 5179.5 5188.8 0.06 3159.7 3169.0 0.06 2019.8 2019.8 -0.00 14666.3 14497.8 1.15
2008, Q3 5178.2 5201.8 0.16 3134.6 3155.2 0.14 2043.6 2046.5 0.02 14901.0 14546.7 2.38
2008, Q4 5087.0 5129.4 0.28 3086.0 3121.9 0.24 2001.1 2007.5 0.04 14991.1 14347.3 4.29
2009, Q1 5150.6 5218.3 0.45 3164.4 3220.3 0.37 1986.2 1998.0 0.08 15144.0 14178.0 6.38
2009, Q2 5426.1 5519.8 0.62 3430.2 3505.9 0.50 1995.9 2013.9 0.12 15221.1 14151.2 7.03
2009, Q3 5455.3 5560.7 0.69 3459.0 3542.1 0.54 1996.3 2018.6 0.15 15314.4 14242.1 7.00
2009, Q4 5467.0 5583.1 0.75 3466.2 3555.2 0.58 2000.8 2027.9 0.18 15425.0 14461.7 6.25

Figure 3B: Estimates of Cyclical Expenditures by Government (Calendar Years)

Calendar Year General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970 316.2 314.6 -0.16 203.0 201.6 -0.14 113.2 113.0 -0.02 1051.7 1038.3 1.27
1971 348.8 349.0 0.02 220.1 220.6 0.05 128.8 128.5 -0.03 1138.8 1126.8 1.05
1972 388.1 388.0 -0.01 245.6 245.2 -0.03 142.5 142.8 0.02 1223.9 1237.9 -1.14
1973 424.0 421.3 -0.21 265.1 262.6 -0.19 158.9 158.6 -0.02 1334.4 1382.3 -3.59
1974 474.5 473.2 -0.09 295.5 294.5 -0.07 179.0 178.7 -0.02 1508.9 1499.4 0.63
1975 545.7 555.4 0.57 339.3 348.3 0.53 206.4 207.1 0.04 1711.0 1637.7 4.28
1976 594.0 603.0 0.48 368.6 376.7 0.43 225.4 226.3 0.05 1867.1 1824.6 2.27
1977 652.3 656.9 0.22 405.9 410.1 0.20 246.4 246.8 0.02 2050.1 2030.1 0.97
1978 723.3 721.8 -0.06 453.9 452.9 -0.04 269.4 268.9 -0.02 2271.7 2293.8 -0.97
1979 798.4 796.2 -0.09 503.0 500.9 -0.08 295.4 295.4 -0.00 2547.7 2562.2 -0.57
1980 914.5 918.8 0.15 585.6 589.4 0.13 328.9 329.4 0.02 2852.4 2788.1 2.25
1981 1032.7 1039.4 0.21 671.2 676.7 0.17 361.6 362.7 0.03 3189.4 3126.8 1.96
1982 1128.0 1146.3 0.52 737.0 752.6 0.45 391.0 393.6 0.08 3481.8 3253.2 6.57
1983 1224.4 1243.2 0.51 803.9 819.5 0.42 420.4 423.7 0.09 3727.8 3534.6 5.18
1984 1330.4 1337.7 0.18 875.9 881.5 0.14 454.5 456.2 0.04 3986.5 3930.9 1.39
1985 1447.2 1451.7 0.11 949.1 953.0 0.09 498.1 498.7 0.02 4246.0 4217.5 0.67
1986 1546.8 1551.6 0.11 1006.7 1010.7 0.09 540.1 540.9 0.02 4485.6 4460.1 0.57
1987 1623.7 1624.5 0.02 1045.4 1045.9 0.01 578.3 578.6 0.01 4757.1 4736.4 0.44
1988 1719.0 1715.2 -0.07 1100.1 1096.9 -0.06 618.9 618.3 -0.01 5073.5 5100.4 -0.53
1989 1844.6 1839.3 -0.10 1176.2 1172.0 -0.08 668.5 667.4 -0.02 5427.2 5482.2 -1.01
1990 1993.0 1991.0 -0.03 1260.5 1259.2 -0.02 732.4 731.8 -0.01 5807.4 5800.5 0.12
1991 2104.4 2115.6 0.18 1310.7 1320.3 0.16 793.6 795.2 0.03 6179.1 5992.1 3.03
1992 2277.2 2298.1 0.32 1433.6 1450.5 0.26 843.6 847.6 0.06 6489.5 6342.3 2.27
1993 2376.4 2393.4 0.25 1491.2 1504.3 0.19 885.2 889.1 0.06 6808.6 6667.3 2.07
1994 2471.2 2479.1 0.11 1536.4 1542.5 0.08 934.8 936.6 0.03 7147.0 7085.2 0.87
1995 2594.9 2596.7 0.02 1612.4 1614.0 0.02 982.5 982.7 0.00 7510.1 7414.7 1.27
1996 2696.2 2696.8 0.01 1674.1 1674.7 0.01 1022.1 1022.1 0.00 7886.6 7838.5 0.61
1997 2782.4 2779.5 -0.04 1718.9 1716.3 -0.03 1063.5 1063.2 -0.00 8282.2 8332.4 -0.61
1998 2871.5 2861.9 -0.11 1752.2 1744.3 -0.09 1119.3 1117.6 -0.02 8658.1 8793.5 -1.56
1999 3008.5 2994.8 -0.15 1807.3 1796.2 -0.12 1201.3 1198.6 -0.03 9092.6 9353.5 -2.87
2000 3171.4 3153.3 -0.19 1886.7 1871.9 -0.15 1284.7 1281.3 -0.03 9626.8 9951.5 -3.37
2001 3375.9 3369.7 -0.06 1984.0 1979.8 -0.04 1392.0 1389.9 -0.02 10212.0 10286.2 -0.73
2002 3564.8 3578.9 0.13 2100.8 2112.1 0.11 1464.1 1466.8 0.03 10736.8 10642.3 0.88
2003 3773.7 3796.6 0.20 2244.0 2261.5 0.15 1529.6 1535.1 0.05 11305.6 11142.1 1.45
2004 3989.1 4002.7 0.11 2383.2 2393.4 0.09 1605.9 1609.3 0.03 11934.6 11867.8 0.56
2005 4273.6 4277.6 0.03 2569.4 2573.1 0.03 1704.2 1704.5 0.00 12634.4 12638.4 -0.03
2006 4513.1 4506.9 -0.05 2732.2 2728.3 -0.03 1780.9 1778.6 -0.02 13369.5 13398.9 -0.22
2007 4809.4 4802.9 -0.05 2900.8 2897.2 -0.03 1908.6 1905.6 -0.02 14105.0 14077.6 0.19
2008 5112.7 5132.0 0.13 3100.2 3117.6 0.12 2012.5 2014.4 0.01 14767.2 14441.4 2.21
2009 5374.8 5470.5 0.63 3379.9 3455.9 0.50 1994.8 2014.6 0.13 15276.1 14258.2 6.66

Figure 3C: Estimates of Cyclical Deficits by Government (Quaterly)

Quarter General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970, Q1 -1.8 5.7 0.73 -9.8 -2.5 0.71 8.0 8.2 0.02 1020.2 1017.1 0.30
1970, Q2 -12.0 -8.5 0.34 -20.2 -16.2 0.38 8.1 7.7 -0.04 1043.6 1033.1 1.01
1970, Q3 -14.2 -12.6 0.15 -21.8 -19.7 0.20 7.6 7.1 -0.05 1060.4 1050.5 0.93
1970, Q4 -12.8 -18.1 -0.49 -20.0 -23.5 -0.32 7.2 5.4 -0.17 1082.4 1052.7 2.75
1971, Q1 -17.5 -18.9 -0.13 -23.1 -23.9 -0.07 5.6 5.0 -0.06 1107.1 1098.1 0.82
1971, Q2 -22.0 -24.4 -0.21 -28.8 -30.4 -0.14 6.8 6.0 -0.07 1130.3 1118.8 1.02
1971, Q3 -20.2 -23.0 -0.24 -27.0 -29.5 -0.21 6.8 6.5 -0.03 1150.1 1139.1 0.96
1971, Q4 -19.1 -22.6 -0.30 -27.8 -31.0 -0.28 8.7 8.4 -0.02 1167.8 1151.4 1.41
1972, Q1 -11.5 -13.8 -0.19 -22.2 -22.9 -0.06 10.7 9.1 -0.13 1195.7 1190.1 0.46
1972, Q2 -13.5 -9.5 0.33 -31.4 -28.2 0.26 17.9 18.7 0.06 1211.6 1225.6 -1.15
1972, Q3 -12.7 -7.0 0.46 -21.6 -17.1 0.36 8.8 10.1 0.10 1232.0 1249.3 -1.40
1972, Q4 -16.7 -6.7 0.79 -39.1 -31.4 0.62 22.4 24.6 0.18 1256.2 1286.6 -2.42
1973, Q1 -14.5 3.7 1.42 -29.5 -15.2 1.12 15.1 18.9 0.30 1282.9 1335.1 -4.07
1973, Q2 -20.1 0.5 1.56 -31.7 -15.2 1.25 11.6 15.7 0.31 1315.2 1371.5 -4.28
1973, Q3 -13.3 4.0 1.28 -24.6 -10.6 1.03 11.3 14.6 0.24 1352.0 1390.7 -2.86
1973, Q4 -10.1 7.4 1.26 -20.0 -6.2 1.00 9.9 13.6 0.26 1387.4 1431.8 -3.20
1974, Q1 -6.9 2.9 0.68 -16.9 -8.9 0.56 10.0 11.8 0.13 1429.1 1446.5 -1.22
1974, Q2 -5.6 -0.8 0.33 -15.2 -11.4 0.25 9.5 10.6 0.07 1474.8 1484.8 -0.68
1974, Q3 2.9 -1.3 -0.27 -8.2 -11.3 -0.20 11.1 10.0 -0.07 1534.9 1513.7 1.38
1974, Q4 -7.1 -21.5 -0.90 -15.0 -26.4 -0.71 7.9 4.9 -0.19 1596.9 1552.8 2.76
1975, Q1 -18.0 -47.9 -1.81 -24.6 -48.5 -1.45 6.6 0.6 -0.36 1648.3 1569.4 4.78
1975, Q2 -67.4 -103.2 -2.12 -76.6 -105.8 -1.73 9.2 2.6 -0.39 1686.6 1605.0 4.84
1975, Q3 -23.1 -60.1 -2.14 -32.6 -63.7 -1.80 9.5 3.6 -0.34 1732.2 1662.5 4.03
1975, Q4 -26.0 -61.5 -2.00 -34.6 -64.6 -1.69 8.6 3.1 -0.31 1776.9 1713.9 3.54
1976, Q1 -23.5 -48.6 -1.39 -32.8 -54.3 -1.19 9.3 5.7 -0.20 1810.8 1771.9 2.15
1976, Q2 -21.6 -43.5 -1.19 -31.6 -50.0 -1.00 10.0 6.5 -0.19 1844.0 1804.2 2.16
1976, Q3 -24.4 -47.2 -1.21 -34.6 -53.6 -1.00 10.2 6.3 -0.21 1883.1 1837.7 2.41
1976, Q4 -22.5 -45.8 -1.21 -37.5 -56.8 -1.00 14.9 11.0 -0.20 1930.3 1884.5 2.37
1977, Q1 -17.3 -37.6 -1.03 -30.5 -47.2 -0.85 13.1 9.6 -0.18 1978.5 1938.5 2.02
1977, Q2 -17.1 -29.5 -0.61 -31.0 -41.3 -0.51 13.9 11.8 -0.10 2026.3 2005.2 1.04
1977, Q3 -27.3 -31.6 -0.21 -43.7 -47.3 -0.17 16.5 15.7 -0.04 2071.3 2066.0 0.26
1977, Q4 -27.7 -33.3 -0.26 -44.3 -48.7 -0.21 16.6 15.5 -0.05 2124.3 2110.8 0.63
1978, Q1 -25.6 -31.7 -0.28 -44.4 -48.6 -0.19 18.9 16.9 -0.09 2178.1 2149.1 1.33
1978, Q2 -15.8 -4.8 0.49 -36.5 -27.9 0.38 20.7 23.1 0.10 2240.3 2274.7 -1.54
1978, Q3 -21.3 -5.9 0.67 -34.1 -21.9 0.53 12.8 16.1 0.14 2300.0 2335.2 -1.53
1978, Q4 -20.5 1.5 0.93 -34.9 -17.2 0.75 14.4 18.7 0.18 2368.3 2416.0 -2.02
1979, Q1 -16.8 5.8 0.93 -27.9 -8.7 0.79 11.1 14.5 0.14 2433.5 2463.3 -1.22
1979, Q2 -11.3 3.0 0.57 -23.6 -8.9 0.58 12.3 11.9 -0.02 2514.0 2526.4 -0.49
1979, Q3 -14.4 -0.7 0.53 -27.3 -14.6 0.49 12.9 13.9 0.04 2586.5 2599.7 -0.51
1979, Q4 -20.7 -12.0 0.33 -31.6 -23.6 0.30 10.9 11.6 0.03 2656.8 2659.4 -0.10
1980, Q1 -24.5 -23.1 0.05 -36.0 -33.7 0.09 11.6 10.6 -0.03 2732.2 2724.1 0.30
1980, Q2 -28.7 -52.1 -0.83 -40.3 -57.6 -0.62 11.6 5.5 -0.22 2808.3 2728.0 2.86
1980, Q3 -23.8 -64.3 -1.40 -39.6 -71.8 -1.11 15.8 7.5 -0.29 2886.6 2785.2 3.51
1980, Q4 -13.6 -51.9 -1.28 -31.0 -63.4 -1.09 17.4 11.5 -0.20 2982.4 2915.3 2.25
1981, Q1 -1.7 -30.9 -0.95 -16.5 -42.6 -0.85 14.8 11.7 -0.10 3076.2 3051.4 0.81
1981, Q2 -2.1 -38.8 -1.17 -15.7 -46.9 -0.99 13.6 8.0 -0.18 3149.0 3084.3 2.06
1981, Q3 -13.7 -47.0 -1.03 -25.7 -54.6 -0.90 12.1 7.7 -0.14 3226.9 3177.0 1.55
1981, Q4 -27.7 -80.2 -1.59 -39.6 -83.0 -1.31 12.0 2.8 -0.28 3305.4 3194.7 3.35
1982, Q1 -23.0 -104.5 -2.42 -39.4 -103.9 -1.91 16.4 -0.7 -0.51 3377.0 3184.9 5.69
1982, Q2 -14.9 -110.9 -2.78 -31.8 -109.4 -2.25 16.9 -1.4 -0.53 3445.1 3241.0 5.93
1982, Q3 -35.4 -149.8 -3.25 -55.4 -147.2 -2.61 20.0 -2.6 -0.64 3520.1 3274.4 6.98
1982, Q4 -54.9 -184.7 -3.62 -76.3 -180.7 -2.91 21.5 -4.0 -0.71 3585.0 3312.5 7.60
1983, Q1 -58.0 -183.8 -3.45 -74.4 -176.4 -2.80 16.4 -7.4 -0.65 3642.3 3381.0 7.17
1983, Q2 -52.7 -169.7 -3.17 -76.2 -172.7 -2.61 23.5 3.0 -0.56 3695.2 3482.2 5.76
1983, Q3 -82.8 -179.2 -2.56 -109.6 -188.9 -2.11 26.8 9.8 -0.45 3759.6 3587.1 4.59
1983, Q4 -76.8 -152.8 -1.99 -103.6 -167.0 -1.66 26.8 14.2 -0.33 3814.2 3688.1 3.31
1984, Q1 -81.7 -134.5 -1.36 -112.7 -157.0 -1.14 31.0 22.5 -0.22 3890.6 3807.4 2.14
1984, Q2 -103.1 -140.5 -0.95 -135.1 -167.3 -0.81 32.0 26.7 -0.13 3956.4 3906.3 1.27
1984, Q3 -123.1 -154.1 -0.77 -148.7 -175.2 -0.66 25.6 21.1 -0.11 4020.8 3976.0 1.12
1984, Q4 -132.9 -161.0 -0.69 -162.6 -186.4 -0.58 29.7 25.4 -0.11 4078.0 4034.0 1.08
1985, Q1 -98.0 -126.1 -0.68 -126.8 -150.7 -0.58 28.8 24.7 -0.10 4159.5 4117.2 1.02
1985, Q2 -150.8 -177.0 -0.62 -179.1 -201.0 -0.52 28.3 24.0 -0.10 4216.5 4175.7 0.97
1985, Q3 -138.9 -156.3 -0.41 -162.5 -178.0 -0.36 23.6 21.7 -0.05 4272.6 4258.3 0.33
1985, Q4 -151.4 -165.7 -0.33 -172.3 -184.7 -0.29 20.9 19.1 -0.04 4335.2 4318.7 0.38
1986, Q1 -143.8 -157.3 -0.31 -172.3 -184.2 -0.27 28.5 26.9 -0.04 4393.2 4382.4 0.25
1986, Q2 -167.2 -185.5 -0.41 -190.6 -205.7 -0.34 23.4 20.2 -0.07 4451.0 4423.3 0.62
1986, Q3 -170.9 -188.4 -0.39 -196.5 -210.9 -0.32 25.6 22.5 -0.07 4514.9 4491.3 0.52
1986, Q4 -143.6 -164.3 -0.45 -161.4 -177.7 -0.35 17.8 13.3 -0.10 4583.4 4543.3 0.88
1987, Q1 -147.8 -174.5 -0.57 -160.1 -181.9 -0.47 12.3 7.4 -0.11 4655.5 4611.1 0.95
1987, Q2 -85.4 -107.9 -0.48 -108.8 -127.8 -0.40 23.3 19.9 -0.07 4717.9 4686.7 0.66
1987, Q3 -109.1 -127.8 -0.39 -123.1 -139.0 -0.33 14.1 11.2 -0.06 4791.7 4764.5 0.57
1987, Q4 -137.2 -139.3 -0.04 -145.2 -148.7 -0.07 8.0 9.4 0.03 4863.1 4883.1 -0.41
1988, Q1 -134.7 -135.6 -0.02 -146.0 -148.0 -0.04 11.3 12.3 0.02 4939.8 4948.6 -0.18
1988, Q2 -135.3 -125.7 0.19 -144.1 -137.9 0.12 8.8 12.1 0.07 5025.5 5059.3 -0.67
1988, Q3 -118.0 -108.4 0.19 -137.0 -130.0 0.14 19.0 21.6 0.05 5123.9 5142.8 -0.37
1988, Q4 -133.3 -115.0 0.35 -151.3 -137.8 0.26 18.0 22.9 0.09 5204.6 5251.0 -0.89
1989, Q1 -112.6 -87.9 0.46 -133.2 -115.4 0.34 20.7 27.4 0.13 5299.0 5360.3 -1.16
1989, Q2 -133.7 -108.7 0.46 -153.3 -134.9 0.34 19.6 26.1 0.12 5392.6 5453.6 -1.13
1989, Q3 -146.4 -119.2 0.50 -161.1 -140.9 0.37 14.7 21.6 0.13 5470.5 5532.9 -1.14
1989, Q4 -155.6 -139.3 0.29 -156.7 -144.7 0.22 1.1 5.4 0.08 5546.6 5581.7 -0.63
1990, Q1 -174.6 -156.0 0.33 -184.4 -171.3 0.23 9.8 15.3 0.10 5656.0 5708.1 -0.92
1990, Q2 -180.3 -167.7 0.22 -185.2 -176.7 0.15 4.9 9.0 0.07 5764.1 5797.4 -0.58
1990, Q3 -161.3 -167.6 -0.11 -165.8 -172.0 -0.11 4.5 4.4 -0.00 5859.7 5850.6 0.15
1990, Q4 -146.5 -189.8 -0.73 -151.1 -185.8 -0.58 4.6 -3.9 -0.14 5949.7 5846.0 1.74
1991, Q1 -83.7 -164.1 -1.33 -92.9 -157.4 -1.07 9.3 -6.6 -0.26 6054.6 5880.2 2.88
1991, Q2 -131.4 -225.1 -1.53 -140.5 -217.1 -1.25 9.1 -8.1 -0.28 6137.6 5962.0 2.86
1991, Q3 -136.3 -243.0 -1.71 -153.2 -240.5 -1.40 16.9 -2.4 -0.31 6224.3 6033.7 3.06
1991, Q4 -146.7 -264.8 -1.88 -162.1 -258.7 -1.53 15.4 -6.1 -0.34 6299.7 6092.5 3.29
1992, Q1 -183.9 -296.5 -1.77 -203.2 -296.0 -1.46 19.2 -0.5 -0.31 6375.6 6190.7 2.90
1992, Q2 -194.5 -302.6 -1.68 -212.2 -302.2 -1.39 17.8 -0.4 -0.28 6454.3 6295.2 2.47
1992, Q3 -217.9 -317.9 -1.53 -229.2 -313.2 -1.29 11.3 -4.8 -0.25 6524.4 6389.7 2.06
1992, Q4 -209.3 -298.5 -1.35 -222.8 -298.6 -1.15 13.6 0.1 -0.20 6603.7 6493.6 1.67
1993, Q1 -233.4 -322.3 -1.33 -238.7 -312.1 -1.10 5.3 -10.2 -0.23 6687.9 6544.5 2.14
1993, Q2 -186.1 -278.9 -1.37 -198.4 -275.3 -1.14 12.3 -3.6 -0.23 6769.2 6622.7 2.16
1993, Q3 -190.5 -285.8 -1.39 -203.5 -282.2 -1.15 13.0 -3.7 -0.24 6847.1 6688.3 2.32
1993, Q4 -150.9 -237.6 -1.25 -178.2 -251.3 -1.05 27.3 13.7 -0.20 6930.0 6813.8 1.68
1994, Q1 -158.3 -231.0 -1.04 -175.3 -236.4 -0.87 17.1 5.4 -0.17 7016.6 6916.3 1.43
1994, Q2 -145.6 -199.2 -0.75 -156.6 -202.9 -0.65 11.0 3.7 -0.10 7100.1 7044.3 0.79
1994, Q3 -160.8 -205.4 -0.62 -182.6 -220.6 -0.53 21.8 15.2 -0.09 7190.7 7131.8 0.82
1994, Q4 -183.2 -213.1 -0.41 -195.7 -221.7 -0.36 12.5 8.6 -0.05 7280.6 7248.2 0.44
1995, Q1 -175.9 -210.5 -0.47 -193.0 -221.4 -0.39 17.0 10.9 -0.08 7377.2 7307.7 0.94
1995, Q2 -157.8 -208.5 -0.68 -165.1 -206.2 -0.55 7.3 -2.3 -0.13 7464.4 7355.8 1.45
1995, Q3 -149.9 -201.1 -0.68 -168.3 -210.3 -0.56 18.4 9.3 -0.12 7551.6 7452.5 1.31
1995, Q4 -112.8 -167.8 -0.72 -141.6 -186.7 -0.59 28.8 18.9 -0.13 7647.1 7542.5 1.37
1996, Q1 -116.4 -173.8 -0.74 -147.3 -194.3 -0.61 30.8 20.5 -0.13 7746.5 7638.2 1.40
1996, Q2 -97.1 -131.0 -0.43 -120.1 -149.5 -0.38 23.0 18.6 -0.06 7834.3 7800.0 0.44
1996, Q3 -88.4 -113.3 -0.31 -117.8 -138.3 -0.26 29.4 25.1 -0.05 7933.6 7892.7 0.52
1996, Q4 -71.0 -83.0 -0.15 -100.4 -110.8 -0.13 29.5 27.8 -0.02 8031.8 8023.0 0.11
1997, Q1 -58.1 -62.4 -0.05 -88.2 -92.4 -0.05 30.0 30.0 -0.00 8136.0 8137.0 -0.01
1997, Q2 -51.9 -37.9 0.17 -82.0 -71.0 0.13 30.1 33.1 0.04 8237.6 8276.8 -0.48
1997, Q3 -29.5 4.8 0.41 -62.7 -35.6 0.33 33.3 40.4 0.09 8327.4 8409.9 -0.99
1997, Q4 -40.6 0.1 0.48 -74.8 -41.5 0.40 34.3 41.7 0.09 8427.7 8505.7 -0.93
1998, Q1 4.4 53.5 0.58 -31.9 7.9 0.47 36.3 45.6 0.11 8510.7 8600.6 -1.06
1998, Q2 10.5 63.3 0.61 -21.8 20.7 0.49 32.3 42.6 0.12 8603.9 8698.6 -1.10
1998, Q3 34.0 97.3 0.73 2.4 52.3 0.57 31.6 45.1 0.15 8709.9 8847.2 -1.58
1998, Q4 15.1 107.8 1.05 -18.5 53.4 0.82 33.6 54.4 0.24 8807.9 9027.5 -2.49
1999, Q1 24.1 123.2 1.11 2.2 79.1 0.86 21.9 44.1 0.25 8921.7 9148.6 -2.54
1999, Q2 34.3 133.5 1.10 18.7 96.1 0.86 15.6 37.4 0.24 9036.5 9252.6 -2.39
1999, Q3 31.5 145.0 1.24 15.8 103.5 0.96 15.7 41.6 0.28 9147.0 9405.1 -2.82
1999, Q4 18.2 160.7 1.54 6.8 116.6 1.18 11.4 44.2 0.35 9265.2 9607.7 -3.70
2000, Q1 123.6 256.4 1.41 102.8 205.3 1.09 20.8 51.2 0.32 9418.7 9709.5 -3.09
2000, Q2 58.5 227.7 1.77 45.1 175.0 1.36 13.4 52.8 0.41 9552.9 9949.1 -4.15
2000, Q3 71.1 220.3 1.54 66.1 181.8 1.19 5.0 38.6 0.35 9698.0 10017.5 -3.29
2000, Q4 69.9 201.4 1.34 77.8 178.8 1.03 -7.8 22.6 0.31 9837.6 10129.8 -2.97
2001, Q1 87.2 174.4 0.87 93.2 159.4 0.66 -5.9 15.1 0.21 9998.1 10165.1 -1.67
2001, Q2 58.4 113.3 0.54 80.6 119.0 0.38 -22.2 -5.7 0.16 10160.3 10301.3 -1.39
2001, Q3 -127.0 -127.3 -0.00 -99.0 -104.4 -0.05 -28.0 -22.9 0.05 10284.8 10305.2 -0.20
2001, Q4 -15.0 -62.0 -0.45 32.7 -12.0 -0.43 -47.7 -50.0 -0.02 10404.8 10373.1 0.30
2002, Q1 -204.8 -261.3 -0.54 -152.3 -205.4 -0.50 -52.5 -55.9 -0.03 10531.1 10498.7 0.31
2002, Q2 -232.8 -307.6 -0.70 -182.0 -249.7 -0.63 -50.8 -57.9 -0.07 10666.0 10601.9 0.60
2002, Q3 -223.1 -310.0 -0.80 -186.2 -262.9 -0.71 -36.9 -47.0 -0.09 10800.4 10701.7 0.91
2002, Q4 -231.0 -348.6 -1.07 -192.6 -293.0 -0.92 -38.5 -55.6 -0.16 10949.7 10766.9 1.67
2003, Q1 -244.3 -381.9 -1.24 -184.2 -300.6 -1.05 -60.1 -81.3 -0.19 11113.4 10888.4 2.02
2003, Q2 -278.1 -427.3 -1.33 -247.3 -375.0 -1.14 -30.8 -52.3 -0.19 11228.4 11008.1 1.96
2003, Q3 -357.6 -477.0 -1.05 -347.2 -451.4 -0.92 -10.4 -25.5 -0.13 11370.9 11255.7 1.01
2003, Q4 -270.3 -374.8 -0.91 -286.2 -378.6 -0.80 15.9 3.8 -0.11 11509.8 11416.5 0.81
2004, Q1 -349.2 -432.0 -0.71 -337.1 -409.3 -0.62 -12.1 -22.7 -0.09 11683.7 11597.2 0.74
2004, Q2 -334.9 -405.4 -0.60 -322.6 -384.4 -0.52 -12.2 -21.0 -0.07 11857.6 11778.4 0.67
2004, Q3 -302.2 -365.2 -0.52 -306.2 -361.6 -0.46 4.0 -3.6 -0.06 12017.6 11950.6 0.56
2004, Q4 -299.3 -348.7 -0.41 -318.1 -362.5 -0.36 18.8 13.8 -0.04 12179.5 12144.9 0.28
2005, Q1 -235.9 -263.7 -0.22 -262.0 -288.9 -0.22 26.1 25.2 -0.01 12366.8 12379.5 -0.10
2005, Q2 -245.1 -269.2 -0.19 -265.2 -288.1 -0.18 20.1 18.9 -0.01 12525.4 12516.8 0.07
2005, Q3 -249.1 -262.1 -0.10 -273.6 -287.4 -0.11 24.5 25.3 0.01 12730.5 12741.6 -0.09
2005, Q4 -220.9 -233.3 -0.10 -254.5 -267.7 -0.10 33.6 34.4 0.01 12914.9 12915.6 -0.01
2006, Q1 -162.8 -144.7 0.14 -217.7 -207.3 0.08 54.9 62.6 0.06 13091.1 13183.5 -0.71
2006, Q2 -184.1 -166.2 0.13 -241.0 -229.4 0.09 56.9 63.2 0.05 13289.7 13347.8 -0.44
2006, Q3 -169.1 -173.1 -0.03 -210.8 -215.5 -0.03 41.7 42.4 0.00 13474.8 13452.9 0.16
2006, Q4 -126.8 -127.0 -0.00 -160.7 -163.0 -0.02 34.0 35.9 0.01 13622.2 13611.5 0.08
2007, Q1 -147.8 -168.1 -0.15 -182.8 -200.9 -0.13 35.0 32.8 -0.02 13852.7 13795.6 0.41
2007, Q2 -164.4 -186.4 -0.16 -201.0 -221.3 -0.14 36.6 34.9 -0.01 14033.7 13997.2 0.26
2007, Q3 -224.9 -238.5 -0.10 -244.4 -258.8 -0.10 19.5 20.3 0.01 14180.9 14179.9 0.01
2007, Q4 -246.0 -266.3 -0.14 -245.1 -265.0 -0.14 -0.9 -1.3 -0.00 14352.8 14337.9 0.10
2008, Q1 -397.2 -453.6 -0.39 -386.6 -433.5 -0.32 -10.6 -20.1 -0.07 14510.5 14373.9 0.94
2008, Q2 -744.1 -822.5 -0.53 -732.7 -796.9 -0.44 -11.3 -25.5 -0.10 14666.3 14497.8 1.15
2008, Q3 -567.6 -724.8 -1.05 -539.7 -665.7 -0.85 -28.0 -59.0 -0.21 14901.0 14546.7 2.38
2008, Q4 -451.8 -730.2 -1.86 -453.0 -674.1 -1.47 1.2 -56.1 -0.38 14991.1 14347.3 4.29
2009, Q1 -604.0 -1005.7 -2.65 -654.2 -969.1 -2.08 50.2 -36.6 -0.57 15144.0 14178.0 6.38
2009, Q2 -803.9 -1293.5 -3.22 -878.2 -1268.9 -2.57 74.3 -24.6 -0.65 15221.1 14151.2 7.03
2009, Q3 -842.3 -1368.6 -3.44 -932.4 -1353.6 -2.75 90.1 -15.0 -0.69 15314.4 14242.1 7.00
2009, Q4 -773.7 -1308.9 -3.47 -863.4 -1299.1 -2.82 89.8 -9.8 -0.65 15425.0 14461.7 6.25

Figure 3C: Estimates of Cyclical Deficits by Government (Calendar Years)

Calendar Year General Government, HEB General Government, ACT General Government, CYC Federal Government, HEB Federal Government, ACT Federal Government, CYC State & Local Government*, HEB State & Local Government*, ACT State & Local Government*, CYC GDP, HEB GDP, ACT GDP, GAP
1970 -10.2 -8.4 0.17 -17.9 -15.5 0.23 7.8 7.1 -0.06 1051.7 1038.3 1.27
1971 -19.7 -22.2 -0.22 -26.7 -28.7 -0.18 7.0 6.5 -0.04 1138.8 1126.8 1.05
1972 -13.6 -9.3 0.35 -28.6 -24.9 0.30 15.0 15.6 0.05 1223.9 1237.9 -1.14
1973 -14.5 3.9 1.38 -26.4 -11.8 1.10 12.0 15.7 0.28 1334.4 1382.3 -3.59
1974 -4.2 -5.2 -0.07 -13.8 -14.5 -0.05 9.6 9.3 -0.02 1508.9 1499.4 0.63
1975 -33.6 -68.2 -2.02 -42.1 -70.6 -1.67 8.5 2.5 -0.35 1711.0 1637.7 4.28
1976 -23.0 -46.3 -1.25 -34.1 -53.7 -1.05 11.1 7.4 -0.20 1867.1 1824.6 2.27
1977 -22.4 -33.0 -0.52 -37.4 -46.1 -0.43 15.0 13.1 -0.09 2050.1 2030.1 0.97
1978 -20.8 -10.2 0.46 -37.5 -28.9 0.38 16.7 18.7 0.09 2271.7 2293.8 -0.97
1979 -15.8 -1.0 0.58 -27.6 -14.0 0.53 11.8 13.0 0.05 2547.7 2562.2 -0.57
1980 -22.6 -47.8 -0.88 -36.7 -56.6 -0.70 14.1 8.8 -0.19 2852.4 2788.1 2.25
1981 -11.3 -49.2 -1.19 -24.4 -56.8 -1.01 13.1 7.6 -0.17 3189.4 3126.8 1.96
1982 -32.0 -137.5 -3.03 -50.7 -135.3 -2.43 18.7 -2.2 -0.60 3481.8 3253.2 6.57
1983 -67.6 -171.4 -2.78 -91.0 -176.2 -2.29 23.4 4.9 -0.50 3727.8 3534.6 5.18
1984 -110.2 -147.5 -0.94 -139.8 -171.5 -0.79 29.6 23.9 -0.14 3986.5 3930.9 1.39
1985 -134.8 -156.3 -0.51 -160.2 -178.6 -0.43 25.4 22.4 -0.07 4246.0 4217.5 0.67
1986 -156.4 -173.9 -0.39 -180.2 -194.6 -0.32 23.8 20.7 -0.07 4485.6 4460.1 0.57
1987 -119.9 -137.4 -0.37 -134.3 -149.3 -0.32 14.4 12.0 -0.05 4757.1 4736.4 0.44
1988 -130.3 -121.2 0.18 -144.6 -138.4 0.12 14.3 17.2 0.06 5073.5 5100.4 -0.53
1989 -137.1 -113.8 0.43 -151.1 -133.9 0.32 14.0 20.1 0.11 5427.2 5482.2 -1.01
1990 -165.7 -170.3 -0.08 -171.6 -176.4 -0.08 5.9 6.2 0.00 5807.4 5800.5 0.12
1991 -124.5 -224.2 -1.61 -137.2 -218.4 -1.32 12.7 -5.8 -0.30 6179.1 5992.1 3.03
1992 -201.4 -303.9 -1.58 -216.9 -302.5 -1.32 15.5 -1.4 -0.26 6489.5 6342.3 2.27
1993 -190.2 -281.2 -1.34 -204.7 -280.2 -1.11 14.5 -0.9 -0.23 6808.6 6667.3 2.07
1994 -162.0 -212.2 -0.70 -177.5 -220.4 -0.60 15.6 8.2 -0.10 7147.0 7085.2 0.87
1995 -149.1 -197.0 -0.64 -167.0 -206.2 -0.52 17.9 9.2 -0.12 7510.1 7414.7 1.27
1996 -93.2 -125.3 -0.41 -121.4 -148.2 -0.34 28.2 23.0 -0.07 7886.6 7838.5 0.61
1997 -45.0 -23.8 0.26 -76.9 -60.1 0.20 31.9 36.3 0.05 8282.2 8332.4 -0.61
1998 16.0 80.5 0.74 -17.5 33.6 0.59 33.5 46.9 0.16 8658.1 8793.5 -1.56
1999 27.0 140.6 1.25 10.9 98.8 0.97 16.1 41.8 0.28 9092.6 9353.5 -2.87
2000 80.8 226.5 1.51 72.9 185.2 1.17 7.9 41.3 0.35 9626.8 9951.5 -3.37
2001 0.9 24.6 0.23 26.9 40.5 0.13 -26.0 -15.9 0.10 10212.0 10286.2 -0.73
2002 -222.9 -306.9 -0.78 -178.3 -252.8 -0.69 -44.7 -54.1 -0.09 10736.8 10642.3 0.88
2003 -287.6 -415.2 -1.13 -266.2 -376.4 -0.97 -21.3 -38.8 -0.15 11305.6 11142.1 1.45
2004 -321.4 -387.8 -0.56 -321.0 -379.5 -0.49 -0.4 -8.4 -0.07 11934.6 11867.8 0.56
2005 -237.8 -257.1 -0.15 -263.8 -283.0 -0.15 26.1 25.9 -0.00 12634.4 12638.4 -0.03
2006 -160.7 -152.7 0.06 -207.5 -203.8 0.03 46.9 51.0 0.03 13369.5 13398.9 -0.22
2007 -195.8 -214.8 -0.13 -218.3 -236.5 -0.13 22.5 21.7 -0.01 14105.0 14077.6 0.19
2008 -540.2 -682.7 -0.97 -528.0 -642.6 -0.78 -12.2 -40.2 -0.19 14767.2 14441.4 2.21
2009 -756.0 -1244.1 -3.20 -832.1 -1222.7 -2.56 76.1 -21.5 -0.64 15276.1 14258.2 6.66

Figure 4: Estimates of Fiscal Impetus (Levels)

Year Federal FI Federal Grants S&L FI Total Gov. FI Real GDP (t-1)
1968 0.62 -0.17 34.74 35.53 3942.52
1969 -31.76 0.06 20.53 -11.29 4133.39
1970 -0.53 9.57 18.59 8.49 4261.8
1971 -8.62 7.53 22.06 5.91 4269.94
1972 24.44 14.05 12.47 22.86 4413.26
1973 -7.53 22.49 20.80 -9.22 4647.73
1974 0.16 -6.33 20.74 27.23 4917.01
1975 28.15 7.57 31.04 51.62 4889.92
1976 17.48 8.71 6.49 15.26 4879.52
1977 11.27 5.65 1.87 7.49 5141.3
1978 22.14 12.06 32.42 42.50 5377.65
1979 10.95 -3.85 13.84 28.64 5677.62
1980 -2.61 -5.31 4.58 7.28 5855.05
1981 -18.19 -7.66 -20.06 -30.59 5838.98
1982 45.59 -16.98 -7.17 55.40 5987.19
1983 55.80 -5.88 7.09 68.77 5870.94
1984 24.36 0.18 18.45 42.63 6136.17
1985 26.66 1.34 51.61 76.93 6577.12
1986 0.77 2.63 60.52 58.66 6849.27
1987 23.85 -7.37 14.57 45.79 7086.51
1988 -11.22 -1.19 29.84 19.81 7313.28
1989 -17.57 2.73 38.48 18.18 7613.89
1990 -21.36 2.47 43.67 19.84 7885.93
1991 -37.49 3.48 22.79 -18.18 8033.91
1992 -24.71 2.98 16.31 -11.38 8015.14
1993 -46.27 -13.69 14.79 -17.79 8287.07
1994 -54.99 -7.38 30.74 -16.87 8523.45
1995 -31.68 0.51 30.83 -1.36 8870.67
1996 -15.99 0.98 27.48 10.51 9093.72
1997 -8.49 1.15 37.38 27.74 9433.89
1998 -4.03 7.04 53.28 42.21 9854.33
1999 31.32 9.79 64.60 86.13 10283.52
2000 8.02 3.27 44.37 49.12 10779.85
2001 53.59 5.37 67.63 115.85 11225.98
2002 108.29 6.84 46.03 147.48 11347.16
2003 104.02 13.53 -8.16 82.33 11552.97
2004 85.31 5.44 -6.19 73.68 11840.7
2005 28.26 0.20 -7.07 20.99 12263.81
2006 42.29 -0.71 6.60 49.60 12638.38
2007 20.14 -4.21 30.23 54.58 12976.25
2008 111.53 -1.31 4.56 117.40 13254.06
2009 135.21 37.57 -13.95 83.69 13312.16

Figure 4: Estimates of Fiscal Impetus (% of real GDP)

Year Federal, FI Federal, FI ex. Grants State and Local, FI ex. Grants State and Local, FI General Gov., FI
1968 0.02 0.02 0.89 0.88 0.90
1969 -0.77 -0.77 0.50 0.50 -0.27
1970 -0.01 -0.24 0.21 0.44 0.20
1971 -0.20 -0.38 0.34 0.52 0.14
1972 0.55 0.24 -0.04 0.28 0.52
1973 -0.16 -0.65 -0.04 0.45 -0.20
1974 0.00 0.13 0.55 0.42 0.55
1975 0.58 0.42 0.48 0.63 1.06
1976 0.36 0.18 -0.05 0.13 0.31
1977 0.22 0.11 -0.07 0.04 0.15
1978 0.41 0.19 0.38 0.60 0.79
1979 0.19 0.26 0.31 0.24 0.50
1980 -0.04 0.05 0.17 0.08 0.12
1981 -0.31 -0.18 -0.21 -0.34 -0.52
1982 0.76 1.05 0.16 -0.12 0.93
1983 0.95 1.05 0.22 0.12 1.17
1984 0.40 0.39 0.30 0.30 0.69
1985 0.41 0.38 0.76 0.78 1.17
1986 0.01 -0.03 0.85 0.88 0.86
1987 0.34 0.44 0.31 0.21 0.65
1988 -0.15 -0.14 0.42 0.41 0.27
1989 -0.23 -0.27 0.47 0.51 0.24
1990 -0.27 -0.30 0.52 0.55 0.25
1991 -0.47 -0.51 0.24 0.28 -0.23
1992 -0.31 -0.35 0.17 0.20 -0.14
1993 -0.56 -0.39 0.34 0.18 -0.21
1994 -0.65 -0.56 0.45 0.36 -0.20
1995 -0.36 -0.36 0.34 0.35 -0.02
1996 -0.18 -0.19 0.29 0.30 0.12
1997 -0.09 -0.10 0.38 0.40 0.29
1998 -0.04 -0.11 0.47 0.54 0.43
1999 0.30 0.21 0.53 0.63 0.84
2000 0.07 0.04 0.38 0.41 0.46
2001 0.48 0.43 0.55 0.60 1.03
2002 0.95 0.89 0.35 0.41 1.30
2003 0.90 0.78 -0.19 -0.07 0.71
2004 0.72 0.67 -0.10 -0.05 0.62
2005 0.23 0.23 -0.06 -0.06 0.17
2006 0.33 0.34 0.06 0.05 0.39
2007 0.16 0.19 0.27 0.23 0.42
2008 0.84 0.85 0.04 0.03 0.89
2009 1.02 0.73 -0.39 -0.10 0.63

Figure 5: Effect of Fiscal Stimulus Actions

  Stimulus Effect, Deficit Stimulus Effect, Demand
2008 Q1 0.0 0.0
2008 Q2 2.7 0.4
2008 Q3 0.9 0.5
2008 Q4 0.6 0.4
2009 Q1 1.1 0.6
2009 Q2 2.5 1.0
2009 Q3 2.3 1.2
2009 Q4 2.3 1.4
This version is optimized for use by screen readers. Descriptions for all mathematical expressions are provided in LaTex format. A printable pdf version is available. Return to Text