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Recent US Federal Deficit Numbers
| Obama Deficits | Bush Deficits |
| FY 2012: $1,101 billion | FY 2009: $1,413 billion |
| FY 2011: $1,299 billion | FY 2008: $459 billion |
| FY 2010: $1,293 billion | FY 2007: $161 billion |
The federal deficit is the amount each year by which federal outlays in the federal budget exceed federal receipts. But the gross federal debt increases each year by substantially more than the amount of the deficit each year. That is because a substantial amount of federal borrowing is not counted in the budget. See here.
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Recent US Federal Deficits
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The two charts show above show recent and budgeted deficits for the US federal government. On the left is a chart of the deficit in current dollars. On the right is a chart of the deficit as a percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Note:
* Federal spending after 2010 is budgeted.
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What is the spending data; where is it from?
- Federal spending data begins in 1792.
- State and local spending data begins in 1902.
- Spending data is from official government sources.
Federal data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
- Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.
Federal data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
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Data Sources for :
GDP: Measuring Worth - US GDP
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
> data sources for other years
> data update schedule.
State Finances Update for FY 2010
On December 14, 2011 the US Census Bureau released data on state finances for FY 2010 here, including spending and revenue for each individual state and for all states combined.
On December 27, 2011 we updated state and local spending and revenue data as follows:
- We replaced "guesstimated" state spending and revenue data for FY2010 using the data from the Census Bureau.
- We replaced "guesstimated" local spending and revenue data for FY 2010 with estimates for each spending and revenue category using the trends in state finances between FY 2009 and FY 2010.
- We replaced "guesstimated" state revenue data for FY 2011 with data from the Census Bureau's quarterly state tax summary here.
- We replaced "guesstimated" local revenue data for FY 2011 with estimates for each category using trends for each category of state revenue between FY 2010 and FY 2011.
- We replaced "guesstimated" state and local spending and revenue for FY 2012 thru FY2017 with new guesstimates based on the latest Census Bureau data for FY 2010 state finances and FY 2011 quarterly tax data.
Highlights: State spending on Welfare was up from a "guesstimated" $164 billion to $237 billion. Business and Other Revenue was up from a "guesstimated" $174 billion to $456 billion. This reflects the $289 billion profit reported on state pension plans for FY 2010, a partial recovery from the FY 2009 loss of $524 billion.
Budget News
FY13 budget due Feb 13
White House to miss budget deadline for third year.
Lew to finish work on 2013 budget before departing OMB
Early February release?
FY 2011 Deficit is $1.3 trillion
Congressional Budget Office reports that FY 2011 federal deficit was $1.3 trillion.
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Revision to State and Local Data for 2001, 2003
We have revised state and local spending and revenue data for 2001 and 2003.
For 2001 and 2003 the ...
State and Local Update for 2009
On October 31, 2011 usgovernmentspending.com updated the state and local spending and revenue from F...
US Deficit for FY11
On October 14, 2011, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and OMB Director Jacob Lew announced that the ...
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