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Fiscal Years 2000 to 2012Year Inflation GDP-US
$ billion nominalTotal Spending - Federal
$ billion nominal2000 2.55 10318.2 a 1788.95 a 2001 2.22 10598 a 1862.85 a 2002 1.5 10984 a 2010.89 a 2003 2.07 11566.7 a 2159.90 a 2004 2.89 12305.3 a 2292.84 a 2005 3.36 13142.6 a 2471.96 a 2006 3.21 13870.2 a 2655.05 a 2007 2.63 14564.1 a 2728.69 a 2008 2.03 14899 a 2982.54 a 2009 0.11 14448.9 a 3517.68 a 2010 1.45 15141.6 a 3457.08 a 2011 2.4 15647.7 a 3603.06 a 2012 1.72 16319.5 a 3526.56 a
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values