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Fiscal Years 2000 to 2012Year Inflation GDP-US
$ billion nominalTotal Spending - Federal
$ billion nominal2000 2.36 10251 a 1788.95 a 2001 2.27 10581.9 a 1862.85 a 2002 1.58 10929.1 a 2010.89 a 2003 2.03 11456.4 a 2159.90 a 2004 2.79 12217.2 a 2292.84 a 2005 3.24 13039.2 a 2471.96 a 2006 3.17 13815.6 a 2655.05 a 2007 2.76 14474.2 a 2728.69 a 2008 1.93 14769.9 a 2982.54 a 2009 0.6 14478.1 a 3517.68 a 2010 1.25 15049 a 3457.08 a 2011 2.1 15599.7 a 3603.06 a 2012 1.9 16254 a 3526.56 a
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values
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