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Fiscal Years 1890 to 2021Year Inflation GDP-US
$ billion nominalFederal Deficit - Federal
$ billion nominal1890 -0.89 MW gdp a -0.08 a 1891 1.02 MW gdp a -0.02 a 1892 1.05 MW gdp a 0.00 a 1893 0.06 MW gdp a 0.00 a 1894 -3.52 MW gdp a 0.07 a 1895 -1.11 MW gdp a 0.04 a 1896 0.95 MW gdp a 0.02 a 1897 -0.05 MW gdp a 0.03 a 1898 1.04 MW gdp a 0.05 a 1899 0.99 MW gdp a 0.10 a 1900 2.92 MW gdp a -0.04 a 1901 2.95 MW gdp a -0.06 a 1902 2.9 MW gdp a -0.08 a 1903 4.83 MW gdp a -0.06 i 1904 2.57 MW gdp a -0.02 i 1905 0.81 MW gdp a 0.00 i 1906 3.71 MW gdp a -0.04 i 1907 6.49 MW gdp a -0.10 i 1908 -0.18 MW gdp a 0.00 i 1909 -1.49 MW gdp a 0.03 i 1910 2.63 MW gdp a -0.03 i 1911 -0.49 MW gdp a -0.04 i 1912 4.17 MW gdp a 0.00 i 1913 0.75 MW gdp a 0.01 a 1914 0.86 MW gdp a 0.07 i 1915 3.29 MW gdp a 0.22 i 1916 14.48 MW gdp a 0.16 i 1917 22.75 MW gdp a 1.09 i 1918 18 MW gdp a 9.00 i 1919 2.49 MW gdp a 13.16 i 1920 13.78 MW gdp a -0.59 i 1921 -14.44 MW gdp a -0.67 i 1922 -5.79 MW gdp a -0.50 a 1923 3.15 MW gdp a -0.56 i 1924 -1.28 MW gdp a -0.63 i 1925 1.82 MW gdp a -0.43 i 1926 0.5 MW gdp a -0.65 i 1927 -2.42 MW gdp a -0.94 a 1928 0.76 MW gdp a -0.66 i 1929 0.68 MW gdp a -0.48 i 1930 -3.35 92.16 a -0.87 i 1931 -9.62 77.391 a 0.13 i 1932 -10.19 59.522 a 1.63 a 1933 -2.74 57.154 a 1.84 i 1934 6.07 66.8 a 2.06 a 1935 2.23 74.241 a 3.02 i 1936 1.38 84.83 a 3.99 a 1937 4.51 93.003 a 2.61 i 1938 -2.76 87.352 a 1.22 a 1939 -1.06 93.437 a 2.14 i 1940 1.31 102.899 a 3.51 a 1941 7.95 129.309 a 5.45 i 1942 9.45 165.952 a 20.92 a 1943 5.35 203.084 a 58.98 i 1944 2.57 224.447 a 56.77 a 1945 2.56 228.007 a 61.72 i 1946 11.4 227.535 a 27.24 a 1947 10.85 249.616 a 2.89 i 1948 5.84 274.468 a -5.97 a 1949 -0.17 272.475 a 0.78 i 1950 1.35 299.827 a 5.36 a 1951 7.66 346.914 a -2.68 a 1952 1.8 367.341 a 5.40 a 1953 1.27 389.218 a 10.38 a 1954 0.92 390.549 a 7.99 a 1955 1.81 425.478 a 7.99 a 1956 3.48 449.353 a 1.40 a 1957 3.39 474.039 a 1.79 a 1958 2.26 481.229 a 6.42 a 1959 1.47 521.654 a 14.28 a 1960 1.4 542.382 a 4.79 a 1961 1.09 562.209 a 10.48 a 1962 1.29 603.922 a 7.15 a 1963 1.19 637.45 a 4.76 a 1964 1.61 684.46 a 5.92 a 1965 1.95 742.289 a 1.41 a 1966 2.99 813.414 a 3.70 a 1967 2.98 859.959 a 8.64 a 1968 4.47 940.651 a 25.16 a 1969 5.06 1017.62 a -3.24 a 1970 5.29 1073.3 a 2.84 a 1971 5.24 1164.85 a 23.03 a 1972 4.55 1279.11 a 23.37 a 1973 5.79 1425.38 a 14.91 a 1974 8.95 1545.24 a 6.13 a 1975 9.24 1684.9 a 53.24 a 1976 5.8 1873.41 a 73.73 a 1977 6.5 2081.83 a 53.66 a 1978 7.42 2351.6 a 59.19 a 1979 8.56 2627.33 a 40.73 a 1980 9.01 2857.31 a 73.83 a 1981 9.7 3207.04 a 78.97 a 1982 6.07 3343.79 a 127.98 a 1983 4.1 3634.04 a 207.80 a 1984 3.87 4037.61 a 185.37 a 1985 3.29 4338.98 a 212.31 a 1986 2.08 4579.63 a 221.23 a 1987 2.56 4855.22 a 149.73 a 1988 3.67 5236.44 a 155.18 a 1989 4.06 5641.58 a 152.64 a 1990 3.81 5963.14 a 221.03 a 1991 3.38 6158.13 a 269.24 a 1992 2.36 6520.33 a 290.32 a 1993 2.43 6858.56 a 255.06 a 1994 2.22 7287.24 a 203.18 a 1995 2.15 7639.75 a 163.95 a 1996 1.9 8073.12 a 107.43 a 1997 1.8 8577.55 a 21.89 a 1998 1.17 9062.82 a -69.27 a 1999 1.48 9631.17 a -125.61 a 2000 2.36 10251 a -236.24 a 2001 2.27 10581.9 a -128.23 a 2002 1.58 10929.1 a 157.75 a 2003 2.03 11456.4 a 377.59 a 2004 2.79 12217.2 a 412.73 a 2005 3.24 13039.2 a 318.35 a 2006 3.17 13815.6 a 248.18 a 2007 2.76 14474.2 a 160.71 a 2008 1.93 14769.9 a 458.55 a 2009 0.6 14478.1 a 1412.69 a 2010 1.25 15049 a 1294.37 a 2011 2.1 15599.7 a 1299.59 a 2012 1.9 16254 a 1076.57 a 2013 1.74 16880.7 a 679.77 a 2014 1.79 17608.1 a 484.79 a 2015 0.96 18295 a 441.96 a 2016 0.97 18804.9 a 584.66 a 2017 1.84 19612.1 a 665.45 a 2018 2.36 20656.5 a 779.07 a 2019 1.69 21540 a 983.59 a 2020 1.32 21375.3 a 3095.66 a 2021 1.93 22030 b 3668.68 b
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values
b - budgeted estimate in US FY22 budget
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