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FY’04 Proposal
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Post-WWII Average (FY’46 - FY’02)
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Clinton Budgets (FY’94 – FY’01)
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G.H.W. Bush Budgets (FY’90 - FY’93)
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Reagan Budgets (FY’82 - FY’89)
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| Total Receipts as percent of GDP |
17.0%
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17.9%
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19.4%
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17.7%
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18.0%
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| Total outlays as percent of GDP |
19.7%
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19.5%
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19.6%
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22.0%
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22.3%
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| Deficit (-)/Surplus as percent of GDP |
-2.7%
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-1.6%
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-0.1%
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-4.3%
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-4.3%
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| Annual growth in total receipts (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.7%
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2.9%
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4.9%
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0.5%
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2.5%
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| Annual growth in total outlays (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.2%
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2.3%
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1.5%
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1.9%
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2.7%
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| Defense spending as a percent of total outlays |
17.5%
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35.5%
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17.1%
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21.7%
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26.7%
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| Non-defense discretionary spending as a percent of total outlays |
19.2%
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19.4%*
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17.6%
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16.6%
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17.1%
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| Net interest costs as percent of total outlays |
7.9%
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10.5%*
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13.9%
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14.5%
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13.2%
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| Other mandatory spending as a percent of total outlays |
55.4%
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41.6%*
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51.4%
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46.2%
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42.9%
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| Debt held by public at end of fiscal year as percent of GDP |
36.9%
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44.0%
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43.0%
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46.3%
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36.7%
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| Gross Debt at end of fiscal year as percentof GDP |
64.8%
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56.2%
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63.4%
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61.8%
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45.4%
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| * includes only data back to 1962 since the distinction between discretionary and mandatory began only in that year. | |||||