[Historical Tables]
[Section 15 - Total (Federal and State and Local) Government Finances]
[Table 15.6 - Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1947-1995]
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                     Table 15.6--TOTAL GOVERNMENT SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (-) IN ABSOLUTE AMOUNTS AND AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP: 1947-1995                    

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                                                                        In Billions of Current Dollars                       As Percentages of GDP      
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                                                                              Federal Government           State and                                    
                       Fiscal Year                           Total   ------------------------------------    Local       Total       Total     State and
                                                          Government                                         (NIPA    Government    Federal      Local  
                                                                         Total     On-Budget  Off-Budget    Basis)                                      
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1947....................................................      5.6         4.0         2.9         1.2         1.6         2.5         1.8         0.7   
1948....................................................     12.4        11.8        10.5         1.2         0.6         5.0         4.8         0.2   
1949....................................................      0.4         0.6        -0.7         1.3        -0.2         0.2         0.2        -0.1   
                                                                                                                                                        
1950....................................................     -4.4        -3.1        -4.7         1.6        -1.3        -1.7        -1.2        -0.5   
1951....................................................      5.6         6.1         4.3         1.8        -0.6         1.8         1.9        -0.2   
1952....................................................     -2.0        -1.5        -3.4         1.9        -0.4        -0.6        -0.4        -0.1   
1953....................................................     -6.2        -6.5        -8.3         1.8         0.3        -1.7        -1.8         0.1   
1954....................................................     -1.4        -1.2        -2.8         1.7        -0.3        -0.4        -0.3        -0.1   
                                                                                                                                                        
1955....................................................     -4.6        -3.0        -4.1         1.1        -1.6        -1.2        -0.8        -0.4   
1956....................................................      3.2         3.9         2.5         1.5        -0.8         0.8         0.9        -0.2   
1957....................................................      2.5         3.4         2.6         0.8        -0.9         0.6         0.8        -0.2   
1958....................................................     -4.8        -2.8        -3.3         0.5        -2.0        -1.1        -0.6        -0.5   
1959....................................................    -14.6       -12.8       -12.1        -0.7        -1.8        -3.0        -2.7        -0.4   
                                                                                                                                                        
1960....................................................      0.7         0.3         0.5        -0.2         0.4         0.1         0.1         0.1   
1961....................................................     -3.6        -3.3        -3.8         0.4        -0.2        -0.7        -0.6          -*   
1962....................................................     -7.1        -7.1        -5.9        -1.3           *        -1.3        -1.3           *   
1963....................................................     -4.5        -4.8        -4.0        -0.8         0.3        -0.8        -0.8           *   
1964....................................................     -5.3        -5.9        -6.5         0.6         0.6        -0.8        -0.9         0.1   
                                                                                                                                                        
1965....................................................     -0.7        -1.4        -1.6         0.2         0.7        -0.1        -0.2         0.1   
1966....................................................     -3.1        -3.7        -3.1        -0.6         0.6        -0.4        -0.5         0.1   
1967....................................................    -10.2        -8.6       -12.6         4.0        -1.6        -1.3        -1.1        -0.2   
1968....................................................    -24.7       -25.2       -27.7         2.6         0.5        -2.9        -3.0         0.1   
1969....................................................      2.8         3.2        -0.5         3.7        -0.4         0.3         0.4          -*   
                                                                                                                                                        
1970....................................................      0.8        -2.8        -8.7         5.9         3.7         0.1        -0.3         0.4   
1971....................................................    -23.6       -23.0       -26.1         3.0        -0.5        -2.2        -2.2        -0.1   
1972....................................................    -15.2       -23.4       -26.4         3.1         8.2        -1.3        -2.0         0.7   
1973....................................................     -0.1       -14.9       -15.4         0.5        14.8          -*        -1.2         1.2   
1974....................................................      4.4        -6.1        -8.0         1.8        10.5         0.3        -0.4         0.8   
                                                                                                                                                        
1975....................................................    -47.4       -53.2       -55.3         2.0         5.9        -3.1        -3.5         0.4   
1976....................................................    -66.7       -73.7       -70.5        -3.2         7.0        -4.0        -4.4         0.4   
TQ......................................................    -16.5       -14.7       -13.3        -1.4        -1.8        -3.7        -3.3        -0.4   
1977....................................................    -30.8       -53.7       -49.8        -3.9        22.9        -1.6        -2.8         1.2   
1978....................................................    -26.3       -59.2       -54.9        -4.3        32.9        -1.2        -2.7         1.5   
1979....................................................    -15.4       -40.7       -38.7        -2.0        25.3        -0.6        -1.7         1.0   
                                                                                                                                                        
1980....................................................    -50.5       -73.8       -72.7        -1.1        23.3        -1.9        -2.8         0.9   
1981....................................................    -51.1       -79.0       -74.0        -5.0        27.9        -1.7        -2.7         0.9   
1982....................................................   -101.0      -128.0      -120.1        -7.9        27.0        -3.2        -4.1         0.9   
1983....................................................   -172.7      -207.8      -208.0         0.2        35.1        -5.2        -6.3         1.1   
1984....................................................   -130.0      -185.4      -185.7         0.3        55.4        -3.5        -5.0         1.5   
                                                                                                                                                        
1985....................................................   -157.9      -212.3      -221.7         9.4        54.4        -4.0        -5.4         1.4   
1986....................................................   -165.5      -221.2      -238.0        16.7        55.8        -3.9        -5.2         1.3   
1987....................................................   -106.0      -149.8      -169.3        19.6        43.8        -2.4        -3.4         1.0   
1988....................................................   -115.6      -155.2      -194.0        38.8        39.6        -2.4        -3.2         0.8   
1989....................................................   -106.7      -152.5      -205.2        52.8        45.8        -2.1        -2.9         0.9   
                                                                                                                                                        
1990....................................................   -192.0      -221.2      -277.8        56.6        29.2        -3.5        -4.0         0.5   
1991....................................................   -255.4      -269.4      -321.6        52.2        14.0        -4.5        -4.7         0.2   
1992....................................................   -273.7      -290.4      -340.5        50.1        16.7        -4.6        -4.9         0.3   
1993....................................................   -229.4      -255.1      -300.5        45.3        25.8        -3.7        -4.1         0.4   
1994....................................................   -175.4      -203.1      -258.8        55.7        27.7        -2.6        -3.1         0.4   
                                                                                                                                                        
1995....................................................   -138.4      -163.9      -226.3        62.4        25.5        -2.0        -2.3         0.4   
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* If dollars, $50 million or less. If percent, 0.05 percent or less.                                                                                    
Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.