[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: 1960-1999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                     Table 15.6--TOTAL GOVERNMENT SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (-) IN ABSOLUTE AMOUNTS AND AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP: 1960-1999
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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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1960....................................................      4.5         0.3         0.5        -0.2         4.2         0.9         0.1         0.8
1961....................................................      0.8        -3.3        -3.8         0.4         4.2         0.2        -0.6         0.8
1962....................................................     -2.4        -7.1        -5.9        -1.3         4.8        -0.4        -1.3         0.8
1963....................................................      0.7        -4.8        -4.0        -0.8         5.4         0.1        -0.8         0.9
1964....................................................      0.2        -5.9        -6.5         0.6         6.1           *        -0.9         1.0

1965....................................................      5.0        -1.4        -1.6         0.2         6.4         0.7        -0.2         0.9
1966....................................................      3.5        -3.7        -3.1        -0.6         7.2         0.5        -0.5         1.0
1967....................................................     -1.3        -8.6       -12.6         4.0         7.4        -0.2        -1.1         0.9
1968....................................................    -18.0       -25.2       -27.7         2.6         7.2        -2.1        -2.9         0.8
1969....................................................     10.7         3.2        -0.5         3.7         7.4         1.1         0.3         0.8

1970....................................................      5.3        -2.8        -8.7         5.9         8.1         0.5        -0.3         0.8
1971....................................................    -17.2       -23.0       -26.1         3.0         5.8        -1.6        -2.1         0.5
1972....................................................    -12.8       -23.4       -26.4         3.1        10.6        -1.1        -2.0         0.9
1973....................................................      2.4       -14.9       -15.4         0.5        17.3         0.2        -1.1         1.3
1974....................................................      6.5        -6.1        -8.0         1.8        12.6         0.4        -0.4         0.9

1975....................................................    -48.8       -53.2       -55.3         2.0         4.5        -3.1        -3.4         0.3
1976....................................................    -69.0       -73.7       -70.5        -3.2         4.7        -4.0        -4.2         0.3
TQ......................................................    -13.2       -14.7       -13.3        -1.4         1.6        -2.9        -3.2         0.3
1977....................................................    -41.7       -53.7       -49.8        -3.9        12.0        -2.1        -2.7         0.6
1978....................................................    -41.3       -59.2       -54.9        -4.3        17.9        -1.9        -2.7         0.8
1979....................................................    -26.0       -40.7       -38.7        -2.0        14.7        -1.0        -1.6         0.6

1980....................................................    -64.9       -73.8       -72.7        -1.1         8.9        -2.4        -2.7         0.3
1981....................................................    -69.2       -79.0       -74.0        -5.0         9.8        -2.3        -2.6         0.3
1982....................................................   -128.6      -128.0      -120.1        -7.9        -0.6        -4.0        -4.0          -*
1983....................................................   -207.5      -207.8      -208.0         0.2         0.3        -6.0        -6.0           *
1984....................................................   -164.3      -185.4      -185.7         0.3        21.1        -4.3        -4.8         0.5

1985....................................................   -188.5      -212.3      -221.7         9.4        23.9        -4.6        -5.1         0.6
1986....................................................   -199.1      -221.2      -238.0        16.7        22.1        -4.5        -5.0         0.5
1987....................................................   -137.2      -149.8      -169.3        19.6        12.5        -2.9        -3.2         0.3
1988....................................................   -141.6      -155.2      -194.0        38.8        13.6        -2.8        -3.1         0.3
1989....................................................   -131.7      -152.5      -205.2        52.8        20.8        -2.4        -2.8         0.4

1990....................................................   -213.7      -221.2      -277.8        56.6         7.5        -3.7        -3.9         0.1
1991....................................................   -278.3      -269.4      -321.6        52.2        -9.0        -4.7        -4.5        -0.2
1992....................................................   -296.0      -290.4      -340.5        50.1        -5.6        -4.8        -4.7        -0.1
1993....................................................   -258.0      -255.1      -300.5        45.3        -2.9        -3.9        -3.9          -*
1994....................................................   -194.1      -203.3      -258.9        55.7         9.1        -2.8        -2.9         0.1

1995....................................................   -147.5      -164.0      -226.4        62.4        16.5        -2.0        -2.2         0.2
1996....................................................    -87.6      -107.5      -174.1        66.6        19.9        -1.1        -1.4         0.3
1997....................................................      2.9       -22.0      -103.4        81.4        24.9           *        -0.3         0.3
1998....................................................    104.8        69.2       -30.0        99.2        35.6         1.2         0.8         0.4
1999....................................................    171.7       124.4         0.7       123.7        47.3         1.9         1.4         0.5
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* If dollars, $50 million or less. If percent, 0.05 percent or less.