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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for paper 2010-28

Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending

Christopher J. Nekarda and Valerie A. Ramey

Figure 2: U.S. Federal Government Spending, 1958-1997

Year Total Defense
1958 467.243 411.599
1959 481.895 403.377
1960 468.785 396.898
1961 488.441 414.468
1962 530.056 439.529
1963 530.389 429.016
1964 523.37 412.011
1965 523.125 403.353
1966 581.013 461.222
1967 638.849 521.66
1968 644.002 530.106
1969 621.901 503.925
1970 576.062 458.242
1971 531.713 406.298
1972 509.98 374.533
1973 488.52 353.759
1974 492.857 351.015
1975 494.461 347.687
1976 494.698 346.497
1977 505.161 350.52
1978 517.823 353.512
1979 530.328 364.267
1980 555.487 380.146
1981 582.038 404.219
1982 604.551 434.764
1983 644.615 465.958
1984 664.49 488.699
1985 716.559 530.112
1986 757.185 564.062
1987 784.087 590.773
1988 771.232 587.975
1989 783.228 585.083
1990 799.054 584.906
1991 797.433 578.48
1992 782.983 549.837
1993 752.233 520.682
1994 723.429 495.184
1995 704.133 476.713
1996 695.984 470.352
1997 689.131 457.17
1998 681.393 447.51
1999 694.643 455.804
2000 698.069 453.448
2001 726.461 470.658
2002 779.495 505.256
2003 831.074 549.201
2004 864.996 580.371
2005 876.3 589
2006 894.939 598.353
2007 906.392 611.417
2008 975.865 659.321
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