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Accessible Version of Figures

Accessible version of figures presented with the Annual Report: Budget Review 2010

Chart 1.1. Distribution of Budgeted Expenses of the Federal Reserve System, 2010
Category Percent
Reserve Banks 74
Board of Governors 10
Currency 16

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Chart 1.2. Total Expenses of the Federal Reserve System, 2001-2010,
Billions of dollars
Year Current dollars 2000 dollars1
2001 3.001 2.984
2002 3.192 3.071
2003 3.379 3.184
2004 3.298 3.03
2005 3.365 2.995
2006 3.561 3.054
2007 3.883 3.262
2008 3.872 3.123
2009 4.083 3.196
2010 4.368 3.463

Note: Includes extraordinary items and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

1. Calculated with the GDP price deflator.  Return to table

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Chart 1.3 Cumulative Change in Federal Reserve System Expenses and Federal Government Expenses, 2001-2010
Percent
Year Federal Government1 Federal Reserve2
2001 0 0
2002 12.3 6.3
2003 22.5 12.6
2004 28.6 9.9
2005 38.3 12.1
2006 44.7 18.6
2007 43.6 29.4
2008 52.1 29
2009 76.8 34.7
2010 105.1 45.5

Note: For 2010, budgeted.

1. Discretionary spending less expenditures on defense. Source: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2010: Historical Tables, Table 8.1. Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category, 1962-2014.  Return to table

2. Includes extraordinary items and and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.  Return to table

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Chart 1.4. Employment in the Federal Reserve System, 2001-2010
Year Number
2001 24,908
2002 24,720
2003 23,737
2004 22,680
2005 21,789
2006 21,691
2007 21,575
2008 20,745
2009 20,018
2010 19,768

Note: For 2010, budgeted.

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Chart 4.1. Federal Reserve Costs for New Currency, 1997-2010
Millions of dollars
Year Costs of New Currency
1997 367
1998 408
1999 487
2000 456
2001 344
2002 430
2003 514
2004 514
2005 497
2006 489
2007 576
2008 500
2009 631
2010 703

Note: For 2010, budgeted.

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