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Economic Indicators, Feb, 2006

FEDERAL RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND DEBT

In the first 4 months of fiscal 2006, there was a deficit of $98.3
billion, compared with a deficit of $109.5 billion a year earlier.

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(Billions of dollars]

                                          Total

                                                    Surplus
                                                      or
                                                    deficit
  Fiscal year or period      Receipts    Outlays      (-)

1989                            991.2    1,143.8     -152.6
1990                          1,032.1    1,253.1     -221.0
1991                          1,055.1    1,324.3     -269.2
1992                          1,091.3    1,381.6     -290.3
1993                          1,154.5    1,409.5     -255.1
1994                          1,258.7    1,461.9     -203.2
1995                          1,351.9    1,515.9     -164.0
1996                          1,453.2    1,560.6     -107.4
1997                          1,579.4    1,601.3      -21.9
1998                          1,722.0    1,652.7       69.3
1999                          1,827.6    1,702.0      125.6
2000                          2,025.5    1,789.2      236.2
2001                          1,991.4    1,863.2      128.2
2002                          1,853.4    2,011.2     -157.8
2003                          1,782.5    2,160.1     -377.6
2004                          1,880.3    2,293.0     -412.7
2005                          2,153.9    2,472.2     -318.3
2006 (estimates)              2,285.5    2,708.7     -423.2
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005              689.4      798.9     -109.5
  Fiscal year 2006              760.2      858.5      -98.3

                                         On-budget

                                                    Surplus
                                                      or
                                                    deficit
  Fiscal year or period      Receipts    Outlays      (-)

1989                            727.5      932.9     -205.4
1990                            750.4    1,028.1     -277.6
1991                            761.2    1,082.6     -321.4
1992                            788.9    1,129.3     -340.4
1993                            842.5    1,142.9     -300.4
1994                            923.7    1,182.5     -258.8
1995                          1,000.9    1,227.2     -226.4
1996                          1,085.7    1,259.7     -174.0
1997                          1,187.4    1,290.7     -103.2
1998                          1,306.2    1,336.1      -29.9
1999                          1,383.2    1,381.3        1.9
2000                          1,544.9    1,458.5       86.4
2001                          1,483.9    1,516.4      -32.4
2002                          1,338.1    1,655.5     -317.4
2003                          1,258.7    1,797.1     -538.4
2004                          1,345.5    1,913.5     -568.0
2005                          1,576.4    2,070.0     -493.6
2006 (estimates)              1,675.5    2,277.7     -602.1
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005              510.2      689.1     -178.9
  Fiscal year 2006              573.3      738.9     -165.6

                                        Off-budget

                                                    Surplus
                                                      or
                                                    deficit
  Fiscal year or period      Receipts    Outlays      (-)

1989                            263.7      210.9       52.8
1990                            281.7      225.1       56.6
1991                            293.9      241.7       52.2
1992                            302.4      252.3       50.1
1993                            311.9      266.6       45.3
1994                            335.0      279.4       55.7
1995                            351.1      288.7       62.4
1996                            367.5      300.9       66.6
1997                            392.0      310.6       81.4
1998                            415.8      316.6       99.2
1999                            444.5      320.8      123.7
2000                            480.6      330.8      149.8
2001                            507.5      346.8      160.7
2002                            515.3      355.7      159.7
2003                            523.8      363.0      160.8
2004                            534.7      379.5      155.2
2005                            577.5      402.2      175.3
2006 (estimates)                610.0      431.0      179.0
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005              179.2      109.8       69.4
  Fiscal year 2006              187.0      119.7       67.3

                             Federal debt (end of
                                    period

                              Gross       Held by
  Fiscal year or period      Federal     the public

1989                          2,867.8       2,190.7
1990                          3,206.3       2,411.6
1991                          3,598.2       2,689.0
1992                          4,001.8       2,999.7
1993                          4,351.0       3,248.4
1994                          4,643.3       3,433.1
1995                          4,920.6       3,604.4
1996                          5,181.5       3,734.1
1997                          5,369.2       3,772.3
1998                          5,478.2       3,721.1
1999                          5,605.5       3,632.4
2000                          5,628.7       3,409.8
2001                          5,769.9       3,319.6
2002                          6,198.4       3,540.4
2003                          6,760.0       3,913.4
2004                          7,354.7       4,295.5
2005                          7,905.3       4,592.2
2006 (estimates)              8,611.5       5,018.9
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005            7,600.9       4,415.1
  Fiscal year 2006            8,163.6       4,711.7

(1) Data from current issue Monthly Treasury Statement.

NOTE.--Data (except as noted) are from Budget of the United States
Government, Fiscal Year 2007, issued February 6, 2006.

Sources: Department of the Treasury and Office of Management and
Budget.

FEDERAL RECEIPTS BY SOURCE AND
OUTLAYS BY FUNCTION

In the first 4 months of fiscal 2006, receipts were $70.8 billion
higher than a year earlier and outlays were $59.6 billion higher.

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[Billions of dollars]

                                 On-budget and off-budget receipts

                                                               Social
                                                               insur-
                                                     Cor-       ance
                                        Individ-    pora-       and
                                          ual        tion     retire-
                                         income     income      ment
  Fiscal year or period       Total      taxes      taxes     receipts

1989                           991.2       445.7     103.3       359.4
1990                         1,032.1       466.9      93.5       380.0
1991                         1,055.1       467.8      98.1       396.0
1992                         1,091.3       476.0     100.3       413.7
1993                         1,154.5       509.7     117.5       428.3
1994                         1,258.7       543.1     140.4       461.5
1995                         1,351.9       590.2     157.0       484.5
1996                         1,453.2       656.4     171.8       509.4
1997                         1,579.4       737.5     182.3       539.4
1998                         1,722.0       828.6     188.7       571.8
1999                         1,827.6       879.5     184.7       611.8
2000                         2,025.5     1,004.5     207.3       652.9
2001                         1,991.4       994.3     151.1       694.0
2002                         1,853.4       858.3     148.0       700.8
2003                         1,782.5       793.7     131.8       713.0
2004                         1,880.3       809.0     189.4       733.4
2005                         2,153.9       927.2     278.3       794.1
2006 (estimates)             2,285.5       997.6     277.1       841.1
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005             689.4       324.7      71.0       245.0
  Fiscal year 2006             760.2       359.9      90.1       257.3

                                            On-budget and off-budget
                                                     outlays

                             On-budget                National defense
                                and
                             off-budget                        Depart-
                              receipts                         ment of
                                                               Defense,
  Fiscal year or period        Other        Total     Total    military

1989                               82.8    1,143.8    303.6       294.8
1990                               91.7    1,253.1    299.3       289.7
1991                               93.2    1,324.3    273.3       262.3
1992                              101.4    1,381.6    298.4       286.8
1993                               99.0    1,409.5    291.1       278.5
1994                              113.8    1,461.9    281.6       268.6
1995                              120.2    1,515.9    272.1       259.4
1996                              115.5    1,560.6    265.8       253.1
1997                              120.3    1,601.3    270.5       258.3
1998                              132.9    1,652.7    268.5       256.1
1999                              151.7    1,702.0    274.9       261.3
2000                              160.9    1,789.2    294.5       281.2
2001                              152.0    1,863.2    304.9       290.3
2002                              146.2    2,011.2    348.6       332.0
2003                              144.1    2,160.1    404.9       387.3
2004                              148.5    2,293.0    455.9       436.5
2005                              154.2    2,472.2    495.3       474.2
2006 (estimates)                  169.7    2,708.7    535.9       512.1
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005                 48.7      798.9    157.8       151.0
  Fiscal year 2006                 52.9      858.5    170.7       163.6

                                On-budget and off-budget outlays

                             Inter-
                             nation-
                               al                 Medi-     Income
  Fiscal year or period      affairs    Health    care     security

1989                             9.6      48.4     85.0       137.4
1990                            13.8      57.7     98.1       148.7
1991                            15.9      71.2    104.5       172.5
1992                            16.1      89.5    119.0       199.6
1993                            17.2      99.4    130.6       210.0
1994                            17.1     107.1    144.7       217.2
1995                            16.4     115.4    159.9       223.8
1996                            13.5     119.4    174.2       229.7
1997                            15.2     123.8    190.0       235.0
1998                            13.1     131.4    192.8       237.8
1999                            15.2     141.1    190.4       242.5
2000                            17.2     154.5    197.1       253.7
2001                            16.5     172.3    217.4       269.8
2002                            22.4     196.5    230.9       312.7
2003                            21.2     219.6    249.4       334.6
2004                            26.9     240.1    269.4       333.1
2005                            34.6     250.6    298.6       345.8
2006 (estimates)                34.8     268.8    343.0       360.6
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005              13.3      82.2     93.3       105.4
  Fiscal year 2006              12.3      84.7     98.8       105.4

                               On-budget and off-budget
                                        outlays

                                          Net
                              Social     inter-
  Fiscal year or period      security     est      Other

1989                            232.5     169.0    158.4
1990                            248.6     184.3    202.6
1991                            269.0     194.4    223.6
1992                            287.6     199.3    172.2
1993                            304.6     198.7    158.0
1994                            319.6     202.9    171.7
1995                            335.8     232.1    160.3
1996                            349.7     241.1    167.3
1997                            365.3     244.0    157.4
1998                            379.2     241.1    188.8
1999                            390.0     229.8    218.1
2000                            409.4     222.9    239.8
2001                            433.0     206.2    243.3
2002                            456.0     170.9    273.2
2003                            474.7     153.1    302.6
2004                            495.5     160.2    311.9
2005                            523.3     184.0    339.9
2006 (estimates)                554.7     220.1    390.8
Cumulative total, first 4
  months: (1)
  Fiscal year 2005              169.1      58.4    119.5
  Fiscal year 2006              178.7      71.4    136.4

(1) Data iron, current issue Monthly Treasury Statement. Data for
Department of Defense, military, include a small amount classified as
international affairs, and not included in national defense.

NOTE.--Data (except as noted) are from Budget of the United States
Government, Fiscal Year 2007, issued February 6, 2006.

Sources: Department of the Treasury and Office of Management and
Budget.

FEDERAL SECTOR, NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS BASIS

In the fourth quarter of 2005, according to revised estimates, Federal
current expenditures rose $48.3 billion (annual rate); receipts data
are incomplete.

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[Billions of dollars; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual
rated]

                          Federal Government current receipts

                                              Current tax receipts

                                          Per-      Taxes      Taxes
                                          sonal       on         on
                                          cur-     produc-     corpo-
                                          rent     tion and     rate
    Period         Total     Total (1)    taxes    imports     income

Calendar year:
  1996            1,524.0        932.4    663.4        73.2     190.6
  1997            1,653.1      1,030.6    744.3        78.2     203.0
  1998            1,773.8      1,116.8    825.8        81.1     204.2
  1999            1,891.2      1,195.7    893.0        83.9     213.0
  2000            2,053.8      1,313.6    999.1        87.8     219.4
  2001            2,016.2      1,252.2    994.5        85.8     164.7
  2002            1,853.2      1,075.5    830.5        87.3     750.5
  2003            1,868.6      1,059.2    774.3        89.7     186.7
  2004            1,974.8      1,122.4    801.8        94.0     217.4
  2005 (r)                                934.9        97.2
2002: I           1,845.9      1,071.3    843.1        84.9     136.3
      II          1,854.1      1,077.5    835.2        87.7     147.4
      III         1,856.1      1,075.4    825.8        88.5     153.9
      IV          1,856.6      1,078.0    818.0        88.0     164.2
2003: I           1,881.4      1,084.4    806.7        90.1     180.7
      II          1,896.3      1,089.6    811.2        89.7     178.8
      III         1,808.9        994.5    708.8        88.8     189.1
      IV          1,887.9      1,068.2    770.6        90.2     198.1
2004: I           1,917.8      1,080.7    771.3        93.4     206.9
      II          1,951.4      1,108.1    786.3        93.4     219.9
      III         1,975.4      1,119.4    810.0        94.0     207.5
      IV          2,054.6      1,181.3    839.7        95.1     235.3
2004: I           3,196.6      1,305.1    908.3        95.4     291.7
      II          2,227.9      1,331.8    924.3        98.3     300.8
      III (r)     2,155.8      1,343.2    945.0        97.5     290.7
      IV (r)                              962.0        97.6

                      Federal Government current receipts

                  Contri-                             Cur-
                  butions                             rent
                    for                              surplus
                  govern-                            of gov-
                   ment       Income                  ern-
                  social     receipts    Current      ment
                  insur-        on       transfer    enter-
    Period         ance       assest     receipts    prises

Calendar year:
  1996              542.8        26.9        23.1       -1.2
  1997              576.4        25.9        19.9         .3
  1998              613.8        21.5        21.5         .1
  1999              651.6        21.5        22.7        -.3
  2000              691.7        25.2        25.7       -2.3
  2001              717.5        24.9        27.1       -5.5
  2002              734.3        20.2        24.8       -1.6
  2003              759.1        22.7        25.7        1.9
  2004              802.5        21.9        28.6        -.5
  2005 (r)          851.2        23.2         7.6       -3.7
2002: I             732.1        21.1        25.7       -4.3
      II            735.5        20.1        24.9       -3.9
      III           735.0        19.8        24.5        1.4
      IV            734.4        19.9        24.0         .3
2003: I             749.0        19.5        24.8        3.7
      II            756.4        22.8        25.5        2.1
      III           762.9        24.0        26.2        1.4
      IV            768.1        24.6        26.5         .6
2004: I             787.2        22.0        27.6         .3
      II            793.5        21.5        28.1         .3
      III           806.0        21.8        28.7        -.4
      IV            833.4        22.2        30.0       -2.3
2004: I             841.1        23.0        30.4       -2.9
      II            845.1        24.3        30.2       -3.6
      III (r)       855.4        22.8       -61.4       -4.3
      IV (r)        863.3        22.9        31.3       -4.1

                         Federal Government current expenditures

                                Con-      Cur-
                               sump-      rent
                                tion     trans-     Inter-
                               expen-      fer       est
                                di-       pay-       pay-     Subsi-
    Period        Total (2)    tures      ments     ments      dies

Calendar year:
  1996              1,615.8     446.3      888.3     297.3      34.0
  1997              7,708.9     457.7      918.8     300.0      32.4
  1998              1,734.9     454.6      946.5     298.8      35.0
  1999              1,787.6     475.1      986.1     282.7      43.8
  2000              1,864.4     499.3    1,038.1     283.3      43.8
  2001              1,969.5     531.9    1,131.4     258.6      47.6
  2002              2,101.1     591.5    1,243.0     229.1      37.5
  2003              2,251.4     661.9    1,327.7     215.2      46.5
  2004              2,381.3     725.7    1,391.2     221.5      43.0
  2005 (r)          2,548.9     769.6    1,475.4     239.1      54.8
2002: I             2,054.4     571.3    1,215.1     229.9      38.1
      II            2,095.5     585.0    1,240.7     233.3      86.5
      III           2,103.4     591.4    1,247.6     227.7      36.7
      IV            2,151.1     618.5    1,268.5     225.4      38.7
2003: I             2,177.4     634.7    1,285.0     217.0      42.0
      II            2,270.1     667.6    1,332.1     214.9      54.2
      III           2,265.1     668.4    1,339.0     212.2      45.5
      IV            2,292.9     676.8    1,354.8     216.8      44.4
2004: I             2,347.2     710.7    1,379.3     216.9      41.8
      II            2,364.9     721.1    1,382.6     218.4      41.3
      III           2,387.0     735.7    1,384.0     224.5      42.8
      IV            2,426.2     735.1    1,419.0     226.1      46.1
2004: I             2,494.9     759.6    1,458.7     226.6      50.1
      II            2,525.2     762.8    1,459.9     250.8      51.6
      III (r)       2,563.7     782.9    1,474.4     250.8      55.6
      IV (r)        2,612.0     773.1    1,508.6     268.3      61.9

                    Federal
                   Government
                    current
                  expenditures

                       Net
                     Federal
                     Govern-
                      ment
    Period           saving

Calendar year:
  1996                 -141.8
  1997                  -55.8
  1998                   38.8
  1999                  103.6
  2000                  189.5
  2001                   46.7
  2002                 -247.9
  2003                 -382.7
  2004                 -406.5
  2005 (r)
2002: I                -208.5
      II               -241.4
      III              -247.3
      IV               -294.6
2003: I                -296.0
      II               -373.8
      III              -456.2
      IV               -405.0
2004: I                -429.3
      II               -413.4
      III              -411.6
      IV               -371.6
2004: I                -298.3
      II               -297.3
      III (r)          -407.9
      IV (r)

(1) Includes taxes from the teat of the world, not shown separately.

(2) Includes a suhtraetion for wage accruals lesa disbursements, not
shown separately.

Note.--Revisions include changes to series affected by revised wage and
salary estimates for 2005:III.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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