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Country or Region: United States (US, USA or America) › Change country
Economic Indicator: General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) › See all United States indicators, › See General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$

Data are on a national income accounts basis. The structural budget position is defined as the actual budget deficit (or surplus) less the effects of cyclical deviations of output from potential output. Because of the margin of uncertainty that attaches to estimates of cyclical gaps and to tax and expenditure elasticities with respect to national income, indicators of structural budget positions should be interpreted as broad orders of magnitude. Source: BEA and IMF's Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (revenue, expenditure, and net lending); Flow of Funds (debt) Latest actual data: 2009 Notes: Revenue, expenditure, and net lending data are compiled according to the GFSM2001 methodology. Due to data limitations, most series begin 2001. Fiscal assumptions: Fiscal projections are based on the President's draft FY2012 budget adjusted for the staff assessment of policies likely adopted by Congress. Compared with the President's budget, staff assume more frontloaded discretionary spending cuts, a further extension of emergency unemployment benefits, and a delayed action on the proposed revenue-raising measures. The staff estimates of fiscal deficits also exclude certain measures yet-to-be-specified by the authorities and are adjuste

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for United States is US$ -1,155.34 Billion.

In the previous year, 2009, General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for United States was US$ -1,018.83 Billion General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for United States in 2010 was or will be 13.40% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for United States was or will be US$ -1,279.54 Billion, which is 10.75% more than the 2010 figure.