Government consumption expenditures and gross investment

This file represents Table 9. Government consumption expenditures and gross investment, 1986, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016, in "The U.S. Economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire," published in the November 2007 Monthly Labor Review.

Table 9. Government consumption expenditures and gross investment, 1986, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
Category Billions of chained 2000 dollars Average annual rate of change
1986 1996 2006 2016 1986-96 1996-2006 2006-16

Government consumption expenditures and gross investment

$1,392.5 $1,564.9 $1,981.4 $2,286.6 1.2 2.4 1.4
 

Federal Government consumption and investment

623.7 573.5 742.3 795.6 -0.8 2.6 0.7

Defense consumption and investment

462.4 383.8 491.5 542.3 -1.8 2.5 1.0

Consumption expenditures

391.5 332.2 416.6 452.5 -1.6 2.3 0.8

Compensation, military

124.2 94.9 97.9 102.2 -2.7 0.3 0.4

Compensation, civilian

77.0 58.7 51.7 47.6 -2.7 -1.3 -0.8

Consumption of fixed capital

50.6 63.3 65.1 73.8 2.3 0.3 1.3

Intermediate goods and services purchased

147.0 120.3 209.7 239.9 -2.0 5.7 1.4

Less own-account investment

1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 0.2 -0.6 0.8

Less sales to other sectors

1.3 2.9 2.9 2.1 8.0 -0.0 -2.8

Gross Investment

69.5 51.3 76.6 94.2 -3.0 4.1 2.1

Own-account investment

1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 0.2 -0.6 0.8

Other investment

67.8 49.7 75.2 92.9 -3.1 4.2 2.1
 

Nondefense consumption and investment

160.1 189.6 250.7 253.1 1.7 2.8 0.1

Consumption expenditures

142.2 161.1 212.5 215.3 1.3 2.8 0.1

Compensation

90.0 91.3 97.6 89.9 0.1 0.7 -0.8

Consumption of fixed capital

10.7 17.0 25.6 29.6 4.8 4.1 1.5

Commodity credit corporation purchases

7.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 N/C N/C N/C

Other

45.8 61.2 96.7 104.7 2.9 4.7 0.8

Less own-account investment

2.5 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.8 -3.6 -0.9

Less sales to other sectors

6.1 5.0 3.9 3.2 -1.9 -2.6 -1.9

Gross investment

19.3 28.6 38.5 37.9 4.0 3.0 -0.2

Own-account investment

2.5 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.8 -3.6 -0.9

Other investment

17.0 25.7 36.7 36.2 4.2 3.6 -0.1
 

State and local government consumption and investment

766.4 990.5 1,239.0 1,489.0 2.6 2.3 1.9

Consumption expenditures

641.9 812.8 990.9 1,183.1 2.4 2.0 1.8

Compensation

521.6 626.9 707.3 763.6 1.9 1.2 0.8

Consumption of fixed capital

46.6 70.6 103.2 139.5 4.2 3.9 3.1

Intermediate goods and services purchased

226.4 317.4 446.5 556.6 3.4 3.5 2.2

Less own-account investment

9.1 12.1 17.5 20.0 2.9 3.7 1.3

Less sales to other sectors

141.3 189.7 247.8 255.2 3.0 2.7 0.3

Gross investment

125.9 178.0 248.0 306.1 3.5 3.4 2.1

Own-account investment

9.1 12.1 17.5 20.0 2.9 3.7 1.3

Other investment

116.8 165.8 230.4 286.1 3.6 3.3 2.2
 

Residual(1)

82.5 91.2 90.2 74.5

Footnotes:
(1) The residual is the difference between the first line and the sum of the most detailed lines.

NOTE: N/C indicates data not computable.
SOURCES: Historical data, Bureau of Economic Analysis; projected data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: December 27, 2007