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The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019

January 2009

Total Deficit or Surplus (Percentage of gross domestic product)
This line chart shows the total deficit or surplus as a percentage of gross domestic product from 1970 to 2010. Deficits have occurred throughout the span, except for 1998 to 2001. According to CBO's baseline, the deficit is estimated to be 8.3 percent of GDP in 2009 and 4.9 percent in 2010.

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