millions of contemporary dollars millions of 2002 dollars
Year CPI Y-to-Y % CPI Change  Debt  Budget Outlays Budget Deficit GDP in  06/26/03 dollars GDP in  chained 1996 dollars GDP Debt Budget Outlays Budget Deficit Budget Surplus as % of GDP National Debt as % of GDP Y-to-Y % Change of National Debt  (nominal) Y-to-Y % Change of National Debt  (real)
1791 75  
1792 77   2.34
1793 80   4.05
1794 78   -2.40
1795 81   2.96
1796 84   3.73
1797 82   -2.03
1798 79   -3.46
1799 78   -1.03
1800 83   5.83
1801 83   0.07
1802 81   -2.80
1803 77   -4.53
1804 86   12.16
1805 82   -4.76
1806 76   -8.00
1807 69   -8.59
1808 65   -5.81
1809 57   -12.54
1810 53   -6.75
1811 48   -9.72
1812 45   -5.82
1813 56   23.78
1814 81   45.61
1815 100   22.51
1816 127   27.55
1817 123   -3.02
1818 103   -16.22
1819 96   -7.67
1820 91   -4.73
1821 90   -1.13
1822 94   3.96
1823 91   -2.86
1824 90   -0.67
1825 84   -7.18
1826 81   -3.26
1827 74   -8.72
1828 67   -8.80
1829 58   -13.42
1830 49   -16.87
1831 39   -19.44
1832 24   -37.83
1833 7   -71.21
1834 5   -32.02
1835 0   -99.29
1836 0   11.21
1837 0   798.24
1838 3   881.76
1839 10   215.41
1840 4   -65.75
1841 5   46.95
1842 14   158.90
1843 20   48.60
1844 23   16.14
1845 16   -32.12
1846 16   -2.36
1847 39   149.69
1848 47   21.17
1849 63   34.05
1850 63   0.62
1851 68   7.65
1852 66   -3.08
1853 60   -9.66
1854 42   -29.36
1855 36   -15.76
1856 32   -10.16
1857 29   -10.24
1858 45   56.49
1859 58   30.25
1860 65   10.85
1861 91   39.69
1862 524   478.68
1863 1,120   113.63
1864 1,816   62.16
1865 2,681   47.63
1866 2,773   3.45
1867 2,678   -3.43
1868 2,612   -2.48
1869 2,588   -0.89
1870 2,481   -4.16
1871 2,353   -5.14
1872 2,253   -4.25
1873 2,234   -0.83
1874 2,252   0.77
1875 2,232   -0.86
1876 2,180   -2.32
1877 2,205   1.14
1878 2,256   2.31
1879 2,350   4.14
1880 2,120   -9.75
1881 2,069   -2.42
1882 1,918   -7.28
1883 1,884   -1.78
1884 1,831   -2.85
1885 1,864   1.83
1886 1,775   -4.77
1887 1,658   -6.62
1888 1,693   2.13
1889 1,619   -4.36
1890 1,552   -4.13
1891 1,546   -0.40
1892 1,588 -*   2.75
1893 1,546   -2.67
1894 1,632   5.58
1895 1,676   2.69
1896 1,770   5.59
1897 1,818   2.70
1898 1,797   -1.16
1899 1,992     10.88
1900 2,137     7.28
1901 2,143 525 -63   0.30
1902 2,159 485 -77   0.71
1903 2,202 517 -45   2.03
1904 2,264 584 43   2.79
1905 2,275 567 23   0.47
1906 2,337 570 -25   2.75
1907 2,457 579 -87   5.14
1908 2,627 659 57   6.90
1909 2,640 694 89   0.48
1910 2,653 694 18   0.50
1911 2,766 691 -11   4.26
1912 2,868 690 -3   3.72
1913 9.9 2,916 715 -*   52,992 12,993 1.67
1914 10 1.01 2,912 726 -*   52,396 13,061 -0.13 -1.13
1915 10.1 1.00 3,058 746 63   54,471 13,288 1,122 5.00 3.96
1916 10.9 7.92 3,609 713 -48   60,121 11,768 -792 18.02 10.37
1917 12.8 17.43 5,718 1,954 853   80,361 27,463 11,989 58.42 33.67
1918 15.1 17.97 14,592 12,677 9,032   173,850 151,033 107,606 155.21 116.33
1919 17.3 14.57 27,391 18,493 13,363   283,197 192,306 138,960 87.71 62.90
1920 20 15.61 25,952 6,358 -291   224,464 57,190 -2,618 -5.25 -20.74
1921 17.9 -10.50 23,977 5,062 -509   243,703 50,875 -5,116 -7.61 8.57
1922 16.8 -6.15 22,963 3,289 -736   245,900 35,220 -7,881 -4.23 0.90
1923 17.1 1.79 22,350 3,140 -713   233,762 33,034 -7,501 -2.67 -4.94
1924 17.1 0.00 21,251 2,908 -963   223,568 30,594 -10,131 -4.92 -4.36
1925 17.5 2.34 20,516 2,924 -717   208,523 30,059 -7,371 -3.46 -6.73
1926 17.7 1.14 19,643 2,930 -865   201,932 29,780 -8,792 -4.26 -3.16
1927 17.4 -1.69 18,512 2,857 -1,155   192,502 29,539 -11,942 -5.76 -4.67
1928 17.1 -1.72 17,604 2,961 -939   185,205 31,151 -9,879 -4.90 -3.79
1929 17.1 0.00 16,931 3,127 -734 103,700 822,200 942,726 176,064 32,898 -7,722 -0.82 18.68 -3.82 -4.94
1930 16.7 -2.34 16,185 3,320 -738 91,300 751,500 861,663 175,406 35,765 -7,950 -0.92 20.36 -4.40 -0.37
1931 15.2 -8.98 16,801 3,577 462 76,600 703,600 806,741 200,169 42,336 5,468 0.68 24.81 3.81 14.12
1932 13.7 -9.87 19,487 4,659 2,735 58,800 611,800 701,484 257,773 61,179 35,914 5.12 36.75 15.99 28.78
1933 13 -5.11 22,539 4,598 2,602 56,400 603,300 691,738 309,520 63,629 36,008 5.21 44.75 15.66 20.07
1934 13.4 3.08 27,053 6,541 3,586 66,000 668,300 766,266 363,199 87,815 48,143 6.28 47.40 20.03 17.34
1935 13.7 2.24 28,701 6,412 2,803 73,300 728,300 835,062 376,883 84,198 36,807 4.41 45.13 6.09 3.77
1936 13.9 1.46 33,779 8,228 4,304 83,700 822,500 943,070 437,177 106,490 55,704 5.91 46.36 17.69 16.00
1937 14.4 3.60 36,425 7,580 2,193 91,900 865,800 992,718 451,916 94,697 27,397 2.76 45.52 7.83 3.37
1938 14.1 -2.08 37,165 6,840 89 86,100 835,600 958,091 474,180 87,271 1,136 0.12 49.49 2.03 4.93
1939 13.9 -1.42 40,440 9,141 2,846 92,000 903,500 1,035,944 527,179 118,307 36,834 3.56 50.89 8.81 11.18
1940 14 0.72 42,968 9,468 2,920 101,300 980,700 1,124,461 552,133 121,664 37,522 3.34 49.10 6.25 4.73
1941 14.7 5.00 48,961 13,653 4,941 126,700 1,148,800 1,317,203 599,195 167,087 60,468 4.59 45.49 13.95 8.52
1942 16.3 10.88 72,422 35,137 20,503 161,800 1,360,000 1,559,363 794,439 387,800 226,288 14.51 50.95 47.92 32.58
1943 17.3 6.13 136,696 78,555 54,554 198,400 1,583,700 1,815,855 1,413,312 816,881 567,299 31.24 77.83 88.75 77.90
1944 17.6 1.73 201,003 91,304 47,557 219,700 1,714,100 1,965,370 2,042,967 933,272 486,108 24.73 103.95 47.04 44.55
1945 18 2.27 258,682 92,712 47,553 223,000 1,693,300 1,941,521 2,571,101 926,605 475,266 24.48 132.43 28.70 25.85
1946 19.5 8.33 269,422 55,232 15,936 222,300 1,505,500 1,726,192 2,447,931 509,551 147,020 8.52 141.81 4.15 -4.79
1947 22.3 14.36 258,286 34,496 -4,018 244,400 1,495,100 1,714,267 2,093,050 278,288 -32,414 -1.89 122.10 -4.13