State and local spending austerity after Great Recession: Cumulative growth in real state and local spending per capita from recession’s trough

Quarters since trough 1949Q4 1954Q2 1958Q2 1961Q1 1970Q4 1975Q1 1980Q3 1982Q4 1992Q1 2001Q4 2009Q2 
-6 99.21049
-5 95.98653 99.59585 98.4434
-4 87.45925 93.38582 96.99375 96.98225 100.1163 98.29394
-3 90.46947 95.5001 94.79961 95.57069 97.6778 97.98188 99.60523 97.50095 98.53784
-2 95.01476 97.04909 96.52179 96.61648 97.94344 97.538 103.5001 99.75223 99.39109 99.10843 98.5735
-1 98.79923 100.1851 98.91675 97.19157 99.79753 97.34781 101.8539 99.48005 100.1569 98.39556 99.3568
0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1 102.0551 102.4456 101.6133 99.05 100.1255 99.03592 99.23718 100.1736 100.0833 100.691 99.62381
2 102.5024 102.3623 102.968 99.38233 100.5828 100.0317 99.77792 99.74852 100.3078 100.6018 98.70917
3 102.1346 106.0772 103.0454 101.683 100.6052 101.1012 97.65554 100.389 100.6839 100.6401 97.12091
4 101.6258 107.2396 103.0721 100.6232 101.5741 102.0339 97.08549 100.192 101.6806 100.6476 96.61888
5 100.57 106.6381 102.7018 100.903 101.5711 100.0476 101.2689 101.1935 99.99835 95.59836
6 101.6001 106.7915 101.6936 101.6938 101.145 99.09959 102.4039 100.8656 99.29139 94.49319
7 101.5425 107.4646 102.7812 102.466 101.7467 98.56461 103.896 100.4414 99.43448 93.2946
8 101.0936 108.1467 104.5983 103.9134 102.8506 99.3148 104.6949 100.4898 99.06154 92.30742
9 100.9666 108.3066 104.537 103.0684 99.64892 105.8278 100.9927 98.92554 91.2913
10 102.6331 108.8601 106.9331 103.022 99.26214 107.5151 101.1833 98.77291 90.7663
11 99.69963 111.1596 107.7875 103.8055 99.15237 108.9629 101.3488 98.15312 89.95222
12 101.3264 111.4046 109.1672 104.8678 98.8809 109.5027 101.49 97.92583 89.51449
13 103.1024 112.6864 111.2652 101.5881 111.3006 102.3446 97.84278 88.98217
14 102.6488 112.0603 102.467 112.1587 103.2147 97.60029 88.56814
15 112.8246 103.107 112.9152 103.2769 97.41108 88.48282
16 113.433 101.0918 113.0382 103.8072 97.27251 88.56243
17 116.0519 101.7876 113.4017 104.3367 97.50156 88.44135
18 118.9303 101.8454 113.4204 104.0975 97.65594 88.10658
19 120.1998 102.6851 113.5324 104.3275 97.71673 87.42725
20 121.3189 102.909 114.7379 103.8779 97.89243 87.78742
21 121.8949 115.7722 105.0663 98.2555 87.95363
22 122.9604 116.9909 105.6189 98.49864 88.52057
23 125.8256 117.2117 106.785 98.44128 88.93771
24 127.0726 118.3305 106.5341 98.4289 90.09964
25 127.3683 119.0341 107.019 90.69298
26 127.4523 120.0821 107.7368 90.56563
27 129.3421 120.9104 108.37 91.69795
28 131.3453 122.1948 109.0767 91.66886
29 133.6897 123.808 110.5485 91.86208
30 135.1927 123.6465 111.7521 92.01002
31 136.0137 124.0182 112.0435 91.94945

 

Source: Author’s analysis of data from the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), tables 1.1.6 and 2.1.

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