Question

Suppose that the Office of Management and Budget provides the accompanying estimates of federal budget receipts, federal budget? spending, and GDP, all expressed in billions of dollars. Calculate the implied estimates of the federal budget deficit as a percentage of GDP for each year. (Enter each response as a percentage rounded to one decimal place. Do not include a plus or minus sign.)Year Federal Budget Federal Budget GDP (0% growth) Deficit as a Receipts (5% growth) Spending (2% growth) % of GDP 2015 $2,329.8 $2,682.6 $14,573.2 %2016 2,446.3 2,736.3 14,573.2 %2017 2,568.6 2,791.0 14,573.2 %2018 2,697.0 2,846.8 14,573.2 %

Answer 1

For each year, calculate the budget deficit then make it a percentage of GDP.

Budget Surplus (deficit) = Government receipts - Government Expense

2015

Deficit as percentage of GDP = (2,329.8 - 2,682.6) / 14,573.20

= 2.4%

2016

= (2,446.3 - 2,736.3) / 14,573.2

= 2.0%

2017

= (2,568.6 - 2,791.0) / 14,573.2

= 1.5%

2018

= (2,697.0 - 2,846.8) / 14,753.2

= 1.0%

Answers rounded to one decimal place. and no signs, plus or minus, included, as per the question specification.