Suppose You Have the Following Data on Projected and Actual

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Essay

Suppose you have the following data on projected and actual figures for the U.S. budget for 2001 (in billions of dollars): $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline & \text { Projected budget } & \text { Actual budget } \\\hline \text { Taxes } & 1,813 & 1,875 \\\hline \text { Expenditures } & 1,922 & 1,890 \\\hline\end{array}$$ (A) What was the prajected bucest deficit? What was the actual buceget deficit? Why thid this happen?
(B) If the gaverment debt was $\$ 3,530$ billion at the end af 2000, what was the debt at the end of 2001?
(C) If GDP was \$9,500 billion in 2001, what was the debt to GDP ratid? Haw does this compare to $1992 ^ { \prime } s$ debt to GDP ratio?

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