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Understanding the chart

Reagan was the highest spending President from Carter to Obama, measured as a % GDP. The fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30, so a President is inaugurated mid-way through a fiscal year they did not budget. This analysis includes the years each President actually budgets. Their first budget fiscal years starts the September following their inauguration. The source data is the CBO historical tables from April 2018. [1] ]]

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English: Federal spending by President from Carter through Obama, measured as annual average % GDP.
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Source https://www.cbo.gov/about/products/budget-economic-data#2
Author Farcaster

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13 August 2017