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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024 March 5, 2026
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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024
- GDP (Advance Estimate), 4th Quarter and Year 2025
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- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Real Personal Income by State, 2024
- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December and Annual 2025
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Federal spending chart
Take a look at this chart from our friends at Cato showing federal government spending as a share of GDP. It breaks out defense (drops by half) and non-defense (doubles) spending trends. You can reach your own conclusions. Mine are … Continue reading
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Obama Budget Factoids. $3.8 biillion = $380 billion per pound = $1.5 billion per page.
We can’t afford this! The Obama 2011 budget proposal was released to the press at 9AM today and to the public at 10AM Available at GPO website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action Summary: -2450 pages including appendices. -weighs 10 pounds for all four … Continue reading
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