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OECD Economic Surveys: United States - OECD © 2010 - ISBN:
9789264083288.
Études économiques de l'OCDE : États-Unis - OCDE © 2010 - ISBN:
9789264083288.
  
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Figure 2.3. United States – Eliminating the federal deficit by 2020
would bring down the debt ratio¹



      MODEL.DEBT  CBO.DEBT  MODEL.BALANCE  CBO.BALANCE
      ----------  --------  -------------  -----------

2000       34.30     34.70           2.56         2.40
2001       32.99     32.50           0.92         1.30
2002       34.27     33.60          -2.17        -1.50
2003       36.29     35.60          -3.58        -3.40
2004       37.13     36.80          -3.36        -3.50
2005       37.30     36.90          -2.55        -2.60
2006       36.58     36.50          -1.56        -1.90
2007       36.49     36.20          -1.34        -1.20
2008       44.13     40.20          -4.71        -3.20
2009       54.81     53.00         -10.32        -9.90
2010       63.20     63.18         -10.30       -10.30
2011       70.10     70.12          -8.90        -8.90
2012       73.60     73.61          -5.80        -5.80
2013       74.80     74.76          -4.50        -4.50
2014       75.70     75.71          -4.10        -4.10
2015       76.48     77.39          -3.00        -4.30
2016       76.35     79.58          -2.00        -4.70
2017       75.11     81.83          -1.50        -4.70
2018       73.33     84.29          -1.00        -4.80
2019       71.14     87.09          -0.50        -5.30
2020       68.48     90.02           0.00        -5.60