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Employment Projections > Data > Government consumption expenditures and gross investment

Government consumption expenditures and gross investment

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**Table 4.8 Government consumption expenditures and gross investment**
Category	Billions of chained 2012 dollars				Annual rate of change
Category	1998	2008	2018	2028	1998–08	2008–18	2018–28
Government consumption expenditures and gross investment	$2,533.0	$3,195.6	$3,177.8	$3,269.8	2.4	-0.1	0.3
Federal Government consumption and investment	850.5	1,218.8	1,227.8	1,207.2	3.7	0.1	-0.2
Defense consumption and investment	543.3	791.5	738.2	727.0	3.8	-0.7	-0.2
Consumption expenditures	453.2	616.7	587.3	568.4	3.1	-0.5	-0.3
Compensation, military	133.4	149.9	146.4	153.5	1.2	-0.2	0.5
Compensation, civilian	77.7	78.0	84.9	86.3	0.0	0.9	0.2
Consumption of fixed capital	126.8	145.5	151.1	147.1	1.4	0.4	-0.3
Intermediate goods and services purchased	132.1	267.9	231.8	210.4	7.3	-1.4	-1.0
Less own-account investment	12.8	20.4	23.4	23.6	4.8	1.4	0.1
Less sales to other sectors	2.8	4.1	3.5	3.3	4.0	-1.6	-0.5
Gross Investment	93.6	174.6	151.1	157.7	6.4	-1.4	0.4
Own-account investment	12.8	20.4	23.4	23.6	4.8	1.4	0.1
Other investment	80.8	154.2	127.7	134.2	6.7	-1.9	0.5
Nondefense consumption and investment	307.4	427.3	489.1	479.8	3.3	1.4	-0.2
Consumption expenditures	225.5	318.1	365.3	353.4	3.5	1.4	-0.3
Compensation	132.4	147.7	159.6	162.4	1.1	0.8	0.2
Consumption of fixed capital	63.4	85.2	106.5	114.5	3.0	2.3	0.7
Commodity credit corporation purchases	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Other intermediate goods and services purchased	53.4	106.5	121.9	100.3	7.1	1.4	-1.9
Less own-account investment	15.1	15.5	16.6	16.8	0.3	0.7	0.1
Less sales to other sectors	7.0	5.5	5.4	5.9	-2.4	-0.2	1.0
Gross investment	81.4	109.2	123.8	127.0	3.0	1.3	0.3
Own-account investment	15.1	15.5	16.6	16.8	0.3	0.7	0.1
Other investment	66.6	93.7	107.2	110.2	3.5	1.4	0.3
State and local government consumption and investment	1,692.4	1,978.7	1,948.9	2,054.6	1.6	-0.2	0.5
Consumption expenditures	1,378.0	1,591.8	1,600.3	1,668.1	1.5	0.1	0.4
Compensation	1,076.9	1,197.9	1,169.4	1,253.2	1.1	-0.2	0.7
Consumption of fixed capital	118.3	167.4	191.5	224.0	3.5	1.4	1.6
Intermediate goods and services purchased	538.6	653.9	741.2	844.3	2.0	1.3	1.3
Less own-account investment	27.8	38.8	38.1	40.9	3.4	-0.2	0.7
Less sales to other sectors	327.7	388.0	457.6	606.0	1.7	1.7	2.8
Gross investment	314.6	386.8	348.7	387.4	2.1	-1.0	1.1
Own-account investment	27.8	38.8	38.1	40.9	3.4	-0.2	0.7
Other investment	287.1	347.9	310.5	346.4	1.9	-1.1	1.1

Residual 1	46.0	83.1	101.1	112.9	—	—	—
Footnotes: 1 The residual is the difference between the first line and the sum of the most detailed lines. Note: Dash indicates data not computable or not applicable. Source: Historical data: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Projected data: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: September 4, 2019