United States | Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)
Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
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United States | Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)
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1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1.61440377 1972
1.26282469 1973
0.13137092 1974
3.15092136 1975
4.41920944 1976
2.68178032 1977
2.63607869 1978
1.51560537 1979
2.68119597 1980
2.64418197 1981
4.14978337 1982
5.93251914 1983
4.31145828 1984
4.62182463 1985
5.08883794 1986
3.05959674 1987
3.08262983 1988
2.47271155 1989
3.68429808 1990
4.48853865 1991
4.74976178 1992
3.61489928 1993
2.55666209 1994
2.25583327 1995
1.59058664 1996
0.43602171 1997
-0.57995205 1998
-0.9254323 1999
-2.18926094 2000
0.63917926 2001
2.94202559 2002
4.84053948 2003
3.91986844 2004
3.48110565 2005
2.13883132 2006
2.56528934 2007
9.25773361 2008
10.62573698 2009
11.27536121 2010
7.68942504 2011
7.66039392 2012
5.1833177 2013
4.35790746 2014
4.15102295 2015
4.72443468 2016
3.25745668 2017
6.30901565 2018
5.56891506 2019
23.78324672 2020
6.33027021 2021
5.50727917 2022
United States | Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)
Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source