CategoryIMF World Economic Outlook(WEO), October 2024
IndicatorGGSB_NPGDPGeneral government structural balance. Percent of potential GDP
CountryUSAUnited States
UnitPercent of potential GDP
ScaleUnits
Subject NotesThe structural budget balance refers to the general government cyclically adjusted balance adjusted for nonstructural elements beyond the economic cycle. These include temporary financial sector and asset price movements as well as one-off, or temporary, revenue or expenditure items. The cyclically adjusted balance is the fiscal balance adjusted for the effects of the economic cycle; see, for example, A. Fedelino. A. Ivanova and M. Horton "Computing Cyclically Adjusted Balances and Automatic Stabilizers" IMF Technical Guidance Note No. 5, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/tnm/2009/tnm0905.pdf.
Country Series Specific NotesSee notes for: General government structural balance (National currency).
AdministrationNot selected
EconomyNot selected
Data source URLhttps://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLS/world-economic-outlook-databases