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Appendix M. The United Deficits: Data

Year	US Current (millions)	US Trade Deficit (millions)	US Budget Deficit (millions)	US Gov't Debt (billions)	UK Current (millions)	UK Trade Deficit (millions)	UK Budget Deficit (millions)	UK Gov't Debt (billions)
Source: The White House, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Treasury, National Statistics, HM Treasury.
1975	18,114	12,404	−53,242	542	−1,695	−3,333	−1,681	52
1976	4,293	−6,082	−73,732	629	−972	−3,911	−2,001	65
1977	−14,337	−27,246	−53,659	706	−286	−2,239	−1,506	74
1978	−15,143	−29,763	−59,185	777	821	−1,478	−4,056	80
1979	−290	−24,565	−40,726	829	−1,002	−3,451	−5,064	89
1980	2,316	−19,407	−73,830	909	1,740	1,329	−5,459	98
1981	5,031	−16,172	−78,968	995	4,846	3,238	−6,284	114
1982	−5,533	−24,156	−127,977	1,137	2,233	1,879	−4,231	125
1983	−38,695	−57,767	−207,802	1,372	1,258	−1,618	−4,806	133
1984	−94,342	−109,072	−185,367	1,565	−1,294	−5,409	−7,059	144
1985	−118,159	−121,880	−212,308	1,817	−570	−3,416	−5,485	157
1986	−147,176	−138,538	−221,227	2,121	−3,614	−9,617	−5,555	163
1987	−160,661	−151,684	−149,730	2,346	−7,538	−11,698	−3,906	168
1988	−121,159	−114,566	−155,178	2,601	−19,850	−21,553	5,524	167
1989	−99,485	−93,141	−152,623	2,868	−26,321	−24,724	8,736	154
1990	−78,965	−80,864	−221,147	3,206	−22,281	−18,707	4,393	152
1991	3,743	−31,135	−269,269	3,598	−10,659	−10,223	−7,948	151
1992	−47,998	−39,093	−290,334	4,002	−12,974	−13,050	−28,584	166
1993	−81,997	−70,195	−255,085	4,351	−11,919	−13,066	−39,735	235
1994	−118,031	−98,379	−203,228	4,643	−6,768	−11,126	−35,632	278
1995	−109,481	−96,265	−163,991	4,921	−9,015	−12,023	−28,561	314
1996	−120,216	−103,942	−107,473	5,181	−7,001	−13,722	−22,858	343
1997	−135,978 ...