tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098432983500045934.post8993958035525938969..comments2024-03-12T22:19:32.339-04:00Comments on The New Arthurian Economics: I don't think I ever looked at this ratio before...The Arthurianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098432983500045934.post-55018081558461951922013-02-25T01:40:05.916-05:002013-02-25T01:40:05.916-05:00http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=fTm
...<a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=fTm" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=fTm</a><br /><br />Blue line, same as Graph #1.<br /><br />Red line, Federal outlays for interest backed out of expenditure. With a smaller expenditure, the red line is higher than the blue. But still downtrending and less than 1.0 with recessions. It isn't Federal interest cost that's the problem, so much as private interest cost.<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098432983500045934.post-84691654578274661852013-02-24T21:48:14.369-05:002013-02-24T21:48:14.369-05:00Back out the interest paid by Federal government f...Back out the interest paid by Federal government from expenditure. I wonder how much it changes things.Clonalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290009954839887975noreply@blogger.com