The US Government Printing Office has again made available the electronic version of the Economic Report of the President (Last described in the
February 13, 1998 Scout Report) immediately after it was transmitted to the Congress. 1998 witnessed the first budget surplus and the lowest unemployment rate since 1969, with real gross domestic product growing by 3.9 percent and inflation rising by only 1.6 percent. In addition to the good news on the US economy, this year the Report also looks at a number of other issues, including "the aging of the American population, regulation and innovation, and recent international financial turmoil." The 112 statistical tables in the Economic Report of the President can be found in pages 326 to 449 or may be viewed separately as Lotus or Excel spreadsheet files. The site also contains the full text of ERPs back to 1995, spreadsheet tables back to 1997, and a keyword search engine for ERPs from 1996-99.
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