..............Tax... Federal..... GNP ....... Unemp.
Year.. Receipts... Spending... Growth..... Rate
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1933..... 3.5... 8.1... - 2.1... 24.9 < FDR, New Deal begins; contraction ends March
1934..... 4.9... 10.8... + 7.7... 21.7
1935..... 5.3... 9.3... + 8.1... 20.1
1936..... 5.1... 10.6... +14.1... 16.9
1937..... 6.2... 8.7... + 5.0... 14.3 < recession begins, May
1938..... 7.7... 7.8... - 4.5... 19.0 < recession ends, June
1939..... 7.2... 10.4... + 7.9... 17.2