NBER Macrohistory: XV. Government Finance

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XV. Government Finance

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db dat doc m15001 U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Customs 07/1871-04/1959
db dat doc m15002a U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Income Tax 05/1910-12/1953
db dat doc m15002b U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Income Tax 02/1954-04/1959
db dat doc m15003a U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Miscellaneous Internal Revenue 07/1879-12/1953
db dat doc m15003b U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Miscellaneous Internal Revenue 01/1954-04/1959
db dat doc m15004a U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Total 01/1879-06/1933
db dat doc m15004b U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Total 07/1930-06/1940
db dat doc m15004c U.S. Federal Budget Receipts, Total 07/1939-12/1962
db dat doc m15005a U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 01/1879-09/1915
db dat doc m15005b U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 11/1914-06/1933
db dat doc m15005c U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 01/1932-12/1938
db dat doc m15005d U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 07/1937-06/1940
db dat doc m15005e U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 07/1939-06/1947
db dat doc m15005f U.S. Federal Budget Expenditures, Total 07/1945-12/1962
db dat doc m15006 U.S. Postal Receipts 01/1897-03/1942
db dat doc m15007a U.S. Net Interest-Bearing Federal Debt, Middle of Month 01/1917-12/1939
db dat doc m15007b U.S. Net Interest-Bearing Federal Debt, End of Month 01/1917-12/1939
db dat doc m15007c U.S. Net Interest-Bearing Federal Debt, End of Month 10/1939-12/1968
db dat doc m15007d U.S. Net Interest-Bearing Federal Debt, Middle of Month 11/1939-12/1949
db dat doc m15008a Germany Post Office Receipts 01/1875-07/1914
db dat doc m15008b Germany Postal Receipts 04/1919-09/1923
db dat doc m15009a Germany Incorporation Fees 04/1892-07/1914
db dat doc m15009b Germany Incorporation Fees 04/1919-01/1923
db dat doc m15010a Germany Receipts From Bills of Exchange Tax 01/1872-07/1914
db dat doc m15010b Germany Receipts From Bills of Exchange Tax 04/1919-02/1935
db dat doc m15011 Germany Transfer Tax Receipts 04/1892-07/1914, 04/1919-10/1922
db dat doc m15012 France Post Office Receipts, Postal and Telegraph 05/1877-03/1934, 07/1934-06/1939
db dat doc m15013a France Tax On Bourse Operations, Index, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1898-06/1914
db dat doc m15013b France Tax On Bourse Operations, Index 01/1919-12/1933
db dat doc m15014 France Revenue From Commercial Paper Tax 01/1896-03/1934, 07/1934-06/1939
db dat doc m15015a France Tax On Receipts and Checks 01/1883-12/1896
db dat doc m15015b France Tax On Receipts and Checks 01/1896-03/1934, 07/1934-06/1939
db dat doc m15016 France Index of Sales Tax Receipts, Seasonally Adjusted 09/1920-03/1937
db dat doc m15025a U.S. Total Federal Budget Surplus Or Deficit 01/1879-09/1915
db dat doc m15025b U.S. Federal Budget Surplus Or Deficit 11/1914-12/1932
db dat doc m15025c U.S. Federal Budget Surplus Or Deficit 07/1930-06/1940
db dat doc m15025d U.S. Federal Budget Surplus Or Deficit 07/1939-06/1947
db dat doc m15025e U.S. Federal Budget Surplus Or Deficit 07/1945-12/1962
db dat doc m15029 U.S. Defense Department Obligations, Total 07/1953-02/1969
db dat doc m15030 U.S. Defense Department Obligations, Procurements 07/1953-02/1969
db dat doc m15031a U.S. Defense Department, Military Prime Contract Awards To U.S. Business Firms 01/1951-12/1956
db dat doc m15031b U.S. Defense Department, Military Prime Contract Awards To U.S. Business Firms and Institutions 01/1956-02/1969
db dat doc m15032 U.S. Federal Cash Receipts From the Public 08, 11/1945; 02, 05, 08, 11/1946-1954; 01/1955-11/1967
db dat doc m15033 U.S. Federal Cash Payments To the Public 08, 11/1945; 02, 05, 08, 11/1946; 01/1947-09/1967
db dat doc q15008 Germany Postal Receipts FIRST, 1926 - THIRD, 1936
db dat doc q15018 U.S. Federal Surplus Or Deficit, High Employment Budget, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1947 - SECOND, 1968
db dat doc q15024a U.S. Government Purchases of Goods and Services, Total FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q15024b U.S. Government Purchasing of Goods and Services, Total, FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q15026 U.S. Personal Tax and Nontax Payments FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1963
db dat doc q15027a U.S. Government Purchases of Goods and Services, Federal FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q15027b U.S. Government Purchases of Goods and Services FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q15028a U.S. Government Purchases of Goods and Services, State And Local Government FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q15028b U.S. Government Purchases of Goods and Services, State And Local Governments FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q15034 U.S. Federal Cash Surplus Or Deficit, Seasonally Adjusted THIRD, 1945 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q15035 U.S. Surplus Or Deficit, Federal Income and Product Analysis, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1946 - THIRD, 1968
db dat doc q15036 U.S. Federal Government Purchases of Goods and Services, National Defense, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1946 - SECOND, 1966

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