| year | unemployment rate [1] | Inflation Rate [2] | Violent Crime rate [3] | Surplus or Deficit in billions of $ [4] | Surplus or Deficit as a Percentage of Potential GDP [4] | GDP in billions $ [5] | GDP growth rate [5] | National defence in billions $ [5] | National defence growth rate [5] | Prime rate (average for the year) [6] |
| Carter | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 7.7 | 5.75 | 467.8 | -74 | -4.1 | 1825.3 | 11.41 | 111.1 | 6.93 | 6.836 |
| 1977 | 7.1 | 6.50 | 475.9 | -54 | -2.7 | 2030.9 | 11.26 | 120.9 | 8.82 | 6.829 |
| 1978 | 6.1 | 7.62 | 497.8 | -59 | -2.7 | 2294.7 | 12.99 | 130.5 | 7.94 | 9.053 |
| 1979 | 5.8 | 11.22 | 548.9 | -41 | -1.6 | 2563.3 | 11.71 | 145.2 | 11.26 | 12.663 |
| Reagan | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 7.1 | 13.58 | 596.6 | -74 | -2.7 | 2789.5 | 8.82 | 168.0 | 15.70 | 15.279 |
| 1981 | 7.6 | 10.35 | 594.3 | -79 | -2.5 | 3128.4 | 12.15 | 196.3 | 16.85 | 18.861 |
| 1982 | 9.7 | 6.16 | 571.1 | -128 | -3.7 | 3255.0 | 4.05 | 225.9 | 15.08 | 14.854 |
| 1983 | 9.6 | 3.22 | 537.7 | -208 | -5.6 | 3536.7 | 8.65 | 250.7 | 10.98 | 10.788 |
| 1984 | 7.5 | 4.30 | 539.2 | -185 | -4.7 | 3933.2 | 11.21 | 281.6 | 12.33 | 12.056 |
| 1985 | 7.2 | 3.55 | 556.6 | -212 | -5.1 | 4220.3 | 7.30 | 311.2 | 10.51 | 9.931 |
| 1986 | 7.0 | 1.91 | 617.7 | -221 | -5.0 | 4462.8 | 5.75 | 330.9 | 6.33 | 8.324 |
| 1987 | 6.2 | 3.66 | 609.7 | -150 | -3.2 | 4739.5 | 6.20 | 350.0 | 5.77 | 8.203 |
| 1988 | 5.5 | 4.08 | 637.2 | -155 | -3.1 | 5103.8 | 7.69 | 354.9 | 1.40 | 9.318 |
| Bush Sr | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 5.3 | 4.83 | 663.1 | -152 | -2.9 | 5484.4 | 7.46 | 362.2 | 2.06 | 10.872 |
| 1990 | 5.6 | 5.39 | 731.8 | -221 | -3.9 | 5803.1 | 5.81 | 374.0 | 3.26 | 10.008 |
| 1991 | 6.8 | 4.25 | 758.1 | -269 | -4.4 | 5995.9 | 3.32 | 383.2 | 2.46 | 8.462 |
| 1992 | 7.5 | 3.03 | 757.5 | -290 | -4.5 | 6337.7 | 5.70 | 376.9 | -1.64 | 6.251 |
| Clinton | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 6.9 | 2.96 | 746.8 | -255 | -3.8 | 6657.4 | 5.04 | 362.9 | -3.71 | 6.000 |
| 1994 | 6.1 | 2.61 | 713.6 | -203 | -2.9 | 7072.2 | 6.23 | 353.7 | -2.54 | 7.144 |
| 1995 | 5.6 | 2.81 | 684.6 | -164 | -2.2 | 7397.7 | 4.60 | 348.7 | -1.41 | 8.831 |
| 1996 | 5.4 | 2.93 | 636.5 | -107 | -1.4 | 7816.9 | 5.67 | 354.6 | 1.69 | 8.271 |
| 1997 | 4.9 | 2.34 | 610.8 | -22 | -0.3 | 8304.3 | 6.24 | 349.6 | -1.41 | 8.443 |
| 1998 | 4.5 | 1.55 | 567.5 | 69 | 0.8 | 8747.0 | 5.33 | 345.7 | -1.12 | 8.356 |
| 1999 | 4.2 | 2.19 | 523.0 | 126 | 1.4 | 9268.4 | 5.96 | 360.6 | 4.31 | 7.997 |
| 2000 | 4.0 | 3.38 | 506.5 | 236 | 2.5 | 9817.0 | 5.92 | 370.3 | 2.69 | 9.235 |
| Bush Jr | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 4.7 | 2.83 | 504.4 | 127 | 1.3 | 10128.0 | 3.17 | 392.6 | 6.02 | 6.938 |
| 2002 | 5.8 | 1.59 | 494.6 | -158 | -1.5 | 10487.0 | 3.54 | 437.4 | 11.41 | 4.677 |
| 2003 | 6.0 | 2.27 | ? | -375 | -3.4 | 11004.0 | 4.93 | 496.4 | 13.49 | 4.122 |