Thursday, May 07, 2009

Stimulus Spending vs. Overall Government Spending

Federal, State and Local Government agencies along with public educational institutions award thousands of contracts in any given month. In February 2009 alone, there were over 65,000 purchases and projects in motion across the United States. The billions of dollars in stimulus spending is supplemental to existing budgets and will be spread over time.

he chart below compares February 2009 spending from existing budgets with early spending from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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