[20070420]RS22508_按时间段划分的2006财年支出和收入.pdf

1 This is based on a 365-day year, including weekends and holidays. The numbers would belarger if weekends and federal holidays were excluded. Under this “work day” year (with fewerdays), the government spent about $122,000 and collected $110,600 a second.2 Census Bureau data.Order Code RS22508Updated April 20, 2007Spending and Receipts in FY2006, by Time PeriodPhilip D. WintersAnalyst in Government FinanceGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThe federal government collected $2.407 trillion and spent $2.655 trillion inFY2006. These dollar amounts are so large compared to the amounts that most policymakers and citizens encounter in their daily lives that the magnitudes may lose theirsignificance. Over the years, congressional staff and Members have looked for moreunderstandable measures or comprehensible comparisons. This report attempts toprovide some of those measures.This report will be updated as new annual budget data become available.The data in this report are designed to make the very large numbers of dollars thatthe federal government spends and collects each year somewhat more understandable.Table 1 divides total FY2006 spending and receipts into various time units (month