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More On Defense Spending
By: Econbrowser   Friday, October 31, 2008 10:02 PM

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In my last post on the 08Q3 GDP release, I noted the remarkable contribution of defense spending. Here is a little more detail on the growth rates of defense spending on goods and services on a NIPA basis.


Figure 1: Defense spending (blue), defense consumption spending (red) and defense investment spending (green), in billions of Ch.00$, SAAR. NBER defined recession dates shaded gray. Source: BEA, GDP advance release of 30 October 2008, and NBER.


Figure 2: Four quarter growth rates in defense spending (blue), defense consumption spending (red) and defense investment spending (green), in billions of Ch.00$, SAAR, calculated as four quarter log differences. NBER defined recession dates shaded gray. Source: BEA, GDP advance release of 30 October 2008, and NBER.

This last graph indicates that as of 2008Q3, total defense spending is rising (in real terms, on an annualized basis) by 7.5%; defense consumption spending is rising by 6.3% (this category includes wages for military and civilian personnel, intermediate goods including ammunition, fuel, supplies, etc.); and defense investment (including structures, aircraft, vehicles, ships, other equipment and software) by 15.5%.


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