Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly
This series is part of the dataset: Deflators for US GDP and its components
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the deflator for Federal spending on national defense stood at 129.92 in 2025-Q2, compared to 128.00 in 2025-Q1. This represents a gain of 1.50 percent.
Sample. The quarterly time series plotted above has a total of 314 observations. The span of time covered by the series goes from March 1947 to June 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: the deflator had a mean of 51.57; it reached a trough of 8.82 in December 1947; it reached a maximum of 129.92 in June 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | 126.428 |
| 2025-03-31 | 128.003 |
| 2025-06-30 | 129.919 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Deflator |
| Data type | Price deflator |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | Index (2017 = 100) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Unit | Index |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set: GDP
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deflator for: Gross domestic product (GDP) (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Main GDP components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deflator for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Gross private domestic investment (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: PCE components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deflator for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods: Durable goods (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods: Nondurable goods (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Services (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Investment components
Series in the same data set: Net exports components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deflator for: Exports (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Exports: Goods (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Exports: Services (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Imports (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Imports: Goods (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Imports: Services (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Government spending components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: Nondefense (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Deflator for: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: State and local (index; 2017 = 100) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |