The interest costs of servicing total government debt are projected to rise to 18.2 percent of revenue in 2010, declining gradually thereafter. The ratio of government debt to GDP rose from 90.8 percent in 2008 to 110.2 percent at the end of 2009. However, approximately 25% of this amount is held by NIS.
To be  3  Unemployment rate data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 4  For example, see Gerardi, Shapiro, and Willen (2007). 5  Displayed is the annual percentage change in the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight price index for each county from the end of 2006 to the end of 2007.