Table 4
Government sector indicators

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Government sector indicators
  Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010
  Market value, not seasonally adjusted
Government sector            
Net new issuance of debt, federal government ($ billions) 9 25 4 13 4 13
Net new issuance of debt, other levels of government ($ billions) 22 2 23 4 25 -1
Total government gross debt (book value) - ($ billions) 1,579 1,616 1,643 1,684 1,700 1,732
Federal government gross debt (book value) - ($ billions) 737 769 775 795 788 803
Other levels of government gross debt (book value) - ($ billions) 839 844 865 877 909 924
Total government net debt (book value) - ($ billions) -625 -645 -664 -680 -704 -707
Federal government net debt (book value) - ($ billions) -499 -513 -518 -533 -541 -551
Other levels of government net debt (book value) - ($ billions) -281 -289 -302 -310 -326 -332
Total government gross debt (book value) to gross domestic product (%) 101.22 105.64 107.58 108.87 108.03 108.50
Federal government gross debt (book value) to gross domestic product (%) 47.22 50.26 50.75 51.40 50.05 50.34
Other levels of government gross debt (book value) to gross domestic product (%) 53.80 55.16 56.63 56.71 57.74 57.92
Total government net debt (book value) to gross domestic product (%) 40.07 42.16 43.46 43.94 44.71 44.31
Federal government net debt (book value) to gross domestic (%) 32 33.51 33.95 34.44 34.37 34.53
Other levels of government net debt (book value) to gross domestic product (%) 17.99 18.9 19.75 20.03 20.73 20.81