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Budget Issues: Potential for Excess Funds in DOD-March 1986 Update

NSIAD-86-76 Published: Mar 07, 1986. Publicly Released: Mar 07, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO updated a previous report which estimated the Department of Defense's (DOD) inflation dividend, which is the benefit that accrues to DOD because of overestimates about future inflation. GAO provided: (1) updated estimates of the DOD inflation dividend; and (2) updated information on DOD unobligated budget balances.

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Budget and Spending
Appropriated fundsBudget authorityFunds managementInflationMilitary budgetsProjectionsUnobligated budget balancesWeapons systemsDividendsBudget deficit