GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS:  FY 1990 - FY 2009
ACTUAL VALUES   CPI   DEFLATED VALUES
FISCAL   TOTAL NOMINAL %   YEARLY %   TOTAL REAL %
YEAR   APPROPRIATIONS CHG.   AVG. CHG.   APPROPRIATIONS CHG.
1990 $1,520,692,150 7.4% 126.98 4.8% $1,197,631,148 2.5%
1991 $1,520,285,074 0.0% 133.92 5.5% $1,135,247,099 -5.2%
1992 $1,516,169,287 -0.3% 138.21 3.2% $1,097,017,271 -3.4%
1993 $1,577,593,982 4.1% 142.53 3.1% $1,106,889,305 0.9%
1994 $1,599,447,945 1.4% 146.22 2.6% $1,093,888,940 -1.2%
1995 $1,673,401,754 4.6% 150.41 2.9% $1,112,572,500 1.7%
1996 $1,733,842,806 3.6% 154.50 2.7% $1,122,228,353 0.9%
1997 $1,815,498,708 4.7% 158.91 2.9% $1,142,481,750 1.8%
1998 $1,888,812,553 4.0% 161.74 1.8% $1,167,795,901 2.2%
1999 $2,201,734,442 16.6% 164.54 1.7% $1,338,101,459 14.6%
2000 $2,316,629,198 5.2% 169.29 2.9% $1,368,424,828 2.3%
2001 $2,645,121,992 14.2% 175.09 3.4% $1,510,706,958 10.4%
2002 $2,565,345,849 -3.0% 178.19 1.8% $1,439,655,342 -4.7%
2003 $2,540,382,576 -1.0% 182.11 2.2% $1,394,984,254 -3.1%
2004 $2,642,999,485 4.0% 186.09 2.2% $1,420,267,512 1.8%
2005 $2,784,473,472 5.4% 191.69 3.0% $1,452,579,301 2.3%
2006 $2,871,878,613 3.1% 198.99 3.8% $1,443,215,518 -0.6%
2007 $2,978,358,710 3.7% 204.14 2.6% $1,458,966,589 1.1%
2008 $3,129,325,355 5.1% 211.70 3.7% $1,478,205,516 1.3%
2009 * $3,136,652,244 0.2%   216.35 2.2%   $1,449,771,559 -1.9%
* Amounts represent appropriations through the 123rd Legislature, 1st Special Session and FY 2008 Closing Transactions
CPI for FY 2009 reflects projections of the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (Feb. 2008)
SOURCES: State of Maine Annual Financial Reports
OFPR General Fund Appropriations Summaries
U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(Calendar Years 1982-84 Average = 100)