the general fund budget (in billions of dollars) for a u.s. state for 1988 (period 1) to 2011 (period 24) follows. year period budget ($ billions) 1988 1 3.03 1989 2 3.29 1990 3 3.56 1991 4 4.41 1992 5 4.36 1993 6 4.51 1994 7 4.75 1995 8 5.15 1996 9 5.34 1997 10 5.66 1998 11 6.01 1999 12 6.30 2000 13 6.48 2001 14 6.75 2002 15 6.56 2003 16 6.78 2004 17 7.08 2005 18 7.65 2006 19 8.48 2007 20 8.57 2008 21 8.76 2009 22 8.53 2010 23 8.23 2011 24 8.86
