Federal deficits averaged 3.4 percent of GDP in the 1980s and reached 4.7 percent in 1992.
As a percentage of GDP, federal deficits grew by 1992.
Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.