Illinois spending growth: actual versus with spending cap

Illinois state general funds actual expenditure growth versus growth with spending cap linked to gross domestic product growth. A cap could have created a nearly $5.9 billion surplus.

$44.5B $48.3B $50.8B $50.4B $41.0B $42.3B $43.9B $45.6B $53.1B $40.0B $47.4B
$5.9 billion could have been saved
Chart: @IllinoispolicySource: 2025 Illinois budget summary, St. Louis Federal Reserve, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, author's calculationsGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper