United States - Contributions to percent change in real gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures: Federal: National defense was -0.04000 Percentage Points at Annual Rate in October of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Contributions to percent change in real gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures: Federal: National defense reached a record high of 5.85000 in July of 1951 and a record low of -3.92000 in January of 1954. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Contributions to percent change in real gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures: Federal: National defense - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on April of 2024.