i will turn the call over to scott pattison, you may began. >> thank you. i am scott pattison, executive director with the national association of state budget officers and with is mr. scheppach the, of the national governors association and today we are releasing our fiscal report which we do twice a year. we have been doing this report for well over 30 years now and unfortunately i have to report that these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, the first time ever actual spending for the states is going to decline. this fiscal year 09 and fiscal year 102 years in a row. the last time this occurred and the only other time the state's actually had an actual outright decline in expenditures was in 1983 and ousted so little below the line of 7%, let me give you some numbers. state spending is estimated to decline 2.2% in this fiscal year 09 which i think everyone knows and for at most dates of the end of this month on june 30th. ratan we have projected the state expenditures will have and i'll write decline of 2.5% and again that a sig

listen-only mode we will conduct a question and answer session i now turn that discussion over to scott pattison. >> i am the executive director with the national association of state budget officers and with me is raymond scheppach executive director of the national governors association. we are releasing our fiscal report which we do twice per year and we have been doing this report for well over 30 years. unfortunately i have two report these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, for the first time ever actual spending for the states will decline this fiscal year 2009, 2010, two years a narrow. the last time this occurred, the only other time states had the outright decline in expenditures was 1983. that was just a little below about o.7% and the give you some numbers. state spending estimated to decline 2. 2% this fiscal year 2009 which everybody knows and furrow states at the end of this month on june 30. 2010 we are projecting state expenditures will have the actual outright declined of 2. 5% that is very significant. growth because this is two years a narrow but al

i'm scott pattison, executive director of national association of state budget officers and with me is dr. raymond scheppach director of the national governors' association. today we are releasing a were fiscal report, which we do twice a year, and we've been doing this report well over 30 years now and on fortunately i have to report these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, for the first time ever actual spending for the state is calling to decline this fiscal year, 09, and fiscal year ten, two years in a row. the last time this occurred and the only other time states actually had an actual outright decline in expenditure was 1983 and that was a little below the line about .7%. but me give you some numbers. state spending is estimated to decline 2.2% this fiscal year 09 which i think everyone knows for most states in this at the end of this month, june 30th. in ten we are projecting state expenditures will have an actual outright to equine of 2.5% and again that's significant both because this is two years in a row the first time but also these numbers are m