Assertion: spending | /r/HasProperty | relative
Facets:
value: to the gross domestic product
type: OTHER
value: essentially flat
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: This results from the fact that spending on the other categories has been essentially flat relative to the gross domestic product (infrastructure and services), or constitutes a negligible part of the budget for the time being (interest), or actually decreased relative to gross domestic product over the 40-year period (defense).