The economy is currently in a recession period of economic decline. As the oil productivity (output) decreased over the past six months, the companies have increased their energy prices. Prior to this, the economic output was $1.549 trillion. The CBO estimated that the full employment level of output in the United States would've been $1.7 Trillion. This means that there is a gap of $151 billion (the economy is producing $151 billion less in goods and services)