pre_text: Note 13. INCOME TAXES In the year ended December 29, 2019, our income tax provision of $26.6 million on a profit before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated investees of $26.0 million was primarily due to tax expense in foreign jurisdictions that were profitable. In the year ended December 30, 2018, our income tax provision of $1.0 million on a loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated investees of $898.7 million was primarily due to tax expense in foreign jurisdictions that were profitable, offset by tax benefit related to release of valuation allowance in a foreign jurisdiction, and by a release of tax reserves due to lapse of statutes of limitation. The geographic distribution of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings (losses) of unconsolidated investees and the components of provision for income taxes are summarized below:
table: Fiscal Year
table: (In thousands) December 29, 2019 December 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
table: Geographic distribution of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated investees:
table: U.S. loss $(84,071) $(778,316) $(1,242,000)
table: Non-U.S. income (loss) 110,040 (120,355) 41,250
table: Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated investees $25,969 $(898,671) $(1,200,750)
table: Provision for income taxes:
table: Current tax (expense) benefit
table: Federal $(328) $(1,155) $6,816
table: State (370) (553) 6,575
table: Foreign (24,588) (4,100) (12,074)
table: Total current tax (expense) benefit (25,286) (5,808) 1,317
table: Deferred tax (expense) benefit
table: Federal (100) — —
table: State — — 1,450
table: Foreign (1,245) 4,798 1,177
table: Total deferred tax (expense) benefit (1,345) 4,798 2,627
table: (Provision for) benefit from income taxes (26,631) $(1,010) $3,944
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in federal deferred tax  benefit from 2018 to 2019?