fiscal deficit
Fiscal deficit is a financial term that refers to the situation where a government's spending exceeds its revenue in a given fiscal year, resulting in a negative balance between income and expenditures.
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Related Concepts (25)
- austerity measures
- bond issuance
- budget deficit
- cyclical deficit
- debt-to-gdp ratio
- deficit reduction
- expenditure reduction
- fiscal consolidation
- fiscal discipline
- fiscal imbalance
- fiscal policy
- fiscal responsibility
- fiscal stimulus
- fiscal sustainability
- government borrowing
- government debt
- government spending
- national borrowing
- national debt
- public debt
- public debt management
- public finance
- revenue shortfall
- structural deficit
- tax revenue shortfall
Similar Concepts
- budget deficit controversies
- budget deficit ratio
- budget deficits
- budget surplus
- current account deficit
- current account deficit/surplus
- federal deficit
- fiscal cliff
- fiscal management
- fiscal policies
- government budget deficit
- government deficits
- government spending and budget deficits
- trade deficit
- trade deficits