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Government Spending & Debt

Government spending is a key aspect of fiscal policy that is used to support either expansionary or contractionary economic goals.

Fiscal Policy
  • Tax Laws
  • Government Spending & Debt

How Do Open Market Operations Affect U.S. Money Supply?

The Federal Reserve's open market operations—the purchase or sale of government bonds—can push interest rates and the money supply lower...
  • Diagram showing current trend of increasing Tax Rates.

    What Is Fiscal Policy?

  • Bailout Definition

  • Crowding Out Effect Definition
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    Transfer Payment Definition
  • Global Exchange

    Understanding Current vs. Capital Accounts

  • Economic Integration Definition
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    Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Definition

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    Euro Medium Term Note – EMTN Definition

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    Balanced Budget Definition

  • Fiscal Deficit Definition
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    Open Market Operations Definition

  • How Much U.S. Debt Does China Own?

  • Gross National Income (GNI) Definition

  • What Are Examples of Pork Barrel Politics in the United States?
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    3 of the Biggest Land Deals in History

  • 3 Government Agencies in Danger of Going Broke

  • Infrastructure Definition

  • What role did securitization play in the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis?

  • What Is a J-Curve?
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    How Governments Reduce the National Debt
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    Economic Efficiency Definition

  • Consumer Protection Laws You Need to Know
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    Budget Surplus Definition
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    The Twin Deficits of the US

  • What the National Debt Means to You

  • How Does Fiscal Policy Impact the Budget Deficit?

  • Sovereign Debt Definition
  • A bridge to nowhere

    Earmarking Definition
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    Business to Government (B2G) Definition
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    What Is the Keynesian Multiplier?
  • United States Senate

    How long has the U.S. run fiscal deficits?
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    Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB)

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  • U.S. Presidents and the Largest Budget Deficits
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    What Is the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem?

  • Deficit Spending

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    Foreign Debt
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    Pork Barrel Politics Definition
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    Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC)
  • Calculate How Much Cost or Spending Have With Credit Cards

    Crowding-Out and Multiplier Effect Theories of Government Stimulus

  • The Best And Worst Olympics Financial Planning
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    How Interest Rate Cuts Affect Consumers

  • TARP Bonuses

  • Federal Budget

  • 25% Rule

  • Treasury Budget

  • What Impact would Deflation have on the National Debt?
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    Fiscal Drag Definition
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    Government Purchases Definition
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    Deflationary Spiral Definition

  • How Are Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending Related?

  • Sovereign Default
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    Introduction to the International Finance Corporation

  • Current Account Deficits: Government Investment or Irresponsibility?
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    Financial Repression Definition
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    What Is a Special Revenue Fund?
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    Consumer Debt Definition

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    National Savings Rate Definition

  • Where did the phrase 'pork barrel' come from?
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