Government Spending & Debt
Government spending is a key aspect of fiscal policy that is used to support either expansionary or contractionary economic goals.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/the-federal-budget-process-56ccb4d43df78cfb37a2b49e.jpg)
The U.S. Government’s Budget Process
Development of federal budget from president’s proposal through congressional action to enactment
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bonds-lrg-4-5bfc2b234cedfd0026c104ea.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-921163230-b5f0f9a4cd384fb2839855a57edea139.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing10-5bfc2b90c9e77c00517fd2ef.jpg)
-
![]()
Crowding Out Effect Definition (Economic Theory) -
![Cash]()
Transfer Payment Definition -
![Global Exchange]()
Current vs. Capital Accounts: What's the Difference? -
![]()
Economic Integration Definition -
![Cash]()
Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Definition -
![]()
US Government Financial Bailouts -
![]()
How Does the Government Spend My Taxes? -
![Woman Counting Money Euro Banknotes, Business or Stock Market Concept Image]()
Euro Medium Term Note – EMTN Definition -
![]()
Public-Private Partnerships Definition -
![Hands of Financial Manager Taking Notes When Working]()
Balanced Budget Definition -
![]()
Fiscal Deficit Definition -
![Exterior of the US Federal Reserve Building in Washington DC]()
Open Market Operations (OMO) 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? -
![Alaska State ferry, M/V Kennicott, at Auke Bay terminal, near Juneau, Alaska.]()
3 of the Biggest Land Deals in History -
![]()
Infrastructure Definition -
![]()
What role did securitization play in the global financial crisis? -
![]()
What Is a J-Curve? -
![United States Treasury Department Building in Washington, DC.]()
How Governments Reduce the National Debt -
![Ticker of numbers]()
Economic Efficiency Definition -
![]()
Consumer Protection Laws You Need to Know -
![Close up of car]()
Budget Surplus Definition -
![Curved skyscraper against blue sky]()
The Twin Deficits of the U.S. -
![]()
What the National Debt Means to You -
![]()
How Does Fiscal Policy Impact the Budget Deficit? -
![]()
Sovereign Debt Definition -
![A bridge to nowhere]()
Earmarking Definition -
![Businesswomen talking together in office corridor]()
Business to Government (B2G) Definition -
![Hands Holding Wallet With Us Dollars]()
What Is the Keynesian Multiplier? -
![United States Senate]()
How long has the U.S. run fiscal deficits? -
![US Capitol Building, Senate and House]()
Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) Definition -
![]()
Fed Balance Sheet Definition -
![]()
U.S. Presidents and the Largest Budget Deficits -
![Euro banknotes]()
Ricardian Equivalence Definition -
![]()
Deficit Spending -
![Global trade transport]()
Foreign Debt -
![A politician counting money in front of the US Capitol Building.]()
Pork Barrel Politics Definition -
![New York City Skyline with Brooklyn Bridge]()
Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) Definition -
![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 -
![U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell waits to testify at a Senate Banking and Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2019.]()
Impact of Fed Interest Rate Cuts on Consumers -
![]()
TARP Bonuses -
![]()
Federal Budget Definition -
![]()
25% Rule -
![]()
U.S. Treasury Budget Definition -
![]()
What Impact would Deflation have on the National Debt? -
![Mechanic sitting at his desk in workshop]()
Fiscal Drag Definition -
![A politician counting money in front of the US Capitol Building.]()
Government Purchases Definition -
![Low angle view of skyscrapers]()
Deflationary Spiral Definition -
![]()
How Are Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending Related? -
![]()
Sovereign Default Definition -
![The International Finance Corporation headquarters, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C.]()
International Finance Corporation (IFC) Definition -
![People queue outside of a branch of the Bank Of Baroda in Kevadiya Colony, on the outskirts of Rajpipla in India's western Gujarat state.]()
Financial Repression Definition -
![Business People Discussing Graphs]()
What Is a Special Revenue Fund? -
![Stack of multicolored credit cards, close-up view with selective focus]()
Consumer Debt Definition -
![]()
Fiscal Imbalance Definition -
![Close up of piggy bank and US flag]()
National Savings Rate Definition -
![]()
Where did the phrase "pork barrel" come from? -
![A book labeled golden rules in someone's hands]()
The Golden Rule of Government Spending Defined
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dv740090-5bfc2b8b46e0fb00265bea71.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Cash-Wallet-GettyImages-492644377-56a179833df78cf7726b02c4.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/earth-74015_1920-cd599de5f15a44bfae3b626eb347a02c.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing12-5bfc2b8f46e0fb00517be087.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-182689527-abf8a59d93734b3f93152321b66511ae.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bonds-lrg-2-5bfc2b24c9e77c00519a93b5.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/rbv2_53-5bfc2b8ac9e77c0058770499.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1130070796-921d97cae8114ac1ae40788ca1280d43.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ThinkstockPhotos-86512753-5fc44f706fab4167972ef7feb774b0a4.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1004667450-60b01e710d854f46ad73ba4059a13e4d.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing8-5bfc2b8d46e0fb005144dbe3.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/exterior-of-the-us-federal-reserve-building-in-washington-dc-170617884-354aa87425a04b2a9d7b567a30023376.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ap_99080403766-5bfc381ec9e77c005147569c.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/business_building_153697270-5bfc2b9846e0fb0083c07d69.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/wall_street_179681980-5bfc2b9746e0fb0083c07d29.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-129289546-cdab68a665e04bc99c8a38638ffd320d.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing7-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0051bddff8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_144997780-5bfc2b48c9e77c00263058c8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing13-5bfc2b8f46e0fb0026016f4d.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-939247822-96ba451a8196459887ae171dcc48a472.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/curved-skyscraper-against-blue-sky-969510128-a2a10be3bbd04d91a6375ffa3cdea790.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/debt_andyou_-_resized-5bfc37b4c9e77c0026b83567.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_493208894-5bfc2b9746e0fb0051bde2b8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bridge-a84b16d06a57451f8b2d6b1f5d65f1ae.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/businesswomen-talking-together-in-office-corridor-113190226-713e9cd3a26d4614857111d0ec348db2.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-163236818-aed0a489295a48dfb717e82ecb06f1d2.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos477484225-5bfc2eff46e0fb00517c8b97.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-88952102-e585be96ee2b4a0b907bf55ee49d13a8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing9-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0051bddfee.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_313802690-5bfc2b5446e0fb0051bdd5d0.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/euro-banknotes-1086290746-2c2562e1d987443b93d84b0aae905535.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading14-5bfc2b9bc9e77c00263066bb.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/sea-coast-water-ocean-river-ship-536684-pxhere.com1-60663366acd340798d328f30f70f0b40.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-108914580-6c39b9e7866b4cf7817be961b2203974.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/new-york-city-skyline-with-brooklyn-bridge-1137862825-912a80193c9f456aa5e5035c4dea5bd8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-962496954-367f57c973b54c3bac67a9db5ccfaef0.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Athens-5bfc2db7c9e77c00518033db.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/JeromeJayPowellFederalReserve_AdobeStock_251605607_Editorial_Use_Only-5c92b73246e0fb0001c3815a.jpeg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/147323400-5bfc2b8c4cedfd0026c11901.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_82082848-5bfc2b75c9e77c00519aa183.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/156416606-5bfc2b8b46e0fb00517bdff7.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Johnthemechanic-c66a12332e044078a7c20179b9325b67.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-108914580-4fffdd8bd5a14bdc88cb810f1368185d.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/low-angle-view-of-skyscrapers-in-tokyo-downtown-682328418-d70e2e1723e94c908a67193b3d93a96b.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_67023106-5bfc2b9846e0fb005144dd87.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing18-5bfc2b8fc9e77c005143f183.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/International_Finance_Corporation_Building-162542cde91447138aded5227c8e2217.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/BankOfBaroda-b19c9ed806964706bf20a30c1ea06685.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-939112782-2a2e1eedfbb54ed7a4cd7d10f9063437.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/creditcards-8f32e83c993c4ff584c2b41f2fd104a0.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing10-5bfc2b90c9e77c00517fd2ef.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/piggybankandUSflag-3ba84edac096494ea0fcb9ca0350509f.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_253136563-5bfc2b98c9e77c00519aa7a8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-905932966-897bf52ccb604da9ab5a6960c66b9941.jpg)