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Fiscal Policy - Government Borrowing

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, IB, OCR

Last updated 4 Jul 2018

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When a government's tax revenues are insufficient to pay for a given level of state spending then a nation must borrow to make up the difference, this is a budget deficit. Governments often find that they have to borrow to finance their spending

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