Measures of the size and balance of government budgets, including government debt to GDP, the budget deficit, the primary budget balance and the tax to GDP ratio. An indicator belongs here when its cited article describes government debt, deficit, spending or tax revenue. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Public Finance Measures, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.
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Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisHas Member: Government Debt-to-GDP Ratio, Series notesQuote, Has Member: Government Debt-to-GDP Ratio, Series notes
It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP)
Deficit spending (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Budget Deficit, LeadQuote, Has Member: Budget Deficit, Lead
Within the budgetary process, deficit spending is the amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, also called simply deficit, or budget deficit, the opposite of budget surplus.
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