Deficit Financing

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. The term may be applied to the budget of a government, private company, or individual. Government deficit spending is a central point of controversy in economics, as discussed below.

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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 April 2024 English

Chamley and Judd argued that optimal taxation dictates zero long-run tax rates on capital income, but Straub and Werning found that tax rates may be positive even in the steady …

of wars (that is, no capital levies and no deficit financing): “When the pressure of the war is felt at


World Bank Group · 1 April 2024 English

Bhutan's economy has recovered from the series of shocks resulting from the COVID-19pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After experiencing contractions of 2.5 percent and3.3 percent in FY19/20 and FY20/21, …

are through grants (27 percent) and from deficit financing that is planned to be mobilized from domestic


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 27 March 2024 English

Angola’s economic recovery in 2021/22 was nearly halted in 2023 by a double shock, as both oil production and prices weakened, and the debt moratorium ended. In response, the authorities …

sector growth and ensuring a sustainable deficit financing over the medium term. 26. Staff supports finance and the BNA is essential to align the deficit financing strategy with the monetary policy objectives more on medium- to long-term issuances for deficit financing. 46. The exchange rate should remain


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 22 March 2024 English

Two years of Russia’s war in Ukraine have taken an enormous humanitarian and economic toll. Skillful policymaking supported by external financing has helped maintain macroeconomic stability, and the authorities have …

__________________________________ 9 4. Deficit Financing and Banks’ Claims on the Government _____ support burden sharing. Figure 4. Ukraine: Deficit Financing and Banks’ Claims on the Government External


IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research · 22 March 2024 English

New Consensus Macroeconomics (NCM) We refrain from reviewing the vast literature on the role of monetary policy in the working of the macro-economy and instead focus on the currently prevalent …

if the fiscal deficits were financed by deficit financing (creation of new money) they would have a


SUERF: SUERF The European Money and Finance Forum · 19 March 2024 English

The current account balance is a key macroeconomic aggregate which measures the current account position of a reference country relative to the rest of the world, reflecting the productive capacity …

consumption and investment. This process is called “deficit financing”. Conversely, the current account deficit


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 14 March 2024 English

We show that firms' nominal required returns to capital (i.e., their discount rates) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Such nominally sticky discount rates imply that increases in expected …

parameter ϱB ∈ [0, 1) captures the degree of deficit financing. Throughout, we work with a log-linear approximation


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 4 March 2024 English

The new trade and labor migration patterns that emerged since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine have provided an unexpected boost to growth. Tax revenue increased considerably since 2021, …

2020 2021 2022 2023 Financing needs Fiscal deficit Financing Needs vs. Fiscal Deficit (In percent of GDP)


SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs · 16 February 2024 English

Policy recommendations are made in respect of the progressive synchronisation of exchange rate regimes across regional economic communities and the AU, trade dependence and diversification, and the tracking and consistent …

Procyclical fiscal policies, significant and deficit financing, monetary aid inflows, monetary restriction


SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs · 6 February 2024 English

Natural disasters, the economic stability commodity price fluctuations, financial crises and global and growth trajectories of economic downturns are among the numerous factors that Nigeria and Ghana over the have …

due to exchange rate management and fiscal-deficit financing. These issues have hindered the central bank’s


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