Wiktionary
n. (context economics English) The spending by a government in excess of government revenue.
WordNet
n. spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy [syn: compensatory spending, pump priming]
Wikipedia
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.
Usage examples of "deficit spending".
The government saw only two ways out: to bite the bullet, end deficit spending, abolish the BLS, and hope to weather the resultant catastrophic reorganization, or to find some other source of income to shore up the budget.
Thus, government deficit spending under a gold standard is severely limited.
After almost two T-centuries of deficit spending to shore up an increasingly insolvent welfare state, Haven had decided it had no choice but to turn conquistador to acquire the resources it needed to support its citizens in the style to which they had become accustomed, and the People's Navy had proven its capacity to do just that over the course of the last five decades.
After almost two T-centuries of deficit spending to shore up an increasingly insolvent welfare state, Haven had decided it had no choice but to turn conquistador to acquire the resources it needed to support its citizens in the style to which they had become accustomed, and the Peoples Navy had proven its capacity to do just that over the course of the last five decades.
After almost two Tcenturies of deficit spending to shore up an increasingly insolvent welfare state, Haven had decided it had no choice but to turn conquistador to acquire the resources it needed to support its citizens in the style to which they had become accustomed, and the Peoples Navy had proven its capacity to do just that over the course of the last five decades.
And eight years from now you'll still be in deficit spending on both counts.
Two centuries of deficit spending to curry favor with the mob had wrecked not only the People's Republic's economy but any vestige of responsibility among the families who ruled it.
Yet, even as taxes are reduced, supply-side economics also demands that the government operate on a balanced budget, since deficit spending encourages destructive inflation.
Two centuries of deficit spending to curry favor with the mob had wrecked not only the People’.
Two centuries of deficit spending to curry favor with the mob had wrecked not only the Peoples Republics economy but any vestige of responsibility among the families who ruled it.
He had gone in for extensive deficit spending, putting the government in dept at an extraordinary rate.
While Washington could engage in deficit spending, if we didn’.
As Moody went on about deficit spending, lower interest rates, tax cuts, economy, Eaton shut him out.
Not only does fractional reserve banking erode your purchasing power, you also pay in the same way for deficit spending by government.
After almost two T-centuries of deficit spending to shore up an increasingly insolvent welfare state, Haven had decided it had no choice but to turn conquistador to acquire the resources it needed to support its citizens in the style to which they had become accustomed, and the People’.