The Budget Balance:
The Business Cycle:
Balanced Budgets:
L/R Implications of Fiscal Policy Pt.1:
L/R Implications of Fiscal Policy Pt.2:
100

The difference between government's taxes and its spending on Goods/Services and Gov.transfers in a given year.

What is 'The Budget Balance'.

100

Will almost always rise with increasing unemployment, and fall with decreasing unemployment.

What is 'The Budget Deficit'.

100

Falling tax revenue and rising transfer payments that push the budget to a deficit.

What is 'The consequences of a recessionary gap'.

100

The accumulation of all past deficits, minus all past surpluses.

What is 'The National Debt'.

100

The Governments debt as a percentage of GDP.

What is 'The Debt-GDP Ratio'.

200

>A Positive budget balance, 

> A Negative budget balance.

What is:

> 'A Budget Surplus

> A Budget Deficit'.

 

200

When a government estimate what the budget balance would be if there were neither a Recessionary nor inflationary gap.

What is 'The Cyclically Adjusted Budget Balance'.

200

Rising tax revenue and falling transfer payments that push the budget to a surplus.

What is 'The consequences of an inflationary gap'.

200

Government Debt help by individuals and Institutions outside of the government.

What is 'Public Debt'.

200

The spending promises made by a government that are effectively a debt not included in debt statistics.

What is ' Implicit Liabilities'.

300

Fiscal Policies that include, Increasing Taxes, Decreasing transfers and Decreasing Government Spending.

What is 'Contractionary Fiscal Policies'.

300
Programs built into the tax and transfers system to reduce the swings of the business cycle.

What is 'Automatic Stabilizers'.

300

The need to increase taxes and decrease government spending.

What is 'The consequences of a recessionary gap'.

300

The limitation of private investment spending due to increasing government borrowing.

What is 'Crowding Out'.

400

SGovernment = T- G- TR.

What is 'The Budget Balance Formula/Calculation'.

400

Declining tax revenues (due to declining incomes/profits) and rising transfer payments (to unemployed and struggling individuals).

What is 'The consequence of an economic recession'.

400

The need to decrease taxes and increase government spending.

What is 'The consequences of an inflationary gap'.

400

The cause of money being taken away from future obligations such as education, the military etc.

What is ' Increasing government debts'.

500

Fiscal Policies that include, Cutting Taxes, Increasing Transfers and Increasing Government Spending.

What is 'Expansionary Fiscal Policy'.

500

Increasing tax revenues (due to declining incomes/profits) and falling transfer payments (to unemployed and struggling individuals).

What is 'The consequence of an economic growth (a period of...)'.

500

The allowing of deficits in bad years, and surplus in good years.

What is 'a balance budget on average'.

500

Draw and label and Recessionary Gap Diagram.

Drawing.

500

Draw and label and Inflationary Gap Diagram.

Drawing.