Cyclically Adjusted Budget Deficit
A cyclically adjusted budget deficit estimates the fiscal deficit after removing effects of the business cycle.
Fiscal-balance terms for cyclically adjusted deficits, deficit financing, debt versus deficit, PSBR, and PSNCR.
Cyclically Adjusted and Public-Sector Borrowing Measures covers public debt, deficits, fiscal stress, bailouts, sovereign debt, restructuring, debt ceilings, debt burdens, and macro-stability concepts used in finance.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Cyclically Adjusted Budget Deficit | A cyclically adjusted budget deficit estimates the fiscal deficit after removing effects of the business cycle. |
| Deficit Financing | Deficit financing refers to the practice of a government borrowing funds to cover a gap between its expenditures and revenues. |
| Deficit vs. Debt | A deficit is a period shortfall, while debt is the accumulated stock of past borrowing. |
| Public Sector Borrowing Requirement | Public sector borrowing requirement measures how much the public sector must borrow to finance its cash shortfall. |
| Public Sector Net Cash Requirement | Public sector net cash requirement measures the cash financing need of the public sector after receipts and payments. |
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A cyclically adjusted budget deficit estimates the fiscal deficit after removing effects of the business cycle.
Deficit financing refers to the practice of a government borrowing funds to cover a gap between its expenditures and revenues.
A deficit is a period shortfall, while debt is the accumulated stock of past borrowing.
Public sector borrowing requirement measures how much the public sector must borrow to finance its cash shortfall.
Public sector net cash requirement measures the cash financing need of the public sector after receipts and payments.