deficit financing
(especially of a government) expenditures in excess of public revenues, made possible typically by borrowing.
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How to use deficit financing in a sentence
Two of the most important of these causes are the wage-price spiral and continued deficit financing.
British Dictionary definitions for deficit financing
government spending in excess of revenues so that a budget deficit is incurred, which is financed by borrowing: recommended by Keynesian economists in order to increase economic activity and reduce unemployment: Also called: compensatory finance, pump priming
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Cultural definitions for deficit financing
A government policy of financing large public expenditures by borrowing money rather than by raising taxes; also called deficit spending.
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