public spending

British  

noun

1. expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises

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Example Sentences

She helped rein in public spending, stopped enforcing price controls and partially dollarized the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

A recent report from independent public spending watching, the National Audit Office, found the cost of children's residential care in England had nearly doubled in five years, to £3.1bn in the year to March 2024.

From BBC

Merz is betting on a public spending spree on defence and infrastructure to get the economy moving again, with the government's latest projection in October forecasting growth this year will reach 1.3 percent.

From Barron's

NHS Scotland spent £440m last year on beds for patients who were unable to get out of hospital despite being ready to be discharged, according to public spending watchdogs.

From BBC

Eduardo Porter observed in the Times: “Big-government social democracies, by contrast, rely on flatter taxes to finance their public spending.”

From The Wall Street Journal