Fiscal policy

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  • Created on: 30-04-21 10:50
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  • Government spending
    • Fiscal Policy
      • taxation
        • direct
          • taxes on individuals or companies
            • income, capital gains
        • indirect
          • taxes on goods and services
            • VAT
            • Business rates
        • progressive
          • as Income rise, Tax rise
          • Regressive
            • Tax increases as income falls
              • poll tax
      • aggregate demand
        • contractionary
        • expansionary
        • reduce output gap
          • expansionary in negative
          • increase trendline
            • increase spending
      • cyclical budget positions
        • cyclical budget
          • how the budget changes relative to the economy
            • boom
              • smaller deficit
        • structural
          • deficit regardless of the economy
          • fiscal rule
            • no greater than 3 percent
            • Eurozone
              • NAtional debt should not be larger than 60% of GDP
        • high deficit
          • borrow money to finance the deficit
            • National Debt
              • private investors worried
                • interest rates rise of national debt
                  • this adds to the fiscal deficit
                    • may not be able to sell debt in financial markets
                    • have to ask IMF for a loan
                      • condition that reduce deficit
                      • default and not pay debts
                        • locked out of fiancail markets
                      • print money to finnance
                        • hyperinflation and fiscal dominace
      • affect economic behaviour
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    • capital spending
      • spending on infrastructure
        • bridges
          • dams
        • electricty
    • current spending
      • spending on goods and service
        • consumed in the short run
          • teachers wages
      • transfer payments
      • interest on national debt

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