Categories: Economics

Fiscal Policy

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h4><strong>Deficit<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A fiscal deficit is often funded by issuing secure bonds such as treasury bills&period; These pay interest&comma; either for a fixed period or indefinitely&period; The nation may default on its debt if the interest and capital repayments are too large&period; This is how a Government funds the deficit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><strong>Surplus<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A fiscal surplus is usually saved for future use&comma; and may be invested in local instruments&comma; till needed&period; When income from taxation or other sources falls&comma; usually during an economic crash&comma; reserves allow Government spending to continue at the same rate&comma; without gaining additional liabilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Economic Effects of Fiscal Policy<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Fiscal policy is used by governments to influence the level of aggregate demand in the economy&comma; in an effort to achieve economic objectives of stability in the price of goods&comma; employment and the economic growth of the country&period; Keynesian &lpar;John Maynard Keynes&rpar; economics suggests that increasing or decreasing the Government spending and the tax rates to stimulate aggregate demand as a favorable outcome&period; This is usually used in times of recession or low economic activity as an essential tool in providing the framework for strong economic growth and working toward full employment&period; The Government usually implements such deficit-spending policies due to its size and reputation and stimulates trade&period; In theory&comma; these deficits would be paid for by an expanded economy during the boom that would follow&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During high economic growth periods&comma; budget surplus is usually used to decrease activity in the economy&period; A budget surplus will be implemented in the economy if inflation is high&comma; in order to achieve the objective of price stability&period; According to Keynesian theory&comma; the removal of funds from the economy will reduce levels of aggregate demand in the economy and contract it that will bring stability in the price level&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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