government expenditure
Public sector outlays
Government expenditure is the money a government spends—on services, infrastructure, defense, social programs, debt interest, and public employee salaries.
Economists track it as a percentage of GDP to measure the public sector's role in an economy: Government expenditure rose sharply during the pandemic.
Also called government spending or public expenditure.
- deficit spendingExpenditures funded by debt
- sovereign debtMoney governments owe creditors
- balanced budgetSpending matching revenue
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
- public debtState's accumulated financial obligations
taxpayer money · fiscal policy · national budget · infrastructure funding · public investment · stimulus package · defense budget · budget deficit · budget · debt management · deficit financing · revenue collection · financial oversight · entitlements · pork barrel · cost overruns · fiscal responsibility · social programs
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government expenditureprivate investment
Funding outside public markets
consumer spending · private enterprise · business investment
government expendituregovernment revenue
Income of the state
taxation · tax collection · public revenue · levies · tax revenue
government expenditurefiscal austerity
Reduced government expenditure policy
spending cuts · budget cuts · privatization · deregulation · fiscal conservatism
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