government expenditures
Public sector outlays
Government expenditures are the total amounts that governments spend, typically measured over a fiscal year.
This includes spending at all levels—federal, state, and local—on everything from defense and infrastructure to social programs, education, and debt interest payments.
Economists track government expenditures as a key component of GDP and as an indicator of fiscal policy direction.
Government expenditures rose sharply during the pandemic.
- allocationsDesignated shares of resources
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- deficitsAmounts lacking or owed
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- pork barrelSelf-serving political spending
tax dollars · outlays · budget · funding · spending · public debt · debt ceiling · revenue · distributions · fiscal · austerity measures · belt tightening · mandatory spending · infrastructure · foreign aid · discretionary spending · fiscal policy · balanced budget
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
government expendituresausterity
Enforced economic stringency
budget cuts · spending cuts · fiscal restraint · fiscal austerity · deficit reduction
government, governments, govern, governs, governed, governing, governor, governors, governance