subsidy cuts
Reduced government support
Subsidy cuts are reductions in government financial support for industries, programs, or individuals.
Governments cut subsidies to reduce spending or shift policy priorities: The subsidy cuts hit farmers hard, Fuel subsidy cuts sparked protests across the country.
The phrase typically appears in news coverage of austerity measures or budget negotiations.
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- belt tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- budgetPlan for spending
- budget crisisAcute funding shortage
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
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subsidy cutsstimulus spending
Government outlays boosting demand
economic stimulus · bailouts · stimulus packages · government investment · pump priming
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