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deficit spending
noun as in spending in excess of revenue or income
Example Sentences
She’s generally described as a “fiscal dove” in the Abe mode, meaning she’s not afraid of deficit spending in pursuit of economic growth.
The failure to respond decisively is the geopolitical equivalent of runaway deficit spending.
Lower taxes can drive growth, deficit spending, and inflation.
"Over the past four years, our government racked up $8 trillion in wasteful deficit spending and inflicted nation wrecking energy restrictions, crippling regulations and hidden taxes like never before."
A 2009 constitutional amendment limiting deficit spending has come back to haunt the current government after the constitutional court ruled it could not use special emergency funds to skirt deficit limits.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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