Fiscal Policy
A government’s decisions regarding spending and revenue collection (taxation). Fiscal policy influences the economy. It is to be contrasted with monetary polcy which focuses centrally on the supply of money. the following are types of fiscal policy:
Neutral: spending equals taxation
Expansionary: spending is greater than tax revenue; usually associated with budget deficit
Contractionary: tax revenue is greater than spending; usually associated with a budget surplus
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