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What does Fiscal Deficit mean?

The difference between total revenue and total expenditure of a government in a financial year.

Fiscal Deficit in a sentence
A growing fiscal deficit can lead to higher national debt and potential inflation.

Fiscal Deficit in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Haushaltsdefizit

Fehlbetrag im staatlichen Haushalt.

French
déficit budgétaire

Excédent des dépenses publiques sur les recettes de l'État.

Spanish
déficit fiscal

Situación en la que los gastos del Estado superan a sus ingresos.

Italian
deficit di bilancio
also disavanzo

Disavanzo tra le entrate e le uscite nel bilancio pubblico.

Synonyms and opposites for Fiscal Deficit

  • Synonym Budget deficit
  • Opposite Fiscal surplus

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