cyclical deficit
noun[C]
ECONOMICSukustheamountby which a government’sspendingis more than itreceivesintaxesat atimewhen theeconomyis notperformingwell
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structural deficit
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cyclical deficit
The observed total budget deficit is equal to the sum of the structural deficit with thecyclicaldeficitor surplus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The additional borrowing required at the low point of the cycle is the "cyclicaldeficit".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By definition, thecyclicaldeficitwill be entirely repaid by a cyclical surplus at the peak of the cycle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecyclicaldeficitis the deficit experienced at the low point of this cycle when there are lower levels of business activity and higher levels of unemployment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The point of our proposed reforms is to be able to distinguish between structural andcyclicaldeficit.
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We were in acyclicaldeficitand a structural deficit and had accelerating interest rates—all because of their failure to act.
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It is responsible in itself, either directly or indirectly, for a large part of both thecyclicaldeficitand, increasingly, the structural deficit.
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Even after the economy began to recover, and the cyclical deficits went away, there would be large structural deficits to be dealt with.
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