federal borrowing
noun[U]
FINANCE,GOVERNMENTukusmoneythat the USgovernmentborrowsinordertofinanceitsactivitiesandprojects:
TheSenateagreedtoraisethelegallimitonfederalborrowingto arecord$14.3trillion.
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Congress also usually votes on increasing the debt limit after fiscal policy decisions affectingfederalborrowinghave begun to take effect.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Congress has used this method to deal with an encroaching debt ceiling in previous years, as thefederalborrowinglimit was raised in 2002 and 2003.
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