The amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues.

The amount by which spending exceeds revenues. It usually refers to government spending and revenues.

An excess of budgetary expenditures over revenues. The federal government is well known for its inclination to operate with a budget deficit. But it is not alone. Consumers also find themselves in thi [..]

The negative of the budget surplus; thus the excess of expenditure over income.

Definition The amount by which a government, company, or individual's spending exceeds its income over a particular period of time. also called deficit or deficit spending. opposite of budget sur [..]

When annual government expenditures exceed annual government receipts.

Refers to national budgets; occurs when government spending is greater than government income in a given year. A yearly deficit adds to the public debt.

A technical term meaning the gap between a government's revenue and its expenditure.

Difference between spending and revenues of the government.

The amount by which the government's total outlays exceed its total revenues for a given fiscal year.

Government expenditures exceed revenues.

The budget deficit is the sum of all previously incurred annual federal deficits. Because the deficits are financed by government borrowing, the budget deficit is equal to all government debt outstand [..]

The amount by which a government, company or individual’s spending exceeds its income over a particular period of time.

The result obtained from comparing the financial deficit with the net increase in debt with a negative balance or the amount obtained from subtracting expenditure from revenues, expenditure being the [..]

Gap between government spending and revenue and thus the amount that needs to be borrowed.

is the amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues during a specified period of time usually a year.

The amount by which total government spending is more than government income during a specified period; the amount of money which the government has to raise by borrowing or currency emission in order [..]

The amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues.