government expenditure
Definition
Government spending. Along with consumer and business spending, government expenditures contribute to aggregate demand.
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Related terms:
automatic stabilizers, tax, economic policy
'government expenditure' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
aggregate demand, benefit principle, consolidated fund, exogenous variable
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