structural deficit
structural deficit noun: that portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues at times of normal, predictable economic activity, as opposed to a cyclical deficit.
Noun
structural deficit (plural structural deficits)
- That portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues at times of normal, predictable economic activity, as opposed to a cyclical deficit.
- Canadian Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page maintained that the government has a structural budget deficit which will only decline gradually to C$13.7 billion in 2014/15 in spite of C$17.6 billion in cost savings announced by the government last week.2010 March 11, Nirmala Menon, “Canada Budget Officer Still Sees Structural Deficit”, in Wall Street Journal Newswire
Forms of structural deficit
| plural | structural deficits |
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Origin of structural deficit
From structural + deficit.
Questions about structural deficit
- What does structural deficit mean?
- Structural deficit means that portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues at times of normal, predictable economic activity, as opposed to a cyclical deficit.
- What part of speech is structural deficit?
- Structural deficit is a noun.
- What is the plural of structural deficit?
- The plural of structural deficit is structural deficits.
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