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The Fed’s models are sufficiently Keynesian that continued deficit spending generates economic stimulus.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
For now, deficit spending makes sense to get the economy back on its feet.
—Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
Trump said the spending bill should lift the debt ceiling so that deficit spending limits, which lawmakers do not need to address until next year, is attached to Biden.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Higher inflation could be triggered by greater spending stimulus due to continued deficit spending combined with slower immigration that limits productive capacity.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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