deficit spending

noun

: the spending of public funds raised by borrowing rather than by taxation

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected last month that deficit spending for the 2025 fiscal year will reach $1.9 trillion. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025 Under former President Obama, GOP leaders changed their tune, framing deficit spending as an existential threat to the republic and demanding that the Democratic president rein in federal programs. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2025 Trump’s Economic Policy And Federal Reserve Reaction Also entering the Fed’s consideration is the prospect for continued large deficit spending in 2025. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 They were juiced by European Union President Ursula von der Leyen saying at the Munich Security Conference that member states will be allowed to increase their spending on defense and security without breaching the bloc’s rules on budget deficit spending. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deficit spending

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of deficit spending was in 1938

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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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