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Unfortunately, you and I don?t own a magic press, so we worry about our debt. Turn on the magic press and poof!, it?s paid.

Received a bill for a million dollars? No problem. But, if you owned a magic printing press, and you had the legal right to print as much money as you wished, debt never would concern you. People go bankrupt when they can?t repay their debts. For us citizens, personal debt is concerning, because debt must be repaid.

Therefore a growing economy requires a growing supply of money, aka deficit spending.Ĭoncern about the federal debt revolves around two beliefs: Someone (often characterized as ?our grandchildren?) will have to pay those debts, and large debts cause inflation. Rodger Malcolm Mitchell Septemat 11:19 amĪ large economy has more money than does a small economy.Keeping in mind the tax cuts of 20 - the FY2000 cyclically adjusted revenues-to-GDP ratio was 20.1 ppts the FY2002 was 17.8 ppts. Bush budget balance averaged -2.23 ppts of GDP the cyclically adjusted budget balance was -1.97 ppts. In principle, the cyclically adjusted measure better measures the stance of fiscal policy, as it removes the endogenous components of spending and revenues.

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The cyclically adjusted budget balance, sometimes known as the full employment budget balance, is the budget balance that would obtain when GDP is at potential. Source: CBO, Measuring the Effects of theīusiness Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update, September 1, 2009. Light green shading indicates projections. Projections of cyclically adjusted budget balance (dark blue, by fiscal year). Here is the CBO‘s take on the cyclically adjusted budget balance:įigure 1: Cyclically adjusted budget balance (blue) and budget balance (red), in percent of GDP. My article with Jeffry Frieden and the decomposition of the 2001-07 change in the deficit discussed in The Lasting Legacy of the Bush Tax Cuts inspired lots of vigorous debate regarding the role of the Bush deficits in the current crisis.

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