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Economic Definition of government borrowing. Defined.

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Term government borrowing Definition: The demand for loans obtained through the financial markets by the government sector to finance government purchases over and above taxes. In terms of the circular flow, this is one of two demands for household saving diverted into financial markets, the other is investment borrowing.

 

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