Understanding the Federal Budget
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- Title
- Understanding the Federal Budget
- Reserve Bank
- New York
Summary
The booklet provides an overview of the basic economic concepts related to the budget of the federal government. It discusses the sources of the government's revenues, the nature of the government's major expenditures, and some issues related to the government debt and surplus or deficit.
Additional Information
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Publications
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Government |
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Students |
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9-12 |
| Keywords |
| federal, budget, deficit, surplus, spending, revenue, federal, debt, social, security, discretionary, taxes, borrowing, interest, economy, gross, domestic, product |
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