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  2. Expansionary fiscal contraction - Wikipedia

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    An IMF working paper [4] by Guajardo, Leigh, and Pescatori [5] published in Journal of the European Economic Association on Expansionary Austerity and the Expansionary Fiscal Contraction hypothesis that examined changes in policy designed to reduce deficits found that austerity had contractionary effects on private domestic demand and GDP.

  3. National fiscal policy responses to the Great Recession

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    A statement on the government's website said the State Council had approved a plan to invest 4 trillion yuan in infrastructure and social welfare by the end of 2010. [5] [6] This stimulus, equivalent to US$586 billion, represented a pledge comparable to that subsequently announced by the United States, but which came from an economy only one third the size. [7]

  4. Early 1980s recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Principal causes of the 1980 recession included contractionary monetary policy undertaken by the Federal Reserve to combat double digit inflation and residual effects of the energy crisis. [4] Manufacturing and construction failed to recover before more aggressive inflation reducing policy was adopted by the Federal Reserve in 1981, causing a ...

  5. Fiscal policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fiscal policy is any changes the government makes to the national budget to influence a nation's economy. [1] "An essential purpose of this Financial Report is to help American citizens understand the current fiscal policy and the importance and magnitude of policy reforms essential to make it sustainable.

  6. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    Government spending can be a useful economic policy tool for governments. Fiscal policy can be defined as the use of government spending and/or taxation as a mechanism to influence an economy. [13] [14] There are two types of fiscal policy: expansionary fiscal policy, and contractionary fiscal policy. Expansionary fiscal policy is an increase ...

  7. Fiscal policy - Wikipedia

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    Contractionary fiscal policy, on the other hand, is a measure to increase tax rates and decrease government spending. It occurs when government deficit spending is lower than usual. It occurs when government deficit spending is lower than usual.

  8. Mortgage and refinance rates for Dec. 17, 2024: Average ... - AOL

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    At the conclusion of its seventh and penultimate rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on November 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...

  9. Credit channel - Wikipedia

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    Contractionary monetary policy is thought to increase the size of the external finance premium, and subsequently, through the credit channel, reduce credit availability in the economy. The external finance premium exists because of frictions—such as imperfect information or costly contract enforcement—in financial markets.