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  2. Transfer payment - Wikipedia

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    Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of federal revenue in the United States Transfer payments to (persons + business) in the United States. In macroeconomics and finance, a transfer payment (also called a government transfer or simply fiscal transfer) is a redistribution of income and wealth by means of the government making a payment, without goods or services being received in return ...

  3. Transfer payments multiplier - Wikipedia

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    In Keynesian economics, the transfer payments multiplier (or transfer payment multiplier) is the multiplier by which aggregate demand will increase when there is an increase in transfer payments (e.g., welfare spending, unemployment payments). [1] Transfer payments are not in the same theoretical category as government spending on goods and ...

  4. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments. [1] [2] In national income accounting, the acquisition by governments of goods and services for current use, to directly satisfy the individual or collective needs of the community, is classed as government final consumption expenditure.

  5. Personal income - Wikipedia

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    Personal income can be categorized into various types, including wages, rent, interest, profit, proprietor's income, and transfer payments. While many people commonly associate personal income with wages and salaries, there are several other sources that contribute to an individual's total income.

  6. Economics terminology that differs from common usage

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    Welfare economics is a branch of economics that uses microeconomic techniques to evaluate economic well-being, especially relative to competitive general equilibrium, with a focus on economic efficiency and income distribution. [13] In general usage, including by economists outside the above context, welfare refers to a form of transfer payment ...

  7. Mandatory spending - Wikipedia

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    Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of Federal revenue in the United States Transfer payments to (persons + business) in the United States. The United States federal budget is divided into three categories: mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt.

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  9. Fiscal policy - Wikipedia

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    In economics and political science, fiscal policy is the use of government revenue collection (taxes or tax cuts) and expenditure to influence a country's economy. The use of government revenue expenditures to influence macroeconomic variables developed in reaction to the Great Depression of the 1930s, when the previous laissez-faire approach ...