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Board Economics
Re: US National Debt / Deficit - How does it end?
by
zorke
on 24/09/2014, 04:00:07 UTC
And once again we come to the GDP calculating principle which clearly defines how government spending contributes to the economic output.
If the government spends an additional dollar then $1 is added to GDP. If as a result of the additional borrowing the government needs to borrow as a result of this additional $1 in spending the private sector will spend (lets say) $0.01 less, therefore GDP would decline by $0.01. The net effect in this scenario is that government spending goes up by $1.00 but GDP only goes up by $0.99.