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The government budget and fiscal policy

The government budget and fiscal policy

Bar chart comparing balanced budget, budget surplus and budget deficit with revenue and spending bars labelled A government budget is a plan for money coming in and money going out. Revenue mainly comes from taxes, while spending goes on public services, benefits, infrastructure and debt interest.

3.5 Fiscal policy Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /3.5 Fiscal policy

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE Economics 3.5 Fiscal policy, covering 3.5.1 Government spending and revenue, 3.5.2 Budget balance, surplus and deficit, 3.5.3 What is fiscal policy, 3.5.4 Calculate effects of taxes and spending, 3.5.5 Analyse effects of taxes and spending, 3.5.6 Costs and benefits of fiscal policy, and 3.5.7 Redistributing income and wealth. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a solid grasp of supply and demand and cost/revenue calculations before tackling the evaluation-heavy policy topics.

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