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Passive Budget Deficit

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A passive budget deficit is a deficit that

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A passive deficit is a good example of an automatic stabilizer. During a recession, government tax revenues fall and expenditures rise. Thus, the preferred and natural state for the government budget during a recession is to be in a deficit in order to stimulate aggregate demand.