Econ ch 6

Government spending on new goods and services

A good (or service) provided for all of society; no one is excluded from use of a public good

A government provided good that could be sold in a private market

Money from the government for which no direct work is required in return.

Contributions from an individual's wages are made to a fund from which that individual may draw when eligible for benefits.

A tax reflecting a direct relationship between the percentage of income taxed and the size of the income.

A tax equal to the same percentage of income regardless of the size of the income.

A tax reflecting an inverse relationship between the percentae of income taxed and the size of the income.

Changes in tax policies and structures.

A policy of adjusting income tax brackets to account for inflation.

Major legislation that changed federal income tax exemptions, deductions, brackets and rates.

The particular thing on which a tax is levied.

The amount that is levied on the base.

A policy of reducing or eliminating a tax that would normally be charged.

Influencing the levels of aggregate output and employment or prices through changes in federal government purchases, transfer payments and or taxes.

Deliberate changes in government expenditures and/or taxes to control unemployment or demand-pull inflation.

Changes in government expenditures and/or taxes that occur automatically as the level of economic activity changes; helps to control unemployment or demand-pull inflation.

A government's total expenditures equal its total revenues.

A government's revenues are greater than its expenditures.

A government's expenditures are greater than its revenues.

A budget that assembles all federal government receipts and outlays, and the resulting overall deficit or surplus, in one report.

A restricted fund; payments from this fund are specified as to recipents and/or uses.

Programs set up by the government to pay benefits to people who meet the eligibility requirements of the programs.

Categories of the unified budget established by Congress; generally refers to programs that have immediately controllable and noncontrollable receipts and expenses, respectively.

The study of the economic motives and attitudes of voters and public officials and how those motives and attitudes affect government decision making.

The accumulation total debit of the federal government due to deficit spending.

Issued by the federal government in return for funds lent to it.

U. S. Treasury securities that mature, respectively, in one year or less; one to ten years; and 10 or more years.

U. S. Treasury securities with face values that rise when the economy experiences inflation.

The cost of maintaining a debt; generally measured in interest costs.

Occurs when borrowing by the federal government reduces borrowing by households and businesses.