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Expenditures
Expenditures are purchases of goods and
services.
Expenditures are
Consumption (C)
Investment (I)
Government spending (on goods and services) (G)
Net Exports (X-M)
Exports (X)
Imports (M)
Government
Government spending:
Goods and services (G)
Roads, health care, education, helicopters, police officers
salaries, judges salaries.
Government revenue:
Taxes
(Income from Crown corporations)
(Tariffs)
Less Transfers to persons (part of net taxes)
GST rebates, unemployment insurance, pensions, subsidies
Interest on the debt (substantial)
NOTE: The govt is not buying services, so transfers are not
an expenditure.
Revenue
Taxes (Tx)
Net Taxes
Tx Tr = NT
Surplus
G + Tr < Tx
G < Tx Tr
G < NT
Deficit
G + Tr > Tx
G > Tx Tr
G > NT
Savings by governments
NT G = savings
Savings of foreigners
M X = foreign borrowing
STOCKS
Wealth: All the goods a
person owns. Wealth is the
sum of past net saving.
Debt: the sum of all past
deficits less all past
surpluses
Capital: All the investment
goods owned. Capital is
the sum of past net
investment