What is the difference between a budget deficit and public debt?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The deficit is one year's shortfall, and the debt is the accumulated total
- Step 1: A deficit is a flow in one year. Step 2. The debt is the stock built up over time. Answer: flow versus stock. Why not the others: they reverse or merge the two.
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