Takeaways
- Meaning:
Fiscal policy is how governments use spending and taxation to manage the economy.
- Application:
It can be expansionary (more spending/low taxes) or contractionary (less spending/more taxes).
- Effects:
Influences growth, inflation, jobs, public debt and can redistribute wealth.
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Economics and politics student from Germany. Interested in a broad field of topics and trying to easily break down topics from his studies to everyone.
In this Mini-Series, we will talk about the key concepts of macroeconomics. I will shortly explain each concept in a respective post. This is part 4 of 5, covering the fiscal policy.
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