[DOC] [TLE] Policy Basics: Deficits, Debt, and Interest | Center on Budget and ... [PAR] Feb 12, 2016 ... Three important budget concepts  deficits (or surpluses), debt, and ... For any 
given year, the federal budget deficit is the amount of money the federal ... If the 
government takes in more money than it spends in a given year, the result ... As a 
result, the Treasury owes money to the Social Security trust fund... [DOC] [TLE] Borrowing and the Federal Debt - National Priorities Project [PAR] The federal government then must borrow money to fund its deficit spending. ... 
The size of a budget deficit in any given year is determined by two factors: the 
amount of ... many types of government spending automatically increase 
because more .... Debt held by the public is the total amount the government 
owes to all of its... [DOC] [TLE] Years of declining budget deficits coming to a close - Putnam ... [PAR] Jan 26, 2016 ... Federal budget deficit projected to increase in 2016, for first time since 2009 ... 
Even with a growing economy, revenues coming into the government's coffers 
will not ... The total national debt  money owed by the United States and ... The 
deficit would also cause an increase in the national debt to about... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 18 [PAR] Explain why an equal increase (decrease) in government purchases and net 
taxes ... structural budget deficit a better measure of the intent of fiscal policy? ... 
The role of the federal government in the American economy has been very .... If 
government reduces taxes, only part of that money is spent to buy goods and 
services... [DOC] [TLE] National Debt  Just Facts [PAR] As of November 1, 2016, the official debt of the United States government is 
$19.8 trillion ... [7] [8] [9] The federal budget, which is the government's primary 
financial .... [65]); Federal spending will incrementally increase from 20.4% of 
GDP in 2014 to .... [132] Also, money owed to the Federal Reserve is classified 
under this... [DOC] [TLE] How the United States' High Debt Will Weaken the Economy and ... [PAR] Feb 12, 2013 ... Growing federal debt also would increase the probability of a sudden ... The 
Budget Control Act allowed the President to raise the limit in three .... external 
debt (government and private debt owed to foreigners), and the .... This spending 
is the cause of the chronic deficits that are driving the debt higher yet. [DOC] [TLE] Q&A: Everything You Need to Know About the National Debt - Fix ... [PAR] Particularly over the last 40 years, the federal government has generally spent 
more ... When this occurs, the government must borrow money to cover the 
difference. ... In 2015, the U.S. spent $223 billion, or 6 percent of the federal 
budget, paying ... If interest rates rise even higher, our payments will be even 
greatera one... [DOC] [TLE] how government manipulates money and produces inflation [PAR] Inflation, a monetary phenomenon, is an increase in money and credit. ... In the 
U.S., it is only the federal government and government recognized banks that can 
... unbalanced budget is a frequent reason for the government to print more 
money. ... Inflation levies a tax on all who have money or have money owed to 
them. [DOC] [TLE] United States government debt - Wikipedia [PAR] The National debt of the United States is the amount owed by the federal 
government of the ... A deficit year increases the debt because more money is 
spent than is ..... Since FY1960, the federal government has run on-budget 
deficits except for ..... have argued that it is low growth which causes national 
debt to increase,... [DOC] [TLE] 16 Deficits and Debt [PAR] First, about half of government debt is, directly or indirectly, owed to U.S. citizens. 
... money to the government). this could cause interest rates to rise sharply, which 
in ... By 1900 it had fallen below 5 percent of total GDP, but the budget deficits... [DOC] [TLE] The Top Reasons Behind The U.S. National Debt

Question: Budget deficits cause this, the money owed by the U.S. government, to rise
Answer: the national debt