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GOVERNMENT FINANCING CAPACITY OR NEED

 

In terms of the National Accounts, this is the difference between the current and capital resources and uses of the Government. It is equivalent to the difference between the net variation of financial assets and the net variation of financial liabilities of the Government. Commonly it is known as the Government deficit in terms of the national accounts, as it shows the budget balance of non-financial transactions entered by the beginning of the accrual. This item does not correspond with that of cash surplus (+) or deficit (-), in which the differences between non-financial Government income and expenditure in terms of budgetary settlement are included.
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