Debt is the total amount of money that a country (or company) owes. Deficit is the amount that a country (or company) loses each year.
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Budget deficit is how much we spend per year over what we take in from taxes. National debt is the total amount the nation owes (the deficits added together).
deficit financing adds to public debt because it is regularly spending more than it takes in each year-and then borrows to make up the difference.
The annual deficit is the amount of money the government is losing every year: basically, how much it spends beyond what it makes. The national debt is the sum of all the annual deficits combined.
The deficit is always smaller than the public debt.
The debt increases.