A deficit unit refers to an entity, such as an individual, business, or government, that spends more money than it earns or generates, resulting in a financial shortfall. This unit typically seeks external financing to cover the gap, often through borrowing or issuing debt instruments. In contrast, surplus units are those that have excess funds available for investment or lending. The interaction between deficit and surplus units is a fundamental aspect of financial markets and economic activity.
nominal deficit is the deficit determined by looking at the difference between expenditures and receipts.real deficit: nominal deficit - (inflation x total debt)
An example of using the noun, deficit, is: "an annual operating deficit."
fiscal deficit: not enough money budget deficit: not as much money as you had planned to have in your budget revenue deficit: not enough money coming in trade deficit: you are spending more money on imports than the amount of money which you receive for your exports.
Monetized deficit is when the government prints money to pay down the deficit.
Primary deficit=Fiscal deficit-[minus] Interest payments
Finance is the process of transferring fund from surplus economic unit to deficit economic unit. Domestic finance is the process of transferring fund from surplus economic unit to deficit economic unit within a country. And International finance is the process of transferring fund from surplus economic unit to deficit economic unit when any of these units is located outside a national country.
Concept of deficit
Deficit
current account deficit
Trade deficit
The antonym of deficit is surplus.