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The national debt

In this column, David Horner provides guidance on examination questions dealing with the government budget deficit and the national debt

Fiscal policy is a major A-level economics topic. Although this topic is generally well understood by students, an area less understood is the case for governments running budget deficits. The elimination of a rather large budget deficit was one of the policy priorities of the 2010–15 UK government, so this is an important area to focus on.

This article considers how to tackle the following essay-style question that might appear in an exam:

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