Primary Deficit = Fiscal Deficit - Interest Payment. It indicates how much the government needs to borrow to meet its spending, excluding the interest it owes on past borrowings.
Primary deficit is measured by which of the following?
Asked in Civil Judge 2022 · Topic: Fiscal Policy & Revenue (Fiscal Deficits: Concepts, measures, and financing of deficits)
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