With fixed government expenditure and tax rates, during which economic phases does the government budget deficit increase and during which does it decrease?

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27 May 2019
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When government spending and taxes remain unchanged, the budget deficit tends to expand during economic recessions due to lower tax revenues and contracts during economic booms when revenues increase.

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