English
structural deficit
From structural + deficit.
A compound of structural + deficit
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
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Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
Latin facio ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
Latin dēficiō ‘to move away, leave, withdraw, break away’
French déficit
English deficit
Today it means
noun That portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues at times of normal, predictable economic activity, as opposed to a cyclical deficit.
Sources
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