💶ap macroeconomics review

Balanced budget

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A government budget in which total revenues equal total expenditures, resulting in neither a surplus nor a deficit.

AP course connection

Topic 5.4: 5.4 Deficits and the National Debt

Unit 5