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Cyclical Deficit

That portion of a country's budget deficit that reflects changes in the economic cycle. Budget positions tend to deteriorate as economies slow as tax revenues fall and welfare spending rises; they improve as economic growth returns, tax revenues rise and welfare spending is reduced. A cyclically-adjusted deficit strips out the impact that the economic cycle has on budgetary health.

See also: Structural Deficit