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What is the difference between a deficit and the national debt?

April 26, 2017debt deficit difference National Teaching Resources

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What is the difference between a deficit and the national debt?

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The deficit is for one year, only. The debt is the total of all past deficits, minus any surpluses. Another way to think of the debt is as deficits piling up year after year.