Economics A-Level
Automatic stabilisers
What Automatic stabilisers means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Automatic stabilisers
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Reference: AQA
Mechanisms such as unemployment benefits and income tax receipts that fluctuate with the economic cycle and drive the cyclical component of the budget.
Topics that use Automatic stabilisers
- Fiscal policy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Aggregate demand and supply
- Aggregate supply
- Budget balance
- Budget deficit
- Budget surplus
- Crowding out
- Direct taxes
- Economic capacity
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