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Lesson 11: Circular Flow | Unit 3: Government Page: 15 of 22

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  • The role the government sector plays in the economy and the circular flow through taxes and spending.
  • How taxes divert household sector income to the government sector to pay for government purchases.
  • That with the government sector included, the circular flow highlights the three basic uses of national income: consumption, saving, and taxes.
  • Why government spending is divided into government purchases of GDP and transfer payments.
  • Why the circular flow is interested in the net tax flow (taxes minus transfer payments) from households to government.
  • When government does not collect enough taxes to pay for purchases, it can borrow through the financial markets.
  • The Federal deficit, which is the borrowing by the federal government to make up the difference between taxes and spending.
  • That federal borrowing is combined with state and local borrowing (or saving) for total government borrowing.
  • Why the government sector diverts part of the circular flow, but does not necessarily change the total amount of GDP.

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

An independent agency of the federal government that insures deposits in banks and other depository institutions which is intended to preserve and promote public confidence in the U.S. financial system. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created in 1933 in response to the thousands of bank failures that occurred during the Great Depression. It is one of the key agencies, along with the Federal Reserve System and Comptroller of the Currency, responsible regulating the U.S. banking industry.

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