Offsetting Borrowing
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Government borrowing has increased sharply, but the fall in private borrowing by households and firms has been equally dramatic. Overall borrowing has not changed substantially. Will the government be able to reduce its borrowing when private borrowing resumes?
Skidelsky: Economists Clash on Shifting Sands
Setser: Fall in Private Borrowing, Rise in Fiscal Deficit
Setser: Who Bought All the Treasuries?
Federal Reserve: U.S. Flow of Funds
Update 6/15:
In response to Jim Rootham's suggestion, here is the sum of private and public borrowing.
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