Are fiscal deficits necessarily inflationary?

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Yes. If a fiscal deficit is financed by issuing new currency, it will increase inflation. It may be worsened if the new currency is used to finance the current consumption expenditure of the government. If new money is used for infrastructural activities or other capital projects, the fiscal deficit will not be inflationary.

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