Built-in stabilisers/Definition

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Built-in stabilisers [r]: the stabilising characteristic of an economy that arises from the fact when output falls, taxes fall and government spending rises, both of which tend raise output - and from the fact that when output rises, taxes rise and government spending, both of which tend to reduce output.