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the size of the increase in revenues or decease in outlays, expressed as a percent of GDP, that is required for ''fiscal sustainablity'' (ie: that would be necessary to keep the national debt at or below its current share of GDP).
the size of the [[primary budget balance|primary budget surplus]] (expressed as a percent of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]) that is required to achieve [[fiscal sustainability]] by  immediate compliance with the requirement that the national debt be maintained at or below its existing percentage of GDP.

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Fiscal gap [r]: the size of the primary budget surplus (expressed as a percent of GDP) that is required to achieve fiscal sustainability by immediate compliance with the requirement that the national debt be maintained at or below its existing percentage of GDP.