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the size of the increase in revenues or decease in outlays, expressed as a percent of GDP, that would be necessary to keep the national debt at or below its current share of GDP. (Alternatively, the national debt plus the present value of the cumulative excess of future expenditure over future revenues.)
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.