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Fiscal policy. The legislative and executive branches of government control fiscal policy. In the United States, this is the President's administration (mainly the Treasury Secretary) and the Congress that passes laws. Policy-makers use fiscal tools to manipulate demand in the economy.
The fiscal policy consists of the government expenditure, income and the budget. The government must use the fiscal tools to achieve these objectives but this can be very tricky. At the end of the day it would be ideal if it could maintain a balanced budget (where expenditure is roughly equal to income).