Government Objectives

The government has a range of important objectives it can pursue. The primary objectives change depending on the ideology of the current government or the current economic situation. The government uses fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies to achieve these objectives.

These are the following major objectives: These are minor objectives that not all governments pursue:
 * Stable low inflation - target is 2% in UK
 * Sustainable GDP growth
 * Improvements in productivity
 * High employment
 * Raising living standards and reducing poverty
 * Manageable balance of payments
 * Regional balance (not having it so some areas are ultra-wealthy and others are poverty-stricken)
 * Improved access to (and quality of) public services
 * Sound government finances (i.e. reducing debt)