Expansionary fiscal policy is commonly used during a recession as a government tool to stimulate economic activity.

Singapore's government is expected to focus on cost of living issues, housing and employment in next week's budget, as it ...

It is expected to shift to a fiscal deficit of 0.3% of its GDP. Singapore is likely to unveil an ‘expansionary’ budget ahead ...

First, as expansionary monetary policy can boost the economy as a whole, investments more sensitive to the business cycle will usually benefit and vice versa with contractionary policy.

Pill, Huw. "Fiscal Policy and the Case of Expansionary Fiscal Contraction in Ireland in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-015, December 2004. (Revised December 2004.) ...