Last year

Listen Last year, the government ran a budget surplus. What impact is this likely to have on the national debt? O a) It will have no impact on the national debt as all surpluses must be spent in the year they are incurred as the government must always run a balanced budget. Ob) The national debt will decrease if the government chooses to use the surplus to pay it down. O c) The national debt will increase by the amount of the surplus. O d) It will have no impact on the national debt as the government budget and the national debt are unrelated