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This study examined the effect of fiscal tightening and loosening on the public debt of sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries. To achieve this, the study employed a two‐step approach. In the first step, the effect of government primary balance on public debt was examined; while in the second step, the primary balance was disaggregated into its surplus and deficit components with the effect of each component...