parent_command:economy
usage: balance [-c COUNTRIES] [-s START_DATE] [-e END_DATE]

General government balance is defined as the balance of income and expenditure of government, including capital income and capital expenditures. 'Net lending' means that government has a surplus, and is providing financial
resources to other sectors, while 'net borrowing' means that government has a deficit, and requires financial resources from other sectors. This indicator is measured as a percentage of GDP.

optional arguments:
  -c COUNTRIES, --countries COUNTRIES
                        Countries to get data for (default: united_states)
  -s START_DATE, --start START_DATE
                        Start date of data, in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: 1993-06-02)
  -e END_DATE, --end END_DATE
                        End date of data, in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: 2023-06-02)


Examples:
- To get general government balance data for the United States: economy/balance
- To obtain general government balance data for multiple countries: economy/balance -c "united_states, germany, japan"
- To retrieve general government balance data for a specific country: economy/balance -c france
- To fetch general government balance data for a specific date range: economy/balance -s 2000-01-01 -e 2020-12-31
- To get general government balance data for multiple countries and a specific date range: economy/balance -c "united_kingdom, canada" -s 2010-01-01 -e 2020-12-31