VANCOUVER, B.C. — On behalf of its thousands of Members across the Lower Mainland, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has assigned an overall grade of «B» on its 2017
Federal Budget Report Card.
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Federal Budget Report Card 2015 is available for print.
Not exact matches
The
federal debt will reach 150 % of gross domestic product by 2047, up from 77 % today, the
report by the Congressional
Budget Office said.
Raising the
federal minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current level, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one million workers out of poverty, according to a 2014
report by the Congressional
Budget Office.
As The Washington Post
reported in 2012, many public stations in rural areas rely on
federal government allocations for up to 50 % of their
budgets.
The legislation, called PROMESA, would create a
federal oversight board to help Puerto Rico governments balance their
budgets, improve financial
reporting and facilitate debt restructuring when voluntary agreements between creditors and borrowers can not be reached.
Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a
report from the Parliamentary
Budget Office that predicted a
federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.
In a
report published in February, Parliamentary
Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the
federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»
The
budget office
report released today estimates that annual payments under a
federal program to eligible individuals would amount to $ 16,989, while couples would receive $ 24,027, before deductions for any income earned.
McMillan appeared at a news conference in Ottawa one day before the
federal budget is to be presented but the event was cast as the introduction to a series of economic
reports, not pre-
budget advice.
But in a recent
report, the Congressional
Budget Office identified another, more unexpected variable: the impact on the
federal deficit.
Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the
Federal Reserve, recently issued a
report that said neither Democrats nor Republicans can claim to have superior
budgeting practices at this point.
Office of Management and
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is, according to
reports from Bloomberg and CNN, under consideration to become interim director of the
federal government's consumer watchdog after current director Richard Cordray steps down later this month.
Clearly, it is not, like the C. D. Howe Institute's or the Fraser Institute's
reports [2], an alternative
Federal Budget for 2011.
The Auditor General recommends that the Government honour its 2007
Budget commitment and publish fiscal sustainability
reports for both the
federal government and provincial governments, on a regular basis.
Canada's economy will not fully recover until 2013 and the
federal government will carry a structural budgetary deficit of C$ 19 billion ($ 17.6 billion) after the crisis, a
report by the parliamentary
budget officer said on Monday... «PBO calculations continue to suggest that the
budget is not structurally balanced over the medium term,» the
report said.
Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow
federal budgets and fiscal accountability
reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.
According to an August
report by the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), debt will likely continue to grow as spending for large
federal benefit programs — Social Security, Medicare and the like — outpaces revenue.
In fiscal year 2015, Americans spent a jaw - dropping 9.78 billion — yes, billion — hours complying with
federal rules and regulations, according to a recent
report from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
According to the
report, New York contributed $ 12,914 per capita in tax revenue to the
federal budget — but received $ 10,844 in per capita
federal spending.
A second, more conservative
report released by the Parliamentary
Budget Officer estimates savings of $ 4.2 billion a year for the
federal government alone.
The Liberals have promised to monitor the impact of the
federal Budget through regular «
report cards» on government performance.
The explanation provided was that as a «result of accounting changes due to the Jobs and Economic Action Plan, public debt charge forecasts from the
Federal Budget are no longer a reasonable estimate of cash - basis expenditures for
reporting in the Estimates» [5].
President Donald Trump's proposed 2018
budget would create the first
federal plan for paid parental leave, including fathers, in the U.S. Dan Merica
reports for CNN and Danielle Kurtzleben
reports for NPR.
Finally, the
report noted that state and local revenue gains from
federal tax reform will be further offset by higher costs for state and local borrowing, resulting from tax reform, and greater demand for public services as charitable donations drop and
federal budget cuts continue.
In the massive
budget bill just passed, Congress stuck in language to require the
Federal Trade Commission to conduct a cost / benefit analysis before finalizing a
report that would provide the food industry with science - based nutrition guidelines for marketing to children.
A White House spokeswoman insisted the
reports of funding cuts are «wrong,» adding: «When all
federal funding is totaled, NYC has received a net increase of $ 47 million for port and transit security over the previous year's
budget.»
DiNapoli's state
budget report, meanwhile, pointed to a financially rocky road ahead, perhaps as the result of cuts in
federal aid to New York State.
Overall, the
report points to the third of New York's all - funds
budgeting coming from the
federal government as well as the billions sent to local governments, schools and for transportation spending.
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo raises the possibility of an «extender»
budget blamed on
federal government - level uncertainty over potential cuts in spending to the state, the Fiscal Policy Institute has released a
report examining the impact of D.C. aid to New York state and local governments.
The Senate on Thursday rejected the
report by the Committee on Finance in which the N143.7 bn
budget of the
Federal Inland Revenue Service was approved.
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz»
Report on the Impact of the Trump Administration's Proposed 2018
Federal Budget Blueprint on Erie County
One little - noted item in President Obama's
budget proposal this week was a recommendation to require U.S. senators to file their campaign finance
reports with the
Federal Election Commission electronically.
As The Washington Post recently
reported, «the Trump administration is reducing the role of the
federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting
budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials
Due to the fact many services provided by the County of Erie, State of New York are fully or partially paid for by the
federal government, on March 16, 2017 County Executive Mark Poloncarz ordered certain commissioners and heads of departments that rely on
federal funding to review the Trump 2018
Budget Blueprint and provide a
report on the expected impact of it on Erie County services, including, but not limited to, the identification of any programs impacted by the Trump 2018
Budget Blueprint (including the expected cut in funds received), possible reduction in direct county jobs as a result of any cut, impact on third parties that receive funds from Erie County that are received from the
federal government, as well as any other known impact.
The
Federal Government officials including the CBN Governor, the Ministers of Finance,
Budget and National Planning and Minister of State, Petroleum Resources would join the expanding Committee to also take a look at the
report for FG's review.
She
reported that 46 percent of the total CPS
budget is paid by the county, with the balance paid by other sources, such as the state and
federal funds.
Slower economic growth and proposed
federal and state actions present potential risks to the city's
budget, according to a
report released today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
«This sum is equivalent to 39 percent of the combined
federal and state education
budgets in 2016,» the
report stated.
«The
report also rightly identifies the significant risk to
federal revenues, which is why the
budget includes prudent language — long supported by rating agencies and good governance groups — to help the State manage mid-year deficits.»
The
report released Monday as part of a collaborative study between the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, part of the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University, and the RCHN Community Health Foundation, reveals that due to
federal budget cuts through sequestration, the nation's 1,200 community health programs will lose $ 120 million in funding.
Cuomo in his statement said the state tax department recently issued a
report — a day after his
budget plan was unveiled — detailing many of the «devastating impacts» of the new
federal tax code, including the «negative consequences of having a tax code closely coupled with the
federal tax system.»
But the
budget also requires the health department to submit a
report to the Legislature within the coming months detailing the impact the Basic Health Plan could have on other insurance products available on the state's health exchange, and to develop a «contingency» plan in the event the
federal government, which will fund the majority of costs for the new BHP enrollees, decides to pull the plug on the program.
Federal economic stimulus aid helped close an estimated $ 162.5 billion in
budget gaps among the 50 states in 2010, the report stated, citing a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research
budget gaps among the 50 states in 2010, the
report stated, citing a study by the Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research
Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research group.
The
report by the independent Authorities
Budget Office says the Cuomo administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million in
federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction.
The Senate, on Tuesday threatened to move against
Federal Government Corporations, agencies and parastatals yet to submit their 2017
budgets report to the legislature.
Newsday is
reporting that «state lawmakers tucked into this year's state
budget an extension of a law that grants a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as Roslyn - based Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a company linked to the
federal probe of Sen. Dean Skelos.
During the fiscal year, the Finance and Management committee receives
Budget Monitoring
Reports and other information from county departments, and studies the impact of
federal and state actions upon the county's finances.
The salary
report, which the
budget review compiles annually, is based on
federal W - 2 data.
The
report, by the independent Authorities
Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in
federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up pollution.