Sentences with phrase «federal budget policy»

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The Trudeau government's 2017 federal budget talks a big game about innovation policy, but it misunderstands how firms actually implement change

Today we will look back at what economists thought the federal budget and tax policy would be in 2001 and thereafter.

Bernanke himself has said it's crucial «that fiscal policy - makers put in place a credible plan that sets the federal budget on a sustainable trajectory.»

The boom years for employment and balanced federal budgets in the 1990s had everything to do with the emergence of the Internet rather than with any enlightened economic policies.

Policy makers stated explicitly that they await the March 22 federal budget.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

It's not impossible to arrive at the conclusion that the federal government should use fiscal policy to increase aggregate demand: you can mount a strong case to support the stimulus package in the 2009 budget.

Modelled on the Alternative Federal Budget, the NS Alternative Budget (NSAB) publications forefront how provincial budgets, like other policy documents, are about priorities and government choices.

With Republican efforts to «repeal and replace» Obamacare in legislative limbo, and with potentially enormous changes in federal budget outlays on the horizon, the outlook for healthcare policy is cloudier than it has been in years — adding yet another challenge to those who want to invest and innovate in this area.

Large and growing federal debt over the coming decades would hurt the economy and constrain future budget policy.

When the federal government is unable to set basic policies (or at least stick with them), approve a budget or even resolve to pay its bills by raising the debt limit, the nation's private sector leaders get worried.

Posted by Marc Lee under corporate income tax, corporate profits, election 2011, federal budget, fiscal policy, income distribution, taxation, unions.

For the government sector, large federal budget deficits are a constraint and fiscal policy is slowly shifting from an expansive policy back toward restraint.

The federal NDP adopted its balanced - budget policy during the same era of budget surpluses.

The current federal government has certainly refocused and expanded its innovation policy toolkit, based on the theme of building a nation of innovators in the 2017 budget.

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee on...

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to the federal budget released Wednesday: «We're pleased that the new federal budget makes smart investments for clean energy and climate action in Canada.

Jack Layton unveiled the NDP's policy platform today. Among other things, it promises to eliminate the deficit (i.e. balance the federal budget) within four years. I'm not sure it should.

The paper concludes that with the policy changes to date, including budget cuts and the changes to the Canada Health Act and to the elderly benefit system, the federal government will have a long - term sustainable fiscal structure characterized by a declining debt to GDP ratio.

Posted by Toby Sanger under budgets, Conservative government, federal budget, fiscal policy, public services, taxation.

Posted by Nick Falvo under budgets, Canada, democracy, economic literacy, economic risk, federal budget, fiscal policy, progressive economic strategies, public services, regulation, Regulations, Role of government, social policy.

Posted by Nick Falvo under aboriginal peoples, Balanced budgets, child benefits, Child Care, corporate income tax, CPP, debt, deficits, early learning, economic thought, federal budget, fiscal federalism, fiscal policy, homeless, housing, income distribution, income support, income tax, Indigenous people, inequality, labour market, macroeconomics, OECD, Old Age Security, poverty, privatization, public infrastructure, public services, Role of government, social policy, taxation, women.

Posted by Nick Falvo under Alberta, budgets, carbon pricing, child benefits, climate change, corporate income tax, debt, demographics, energy, environment, federal budget, health care, homeless, housing, HST, income support, income tax, inflation, population aging, poverty, public services, seniors, social policy, taxation.

Posted by Nick Falvo under Bank of Canada, budgets, China, Conservative government, deficits, economic crisis, economic growth, employment, exchange rates, federal budget, fiscal policy, global crisis, household debt, IMF, interest rates, labour market, macroeconomics, manufacturing, monetary policy, recession, stimulus, unemployment.

Posted by Arun DuBois under asset backed commercial paper, banks, federal budget, interest rates, monetary policy.

However, major policy decisions for the federal budget were made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance in late December 2012 / early January 2013.

Back in August — with the Greek debt crisis escalating and U.S. political gridlock on budget policy frightening investors everywhere — Flaherty was pressed by NDP finance critic Peggy Nash to consider pumping some federal cash into the vulnerable Canadian economy.

The U.S. media are silent about the most important topic policy makers are discussing here (and I suspect in Asia too): how to protect their countries from three inter-related dynamics: (1) the surplus dollars pouring into the rest of the world for yet further financial speculation and corporate takeovers; (2) the fact that central banks are obliged to recycle these dollar inflows to buy U.S. Treasury bonds to finance the federal U.S. budget...

Zach Moller is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where he researches economic, revenue, and budgetary issues.

And he convened policy meetings on the federal budget and the North Korean nuclear threat.

Posted by Erin Weir under C. D. Howe Institute, federal budget, Fraser Institute, industrial policy, Nordics, Role of government, taxation.

Posted by Nick Falvo under aboriginal peoples, Alberta, Conservative government, federal budget, fiscal federalism, homeless, housing, Indigenous people, poverty, Role of government, social policy.

Posted by Nick Falvo under Bank of Canada, banks, budgets, Conservative government, consumers, deficits, economic growth, economic models, economic thought, employment, Europe, exchange rates, federal budget, fiscal policy, household debt, housing, inflation, interest rates, monetary policy, oil and gas, prices, Role of government, social indicators, tar sands, US.

Posted by Arun DuBois under banks, budgets, deflation, economic crisis, economic growth, economic literacy, federal budget, fiscal policy, global crisis, monetary policy, recession, Role of government.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces of the government's climate change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.

Such counsel flouts the current policy stance of the federal Conservative government, which is to eliminate the budget deficit next year.

For state and local governments, the statutory requirements for balanced budgets meant that fiscal policies turned restrictive relatively quickly once budget surpluses and rainy day funds were exhausted, and this was only temporarily mitigated by federal transfers to the states as part of the initial fiscal stimulus program.

On March 11th, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released their «Alternative Federal Budget 2013».

Posted by Arun DuBois under asset backed commercial paper, banks, economic crisis, federal budget, fiscal policy.

3 reasons stock - market investors should think it really is different this time Tighter Federal Reserve policy and a $ 1 trillion U.S. budget deficit boost could change the «buy the dip» logicTighter Federal Reserve policy and a $ 1 trillion U.S. budget deficit boost could change the «buy the dip» logic, writes Jeff Reeves.

To interview Maya MacGuineas or one of our policy experts, or learn more about the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, please contact Press Secretary Patrick Newton at [email protected].

The Federal Reserve is an «off - budget» government agency in order to maintain its autonomy when making policy decisions.

«This is a joke,» said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Since the historic federal budget of 1991 presented by then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh that launched India on a path of reform and market orientation, Budget Day in India has been high season for economic pbudget of 1991 presented by then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh that launched India on a path of reform and market orientation, Budget Day in India has been high season for economic pBudget Day in India has been high season for economic policy.

The 2018 Federal Budget's allocation of C$ 572.5 million in Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy and C$ 507.7 million for a new National Cyber Security Strategy suggests that policy - makers are heeding the warning flags being raised across the Pacific.

«Problems and Priorities for the 1990 Federal Budget: A Survey of Views from a C.D. Howe Institute Pre-Budget Workshop, January 26, 1990,» Fiscal Policy Monitor 4, edited by William B.P. Robson (February).

«The Long Road Back to Balance: Federal Fiscal Policy Following the April 1989 Budget,» Fiscal Policy Monitor 2, by Maureen Farrow and William B.P. Robson (July).

Posted by David Macdonald under budgets, employment, federal budget, fiscal policy, public infrastructure, public services.

The major challenge for the federal government in the budget expected this month is to maintain its commitment to progressive social and economic policies in the context of a major shift to the political right in the United States.