Sentences with phrase «government during the economic downturn»

While Ed Miliband and Balls are frowned on for not making more headway against an unpopular government during an economic downturn, Cooper stays above the fray, unaffected and increasingly admired.

The finding that Mr Blair would close the gap will give Labour a ray of hope that the Tories» lead is «soft», showing hostility to the Government during the economic downturn rather than positive support for Mr Cameron's party.

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During the downturn, our Government's Economic Action Plan took the steps necessary to safeguard our economy.

Phillips is one of the government's smartest cabinet ministers, and has done a good job promoting the flagship Climate Leadership Plan, but the NDP have fallen short when it comes to easing Albertans worries about the cost of implementing the carbon tax during an economic downturn.

During the economic downturn, people became more acutely aware of just how big their tax had become for all that government spending, and how much that hit family budgets.

Critics of government spending who think that expenditure cuts help to reduce waste should recognize that state spending reductions during economic downturns are cutting programs that are highly beneficial.»

For the first time in history, the federal government has assumed a dramatic new school - funding role, that of banker of last resort, providing stopgap revenues to the nation's schools during economic downturns.

«Although it's well - documented that teachers had their pay frozen at the beginning of the Coalition Government, education was actually dealt a better hand during the economic downturn than many other professions.

For example, during a period of economic downturn, government bonds tend to outperform as risk aversion increases and interest rates fall.

But it is worth noting that when the credit crisis of the past several years caused private - sector lenders to begin backing away from the student loan market, the government already found itself having to step in to fill the void and the percentage of direct loans grew considerably during the recent economic downturn.

As the federal government considers reform of the secondary mortgage market, the Board reaffirmed NAR's position that any successor to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac maintain an explicit government guarantee to ensure that mortgage funds remain available to credit - worthy homebuyers, even during economic downturns.

He also warned that a government role is necessary to ensure that the mortgage market continues to function during sharp economic downturns.