Sentences with phrase «government is in the balance»

The chances of getting another majority Labour Government is in the balance.

Not exact matches

While he would have liked to have seen more investor - specific changes — «it's always nice to have more rather than less,» he says — he thinks it's unlikely we'll see any reductions in capital gain taxes or major increases in TFSA room until at least 2015, when the government says it can balance the budget by.

Duong Tri Thanh, and his counterparts at other state - controlled Southeast Asian carriers such as Thai Airways International and Malaysia Airlines, are trying to balance government desires for growth with what is best for the airlines» financial health in a competitive market.

The Crown corporation is in desperate need of turning its financial performance around, or it risks causing even more problems for its balance sheet, the government and Canadian taxpayers.

David Mulroney, a former ambassador to China, is even more blunt in assessing the government's ability to find the right balance with China.

That's because, rather than handing the capital over to any one of 17 government agencies with a finger in the innovation pie, or giving the money to the Business Development Bank of Canada, which deployed just $ 408 million of its $ 18.4 billion balance sheet to the venture capital industry, the Conservatives have decided to invest that money directly in entrepreneurs.

Launched in October 2008 under Bush - era Treasury secretary Henry Paulson during the panic that followed the implosion of Lehman Bros., TARP was initially designed to prop up bank balance sheets via the government purchase of equity stakes or the acquisition of illiquid assets.

He is a strong proponent of a smaller local government and supports cuts to certain popular programs and caps on entitlements to township employees to keep the budget in balance.

«Our government is committed to balancing the budget in 2015 — period,» he said, adding that «maintaining a sound fiscal position» is the most important thing this government, or any, can do to help the economy.

With eliminating the deficit in time for the election the government's single biggest priority, it follows that the Finance Minister who brought Canada through the recession in relatively sound shape should be kept on to ensure the books are balanced on schedule.

Balancing the budget in every year would mean that governments would be forced to increase taxes and cut spending in downturns, and to do the opposite when the economy is growing quickly.

It is government's job in general to balance the economics with other concerns, and so it should be up to a president and the congress to listen to concerns other than those of economists.

Only if the Government fully realizes its savings from the Debt Reduction Plan Savings Target would the budget be balanced in 2015 - 16, but just.

Excessive government debt will stifle economic growth regardless of whether its stashed in local or central government balance sheets and if a province's fiscal situation should become unsustainable — although that's not in the cards in the near future — it'll likely be up to federal government to foot the bill for a bailout.

Financial experts say the central bank's intervention seems to have catalyzed a virtuous circle: As new governments come in and promise to deliver spending cuts, tax increases and balanced budgets, once gun - shy banks have an added incentive to tap new financing from the central bank and jump back into bond markets that they were running from just a few months ago.

It has recently been reported that the University of Alberta wants to «reopen two - year collective agreements» with faculty and staff «to help the university balance its budget...» This appears to be in direct response to Alberta's provincial government announcing in its March budget that there would be a «7 % cut to operating grants to universities, -LSB-...]

«And it is simply this: Our government is committed to balancing the budget in 2015.»

In the absence of tax increases, the government will not be able to achieve its goal of a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 without major cuts in direct program expenses and the elimination of «boutique» tax expenditures in the order of $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 1In the absence of tax increases, the government will not be able to achieve its goal of a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 without major cuts in direct program expenses and the elimination of «boutique» tax expenditures in the order of $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 1in direct program expenses and the elimination of «boutique» tax expenditures in the order of $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 1in the order of $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16.

This view was expressed in Bill C - 59, the recently passed Budget Omnibus Bill, which included legislation that would require future government's to maintain balanced budgets.

Given that the Jenkins Panel's prescriptions in this area were very broad, we strongly encourage the Government to work with independent leading tax experts and table a commitment with the 2012 Budget on how to most effectively shape our indirect support to business, including steps to provide a better balance between direct and indirect support.

Images of the lucky chosen strolling in all their gender - balanced, ethnically diverse glory up Rideau Hall's tree - lined lane to be sworn in on Nov. 4, 2015, has lasted as the iconic, bucolic image of this Liberal government's beginnings.

Two decades of «miracle» levels of investment - driven growth, the role of the financial sector in that growth, and the unrealistic expectations that Chinese businesses, banks, and government entities had consequently developed, reinforced by sell - side cheerleaders, made it obvious that the interlocking balance sheets that make up the Chinese economy had added what was effectively a highly «speculative» structure onto the way economic entities financed their operations.

(Insert reference) The Minister of Finance, Joe Oliver was completely silent, indicating only that the Government remained on track to a balanced budget in 2015 - 16.

The strong performance of populist parties in Italy is balanced against Germany forming a new government.

The transactions we do really care about are those which occur between these surplus ES balances and the government or other accounts because these transactions will actually change the total amount of surplus ES balances in the market and change our supply of cash available.

Depending on how you count these things, this is either the third or fifth return - to - balance projection the government has offered in the last three years (first 2013 - 2014, then 2014 - 2015, then 2015 - 2016, then back to 2014 - 2015 and now back to 2015 - 2016).

As we have indicated, the achievement of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16 is not an economic or fiscal imperative, although the Government has made it a political imperative.

Including Mr. Harper's vow in 2008 that a government led by him would «never» go into deficit, this is the second time in three years that the Conservatives have made a balanced - budget promise during an election campaign only to abandon it after being reelected.

They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.

If the deficit was due to «extraordinary developments», the budget could be in balance the following year, especially if the government maintains its practice of including a risk adjustment factor or Contingency Reserve (normally $ 3 billion) in its budget projections.

It is important to understand how debt payments are managed in order to recognize that whether or not China's debt burden is socialized has very little to do with the resolution of China's debt burden (aside from the fact that it never was «off» the government balance sheet in any meaningful way), just as analysts must recognize that an unsustainable increase in debt is embedded into China's current growth model, and is not an accidental bit of bad luck.

This was not an issue when the federal government was in deficit but became one once the budget was balanced and annual surpluses, larger than forecast, emerged.

Given the government's track record, the Fraser Institute is quite justified in questioning why Canadians should believe the Minister of Finance that the budget will be balanced in 2016 - 17 or the Prime Minister who still claims that the deficit will be eliminated in 2015 - 16.

In addition, there is a lack of clarity as to what the Government proposes to do once the EI Operating Account is in balancIn addition, there is a lack of clarity as to what the Government proposes to do once the EI Operating Account is in balancin balance.

Although notional in nature, this balance has been an ongoing embarrassment to the government.

The freeze in departmental operating budgets, therefore, is not about achieving a balanced budget in 2015 - 16, but rather about demonstrating to its political base that it remains committed to reducing the size of government

In the 2013 Speech from the Throne, the Government for some mysterious reason committed to balancing the budget in 2015 - 16 and that is the corner they have now painted themselves intIn the 2013 Speech from the Throne, the Government for some mysterious reason committed to balancing the budget in 2015 - 16 and that is the corner they have now painted themselves intin 2015 - 16 and that is the corner they have now painted themselves into.

The aim is to pull home ownership out of negative equity, rescuing the banking system's balance sheets and thus saving the government from having to indulge in a TARP II, which looks politically impossible given the mood of most Americans.

This raises the question of whether the Finance Minister will be able to balance the budget in 2019 - 20 if the Government attempts to fully implement its election promises.

And there is no shortage of potential catalysts to move this rally in precious metals, both gold and silver, beyond the skepticism phase: military intervention on North Korea, government shutdown as the debt ceiling is reached in September, further implications of Trump's collusion with Russia, and the beginning of balance sheet reduction later this year by the Fed, to name just a few.

All this was necessary to pay for the Family Tax Cut package while still honouring the Government's commitment of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16.

The government has also said it is willing to consider, as part of a series of measures designed to improve work - life balance, reversing the Franco - era decision that put Spain in the wrong time zone.

Moreover, if the only issue that the media and some Canadians are interested in is how the government will live up to its claim that it will balance the budget in 2015 - 16 then this issue can be addressed without a full - fledged budget.

This, along with an overly rosy economic forecast and increased enforcement and compliance by the Canada Revenue Agency were the main factors underlying the government's forecast of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16.

Those are big things to balance, but the fact that the government has indicated [it's] interested in the question is a good sign and if [it's] going to talk about more than just length of leave, it could be a significant opportunity to make life better for families.»

For example, the Conservative government has, along with implementing a series of modest tax breaks, promised to introduce income - splitting for couples with children under age 18, and to double the annual savings limit in tax - free savings accounts — but only once the budget is balanced.

Downward pressure would be exerted on the rating if (1) there is a significant deterioration in the government's balance sheet (2) a substantial erosion of official financial buffers that undermines confidence in the country's external stability; (3) the manifestation of significant political and / or social tensions that could hinder the country's medium - term growth prospects beyond Moody's current expectations.

By contrast, the G bonds that appear on the CB balance sheet in the case of QE are only an internal funding mechanism from the CB to the government, where the bond rate is the «transfer price».

And to top things off, the government has declared that in the post-Afghanistan era, the Forces are to find significant savings to contribute to a promised balanced budget by 2015.

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