Sentences with phrase «most of the stimulus»

What seems to be happening is that most of the stimulus spending now fattens the stockpiles of major corporations.

Program expenses were up only 0.4 per cent, as the ending of most of the stimulus spending in the Economic Action Plan and lower employment insurance benefits nearly offset increases in transfers to other levels of governments (spending in this area is largely set in legislation) and in elderly benefits.

With the ending of most of the stimulus funding in 2011 - 12, the deficit is projected to fall to $ 29.6 billion, marginally lower than that projected in the October 2010 Update.

4) Most of the stimulus package Obama forced through last year subsidized deficit - ridden state and local governments and delayed layoffs.

The administration awarded a total of $ 3.5 billion to those schools, most of it stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Most of the stimulus money and energy efficiency block grants for buildings are slated for the public building sector.

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The shift downwards could be due to a number of factors, with the most likely culprit being comments made recently by American Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating an upcoming pullback in the Fed's economic stimulus program.

While some of this stimulus has worked — it's no coincidence that home prices in Canada have soared since rates fell in 2009 — for the most part, it hasn't played out the way the experts thought it would.

As our world becomes more complex, with most of us moving back and forth between the physical and virtual worlds, and stimulus of all kinds coming at us in unprecedented ways, that need to organize our lives into stories becomes that much stronger, he adds.

The most recent addition to the dynamic is a wave of press releases from bank economists calling for immediate fiscal stimulus to address the «crisis.»

This is materially different from actually reducing the amount of stimulus which, in the case of the United States, is still expected by most observers to begin in the second half of 2015.

The first - and most obvious - reason is that the exit will start from a point of extraordinary policy accommodation, and will involve gradually reducing the amount of stimulus in place, as opposed to initiating a rapid and severe policy tightening.

Liberal candidates have the classic stimulus plum of job - creating infrastructure, though that deficit - inducing investment appears to be spread proportionally across the provinces, rather than targeted at the ones most needing a kick - start.

We are in somewhat uncharted waters today, with two of the most sizable fiscal stimulus packages in recent memory having been inked in the past few months.

I think the last rate cut also showed that the efficacy of the move was more limited than the BoC let on, with most of the net stimulus (through the FX channel) ultimately a function of the projected path for U.S. monetary policy.

WASHINGTON — Most business economists believe the Federal Reserve's controversial bond - buying stimulus program has helped boost the recovery, but differ on the effects of the healthcare reform law and other policies by President Obama and Congress, according to survey results released Monday.

According to the «Austrian school», one of the most basic flaws in the QTM and in many other economic theories is the treatment of the economy as an amorphous blob that shifts one way or the other in response to stimuli provided by the government, the central bank, or a vague and unpredictable force called «animal spirits».

Like most weak data, the reports spurred expectations among investors of further stimulus to help boost the economy.

«The absence of deteriorating conditions for most firms, both in terms of hiring and margins, does much to explain Beijing's reluctance to introduce more large - scale stimulus,» Leland Miller, China Beige Book International president, said in a statement with Craig Charney, research and polling director.

Given the ending of most of the Economic Action Plan stimulus spending in 2011 - 12, one would have expected a significant decline in «other transfer expenses» between 2010 - 11 and 2011 - 12, much more than the $ 1.1 billion forecast by the Department of Finance.

And although fiscal stimulus package «leaked» in the Nikkei Wednesday (JPY20trn, with JPY6trn of «real water») appears to have had a supportive impact upon stocks by weakening the yen, even at its most generous, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year is likely to total only JPY2trn, with additional stimulus spaced out over the coming years, and most of this dedicated to public works (which, many fear, runs the risk of turning into wasteful spending rather than a monetary - plus - fiscal stimulus powerhouse).

«Comfortable fiscal and external positions permit most GCC countries to maintain fiscal stimulus in 2010 and into 2011 if necessary,» Lipsky told a meeting of GCC finance ministers and central bank governors in Kuwait in November.

The statement did not mention the extra government stimulus that has been added since the Fed's most recent economic forecast in the form of a $ 1.5 trillion tax cut and a budget agreement that will add $ 300 billion in government spending over two years.

Growth in most of the eurozone has remained tepid and reliant on continued central bank stimulus, though the European Central Bank's (ECB's) bond - purchasing program has been hampered by a scarcity of eligible bonds, as issuance from member governments is restricted by their austerity - driven policies.

To the contrary, our normal experience has a focused center washed over by a series of vaguely discriminated backgrounds, any one of which can snap to the center of attention given appropriate stimuli, and I hold that it is my model of dominant and oblique inheritance and not his model of regionally inclusive inheritance which most adequately reflects this normal mode of awareness.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Rest and celebration, when authentically realized, may yet become our most powerful stimulus to the creation of a more just and peaceable world.

Unfortunately, by the fifties most of the advocates of that approach were retired and the necessary stimulus for this work was lacking.

«Although most approaches in psychology have considered aspects of context to be relevant to the study of the person (e.g., in the need to specify the stimulus or describe the task), understanding the role of context has generally been secondary to examining characteristics of the person.

Mother's proximity and monitoring coupled with the infants capacity to sense mothers sensory stimuli including their breathing sounds and the sensations of their mother's breath should prove extremely effective in most cases.

I looked for enrichment programs for the children because most of the action in my home was group action, and I felt they needed individual stimulus.

Most importantly the CBN's monetary tightening illustrates the misalignment of monetary and fiscal policy, with the 2016 budget almost completely premised on a counter-cyclical fiscal stimulus!

There is no new stimulus package from conservative - led Germany, who prefer instead to make unduly harsh — and in my opinion inappropriate — criticisms of Gordon Brown for what I and most PES party leaders consider to be a very good stimulus package.

Perhaps the most notable of them — because he has had to acknowledge that he underestimated the size of the stimulus that was needed to revive the US economy — is President Obama's former principal economic adviser: Larry Summers.

Unlike most states, New York shares its portion of Medicaid costs with the counties, and the trend lines should concern every taxpayer: With federal economic stimulus funds running out and federal health insurance changes, 16 million more Americans are expected join the 60 million now enrolled in Medicaid by 2014.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A new national poll suggests that most Americans favor an economic stimulus package even if it comes with an $ 800 billion price tag, but that support doesn't indicate that the public wants to see a new era of big government.

«The Stimulus included a relatively small piece of money that became the «Race to the Top» fund, $ 4.35 billion, and the Obama administration said the way we're going to use this money is we're going to say, «If you want to compete for part of this money, you must adopt standards that are common to a number of states and you get the most points if a majority of states have adopted those standards,»» said McClusky.

And most of all it means getting together to give the world economy the one big stimulus that would really make a difference an expansion of trade freedoms, breaking down the barriers to world trade.

«Congress basically wrote the two most important pieces of Obama - era legislation, the [Affordable Care Act] and stimulus.

«As the 2nd most conservative member of the New York State Assembly in rankings by the New York State Conservative Party and the # 1 Legislator in scoring by Unshackle Upstate, a New York reform organization, I know we need to slash federal spending, balance the budget, end the bailouts, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit and support repealing Obamacare.

Dogs typically focus on the most remarkable aspect of each situation, such as threatening stimuli in a frightening situation.

«Even the most intensely painful stimuli evoke no vocal or other response, not even a groan, withdrawal of a limb or quickening of respiration,» by the committee's standard.

In addition to repeated flashbacks, patients respond with intense fear and hyperarousal, similar to that experienced during the original traumatic event, to the most inconsequential sensory stimuli that by themselves pose no threat, such as the bamboo mat in the case of the US soldier described earlier.

Utility executives and smart grid advocates agree that apart from the smart grid projects funded by $ 4 billion in federal stimulus grants, most current smart grid investment is going into improving the efficiency, reliability and profitability of power supply, rather than reaching consumers directly.

Most recently, David worked at Austin Energy, a Texas municipal utility, implementing a Department of Energy stimulus grant related to energy efficiency.

The ability to shut out stimuli could also turn nicotine into a treatment for schizophrenia, where afflicted individuals are overwhelmed by sights, sounds and thoughts that most of us would either ignore or quickly dismiss.

Most of the National Science Foundation's $ 3 billion from the stimulus package has been distributed, but hardly any of it has been spent

Given that other genital sites (e.g., glans penis, midline shaft) were more sensitive to pain stimuli than the forearm, removing the highly innervated foreskin does not appear to remove the most sensitive part of the penis.

Catch phrases — many of academic origin (supply and demand, economies of scale, stimulus and response, IQ, schizophrenic, identity crisis, reinforcement, social skills, computer model, the selfish gene, and so on ad infinitum)-- are accepted uncritically by most literate people as representing eternal realities.

One of the most striking realizations of the past decade of work has been that information processing follows somewhat different principles than those established with traditional research involving just visual or just auditory stimuli.