Sentences with phrase «new policy initiatives»

There is also a residual (total difference less impact of new policy initiatives and restraint measures).

It could not be used to finance new policy initiatives.

Instead, it is using the risk adjustment factor to fund new policy initiatives.

There is no need for any major new policy initiatives to stimulate business profitability as government has in place the policies to take the sector forward.

New policy initiatives increase the deficit by $ 1.1 billion in 2012 - 13 but thereafter are virtually neutral.

The deficit / surplus during the course of the fiscal year is affected by changes in the economic environment, errors in the economic / fiscal models and the implementation of new policy initiatives.

It was not to be used to finance new policy initiatives.

It could not be used to fund new policy initiatives.

Additionally, we collaborate with parents, advocates and disability groups to improve services; visit schools at the request of the chapter leader; hold citywide meetings to provide information on new policy initiatives; work closely with functional chapters; and inform and engage members regarding legislative, regulatory and policy issues.

To these, one could add: • Unexpected developments during the course of the year (response to natural disasters, valuation adjustments, etc.) • Delays in implementing new policy initiatives resulting in a higher - than - expected lapse; • Errors in converting monthly cash receipts into accrual revenues; and • Differences in concepts and coverage between the Estimates and the Budget forecast for total expenses.

After The Close - Stocks did little more than mark time on Tuesday, turning in a mixed performance after trading broadly higher for much of the day on hopes for new policy initiatives on the part of the Federal Reserve and a lessening in fears about the euro zone.

These improvements were partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the impact of new policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).

In his latest Update, Minister Morneau has continued the practice of announcing new policy initiatives in the fall Update.

Most of this deterioration is due to lower revenues (down $ 3.3 billion), new policy initiatives amounting to just over $ 1 billion and an increase in the «risk adjustment factor» resulting in a loss of revenues of $ 1 billion.

New policy initiatives usually take more time to be implemented than assumed in the Budget, therefore resulting in less spending that originally assumed.

So Harper's commitment to a 25 per cent ratio is not overly ambitious, provided that all surpluses are directed to debt reduction and not new policy initiatives.

A surplus of only $ 200 million is now forecast for 2015 - 16, down $ 3.5 billion from the surplus of $ 3.7 billion forecast in its April 2013 Update, leaving the Government little flexibility to introduce new policy initiatives, or honour its 2011 election promises of introducing new tax expenditures, in advance of the 2015 election.

As the second Bahcall fellow, and the first to serve for over a year, Marcos started a variety of new policy initiatives at the AAS.

The one constant for payroll professionals is the certain knowledge that there will be change in the new year, from slight tweaks within the software functionality to major new policy initiatives from government.

«Constant new policy initiatives, the divisive threat of performance - related pay and the lack of evidence behind decision - making are leaving teachers and schools on unsteady, uncertain ground, which also adds to workloads.»

The likelihood of significant new policy initiatives to boost the economy if the Fed continues to raise rates looks slim at best, including any tax cuts.

And in making this plan happen, the rich countries must take the lead: Focusing Just on the Economy is Short - Sighted The report says that efforts to revive the world economy alone are essential «unless new policy initiatives also address other global challenges — reducing carbon dependency, protecting ecosystems and water resources, alleviating poverty — their impact on averting future crises will be short - lived.»

In the budgets presented by the previous Liberal government, it was clearly stated that the Contingency Reserve was not to be used to finance new policy initiatives.

If not needed, it would be used to reduce debt and not to fund new policy initiatives.

Finally, the PBO expresses concerns over the lack of detailed costing information for new policy initiatives and a plan to secure the spending restraint savings announced in the 2010 Budget.

This improvement of $ 2.1 billion was primarily due to somewhat better - than - expected economic conditions and an increase in the lapse ($ 3.2 billion) partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the impact of new policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).

In doing so, he adopted a familiar template used by politicians announcing new policy initiatives: our previous policy has been successful; if you vote for us we'll do it some more, and it'll continue to be successful.

The budgets and fall updated presented since the 2015 Budget provide details on new policy initiatives and restraint measures.

Table 1 shows that most of the $ 5.3 billion difference between the October 2010 Update and the June 2011 Budget related to the introduction of new policy initiatives and the re-profiling of Economic Action Plan spending on infrastructure.

New policy initiatives implemented during the course of the fiscal year were identified separately.

Instead, new policy initiatives were implemented in 2014 which significantly reduced the size of the projected surpluses.

In addition, if the statutory programs and / or new policy initiatives are not consistent with the budget projections, this should be documented.

The contingency reserve would not be used to finance new policy initiatives, such as the Family Tax Cut and the increase to the Universal Child Care Benefit.

Without the PBO, Canadians would lack credible, independent analysis of federal activities and the impact of new policy initiatives.

We would strongly recommend that a risk adjustment again be included; that it increase over time given the forecasting uncertainties; that it be shown separately and not as an adjustment to nominal GDP; and finally, that if not required to offset the adverse impact of adverse economic developments on the deficit projections, that it be used to reduce the federal debt and not to finance new policy initiatives.

Previous governments stated that the reserve should not be used to fund new policy initiatives.

«We therefore wish to assure citizens of ECOWAS member - states, including citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that they are welcome to travel to Ghana, and their entry into the country will not be affected by this new policy initiative we intend to introduce later this year,» she said.

Cuomo's $ 168.2 billion budget proposal increases school aid by 3 percent, continues to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into economic development programs and funds dozens of new policy initiatives.

CUNY's faculty and staff union released Bowen's statement Thursday night, following a meeting where members discussed a planned strike authorization vote, and it came shortly after the New York Times wrote that Cuomo has begun channeling his «inner progressive» with a host of new policy initiatives.

There is a great deal we don't yet know about how this cumbersome and complex system will respond to new policy initiatives or new forms of practice.

Instead he says there will be a period of calm for the next couple of years with no new policy initiatives.

The goal of this research, therefore, was first, to see how one such teacher evaluation policy is playing out in practice and second, to give voice to marginalized teachers, those who are at the forefront of these new policy initiatives.