Sentences with phrase «about federal stimulus»

When scientists talk about federal stimulus money for research, many focus on the approaching «cliff,» when funding will run out after 2 years.

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When asked about Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer's comments on the dangers of low rates, Gundlach said there is a lot of uncertainty, but he believes fiscal stimulus is coming.

While some have expressed concerns about the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will start to ease away from its stimulus program, Price's Puglia said he does not think that necessarily will hurt stock performance.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a roughly $ 800 billion «stimulus bill» that dedicated about $ 250 billion to more than 80,000 federal grants, contracts, or loans to state and local governments, for - profit businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

They also interpreted statements from the US Federal Reserve around that time as indicating that the Fed was increasingly concerned about the possibility of deflation in the US economy and that it might buy long - term bonds to add to monetary stimulus.

In this interview with NBR, David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds, talks about when the Federal Reserve should start to taper its stimulus program and whether the economy is getting better.

Tax revenues from Wall Street, meanwhile, are shrinking, and the state's federal stimulus money, which has added up to about $ 6 billion annually since 2008, will be cut off in another year, two at most.

Surprise guest Sen. Charles Schumer introduced Carrion and crowed about the money New York will get from the federal stimulus bill and the advantage of having Carrion in the White House — an appointment he took some credit for.

As training money from the federal stimulus package opens new possibilities for Mohawk Valley workers looking for the skills that will be in demand when the economy recovers, Mohawk Valley Community College is offering area residents an opportunity to learn about exciting programs that can be the first step in a new career.

Larry Silverstein may be about to receive tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus leftovers for the construction of his office towers at the World Trade Center.

Accounting for nearly $ 100 billion (or about double the typical annual federal appropriation for education), the education portion of the stimulus package was one of its central components.

The budget challenges Mr. Duncan foresaw are now reality: States and districts face tough decisions about education spending as revenue declines and federal stimulus spending dries up.

The Center on Education Policy surveyed districts in the spring and found that 46 percent expect funding decreases of 5 percent or more in the 2011 — 12 school year (the poll asked districts about their «total funds available» for the year, excluding federal stimulus monies).

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

Don: School district officials seem to be worried about the so - called «funding cliff» - when federal stimulus funds run out.

Even stretched across the entire period from birth to age five, it would work out to about $ 8,000 per child per year, without touching the separate federal child - care dollars, leveraging the Head Start appropriation, or tapping into other current public - sector spending on needy children (including the additional «stimulus» dollars that may or may not prove permanent).

Although federal tax revenues are far short of anticipated spending, the federal government is not about to step in with still another stimulus package.

The federal government has made hefty financial commitments to education in recent years, including the implementation of No Child Left Behind and the subsequent waivers from the standards - based law as well as the influx of about $ 89 billion in stimulus dollars to prevent teacher layoffs, keep class sizes down and avoid program cuts.

It boggles my mind to see the (US) media babble excitedly about the European debt crisis, while doing their level best to ignore the current or looming fiscal / debt disaster at the US federal & state level, another looming trillion dollar student debt problem (sure to be a key plank of Obama's new election... sorry, stimulus plan!)

That is not at all surprising since last year $ 3 billion in federal stimulus funds was provided to the National Science Foundation in addition to their normal budget of about $ 6 billion.

Then there is Donovan Rypkema, who should be talking to the Federal Government that gave $ 1.38 Million to Brantford as «stimulus» funds - to knock down 41 buildings, which takes a couple of guys with a backhoe about a week.

In the economic stimulus bill, Congress last spring appropriated more than $ 4 billion in new financing for child care and education efforts, including Head Start, the federal program that serves about 900,000 preschoolers.

Despite concerns about the negative long - term effects of federal stimulus efforts - including the impact they will have on the country's huge budget deficit - the U.S. government continues to take action to help spur the economy.