He backed the need to deal with the deficit in the medium - term, but argued that
additional infrastructure spending, an active industrial policy and measures to keep the long - term unemployed in touch with the labour market are all vital if growth is to recover quickly.
The decision about how to adjust the discount rate depends on whether investors believe that
additional infrastructure spending will increase the country's potential growth rate, or instead that it will simply increase economic activity at the expense of higher debt.
Not exact matches
Protecting major transfers to persons,
spending on health and education and other
spending such as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an
additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in labor market programs,
spending on the homeless,
infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz has proposed
spending an
additional $ 3 million for 2018 county road and
infrastructure work.
House attributes the rosier U.S. outlook to federal tax cuts, a massive US$ 300 - billion
spending package and the possibility of an
additional spending or
infrastructure bill.
The $ 4.4 trillion proposal includes $ 716 billion in defense
spending and $ 21 billion for
additional infrastructure investment.
Prudent
spending cuts would allow the government to focus on policies to lift productivity, including STEM training, large
infrastructure projects,
additional revenue for the emissions reduction fund and ongoing defence investment, the group said.
Recognizing that the county should
spend more on its
infrastructure and assets, the Majority Caucus put forward a resolution to
spend the
additional $ 5 million this year.
The county plans to
spend $ 27 million on the
infrastructure projects if the legislature approves an
additional $ 4.5 million.
Last year, the Legislature unanimously approved an
additional $ 5 million to be
spent specifically for
infrastructure repair.
Instead of waiting years to complete planned work and repairs, the city has decided to
spend an
additional $ 1 billion on
infrastructure projects over the next two years.
Over the last eight years, the district has
spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on
additional computers that allow teachers to access the system; much of this funding has come from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet
infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»
[Biotechnology Value Fund] informed the Board of Directors that they think that the previously announced plan of
spending [AVGN]'s remaining cash on the development of its early - stage pain drug, AV411 as well as [AVGN]'s corporate
infrastructure is fundamentally flawed, especially in light of the current environment for raising
additional capital.
Still any movement towards massive
infrastructure spending and tax cuts will lead to inflationary pressures on the U.S. economy and this could mean
additional rate increases by Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen.
Each year the city's capital budget is about $ 5 billion, and
additional billions are
spent by state authorities and the Port Authority to renew the city's water, education and transportation
infrastructure.
Additional spending is also needed to upgrade housing - related
infrastructure: costs estimates range from between $ 98 to $ 400 million.64
How much home owners can
spend will influence whether they have an in - ground or above - ground pool, as well as its size,
infrastructure, and
additional bells and whistles.