Sentences with phrase «at the finance minister»

He would be here primarily not to lob friendly set - ups at the Finance Minister, nor to fill out the camera frame or clap or nod in affirmation of whatever his side just said.

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The new bonds would capitalize on the province's ability to raise funds at low interest rates, said Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

Flaherty has been trying to establish a national regulator almost from the first day he became finance minister, only to be frustrated at every turn by provincial objections and most recently by the courts.

At about midday Ottawa time on Monday, the finance minister's account exploded with an eight - point response to the increasingly hysterical opponents of his bid to curb aggressive tax planning.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his advisory council chair, Dominic Barton, at a press conference in October 2016.

New Eurogroup President Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno gestures during a press conference on his election as new Eurogroup chief at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium on December 4, 2017.

Canada's mild - mannered finance minister tends to use social media to document his public schedule (Aug. 18: «Proud to speak at tonight's @epilepsytoronto Soiree.

Speaking to CNBC at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al - Jadaan was asked whether the government had recovered any of the $ 100 billion.

At a semi-private speech in Montreal this spring, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueMinister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueminister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its value.»

Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada, right, looks on as Joe Oliver, Canada's finance minister, speaks at a news conference during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 11, 2014.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his Economic Advisory Council chair, Dominic Barton, at a press conference in October 2016.

Padoan participated in an on - stage panel discussion focusing on euro area reforms at the IMF alongside Eurogroup President Mario Centeno, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.

Mnuchin met with other finance ministers on Monday at the G20 conference in Buenos Aires to discuss the situation in Venezuela.

At a news conference, a reporter pressed Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa to account for the number of foreign and domestic speculators in the market, compared to families who are simply trying to find a place to live.

Indeed, finance ministers at the provincial and federal levels will be meeting in December to decide if the expansion should be put into effect.

Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan spoke to CNBC in a Facebook Live interview at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's Spring Meetings 2018 in Washington

Finance minister poised to propose tax incentives aimed at boosting private investment and reviving flagging economy.

Though the U.K.'s Finance minister will not be at the negotiating table, Hammond will be key to advise on the financial impact that certain negotiating points will have on the British economy.

But there have been doubts about whether that goal is realistic, and even B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said this week that he doesn't expect LNG revenues for at least three to five years.

As far back as 2002, while vice minister, Kuroda used an opinion column in the Financial Times, co-written with his deputy at the finance ministry, to call for «aggressive monetary policy» from the central bank, including an inflation target, aimed at «drastically changing price expectations.»

I, therefore, thought that the Netherland's finance minister — a country serving as the key enforcer of German austerity - at - all - cost (as long as the costs are not theirs) policies — showed an incredible chutzpah when he lectured the U.S. Congress last Friday that it would be a real tragedy (sic) if mandated spending cuts were to stifle American economic growth.

«At the same time, there are clear downside risks: political uncertainty, including in Europe; the sword of protectionism hanging over global trade; and tighter global financial conditions that could trigger disruptive capital outflows from emerging and developing economies,» the former French finance minister said.

He explained that the current Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who's also the Dutch finance minister, gathers significant support among the other finance ministers but failed to get enough backing to continue with his European role after having lost the general election, putting an end, at least for now, to the idea of a permanent president.

«Everything would depend on the responsibilities and powers such a euro zone finance minister would receive,» Carsten Brzeski, chief economist at ING, told CNBC via email.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a session at the National Diet in Tokyo on January 26, 2015.

OTTAWA — A Canadian parliament riven by bitter partisan rancour came together as one amid the shocking news that Jim Flaherty, the impish, Irish former Conservative finance minister, died suddenly Thursday at his Ottawa residence.

That was until 2006's «Halloween Surprise,» when then finance minister Jim Flaherty introduced a law to make those kinds of earnings fully taxable at the corporate level, beginning in 2011.

Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office that predicted a federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.

Michael D'Arcy, minister of state at Ireland's finance department says his country can help U.K. companies worried about their access to EU markets

«We're saying to people, if there are difficulties, Ireland can be part of the solution for passporting,» Michael D'Arcy, minister of state at Ireland's Department of Finance, told CNBC from the sidelines of the Asian Financial Forum on Monday.

In July, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty moved to tighten mortgage rules for the fourth time in as many years in order to discourage those most at risk of becoming over-leveraged.

Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada, right, looks on as Joe Oliver, Canada's finance minister, speaks at a news conference.

At 5:19 PM, a few hours after my original piece was published, Andrew MacDougall, the then Prime Minister's Director of Communications was kind enough to send me an e-mail detailing Finance's position:

All the while, Morneau's fellow cabinet minister, Karina Gould, tried to maintain calm even as time was wrapping up with several people still lined up at microphones, anxious to give the finance minister a piece of their minds.

Yet I detect a spreading tendency to conclude that the outcry from professionals, entrepreneurs and farmers has been sustained so long now, at such a sorely aggrieved pitch, that this in itself proves Finance Minister Bill Morneau has blown it.

The Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers will meet again on Saturday at 16:00 London time in a last - ditch effort to find an agreement that could release a vital last tranche of bailout aid worth 7.2 billion euros.

«I just named Joe Oliver Canada's new finance minister,» the prime minister tweeted as the new ministers were sworn in at Rideau Hall.

Last week Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made a well - publicized appearance at the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) where he discussed a number of issues, including the possibility of having a national securities regulator.

German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has already blamed Draghi's low - interest rate policy for the rise of the populist right - wing Alternative für Deutschland, which performed well in regional polls last year at the expense of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.

Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner are now hinting at the kind of restraint the province hasn't seen since the 1990s.

Once the new measures are approved by Greek lawmakers, Euro zone finance ministers will then discuss the disbursement of loans at the next scheduled Eurogroup meeting on May 22.

Other provincial finance ministers conditionally endorsed the idea at a meeting in early November.

Finance ministers and central bankers were inept at saving the global economy during normal working hours.

While Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne (we say finance minister) called Carney the «outstanding central banker of his generation» and pursued him even when Carney at first turned down the role.

«At beginning of our five - year term, the president, the prime minister and the finance minister at the time, Mr Pierre Moscovici, were obsessed by unity in the euro zone, and rightly sAt beginning of our five - year term, the president, the prime minister and the finance minister at the time, Mr Pierre Moscovici, were obsessed by unity in the euro zone, and rightly sat the time, Mr Pierre Moscovici, were obsessed by unity in the euro zone, and rightly so.

But Mr Kenny told the Socialist Party TD: «I reject your assertions of any comments made by our Minister for Finance at the eurogroup meeting.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has suggested his comments on Greece at a meeting of euro zone ministers on Monday were misrepresented.

Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei told the meeting he expects the country's economy to grow at about 7 % pace for the next four or five years, according to an account on the central bank's website.

And that perception was fueled on Thursday when the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, suggested that Greece would get its best shot at a substantial cut in its debt only if it was willing to give up membership in the European common currency.

A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.