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When asked what actions school leaders were taking to try to make their budget balance for this year, 79.65 per cent said, «Reducing the number or hours of teaching assistants» and 47.26 per cent said «Reducing non-educational support and services for children.»

When asked what actions school leaders were taking to try to make their budget balance for this year, 79.65 per cent said «reducing number or hours of teaching assistants» and 47.26 per cent said «reducing non-educational support and services for children.»

A dramatic increase in debt differs starkly from the rumored goal of on - budget balance for the overall Senate budget resolution.

Handled procurement procedures and budget balancing for all marketing, community relations and development costs within the Advancement Office.

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There is little talk of tax cuts and balanced budgets, items which form the economic lodestar of the Official Opposition; think tanks such as the Fraser Institute, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council; and almost everyone who writes a column for the Financial Post, including former finance minister Joe Oliver.

We aim to create 25 million new jobs over the next 10 years, secure Social Security and Medicare for the next 75 years, balance the federal budget by 2030, and make America energy - secure by 2024.

After all, crude oil and commodities prices are still so low that plunging resource revenues forced Ottawa to defer its target date for balancing the budget.

Canada's new Federal Balanced Budget Act allows for budgetary deficits when a recession is «has occurred, is occurring or is forecast» — a condition met by TD's recession projections.

Budget 2015 left very little margin for error when it came to balancing the books, with a projected surplus of $ 1.4 billion plus an additional $ 1.0 billion as a contingency reserve, giving the federal government a $ 2.4 billion margin for error.

Keep the budget balanced or run a small surplus, then have a «rainy day» fund for emergencies.

However, the party excludes this entirely from their balanced budget plan, which starts with the 2014 Liberal budget as a baseline for their forecast revenue:

«In my view, the time is now for Congress to create an authority that would have as its goals both achieving financial stability and a balanced budget for the island,» Williams said, according to the Times.

After declaring victory over the recession in 2010, Harper set a path to balance the budget in time for the 2015 election.

But like many would - be entrepreneurs, I don't know much about balance sheets, cash flow, marketing budgets, ad sales, or other essentials for running a company.

Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).

The boom years for employment and balanced federal budgets in the 1990s had everything to do with the emergence of the Internet rather than with any enlightened economic policies.

In a two - step plan, Boehner is pressing for a vote on Wednesday and a second vote Thursday on a balanced - budget amendment to the Constitution.

How are you going to balance the need for new software tools versus a human resources program within your budget?

The political base for the Conservatives wants to see a balanced budget.

While budget 2013 didn't feature many goodies for the personal finances and portfolios of Canadians, there was good news in the commitment to balance the budget by 2015.

Malaysia's budget due at 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) may be the toughest yet for embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak as he struggles to balance declining oil revenues, spending priorities and a growing political scandal.

«It is thus important to realize that in the current environment of low long - term interest rates, fiscal prudence does not require bringing the annual budget balance to zero almost immediately,» he wrote in a paper for the Bennett Jones law firm.

Before incorrectly blaming the Fed and the ECB for their allegedly ineffective monetary policies, investment strategists would do well to reflect on the depressive impact of an unreasonable haste to balance budgets, and on political leaders» inability to strengthen the financial systems (in the U.S. and in Europe) and to negotiate a better balanced world economy.

The best fiscal rules are more flexible, promising to keep the structural deficit in check, for example, or pledging to balance the budget over a number of years.

While tales of old are no substitute for new victories and a lack of focus on the American market is a concern, manufacturers did quite well — especially given that we have a government devoted to balancing the budget.

Well then, Stephen Harper will need to cut billions from spending to meet the 2015 deadline for budget balance that Flaherty reaffirmed today.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

In an era when there is a $ 200 billion infrastructure gap just for Canadian municipalities but political leaders at all levels are convinced the public wants balanced budgets, where will the dollars come from?

In normal circumstances he believed in a balanced budget and maybe a bit of a surplus for bad times but what he believed was fatal to a nation was running deficit trade imbalances.

It will require balanced budgets during normal economic times, and concrete timelines for returning to balance in the event of an economic crisis.

If the global climate again turns stormy, Budget 2013's three - pronged action plan will seem inconsequential, and Flaherty's pledge for a balanced budget by 2015 will look vulneBudget 2013's three - pronged action plan will seem inconsequential, and Flaherty's pledge for a balanced budget by 2015 will look vulnebudget by 2015 will look vulnerable.

Ultimately, people shouldn't get too hopeful for any major budget announcements, at least until the government's balance sheet improves.

Interestingly, though, the Department of Finance just came up with a new feature for the 2012 edition of the Fiscal Reference Tables, which were made public on Friday: estimates for the «cyclically - adjusted budget balance.»

Any money you have leftover in your budget for extra payments, as well as any windfalls, should be directed to that highest - interest balance.

You might do a few small initiatives, but for the most part, you will continue to rely on favorable economic assumptions and «unexplained adjustments» to balance the budget.

For all the years of GOP lawmakers calling for balanced budgets, at least on paper, the House budget would reach balance, while the Senate budget would nFor all the years of GOP lawmakers calling for balanced budgets, at least on paper, the House budget would reach balance, while the Senate budget would nfor balanced budgets, at least on paper, the House budget would reach balance, while the Senate budget would not.

The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).

Even with this adjustment, we believe that the outlook for direct program expenses in the outer years is understated, putting the achievement of a balanced budget over the medium term at even greater risk.

Based on the past eight years and current rhetoric the answers for the Conservative government would appear to be: minimal; zero or lower; and, balanced budget legislation.

Lesson # 4: «What is clear and critical for understanding the current situation is that a balanced budget was (NOT) achieved almost entirely through reductions in spending» (NOT) added by authors.

The current monthly results, along with the surprising better - than - expected economic growth for the second quarter of 2014, strongly suggest that the federal government will post a surplus in 2014 - 15, one year ahead of their political commitment to balance the budget in 2015 - 16.

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Given recent economic developments (which suggest there will be no surplus this year) and global uncertainties, together with a commitment by all three major political parties to balanced budgets and no tax increases (other than the NDP), it would be fiscally imprudent for any political party to make new major election «promises» in the coming months without indicating how they would be financed.

In the March 2012 Budget, the Department of Finance would have used their more optimistic estimates for 2011 - 12 as the base for forecasting revenues and the resulting budgetary balance to 2016 - 17.

They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.

Its key commitment of balancing the budget in 2015 - 16 is at risk, although Finance officials will be under pressure to come up with innovative ways to show a balanced budget for 2015 - 16.

«Balancing the budget for a fourth year in a row --- while other provinces grapple with debt, deficits, and economic uncertainty — is an accomplishment that gives the business community reassurance that B.C. is on the correct course,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

Under Bill C - 59, if the Minister of Finance tables a budget that projects a deficit or if a deficit is reported at the end of the fiscal year, the Minister must appear before the House of Commons Finance Committee within the first 30 days of the House of Commons sitting to explain the reasons for the deficit and present a plan for a return to balanced budgets.

On balance, we do not believe that the November 2012 Update fiscal forecast was credible and coupled with the slowdown in economic growth in 2013, the possibility of a balanced budget for 2015 - 16 is seriously at risk, unless additional significant restraint measures are implemented.

A balanced budget is forecast for 2015 - 16, with increasing surpluses thereafter.