Effectively managed a $ 1MM marketing budget while creating
a budget surplus with consistent sales.
OTTAWA — As last autumn's colours were setting in, veteran Ottawa lobbyist Dan Kelly was confident the spring would produce a federal
budget surplus with ample room for announcements.
Governor Scott has a projected
budget surplus with which to bargain.
Italy is now running a primary
budget surplus with a stock of debt that, according to Ugo Panizza of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, could easily be restructured:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Finance Joe Oliver successfully used up most of the projected
budget surpluses with their announcements in the April budget to «put money back in the pockets of Canadians».
Not exact matches
«They'll wait until they have greater confidence that they can hit that
budget surplus target before they do something significant
with the TFSA,» he says.
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.
The Conservatives came to office in 2006
with a $ 13 - billion
surplus but had whittled that down to a structural deficit even before the global recession struck in late 2008, according to the Parliamentary
Budget Office.
With $ 17 billion in federal funds, the new plan covers a six - year period and projects a
budget surplus
In the more realistic case that growth is 1pc lower than forecast, but is coupled
with an ambitious
budget surplus of around 2.5 pc of GDP, Greece would still require a total write - off of its entire first bail - out package worth $ 53.1 bn.
The
budget predicted the fiscal year would end
with a thin
surplus of $ 197 million, a feat that would be achieved by reducing expenditure growth, raising taxes and selling off more than 100 assets determined to be
surplus.
Along
with spending and capital contingencies and the planned
surplus, the
budget had over $ 1 billion of what she characterized as «prudence» and others might call wiggle room.
Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz presents the province's 2013 - 2014
budget tomorrow — and he'll be the only one among his counterparts to inaugurate the new fiscal year
with a
surplus.
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.
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 2014
budget, it was clear that even
with the freezing of the EI rate at $ 1.88, excess EI revenues would account for much of the projected
surpluses and that the EI premium rate would have to be reduced significantly in 2017.
Despite the unforeseen fall in oil prices in 2014, the Conservative government,
with a lot of slight of hand (reduction in contingency reserve, selling GM shares at fire sale prices, optimistic economic and oil price assumptions), produced a
budget that financed all of its pre-election promises, while still leaving a
surplus of $ 1.4 billion in 2015 - 16 rising to $ 4.8 billion in 2019 - 20.
This is happening around the world, apart from Japan (Graph 10), but Australia has been at the forefront,
with a combination of
budget surpluses and privatisations.
Their platform was largely «financed» by the
surpluses projected in the November 2014 Update and the April 2015
Budget, rather than having to come up
with new Sources of Funds, as is the case for the other two parties..
A balanced
budget is forecast for 2015 - 16,
with increasing
surpluses thereafter.
With the deficit eliminated and with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovat
With the deficit eliminated and
with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovat
with growing
budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovation.
The January 2012 Fiscal Monitor, released
with Budget 2012, reports a
surplus of $ 1.7 billion in January 2012, compared to a deficit of $ 0.3 billion in January 2011.
We have not included the April 2015
Budget / Parliamentary
Budget Officer's forecasts of the
surplus over the next four years, given the uncertainties
with respect to the current economic environment.
The bailout extension deal does away
with further «reductions in salaries and pensions,
with measures that lead to recession and
with exaggerated (primary
budget)
surplus (targets),» the prime minister said.
The city's Finance Committee has deferred a decision for the time being on what to do
with a projected $ 1.1 million
budget surplus.
Both studies concluded that the federal finances were sustainable,
with the
budget in
surplus in or before 2045, not a bad starting point for planning the 2018
budget.
The Victorian government will deliver a healthy $ 1.4 billion
budget surplus on Tuesday
with big pre-election spending planned on infrastruct...
However, to the surprise of no one except the government, about two months later, the January 2009
Budget forecast deficits of about $ 30 billion for both 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11, with the budget not expected to return to a surplus until 2013
Budget forecast deficits of about $ 30 billion for both 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11,
with the
budget not expected to return to a surplus until 2013
budget not expected to return to a
surplus until 2013 - 14.
Even if the government ran a balanced
budget or a
budget surplus, the Fed would still be able to inflate the money supply (therefore, Mr. Hussman,
with whom we agree on nearly everything else in his highly readable weekly comments, is in error on this particular point).
«The only way we can buy down the
surplus is
with deficit
budgeting,» said Commissioner Steven Polit.
«We are pleased the state is in a stronger financial and
budget condition, and certainly we will continue to have that view,» DiNapoli said, noting thanks to strong revenues and ongoing financial settlements, New York is on track to end the year
with a
surplus.
In his Executive
Budget this year, Governor Cuomo proposed a different version of property tax relief, claiming it would be funded with projected budget «surpluses.&
Budget this year, Governor Cuomo proposed a different version of property tax relief, claiming it would be funded
with projected
budget «surpluses.&
budget «
surpluses.»
One of the biggest questions heading into New York's fiscal 2016 Executive
Budget presentation was how Governor Andrew Cuomo would choose to allocate an unprecedented, one - shot $ 5.4 billion windfall «
surplus» originating
with fines and penalties collected from financial institutions.
With help from the extra fare revenue, the creation of the state's Payroll Mobility Tax, and internal cost - cutting, the authority's finances steadily improved over the years, and it expects to close out 2017 with an $ 80 million budget surp
With help from the extra fare revenue, the creation of the state's Payroll Mobility Tax, and internal cost - cutting, the authority's finances steadily improved over the years, and it expects to close out 2017
with an $ 80 million budget surp
with an $ 80 million
budget surplus.
This will be accomplished
with a further # 30 billion of spending cuts
with the aim of generating a balanced
budget by 2017 - 2018 and a
surplus in 2018 - 2019.
The state Division of
Budget on Monday estimated the state will end the current fiscal year
with a $ 6.2 billion
surplus, according to the first quarter financial plan that outlined the impact of the major windfall financial settlements.
I think that what that amounts to is that they're building a good foundation
with the
budget in dealing
with the so - called» 5 - billion dollar
surplus,» more better said $ 5 billion of taxpayer's money.»
(The latter of which would «eclipse the
surplus along
with the funds set aside in the retiree health benefits trust and the
budget's general reserve.»)
Cuomo said his position that the state should pay for pre-K «has nothing to do
with» a projected
budget surplus in New York City.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says the $ 5 billion - plus pot of money due to settlements
with banks and other financial institutions over alleged wrongdoing in the Wall Street crash should not be looked at as a
budget surplus.
With the
budget surplus growing — the city's personal income tax receipts were up 69 percent from last year, according to a new report, he said — it was clear that politics, not the
budget, was behind the mayor's drive to lay off 4,278 teachers.
Budget Director Laurence Soule has indicated that Westchester County will close the 2010 financial year
with at least a $ 60 million dollar
surplus.
«Today's report detailing how Westchester County finished the 2016
budget year
with a $ 1.5 million
surplus shows us that fiscal prudence in County Government and a commitment to full and effective social services are not mutually exclusive goals.
Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy announced on Tuesday that the state ended its fiscal year in June
with a $ 121.3 million
budget surplus.
Faced
with a $ 40 million
budget gap, he turned this «grim» situation into 3 straight
budgets under the mandated state tax cap, built a
budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenished the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improved the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
So when one line within that
budget is found to have a
surplus of nearly $ 140 million — even though it's a fund reserved for county residents» most valuable resource — borrowing from it
with the explicit agreement that it will be paid back beats plugging a hole
with debt payments, plus interest.
Cuomo this month unveiled a $ 142 billion
budget plan that includes sending $ 1.3 billion of the state's $ 5.4 billion windfall
surplus from financial settlements to the Thruway Authority, which is charged
with building the new bridge.
NYC is poised to end the current fiscal year
with a $ 744 million
surplus, a report from the city's Independent
Budget Office revealed.
After you subtract $ 23 million for the current fiscal year (a number that does not, for the record, fit
with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's projection of an up to $ 1 billion hole in the current
budget), that leaves a two - year General Fund
surplus of $ 415 million.
The potentially hefty
surplus could set of a rare battle at the Capitol in next year's
budget debate: What do
with money a cash - strapped state hasn't seen in years following the economic downturn of the last decade.