Not exact matches
According to the Joint Committee
on Taxation, the TCJA would add roughly $ 1 trillion to the federal
deficit even when factoring in increased
economic growth from the bill.
Ryan was asked
on NBC's «Today» show whether the tax bill would increase the
deficit or would pay for itself through
economic growth.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney argued earlier this week
on CNN's «State of the Union» that increasing the federal
deficit is necessary to unlocked the desired
economic growth the Trump administration has targeted.
The economy is really being supported — this isn't just in the United States, it's in Japan, the ECB and Britain — the economy is being supported by quantitative easing that is allowing for a massive budget
deficit and money printing exercises to go
on... As you address the fiscal problems, you are going to have weak
economic growth.
WHAT THEY DID: An earlier version of the Senate plan would increase
deficits by roughly $ 1 trillion over 10 years, even when taking into account additional
economic growth forecast with the tax cuts, the Joint Committee
on Taxation said last week.
These two factors are related because the Trump administration is counting
on faster
economic growth to produce additional tax revenues that could then close the
deficit.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), international organizations and we have argued that the federal government is facing a small structural
deficit now but that it will increase rapidly after 2015 due to demographic pressures
on potential
economic growth and health related spending.
The structural
deficit will subsequently grow larger as a result of slowing potential
economic growth and pressures
on program expenses resulting from an ageing population.
To eliminate the
deficit by 2015 - 16, the CCPA assumes that the net impact of these measures will result in higher
economic growth and increased employment, resulting in increased revenues to the federal government of about $ 4.5 billion,
on average, per year.
Instead, the arithmetic of
economic expansion - employment
growth plus productivity
growth - is already constrained by a 4.6 % unemployment rate and a
deficit on current account, and seems unlikely to be helped by the current policy direction, aside from rather short - lived effects.
Minister Flaherty had done an excellent job of pre-conditioning
on what to expect: a commitment to eliminate the
deficit by 2015 - 16; no new «risky» spending; some funding for infrastructure and skills training; and further restraint measures to offset revenue losses due to slower
economic growth in 2013.
Now, as
economic growth slows and the country's financial coffers move from surplus to
deficit, Angola is rethinking its dependence
on «black gold.»
The government has been warned many times that, after 2015, the combination of an aging population and the resulting impact
on economic growth and government revenues and expenses will result in ongoing
deficits and increasing debts — a fact the Conservatives have failed to acknowledge to date.
The US reported a wider trade
deficit on Friday, with a fall in exports likely to trim
economic growth estimates for the fourth quarter.
Despite the headline news
on India's high
deficits and low
economic growth, the Indian bonds remain very popular among investors who hunt for yields.
Third,
on - going (and possibly higher) structural
deficits are acceptable provided they are the result of investments to strengthen
economic growth, financed by long - term interest rates low enough to make them affordable.
It is happening because the Chancellor's
economic policies have failed catastrophically —
on living standards,
economic growth and
on deficit reduction too.
President underscored two
economic pillars with emphasis
on jobs and promised to introduce new legislations and policies, which will be intended to achieve sustainable
economic growth, develop and expand agriculture, and address our very large infrastructure
deficit, with particular emphasis
on road construction and the provision of affordable and adequate electricity for all our people.
To cut VAT as the centre piece of a new approach to
deficit reduction would send the message that the UK has a lack of confidence in its own
growth prospects and that a capacity to flip - flop
on economic policy exists.
«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget
deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase
economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current
on obligations to statutory funds, restore teacher and nursing training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal
deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?
They lead Labour by 46 % to 20 %
on which party people most trust to cut the
deficit, by 34 % to 28 %
on encouraging
economic growth, by 31 % to 26 %
on getting people back into work, but by just 28 % to 27 %
on cutting spending in a fair and equal way.
However, we were unconvinced that a Labour government would have done any better, and we were divided about the merits of sticking to plan A — cutting the
deficit — versus those of plan B — shifting policy to concentrate more
on economic growth.
On the semi-regular question YouGov ask about economic strategy 31 % now think the government should stick to their present strategy of prioritising the deficit, compared to 41 % who think they should concentrate on growth instea
On the semi-regular question YouGov ask about
economic strategy 31 % now think the government should stick to their present strategy of prioritising the
deficit, compared to 41 % who think they should concentrate
on growth instea
on growth instead.
Dean Skelos doesn't understand this because the Republican record
on economic growth is limited to growing the
deficit.
Despite the headline news
on India's high
deficits and low
economic growth, the Indian bonds remain very popular among investors who hunt for yields.
1971 Termination of gold / dollar convertability 1973 - 74 Oil crisis 1974 Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1979 Volcker appointed chairman of Federal Reserve 1980 - 82 Early 80s Recession 1981 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1985 Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act 1987 Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act 1989 - 92 End of the Cold War 1990 Budget Enforcement Act 1990 - 92 Early 90s Recession 1992 Presidential Election 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1994 Midterm Elections 1995 - 96 Government Shutdown 1997 Balanced Budget and Taxpayer Relief Act 2001
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 2003 Jobs and
Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 2001 - present War
on Terror 2007 - 09 Financial Crisis 2008 Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Speaking in Tokyo last week, President Obama extended this problem to its logical conclusion, calling for rebalanced
growth and a new U.S.
economic strategy based
on exports: «One of the important lessons this recession has taught us is the limits of depending primarily
on American consumers and Asian exports to drive
growth... [our] new strategy will mean that we save more and spend less, reform our financial systems, reduce our long - term
deficit and borrowing.
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will also be
deficit neutral and focus
on economic growth.
«The silver lining for this one is when the government
deficit is falling, the government is a drag
on the
economic growth.