Sentences with phrase «focus on austerity»

More governments are now looking at fiscal support, and the focus on austerity has faded as monetary easing reaches its limits.

The first group of so - called debt hawks sees another Great Recession coming and wants national governments to focus on austerity programs aimed at deficit reduction because rising sovereign debts are behind our current economic woes.

Asked whether he should bear any personal responsibility for the Tories losing their majority in June after Labour's campaign focused on austerity, Osborne instead blamed May for failing to defend the government's record.

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«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

«Rather than implement harsh austerity measures, the provincial government chose to continue to invest in New Brunswickers, focussing on health and senior care and retaining...

Instead of spending the past six months educating the public over what is at issue with the Troika, Syriza focused on playing political rope - a-dope to demonstrate how firmly the ECB and EC were committed to austerity.

It will support austerity and will focus on capturing the political centre ground, though what this means will need to be considered carefully.

But when there are still millions of people in this country living in poverty, and when the age of austerity means we must focus on the real priorities can we honestly say it's right for people earning over # 50,000 a year to get state benefits in the form of tax credits?

The 2012 Budget is critical to the UK's economic recovery, but its political emphasis will be focused firmly on mitigating the harsh effects of austerity on the poorest.

Fred Floss, director of the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than two percent a year, would result in what his group calls a decade of austerity that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

Corbyn, who said that he would seek an inclusive shadow cabinet if he won by reviving the tradition of elections to the shadow cabinet, intends to focus the remaining weeks of the campaign on his plan to end what he has called «variations of austerity» from the main parties.

With the general election just over a year away, Labour has sought to focus attention on how strongly inflation has outstripped pay growth, adding to the burden on households from the coalition's austerity drive.

Fred Floss, director of the union backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than 2 % a year, would result in what his group calls a «decade of austerity,» that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

The focus on immigration will satisfy Tory backbenchers but the government must also appease a public growing increasingly frustrated by austerity.

In these times of austerity of course we need to cut our cloth on all spending; however, the government's proposals for the design and construction of future schools are far too restrictive with too much focus on short - term savings.»

Arcadia Missa focuses on contemporary art with intent & began as a self - organised space in austerity Britain

Obama's address was appropriately focused on building a new sustained era of American prosperity using a mix of austerity and smartly targeted long - term investments in education and science.

Similarly, JUSTICE's 2015 Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity Report focused on the pre-issue stage and promoted the need to educate LiPs at an early stage, arguing «improved access to information and advice can offer important cost savings in the long term».

Greece, like all other countries accepting assistance, was bound to an Economic Adjustment Programme that required austerity and supply - side reforms, while the new government was elected based on the promise that it would repeal austerity - driven measures and focus on demand - side policies.