Sentences with phrase «higher public spending»

But higher public spending and borrowing on capital investment today means lower borrowing tomorrow with the economy growing and tax revenues rising.

«It is tempting to blame the sharp post-election rally in industrial metals prices on President - elect Trump's platform of lower taxation and higher public spending on infrastructure,» wrote analysts at Goldman Sachs.

The result is high public spending and spiralling public debt.

It is one of the injustices that drives me to be a big active state backing, high public spending supporting social democrat.

Following the September 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the Barnett formula came to widespread attention amid concerns that in a last - minute government bid to sway voters against independence, Scotland had been promised continued high public spending.

Not exact matches

According to RBC Capital Markets, OPEC's producers need oil even higher — at an average of $ 88 a barrel — to balance their public spending this year, Bloomberg Gadfly's Liam Denning writes.

He hires a bunch of economists and finance gurus to run the numbers on prospective deals while he spends more time talking because he receives a higher return for public appearances (and continues to increase the value of his «brand»).

The British government disputes this, pointing out that Scotland has higher per capita public - sector spending than England and so is more indebted.

Born in Denmark, he spent time at Unilever and Novartis — not two companies associated with the high - tech boom — before founding SuccessFactors in 2001 and taking it public in 2007.

«We spend more than virtually any other country on public investments and job training and skills development, and yet we have unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst young Canadians, aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and persons with disabilities,» he said.

Ontario has the lowest per - capita program spending among provinces, while still providing high - quality public services.

Credit is a form of infrastructure, and such public investment is what enabled the United States to undersell foreign economies in the 19th and 20th centuries despite its high wage levels and social spending programs.

Without the inflow of Chinese funds and the trade deficit, we could finance more public spending from the higher taxes on higher GDP.

The crisis, which has affected every level of government in the state, is a cautionary tale for not only public spending run amok but also independent investors taking too large of a risk by seeking high yields.

1) Lower economic strength in light of the diminished medium - term growth outlook, constrained by foreign currency shortages, high inflation, lower public sector spending and a weak banking system.

Instead of forcing a reluctant public to spend on the premise of substitution effect, a more normal rates regime would likely be effective to induce higher investment by aligning policy with the public's interest to meet future obligations.

Meanwhile, spending on research and development in the private sector has been increasing at a clip of 4.9 % a year since 2007, up from 4.1 % the decade prior, while public and private R&D as a share of GDP recently hit an all - time high.

he is following through in a high profile and aggressive manner on his campaign platform and his personal goal to bring visibility of all levels of public government spending to the voting public.

OTTAWA — A five - year $ 50 - billion public infrastructure spending initiative would generate a return on investment to Canadians over the long term as high as $ 3.83 per dollar spent, trigger significant private sector investment and stimulate wage increases, according to a new study by an independent economic modelling firm.

However, the Liberal platform also envisaged temporary deficits to finance higher spending on social programs such as child benefits, a higher Guaranteed Income Supplement for single seniors, public health care, child care and First Nations programs, and did not increase overall federal tax revenues.

The flat reading for public construction spending was due in part to Federal construction spending rising by 2.2 % to the highest value seen since September 2011, which worked to offset the 0.3 % decline in state and local spending.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

Nationally syndicated columnist Dan Savage may be better known for his very public critiques of Catholic leaders than for the year he spent in a high school seminary, or for his Catholic deacon father, or for the baptism he and his husband sought for their son.

After spending four years at a very academically competitive public high school, I found it astonishing how every action in many teenagers» lives revolves around one common goal: college acceptance.

While some may look at the close relationship between premier high schools and elite colleges and bemoan the sad state of meritocracy, there is still evidence that public schools may offer an equal or even better chance at admission to an Ivy League school than spending four years at Groton School or another Hogwartz-esque boarding school.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

«I would rather see all those high schools go out and even if they shared an athletic trainer, I'd rather see that than see them all go out and spend money on sensors,» Dawn Comstock, a leading concussion researcher, professor at University of Colorado's School of Public Health, and member of MomsTEAM Institute's Board of Advisors, told SI.

She hoped to learn about how top students view their high school experience, and spent a year shadowing five high - achieving students at a top public high school (local, but unnamed).

My son starts high school next year and we've recently spent some time touring local public and private schools to find the best fit for him.

As an umpire registered by the Illinois High School Association, I have spent the last nine years officiating for teams in the Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Park District.

She spent 29 years teaching mathematics in public high schools and now maintains a private tutoring practice.

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

- and how can we ensure preventative spending — early years spending, support for troubled families, public and mental health services, scientific research into new cures and treatments — areas where spending now saves billions in the future - is given a high priority.

High levels of unemployment have in turn generated an increase in public spending, mostly due to the kicking in of automatic stabilisers like unemployment benefits.

ur the tax and spend liberal who's on the public dime, no wonder our taxes are so high.

«At the same time,» McMahon said, «we will highlight obstacles to greater growth and prosperity in the Empire State, including high taxes, excessive spending and debt, unfunded liabilities, and costly public - sector collective bargaining mandates.»

Democrats can't win when their only message is higher taxes and more spending that just make everything more expensive at a time when nobody's getting raises except the public union workers.

The foundation aid increase backed by the Assembly stands at $ 1.2 billion, a figure backed by public education advocates who say the state is not spending enough on poor and high - needs school districts.

It seems the French administration (public spending as percentage of GDP is one of the highest in the world) braces the country.

They showed that public spending in Scotland was higher than in the poorer English regions, including the North of England, although income per head was lower in those regions.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 16 are presenting spending plans that increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Mr. Sanders seems to be echoing President Obama, who pointed out this summer that the $ 80 billion the country spends on incarcerating people could pay for universal pre-kindergarten education, a doubling of salaries for high school teachers or the elimination of public college tuition.

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 15 are presenting spending plans that would increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Yes, they have blamed Labour for excessive levels of debt and the poor state of the economy, but they have blamed Labour for «waste» and unnecessary spending rather than for high levels of spending on public services (which they support).

Here, the public essentially said the following: (a) the cuts were necessary; (b) the cuts were good for the economy; (c) the cuts were being done unfairly (with many agreeing they were being done too quickly); (d) Labour's high - spending was largely to blame; and (e) they would sooner have David Cameron and George Osborne in charge than their Labour equivalents.

It would be badly needed, as Scotland already has a significantly higher level of public spending than the rest of the UK.

Even if there were no deficit, we should still reduce public spending because at close to 50 % of gross domestic product it is too high.

«We spend $ 22 billion on the New York City public school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been closed.