Sentences with phrase «low public borrowing»

And has Britain's low public borrowing and stable interest rate regime prepared it for the troubles ahead?

Not exact matches

The private sector often demands rates of return far greater than public sector borrowing costs, especially in the current low interest rate environment.

The IMF had recommended that G20 governments finance this initiative through deficit financing and borrowing, arguing that with historically low interest rates, «efficient» public infrastructure could easily pay for itself.

For example, federal loans can often be a better option for borrowing — even if you could get a lower interest rate on a private student loan — because federal loans have advantages private loans don't have, such as the opportunity to choose income - driven repayment plans or qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

And he rejects the idea that increased public borrowing would necessarily scare the markets: Japan, the US and the UK are running looser fiscal policies while still enjoying low rates of borrowing.

Although I don't pretend to understand all the «ins & outs» of banking, public financing, etc., it seems to me to be self - evident that if Canadian governments at all levels were able to borrow, at low or preferably no interest rates, to finance infrastructure projects and other issues such as health care and education, rather than indebting Canadians in perpetuity in order to pay big interest payments to the greedy Big Banks, it would ultimately be in the best interests of most ordinary Canadians.

I would add that further complicating matters is the likelihood that Scotland's credit rating would be lower than that of the United Kingdom, which would make it more expensive for the new government to borrow in order to provide an equivalent level of public services, a point made by Prof Iain McLean.

It was there in the Budget, but blink and you'd have missed Darling's insistent note that not undergoing his public borrowing «would lead in the end to higher, not lower, debt».

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

Most places that have tried public - private partnerships have used a system that blends the traditional process — holding a referendum for local approval to borrow money, then advertising for proposals and taking the lowest bidder — with aspects of public - private partnerships.

Louisiana appears on track to enact a private - school - voucher plan for New Orleans that borrows from choice programs elsewhere in several respects, from its focus on a single city and its means - testing of families to its targeting of students enrolled in low - performing public schools.

This means that an employee who worked her way through a low - cost public college in order to minimize her borrowing would receive far less in benefits — both from her employer and the federal government — than a colleague who borrowed heavily to obtain an expensive undergraduate or graduate degree.

However, rates during a slower economy may be lower because of diminished activity and the downward pressure that is often placed on interest rates as the public's demand for investing, borrowing and money generally slows down.