Sentences with phrase «national budget deficits»

After a token mention of the problem of 21 % youth unemployment across the EU, she dwelt at length on the fiscal compact treaty, emphasising in particular that the limits, or caps, on national budget deficits would be enshrined in constitutions and national law and would be «eternally valid».

Then there's the national budget deficit, which adds to our national debt and will have to be handled at some point in the future.

A cutback in Social Security's cost - of - living adjustment would save $ 5 to $ 10 billion a year, says Roger Strauss, cochair of a bipartisan commission seeking ways to reduce the national budget deficit.

Not exact matches

Because Congress has refused to either raise taxes or cut other spending to pay for the war, the necessary borrowing has substantially raised the budget deficit and increased the national debt.

According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, enacting the bill would shrink the federal budget deficit by $ 175 billion by 2020, lift GDP by 5.4 % over the next 20 years, increase national productivity, balloon the workforce by about 5 % by 2033, raise the return on capital, and (although the CBO didn't put it this way) create a $ 46 billion windfall for entrepreneurs supplying security operations along the U.S. southern bBudget Office estimates, enacting the bill would shrink the federal budget deficit by $ 175 billion by 2020, lift GDP by 5.4 % over the next 20 years, increase national productivity, balloon the workforce by about 5 % by 2033, raise the return on capital, and (although the CBO didn't put it this way) create a $ 46 billion windfall for entrepreneurs supplying security operations along the U.S. southern bbudget deficit by $ 175 billion by 2020, lift GDP by 5.4 % over the next 20 years, increase national productivity, balloon the workforce by about 5 % by 2033, raise the return on capital, and (although the CBO didn't put it this way) create a $ 46 billion windfall for entrepreneurs supplying security operations along the U.S. southern border.

That was inherent in the way that it was created, without a central bank to monetize national Treasury budget deficits and spend money into the economy to help it grow.

The $ 6.2 billion cost to the federal government will not add to the budget deficit as it will be counted as a cash - for - asset transfer, in the same way as the national broadband network.

In terms of the national budget, he has said he believes Congress must reduce spending to address the U.S. deficit.

Taking a look at the U.S. government's budget deficit track record and what's to come for the U.S. economy ahead, financial analyst Michael Lombardi believes our national debt will double to $ 34.0 trillion in the years ahead.

Since it is unlikely they will have any important effect on growth, they will bloat the budget deficit at a time when we should be preparing for the next downturn, for rising entitlement costs, and potentially for the need for increased national security spending.

During his tenure as Minister of Finance, he erased Canada's deficit which was the worst of the G7, subsequently recording five consecutive budget surpluses while paying down the national debt and setting Canada's debt - to - GDP ratio on a steady downward track.

♦ Richard Vigilante is writing in National Review about the changing forms of liberalism and conservatism, and the last line makes this one worth citing: «The future of conservatism seems to lie in a concern for the state not of the deficit, or of the defense budget, but of the culture.»

The national debt is the total amount owed by the government and should not be confused with the federal budget deficit, the annual amount by which federal spending exceeds revenue.

We can expect to inherit plans for further deep cuts to departmental budgets at a time when the deficit will still be very large and the national debt rising.

It provided the framework for the other correct polices that began to be laid out at the Labour Party conference — for example on the National Investment Bank, opposition to removing the budget deficit by cuts to welfare.

The Reform Party of New York State represents the interests of voters who are concerned with out - of - control spending, growing budget deficits, an unsustainable national debt, as well as gross mismanagement in government and unethical behavior from elected representatives.

It is a day on which pre-prepared tweets by loyal Conservatives surface, blaming Labour for the deficit (in a manner which can only be compared to a toddler screaming «but he started it»), angry Labour voters arm themselves with metaphorical hammers to break apart anything Osborne says, before he even opens his mouth, editors of national newspapers accidently leak budget reports and every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to helpfully inform the world of their political opinions.

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

The Kentucky Senate hopeful told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King that he thought having a budget deficit in excess of $ 1 trillion was «an extreme idea.»

In the UK, the budget deficit — the gap between what the government spends and what it gathers in taxes — ballooned to more than # 160bn in the 2009 - 10 financial year, which is more than 11 % of annual national output.

There is an indication that the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly has in a closed door meeting approved $ 1 billion Eurobond requested by President Muhammadu Buhari to finance the 2016 Budget deficit.

According to the statement, «As at today, the only request for approval from the Executive for loan was the one dated January 27, 2017 and signed by Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo seeking a «resolution of the National Assembly For the Issuance of USD 1 Billion EuroBond In the International Capital Market For The Funding of the 2016 Budget Deficit» and we immediately granted the approval.

To make up for a federal deficit of more than $ 400 billion, the White House has ordered most civilian research agencies to prepare for major budget reductions in the 2006 budget, including cuts for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Increases for science and technology in the 2012 US budget prioritize innovation over reductions in the national deficit.

Several countries have budget deficits around 10 percent of national income or larger, and their governments must show their publics and the financial markets that they have a plan for dealing with these unprecedented peacetime imbalances.

To help trim a record $ 413 billion deficit, the bill cuts the National Science Foundation's budget 1.9 percent — to $ 5.5 billion — ending 9 years of growth.

The President's budget offers hope that the nation will continue to make science and education investments a top national priority while taking serious steps to reduce budget deficits.

«We need a real budget, one that allows responsible investments in critical federal programs — including our national defense — without breaking the bank and pushing our country further into deficits and debt,» said Hal Rogers (Republican, Kentucky), chairman of the House of Representatives appropriations committee, in a written statement.

In light of national and state budget deficits, stand - alone programs, no matter how effective, are not likely to survive.

Teach For America, the nonprofit national teacher corps that began in 1989 as the brainchild of a Princeton University undergraduate, is facing the prospect of ending its fiscal year in September with a budget deficit of more than $ 3 million.

For example, Bob Wise, a former governor of West Virginia who is now president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said at a national leadership summit in February 2012 that online learning is an «imperative for meeting those challenges such as providing sufficient opportunities for students to gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the global economy; dealing with budget deficits that are forcing program cuts; and ensuring students» access to high - quality teachers, curricula, and learning experiences.

Given today's budget and deficit pressures, this national demonstration should be kept budget - neutral.

With recent tax policy changes creating large national deficits and states facing persistent budget shortfalls, finding ways to pay for new policies is always difficult.93 Below is a list of some creative ways to fund the ideas listed in the previous sections.

Schools face 8 % budget cuts and about 60 % of secondary schools already have deficits, warns a funding analysis from the National Audit Office (NAO).

Figures published as part of the National Audit Office's (NAO) Financial Sustainability of Schools found 24 authorities in which at least one in four of maintained schools posted a budget deficit.

According to the Department, the requested 15 percent reduction would «provide significant resources to support CTE programs while also maintaining the fiscal discipline necessary to support the President's goal of increasing support for national security and public safety without adding to the Federal budget deficit.»

He does support cutting down on the federal budget (meaning federal education programs); for instance, he once complained, «An increasing deficit and an ever - growing 19 trillion dollar national debt, despite a volley of tax increases, prove this administration is committed to spending us into oblivion.»

That's right: $ 1,000,000,000,000, a number rarely spoken out loud until Congress started tying itself up in knots trying to deal with the budget deficit and national debt.

Focuses on the performance of the economy as a whole by analyzing such important issues as unemployment, inflation, recessions, government spending and taxation, poverty and inequality, budget deficits and national debts.

US politicians seem to be ignoring the HUGE government budget deficit and national debt (on both sides of the aisle they spout rhetoric but no one seems able to find a compromise — and isn't that what leadership is really about?)

«We the People» just booted a boatload of spendthrifts out of Congress, after they helped engineer a $ 1.3 trillion deficit on America's FY - 2010 budget and balloon our cumulative national debt to $ 13.7 trillion.

Who cares about 8 % unemployment, the flatlined economy, abandoning Americans to die in Bengahzi, Joe Biden's buffonery, fast & furious, national debt, USA credit downgrade, trillion dollar annual budget deficits, deliberate sabotage of the coal industry, ACORN, failed foreign policy (Iran with nuclear weapons, bowing to China, stiffing U.K and Israel, etc) abysmal people judgement (Biden again, plus H. Clinton, T, Geithner; K. Sebelius; E. Holder, etc), stopping the pipeline for Canadian oil, blocking drilling in US land, secret «kill lists», ObamaCare, attacking religious liberty, you didn't build that, unseemly chest - pounding over bin Laden (GM is dying but bin Laden is coming back to life), 20 years of Jeremiah Wright, failure of crony capitalism deals with Solyndra - NextEra — Ener1 — Solar Trust etc., over 100 rounds of golf in 1st 3 yrs, choom, the Chevy Volt, insisting the Ft Hood massacre was «workplace violence», secret college transcripts, «clearly the Boston police acted stupidly», disregard of the Simpson - Bowles budget recommendations (after commissioning their work), and lots more irrelevant stuff.

All of the major federal agencies that it relies on for research grants — including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, NASA, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration — are feeling the squeeze of shrinking spending in an effort to control the ballooning federal budget deficit.

At one time the state was a national leader on energy efficiency, but that is likely to change since $ 127 million in energy efficiency funding was removed from the two - year state budget to help close the deficit.

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9

Our administration has eliminated the budget deficit and is steadily reducing the national debt.

They desperately needed to hear the right things — fiscal discipline, a trimming back of the budget deficit and of the national debt.

The state's government has been wrestling with an underfunded pension system and chronic budget deficits, in part because the national economic recovery has passed much of Connecticut by, leaving it with fewer jobs than it had a decade ago.