Sentences with phrase «of belt tightening»

«If we are going to ask people for more sacrifices over a longer period of time, a longer period of belt tightening as a country, then we just have to make sure that people see it is being done as fairly and as progressively as possible,» Clegg said.

Not exact matches

«A guy's going to have tighten up his belt and pull his socks up if this type of weather picks up,» Sawyer said, adding that less of a profit for farmers can strain the local economy.

Oil companies are tightening their belts for a period of low prices.

Giving his first public speech since taking control of the country, Jong - un vowed that North Koreans would «never have to tighten their belts again.»

Today, with Londoners grumbling under the yoke of belt - tightening austerity measures, the city's appetite for lasers and massive sports arenas seems to be shrinking fast.

If the leak persists, it could cause the ground wire to short, which could tighten the seat belts unnecessarily or increase the risk of fire.

«You can tighten your belt without your hurting your customers, your professionalism or your efficiency,» promises Kimberly Stans ll, author of Bootstrapper's Success Secrets: 151 Tactics for Building Your Business on a Shoestring Budget (Career Press, $ 13.99, 800 - CAREER - 1).»

One of the state's largest Aboriginal trusts is being forced to further tighten its belt as its royalties from Rio Tinto's Yandi iron ore project continue to fall.

That will mean further tightening of the belt, likely including steps beyond layoffs.

I would tell them — especially in this type of market — that they ought to go lean, tighten their belts, and try to get to cash - flow positive.

Most state agencies are grappling with spending cuts of 5.5 %, and they're bracing for more belt tightening as state economists prepare to release reduced revenue estimates for the current and coming fiscal year.

He says the higher rates have helped keep the accumulation of household debt lower than it otherwise would have been had Canada continued with government belt - tightening approaches of the past.

Fred Vettese and Bill Morneau found in their book The Real Retirement that among recent middle - income retirees the «problem group» who have to tighten their belts substantially is estimated at 7 % of households, whereas 60 % find themselves better off in retirement.

Just like Bernanke, the chairwoman - to - be has been a harsh critic of austerity and will want to counteract the impact of more federal belt - tightening with monetary policy, if she can.

France, Spain, Greece and Portugal are already in recessions, and Italy is expected to head into one as a result of belt - tightening measures being pushed by its new prime minister, Mario Monti.

Forty seven percent of caregivers have had to tighten their belts financially because of their caregiving responsibilities, a report found.

In a weakening economy, consumer confidence typically declines, causing consumers to tighten their belts by postponing vacations and the purchases of non-essential products such as new clothes, televisions and new cars.

But, in the post-crisis world of bank belt - tightening, it is now the bread - and - butter of upstart peer - to - peer (P2P) lenders.

Commodity prices aren't spiking in a way that's sure to sink the global economy, nor are they plumbing depths that would force small producers out of business and big players to start tightening their belts and cutting jobs.

«Opposition parties reject his latest austerity package on the grounds that the belt - tightening agreed in return for a $ 110bn ($ 155bn) bail - out is choking the life out of the economy.»

Any attempt to tighten belts, in this of all areas, and save money, will be paid for in blood.

In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy was thrown out of office by voters opposed to his belt - tightening program.

Despite torrential rainstorms, hackers laying waste to artists» online details and the ever - tightening of belts, Greenbelt still brimmed with glory.

Ryan's advocacy for cutting taxes and trimming the deficit — he is the architect of the GOP's proposed federal budget — married with his willingness to talk about fiscal belt - tightening in moral terms and his low - key social conservatism speak to a political moment in which the economic concerns of the Tea Party and the social focus of the Christian right have merged into a relatively cohesive anti-Obama movement.

So the rest of us should simply pull up our pants, tighten our belts, and HOPE we have some CHANGE left after the next term.

«We tightened our belts and looked into ways to take costs out of the system and increase our yields,» he adds.

Although the food business suffered less from the recession than other industries, many specialty food producers — including Ramar Foods — had to tighten their belts at the beginning of 2009.

When the economy started tanking in the fall of» 08, we really tightened our belts out of downright fear of income loss.

Another year of low milk prices means another year farmers will have to tighten their belts and do whatever possible to keep costs down and cash flowing.

This would mean an extreme tightening of the Arsenal belt.

There are many different factors involved, of course, such as Chelsea hitting their spending spree just as Arsenal had to tighten our belts, but however you look at it the last 10 years or so have belonged to the Blues.

Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium the following year would herald an era of belt - tightening, just as Chelsea and then Manchester City were spraying their oil money like kids with water pistols.

In order to create a comfortable sling pouch for your child, all you have to do is thread the ends of the fabric through the secure rings and tighten like a belt.

It's small, lightweight and can be secured to a seat with minimal effort — just buckle around a dining chair, then push and turn the knob at the back of the seat to tighten the belt.

Step 6: After tightening the waist belt, lose the shoulder straps of the buckles by lifting the outer edge.

This travel system has the latch management system which gives you the flexibility of an easy belt routing, centrally located tightening strap that makes the installation very easy.

It wasn't too bad to tighten the waist belt because I could just twist the carrier around so the buckle was in front of me, tighten, and then twist it back so the carrier was centred.

«We've kept our own fiscal house in order, preparing responsibly for the downturn with eight different belt tightenings over the last three years, while spending in Albany has continued to spiral out of control.

Assemblymember Robert J. Castelli said, «The governor's Executive Budget addresses the fiscal realities facing the state and mirrors the actions of millions of New York families who have been forced to tighten their belts during these difficult economic times.

Treasurer Joe Hockey's first budget, handed down last night, will tighten the belts of most Australians, with tax hikes, tighter welfare rules, new GP fees, and cuts to health and education spending.

John Petro thinks Bloomberg's selection of Stephen Goldsmith to be his deputy mayor is a sign that belt - tightening will be a key component of the mayor's third term.

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

His non-ideological political sensibility has proven well suited to an age of diminished resources, with no money in the cupboard for expensive new programs and voters of all stripes demanding that the government tighten its belt.

De Blasio, a Democrat, resisted the prospect of funding the program at a time when the state, which controls the MTA, is making the city tighten its financial belt.

There is only so much belt - tightening we can do when the majority of taxes you pay go to school and special districts we have no control over.

Because of past belt - tightening, some Central New York counties have managed to keep their tax rates stable for years.

Given the negative and selfish rhetoric we've heard from the leaders of the various public employee unions this year when Governor Paterson has asked them to share in the general belt - tightening that so many New Yorkers have been enduring as the result of the Great Recession, one might assume that if taxpayers knew that their gift was paying the salaries of state workers, they would not be so benevolently disposed toward our program.

«With the nation facing its longest period of belt - tightening since the war, the Deputy Prime Minister said the «top 10 per cent» — around 3million earning more than # 50,500 — should brace themselves for new levies.

There's going to be a bit of belt - tightening in the shadow Cabinet and the «Office of Budget Responsibility» outlined by George Osborne yesterday.

The Economic Recovery Programme, the Structural Adjustment Programme, the Financial Adjustment Programme and the introduction of the Value Added Tax were tough but bold decisions taken to tighten our belts while offering the country the much - needed turnaround in economic and infrastructural development.