Sentences with phrase «optimistic budget projections»

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But even with those changes, ensuring the next few budgets are balanced may prove challenging, thanks to some overly optimistic economic projections.

One of the first things I look for in any budget are the economic projections, particularly after Budget 2015 contained wildly optimistic oil price forebudget are the economic projections, particularly after Budget 2015 contained wildly optimistic oil price foreBudget 2015 contained wildly optimistic oil price forecasts.

They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.

After 1981, it was clear that the budget projections that allowed the cut were overly optimistic, and the cuts needed to be rolled back.

Even so, the Finance projections were actually far more optimistic in the outer years than those released earlier by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO).

The NYT thinks the just - announced NYC budget deal, which is expected to be passed by the Council today, will «soon need to be revised because of overly optimistic revenue projections» and merely delays difficult cuts.