Sentences with phrase «smaller budget surplus»
In the 2011 Budget, the Minister of Finance forecasts a small budget surplus in 2015 - 16.
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Keep the budget balanced or run a small surplus, then have a «rainy day» fund for emergencies.
Much has been made of the manoeuvres in Budget 2015 needed to ensure a small surplus.
While the budget continued to show a surplus, it was a surplus smaller than the previous year, which in macro-policy terms is expansionary.
Did the Liberals inherit a small surplus (less than $ 1 billion) in 2015 - 16 as recently forecast by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) or a deficit of $ 5.4 billion as forecast by the Finance Minister in his 2016 Budget?.
But the budget office projects the government producing a $ 1 - billion shortfall in 2015 - 16 followed by smaller surpluses of $ 600 million and $ 2.2 billion over the next two years.
On coming to power in 1997, Labour inherited a small PSNCR of around # 5 billion, and in the following years achieved a budget surplus, by sticking to the outgoing Conservatives» parsimonious spending plans until 1999, and by raising # 22.5 billion from the sale of 3G mobile phone spectrum licences.
«They can use a small slice of that increase, they can tap into their billions of dollars of surpluses and reserves or they can finally look for efficiencies within their budget,» Peters said.
This modest increase created budget pressures for the school district that required some midyear cuts, but the district managed to end the fiscal year with a small surplus.
As state superintendent, Eastin was a major proponent of smaller class sizes, and was a force in convincing Gov. Wilson to use a budget surplus in 1996 to help pay for California's K - 3 Class Size Reduction program.
When the savings began producing budget relief, the district was able to create a budget surplus, rather than operating on a small margin.
We have a historically large budget surplus, just a small fraction of which could lead to dramatic improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» health status.