Sentences with phrase «still balance the budget»

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After all, crude oil and commodities prices are still so low that plunging resource revenues forced Ottawa to defer its target date for balancing the budget.

Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist, Conference Board of Canada It's good that the government is still shooting to balance the budget by 2015 and gives itself room to do it at least a year earlier.

Flaherty is still committed to a balanced budget by 2015 without raising taxes or making cuts to provincial transfers.

Whatever Tuesday's economic update said, the Prime Minister says he still expects the budget to be balanced before the 2015 election.

Given the government's track record, the Fraser Institute is quite justified in questioning why Canadians should believe the Minister of Finance that the budget will be balanced in 2016 - 17 or the Prime Minister who still claims that the deficit will be eliminated in 2015 - 16.

All this was necessary to pay for the Family Tax Cut package while still honouring the Government's commitment of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16.

The PM and Joe Oliver are still claiming that the budget will be balanced in 2015 - 16, despite mounting evidence that is not likely to happen.

The companies at the most risk in such a scenario are those such as Continental Resources and Whiting Petroleum that not only based their budgets on higher oil prices but still have balance - sheet issues to work out.

These requirements do not force complete balance on an annual basis: they generally focus on budget projections rather than realizations, so deficits can still occur when economic conditions are unexpectedly weak.

Will @ Card Guys Blog writes Zero - based budgeting for your household — If you have tried to reign in your spending and get control of your unwieldy household finances, but still the credit card balance and other loans are heading upwards, you might be ready for a tool many governments and companies have used successfully — zero - based budgeting.

While the government is still forecasting a balanced budget, all the elasticity (read: available money) in the current fiscal has now been used up with the new taxation and spending measures announced today.

Even if the government ran a balanced budget or a budget surplus, the Fed would still be able to inflate the money supply (therefore, Mr. Hussman, with whom we agree on nearly everything else in his highly readable weekly comments, is in error on this particular point).

«Tommy Douglas balanced the budget 17 times in Saskatchewan and still brought in medicare in Canada for the first time.»

wenger has made the club profit this window i would have though as well all incomings have been covered out goings and other revenues coming in like c / l monies and squad releases wages being saved i bet we are in a + balance if we went through it properly we do nt know what the budget is so it could be worst there now way wenger has spend # 100 not even # 70 million transfers ospina = covered by the sales of miquel and monies made from cesc to chelsea so nothing really spend there debuchy = covered by the vela money chambers = covered by the vermalen sale # 11 million only goes up to # 16 if he does well in certain circumstances sanchez = covered by the c / l monies and no doubt what we are owed on previous player sales i.e cesc to barca and song monies still outstanding welbeck = covered by wages being freed up and the rest of outgoing transactions and previous player sales being owed so there we have most likely recoup most if not all of our transfer monies back and shafted and lied to puma and the emirates about spending there monies in sponsorship on tranfers and pocketing in» profit» aprox # 60 - 70 million of the transfer funds to boot wenger hang your head in shame

But I still feel we can do efforts, we can progress, we can try to fit this progress into the budget to offer more balanced meals to schoolchildren at a price we can afford.

Further, Miner has made it clear that even with this temporary reduction in pension payments, the city still can not balance its budget and faces cuts that would compromise the gains made in the last decade.

Reviewing his performance in July 2016, The Guardian said that the UK still had a budget deficit of 4 %, a balance - of - payments (trade) deficit of 7 % of GDP, and (apart from Italy) the worst productivity among the G7 nations.

Pelosi told the president that House Democrats still support his push for a «grand bargain» that doesn't balance the budget on the backs of seniors with cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, a Democratic aide said.

Cuomo pointed out that 24 percent of Syracuse's budget comes from state revenue, but still Syracuse and other cities say they have a balanced budget.

But without lawmakers passing a budget bill — what had come to be known as the «big ugly» in Albany, according to news reports — those issues still hang in the balance.

Lawmakers are also skeptical of Cuomo's promise to balance the budget — without big spending increases — while still funding many of the pricey proposals he laid out in his state of the state, which include upgrades to airports, big investments in economic development and increases in spending on education and workforce development.

He then reverted to his usual fiscal discipline talk, explaining why he's unwilling to negotiate with legislative leaders and reiterating that he still might call lawmakers back to Albany for a special session if they don't agree on an FMAP contingency plan or if the budget deal on which they eventually settle is out of balance.

While city finances have improved, the budget still has a structural deficit that requires one - shots to balance the books.

For all New Yorkers, the result will be a Legislature with fewer middle - aged lawmakers still trying to balance family budgets and dealing with emerging issues seen firsthand by having children in school.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

When it comes time to offer amendments to the proposed 2013 budget, I would hope my colleagues consider the families sitting down with their bills and calculator, carefully balancing their checkbook to make sure they can heat their house, buy groceries, put gas in the car and still set a little aside for emergencies.

Barsky said the county has made progress toward a balanced budget since NIFA declared a financial emergency in 2011, but stressed that the county is still under financial controls.

While slower revenue growth has the potential to make the task of balancing the budget more difficult, my administration will continue to make the tough, fiscally responsible choices to make government more efficient, while still making critical investments in county services.

With the state still mired in the recession and the end of federal stimulus funding, Corbett clearly had to cut state spending to balance the budget.

Whether it's from increasingly squeezed budgets, higher demand for school places or growing concerns about young people's mental health, schools are still expected to balance these while providing a high - quality education and a positive springboard into adolescence and adulthood.

«Every single one of the economic needs of the state as he laid them out to balance the budget were agreed to in a conversation with ourselves, since he wasn't speaking with us, and that still isn't enough.

Education spending has still yet to recover from the Great Recession in many states.11 Because of state constitution balanced - budget provisions, when faced with significant federal funding cuts, states are forced to either further cut education programs or raise taxes.12 The idea of further raising taxes to backfill Trump's education funding cuts simply is not practical in states such as Maryland, 13 Illinois, 14 and New Jersey, 15 which are struggling to fund their current responsibilities.

If the state doesn't want us to use levies to fund basic education, which they are recommending, then we need to figure out how to cover the 3.5 B. Meanwhile, with or without a balanced budget, we still have to provide every public school child the opportunity for an excellent education, which is part of the constitutional requirement addressing k - 12 public education in the state.

The goals still appear, but they aren't counted towards the budget, and I just matched the category budgets to the amounts budgeted in the goals, as appropriate and it looks balanced.

I'm not primarily blaming the Fed for its current conduct; we are still in the aftermath of a lending bust — too much bad mortgage debt, with a government whose budget is out of balance.

The quickest solution is to negotiate the balances down, so you can stay within your current budget and still come to an acceptable agreement with the creditor.

If you are still having trouble balancing your budget, consider contacting an accredited credit counseling agency for a free budget counseling session.

So while a lot of my professional clients may still plan on retiring at 60 or 65 with a good pension, others are coming up with their own creative ideas of how they want to spend their retirement years — and making accommodations in their budgets and work - life [balance] to make it happen.»

We currently could not afford to feed our dog organic top rated food so it is still good to know the balance of what you are getting for your money and how you can choose even with a lower budget more healthy options.

We understand the delicate balance of wanting to provide a quality educational experience for your students while still staying within certain budget guidelines.

This guide is intended for independent and budget - conscious travelers who enjoy exploring off the beaten path and finding unique and alternative things to do while still finding a balance and making time to see some of the main attractions nearby that are definitely worthy of a visit.

The surface budget must close just like the top - of - atmosphere balance does at equilibrium, but the surface temperature will still be dragged along by the top of atmosphere energy budget.

Although Pekka Pirilä said that it makes no difference in energy budget (warming of the oceans), I still wonder if there are no changes in the partition of the energy balance between penetration, radiation and evaporation.

Though if you want a better balance between value and price while still sticking to a budget, the Lumia and HTC Windows Phone choices on AT&T and Verizon Wireless are more appealing and cost less (as in free on contract) or not that much more at the outset.

The key to finding the right first home purchase for you is striking an acceptable balance of a home that comes as close to your dream home requirements as possible, but still stays within your budget.