"To cut the deficit" means to reduce the amount of money that is owed or spent more than what is earned or received by a government or organization.
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Our deficit reduction plan to
cut the deficit in half over four years, will be made law in a new fiscal responsibility act.
If you look at a 10 - year horizon, they will have
cut the deficit by $ 3 trillion, and that's a lot.
The big weakness of the speech was to fail to give any clear reason for believing in the government's central economic strategy
of cutting the deficit.
In fact, the evidence suggests higher wages have no effect on employment, boost staff retention and productivity, and would
help cut the deficit.
The coalition government was right to announce cuts in public spending in 2010 to show the financial markets and the public that the government was serious
about cutting the deficit.
We asked people whether they supported or opposed each of four different measures — three that involved borrowing more, and one to
cut the deficit faster.
Were you thinking they might drop out of the Coalition and then suddenly discover that they didn't believe in
cutting the deficit after all?
The savings would go
towards cutting the deficit, and are part of a package of measures aimed at proving Labour is serious about «balancing the books».
But simultaneously they will
cut the deficit by freezing public sector pay at one per cent and thereby cut growth.
Elsewhere, Guardiola defended goalkeeper Claudio Bravo despite his blunder after dropping what appeared to be a straight - forward catch into the path of Ibrahimovic who
cut the deficit with a wonderfully controlled finish.
A drawback for Cameron would be that he would have to tread carefully on issues such as welfare and public sector cuts, which are key to Tory plans
for cutting the deficit.
Borussia Dortmund
cut their deficit from table topping Bayern Munich as this weekend Thomas Tuchel's boys grabbed an important away win over Wolfsburg.
This is exactly what was feared by those who warned that
cutting the deficit too fast would weaken growth and end up being counter-productive.
Asked why the government should
start cutting the deficit right away, Osborne said it came down to common sense - «when you have a debt problem like this you need to get down to dealing with it».
If they beat us they will
cut the deficit at the top to just one point, but when you consider Chelsea's run - in, an away game at West Brom, and three home games against Middlesbrough, Watford and Sunderland, then Tottenham are unlikely to get the opportunity to take over at the top.
The economic debate over
whether cutting the deficit faster or slower will help the recovery more doesn't have much to do with politics.
The Knicks started the third quarter sloppy, but finished strong, ending the period on a 7 - 0 run
which cut the deficit to 75 - 72 against the Mavericks.
Virginia entered the game as 13.5 - point underdogs, according to OddsShark, but Bronco Mendenhall's team turned on the afterburners in the second half, scoring 21 unanswered points after Boise
State cut the deficit to seven just before the break.
The Liberal Democrats insisted from the start that the recovery would be about more than
just cutting the deficit, which is why there has been a focus on infrastructure, help for small businesses and support across all regions of the UK.
«But as we have consistently argued, by making a political choice to
cut the deficit further and faster than any other major country George Osborne is going too deep and too fast and putting jobs and growth at risk.
Ole
Miss cut the deficit to 13 points following a Tyree 3 - pointer with 4:12 left in the second half.
After Killorn and Oshie, with the man advantage, traded goals early in the second, Kunitz's
redirection cut the deficit to 3 - 2 with 1:51 left in the period.
Clifford scored on a wraparound two minutes into the third period to restore a two - goal lead for the Kings after
Kerfoot cut the deficit to 2 - 1 at 4:33 of the second, going top shelf over Quick's glove for his second goal in two games.
After a Frank Mason III
layup cut the deficit to one on the first possession of the second half, Cotton went on a personal 5 - 0 run, and Wichita State never let the Jayhawks get within four points from that moment on — they led by 16 before a Devonte» Graham three in the final seconds set the final score.
Miami cut its deficit to 92 - 91 on a 3 - pointer by Johnson, but Westbrook answered at the other end with a three.
Houston appeared on the verge of taking an eight - point lead to the fourth quarter before Lillard buried a corner three at the buzzer to
again cut the deficit to five, setting up the exciting finish.
Ricardo Quaresma turned in a sterling performance, scoring the first two goals before Thiago
Alcantara cut the deficit midway through the first - half.
Iain Martin of the Wall Street Journal reckons it was a very political Spending Review: «Osborne has constructed a clear political argument - defending priorities such as health and education
whilst cutting the deficit.
After the speech, Osborne's aides tried to flush out how quickly the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, would
cut the deficit if he would not match Osborne's welfare cuts.
A recent poll I commissioned found the Tories were most likely to be seen as the party with clear ideas to deal with Britain's problems, and were tied with Labour on being the best party to help businesses grow and recover (though Labour led by some distance on
cutting the deficit without hurting the most vulnerable).
«Raising VAT was a political choice arising from the Conservative - led government's decision to
cut the deficit deeper and faster than any other major economy in the world.»
It is our firm belief that the rush to
cut the deficit endangers the recovery and reduces the prospects for employment in the short term, and prosperity in the longer term.
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