Sentences with phrase «when public finances»

Tory opponents say that such a major constitutional reform should not be carried out without giving voters a direct say, and argue that changing the centuries - old system would cost nearly # 500 million at a time when public finances are already under intense strain.

Thus there is the awkward matter of how to pay for this growing cost - at a time when public finances are already hovering at the level that threatens national bankruptcy.

Instead this period was marked by significant underinvestment «at a time when public finances were healthy», according to Charles Davis, head of macroeconomics at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), the organisation that carried out the research.

But the Lib Dems also called for the abolition of the CTF in their 2005 manifesto, when public finances were not under anything like the present strain.

«Councillors are well - compensated for their work, and tax - free allowances should be kept to an absolute minimum when the public finances are still in such dire straits.

«At a time when public finances are under huge strain, we surely do not need to pay celebrities to wax lyrical to mandarins.

Governments, both national and local, may face rising demands for social services and income support from poorer retirees at a time when public finances are stretched,» McKinsey noted.

«When the public finances» deficit and the prospects of a worsening state debt threaten the future of France and Europe and when the government is asking everybody for solidarity, it seems necessary for us to contribute.»

Some museum directors envy private collectors: unfettered by institutional demands, they have free hand to choose art to suit their own personal tastes — even the works of younger, yet - to - be-established artists, and they often have larger budgets when public financing is hard to obtain.

Not exact matches

A Wall Street outsider in every conceivable way — a public school grad, a Texan from a visible minority, a woman — Godiwalla contended with more than the usual challenges when she moved to Manhattan in the»90s and became an analyst in Morgan Stanley's corporate finance group.

Miami stood out when it came to public finance, affordability, and efficiency.

It didn't fare as well on the «profit» category, particularly when it came to public finance and the efficiency of its networks.

But when a major contraction occurs in any capital arena — be it private equity, public equity, or banking — it inevitably has a spillover effect in the other financing markets, damaging the money - raising prospects of almost everyone.

Public finances were now in far worse condition than when the rejected bailout deal was put together.

When these concerns first arose, the focus was on public finances in Greece and there were limited flow - on effects outside of Europe.

When Auditor General Michael Ferguson prodded Finance Canada last fall to make such comprehensive forecasts available to the public, the department politely declined, noting that «the federal government is not accountable for the fiscal situation of the provinces and territories.»

The only time this has happened in history for a three year period or more was during World War II, when we were obviously printing enough money to finance a lot of deficit spending on infrastructure and public programs.

The friendship which began in 2004 when Carney was an associate deputy minister at Finance and Brison was the Liberal public works minister.

Venture Capital and Private Equity investors are usually owners of public companies only when they have participated in a round of financing prior to an IPO and subsequently retained ownership after the transition from a private company to a public company.

In 2014, he engaged in a public spat with Ron Liepert when the former finance minister defeated long - time MP Rob Anders for the Conservative nomination in Calgary - Signal Hill.

In cases where the likelihood of an acquisition or Initial Public Offering aren't likely, we will not make equity investments and will instead explore debt financing as well as quasi-equity structures like royalty financing, revenue - share agreements, and when appropriate, factoring.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Meanwhile, the EU will urge the US, Japan and other wealthy nations to mimic its aggressive approach to slashing public debt when G20 finance ministers gather in Washington on Wednesday.

Don, for principled (or egotistical) reasons, has occasionally done mischief to everyone's finances — above all, as Bert notes, when his fit of pique at a Jaguar exec blew up the agency's public offering, «cost [ing Joan] a million dollars» in Season Six.

When he doubled and tripled the rents, a CBDO stepped in, assembled a complex financing package from public and private sources, purchased the buildings, employed a private contractor to rehabilitate them, and established a housing cooperative in which the residents are now shareholders.

The best lesson for both British parties to draw from Mr. Obama is the one Brooks noted when Obama abandoned his pledge to take public election financing: that as well as being an inspiring speechmaker he's also «a tough - minded Chicago pol (person of Polish descent) who would throw you under the truck for votes».

In particular, a massive overhang of debt from a decade - long boom when economic growth was based on unsustainable household borrowing, unrealistic house prices, dangerously high banking leverage, and a failure of governments to put their public finances in order.

We can not write our first Budget today — two years ahead when we do not know the state of the economy and public finances that we will inherit.

YESH ATID briefly tussled with Likud Beiteinu for first place, zig - zagging around 25 - 30 seats, until May, when it took a nosedive: public disappointment with Yair Lapid as Finance Minister contributed much to the declining fortunes of the party, averaging 13 seats since August.

When Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer launched the initial salvo in his realease - your - tax - returns war with his NYC comptroller primary opponent, Eliot Spitzer, he did so by putting out five years of his own returns, enabling reporters — and members of the public — to scrutinize the finances of Stringer and his wife, Elyse Buxbaum.

«If Ghanaians will recall Hon. James Klutse Avedzi was the chairman of Finance Committee in parliament when NDC was in power but today because his party lost the elections he is now the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

«When people say, I don't like public financing.

Shockingly, the UK political establishment looks poised to loosen further what already looks like a very lax fiscal regime, at a time not only of straitened public finances and austerity (and a high burden of personal taxation), but also of extraordinarily high petroleum prices (2011 was the first year in history when the international price of crude averaged over 100 dollars per barrel, 2012 was the second, 2013 the third, and 2014 looks dead set to be the fourth).

Even when we refer to what has taken place in our economy we almost sound as if this is in every sense a very normal business environment, a very normal public finance environment but that is not the case.

November 2015: Newsday reports Mangano's redacted calendar shows gaps in public appearances on dates when he may have been in Caribbean on Singh - financed trips.

The drumbeat for public financing pounded loudly on Monday when good government groups and Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill visited the Capitol to make the case for campaign finance reform.

Labour's opposition to cuts, and apparent refusal to take responsibility for the state of the public finances when they left office, only reinforce this view.

November 2015: Newsday reports that Edward Mangano's redacted calendar shows gaps in public appearances on dates when he may have been in Caribbean on Singh - financed trips.

That was clearly the case in 2007, when 57 % called public financing «unacceptable.»

When asked specifically whether they support creating a system of public financing in New York that would limit the size of political contributions to candidates and match smaller contributions made to candidates for state offices, 61 percent answered in the affirmative.

«When countries that had public finances in a comparable state to ours last May are still fighting off the terrible spectre of sovereign debt default, it would be terrible folly to slow the pace of what is widely regarded as a necessary fiscal consolidation.

«I very much would like to see the state of New York be the progressive leader when it comes to campaign - finance reform, transparency, disclosure, public finance, limits — that's going to be our goal,» he said in an interview with Public Radio's Karen DeWitt this aftepublic finance, limits — that's going to be our goal,» he said in an interview with Public Radio's Karen DeWitt this aftePublic Radio's Karen DeWitt this afternoon.

Do we need to do this at a time when the nation is preoccupied with restoring the public finances?»»

Time is of the essence when it comes to public finance negotiations, since this is a key issue for many WFP activists who oppose giving Cuomo their party's endorsement this fall if he doesn't fails to deliver a more widespread program than the one included in the budget.

And we can't write all the details of our first Budget today — when we don't know the state of the economy and public finances that we will inherit.

But they are also financed from the public broadcasting fees, so they have a conflict of interest when it comes to determining them.

When it comes to state public financing, Cuomo insisted on the one hand he will still push for and back a statewide public matching system.

The IFS said that the Tory plans would «make the tightening even more front - loaded than it already is, at a time when the recovery remains fragile», but would not make an enormous difference to the long - term outlook for the public finances.

The left - leaning minor party was angered when Cuomo failed to win a public campaign financing system for state wide offices in the budget.

The left - leaning minor party was angered when Cuomo failed to win a public campaign financing system for statewide offices in the budget.