Sentences with phrase «when real economic growth»

Does this mean that the budget will need to be balanced (or in a surplus) when real economic growth is 2 per cent or more?

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I, therefore, thought that the Netherland's finance minister — a country serving as the key enforcer of German austerity - at - all - cost (as long as the costs are not theirs) policies — showed an incredible chutzpah when he lectured the U.S. Congress last Friday that it would be a real tragedy (sic) if mandated spending cuts were to stifle American economic growth.

They will do this at a time when the country and many of these places face very real economic and social challenges that will not change that much from Amazon's expansion, all on the hope for growth that is destined to happen somewhere, but probably not there.

Real economic growth becomes extremely difficult if not impossible to achieve when the net energy supply goes down...

Trump has long said his background in real estate and numerous business ventures give him unrivaled expertise when it comes to rebuilding the U.S. economy, which has seen weak economic growth since the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.

Third, when China desperately needed investment early in its growth period, this growth in economic activity represented real growth in wealth.

Based on other measures of economic activity there have almost certainly been 12 - month periods over the past 10 years when China's economy shrank in real terms, but during these periods China's government still reported growth of around 7 %.

This is not the view of real wealth and economic growth that 19th - century classical economists had in mind when they set out to reform the economy by freeing markets from the claims of earned income and special interests.

When more money is printed, gold has traditionally been a beneficiary, for two key reasons: 1) If the money - printing is accompanied by economic growth, greater access to capital might boost demand for luxury items, including gold (the Love Trade); and 2) If the money - printing isn't accompanied by economic growth, inflationary pressures might prompt investors to increase their exposure to real assets, such as gold (the Fear Trade).

Unfortunately, in the case of the addiction to economic growth, even when it has become obviously negative in its effects on real people, there is no wider society of those not addicted to bring pressure on the addicts.

Stock prices tend to rise during periods of inflation when more dollars are pouring into the markets, independent of real economic growth.

When economic growth picks up steam and inflation rises, prices of real estate generally increase.