«The only way we can buy down the surplus is
with deficit budgeting,» said Commissioner Steven Polit.
Not exact matches
While last week's
budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans voted against it, citing issues
with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal
deficit.
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With limited resources and
budget deficits across the country, governments must refocus their efforts and spending on key priorities.
«This should be coupled
with maintaining the fiscal adjustment to reduce the level of
budget deficit, reforming the banking system, especially banks who are facing difficulties, and allow the private sector to grow,» Azour said.
Thirteen months later,
with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy
with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary
Budget Office that predicted a federal
deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.
Last year's
budget was the «ostrich
budget,» wherein Flaherty jammed his head in the sand while punting all the pain for dealing
with the
deficit down the road.
The Conservatives came to office in 2006
with a $ 13 - billion surplus but had whittled that down to a structural
deficit even before the global recession struck in late 2008, according to the Parliamentary
Budget Office.
But without a consensus from the economic community, it would be unwise to risk stamping out the economic recovery by sparking a trade war
with China over currency disputes or drastically reducing the
budget deficit.
Rousseff's impeachable offense was for playing fast and loose
with the nation's
budget; essentially fudging the numbers to make the
budget deficit look smaller than it really was.
He went deep into the red
with large
deficits, but left the books virtually balanced after his Feb. 11
budget.
With these issues in mind, he said he had concerns over the projected
deficits in the Trudeau government's recent
budget, which include a $ 18.1 - billion shortfall for 2018 - 19.
Martin would be left
with billions of dollars in unallocated revenue at the end of each fiscal year, which was first used to narrow the
budget deficit, and then went toward the debt.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives forged ahead on Tuesday
with legislation to reshape the federal tax code, while a top credit - ratings agency said the bill would balloon the
budget deficit and give only a temporary boost to the economy.
With inflationary pressures and massive
budget deficits having become the topic du jour this year, the bond - market «vigilantes» term has made its way back onto trading floors.
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives forged ahead on Tuesday
with legislation to reshape the U.S. tax code, while a top credit - ratings agency said the bill would balloon the
budget deficit and give only a temporary boost to the economy.
Russell was referring to the implementation of the 6 % GST in April this year,
with the aim of reducing the country's
budget deficit.
Even
with austerity programs in place, the eurozone's collective
budget deficit this year will exceed 4.5 % of GDP.
With the potential for higher U.S.
budget deficits and debt risking dollar strength, central banks around the globe could be motivated to increase their gold holdings, says Credit Suisse.
Having the Department of Finance issue a discussion paper,
with the 2011
budget, updating its own analysis of demographic trends and structural
deficits could do this.
These two factors, coupled
with the improvement in the
deficit to date, should ensure that the
deficit for 2012 - 13 will be lower than forecast in the March 2012
Budget.
But the city is also struggling
with a
budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control.
Today, however, those taxes have been cut, along
with dividend taxes and the massive federal
deficit has begun to wreak havoc on the states»
budgets.
The NDP won't satisfy fiscal hawks, or those accustomed to Alberta's
deficit - averse culture
with this
budget.
The Congressional
Budget Office released a report on Friday that said a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), over the next decade, would «probably increase budget deficits with or without considering the effects of macroeconomic feedback.&
Budget Office released a report on Friday that said a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), over the next decade, would «probably increase
budget deficits with or without considering the effects of macroeconomic feedback.&
budget deficits with or without considering the effects of macroeconomic feedback.»
The effect of a cash transfer from the Fed to the household sector is almost identical to receiving a tax rebate check,
with the added benefit that it causes the
budget deficit to fall, not rise (Tax revenues will rise and there has been no increase in government borrowing).
They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the
budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected
deficit with each successive
budget, and the pushing out of the date that the
deficit would be eliminated.
Titled «Building a Strong Middle Class» the 278 - page document is essentially a sequel to last year's «Growing the Middle Class,»
with page after page reminding voters what the government did in its first big - spending,
deficit - ballooning
budget.
«Balancing the
budget for a fourth year in a row --- while other provinces grapple
with debt,
deficits, and economic uncertainty — is an accomplishment that gives the business community reassurance that B.C. is on the correct course,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.
With the deficit eliminated and with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovat
With the
deficit eliminated and
with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovat
with growing
budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovation.
Ironically, the day prior to Mr. Flaherty's
budget, his Conservative counterpart in the UK, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, brought down a
budget that bore many similarities to Canada's, such as its preoccupation
with deficit and debt reduction.
The Federal government is expected to boost the amount it intends to borrow in the coming months, as the Treasury contends
with declining tax receipts as a result of the recent corporate and personal tax cuts, as well as widening
budget deficits and a Federal Reserve that is slowly reducing its own holdings of government bonds.
But, in the 2013
Budget, the Government again decided to set a target
with an explicit date — elimination of the
deficit in 2015 - 16.
Along
with a government
budget deficit of $ 1.2 trillion, that's nearly $ 2 trillion in new government debt that will need financing annually.
President Donald Trump on Monday will offer a
budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's
deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases make this goal unattainable, three people familiar
with the...
The January 2012 Fiscal Monitor, released
with Budget 2012, reports a surplus of $ 1.7 billion in January 2012, compared to a
deficit of $ 0.3 billion in January 2011.
Harper and Oliver have made «
deficit elimination» in 2015 - 16 such a big political deal that everyone is now waiting for the
budget to see what «magic tricks» (e.g., unspecified asset sales, re-profiling) the Finance department will come up
with to make it happen.
The federal government is not confronted
with a short - term fiscal crisis but it is facing a stubborn medium - term structural
deficit that will prevent you from balancing the
budget by 2015 - 16, without new expenditure cuts and / or tax increases.
Greece is already managing to beat some of its
deficit - reduction targets, as figures released Wednesday show that its central
budget deficit for the first two months of 2012 had shrunk by more than half compared
with the same period last year.
With the federal budget coming soon, it is also worth recalling that the Liberals promised to run deficits of no more than $ 10 - billion for a maximum of three years, but the government's latest projections peg its annual deficits at almost $ 30 - billion with no timeline for returning to a balanced bud
With the federal
budget coming soon, it is also worth recalling that the Liberals promised to run
deficits of no more than $ 10 - billion for a maximum of three years, but the government's latest projections peg its annual
deficits at almost $ 30 - billion
with no timeline for returning to a balanced bud
with no timeline for returning to a balanced
budget.
The revised
budget was accepted, although
with Portugal's economy now growing more slowly than forecast, the EC might require further
deficit trimming.
or just open the spigots and roll
with higher annual
budget deficits.
Last month Centeno survived a standoff
with the European Commission (EC), which rejected his first
budget for running a fiscal
deficit above 3 % of GDP.
Not only could such a gift to businesses be looked down upon by American voters, but it would also complicate the GOP's plan to pass tax legislation through
budget reconciliation, a process that requires only a simple majority in the Senate but brings
with it limitations on adding to the
deficit beyond the span of a decade.
If you want to understand why the federal government has clocked
deficits in every single year since the 2008/09 financial crisis, save one (2015), and why there won't be another black - ink
budget until at least the mid-2020s, look at the pre-
budget picture
with Finance Minister Bill Morneau where he changes his shoes.
«The Courage to Act: Fixing Canada's
Budget and Social Policy
Deficits,» C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 64, by Thomas E. Kierans and William B.P. Robson,
with David M. Brown et al. (October).
Let's start
with the elephant in the room — the ballooning of the
budget deficit.
The bottom line is that after the prolonged tax giveaway exacerbates the federal
budget deficit — along
with the balance - of - payments
deficit — we can expect the next Republican or Democratic administration to step in and «save» the country from economic emergency by scaling back Social Security while turning its funding over, Pinochet - style, to Wall Street money managers to loot as they did in Chile.
Larger
budget deficits would mean larger trade
deficits with the attendant costs and less space for government to respond to the next recession.
However, to the surprise of no one except the government, about two months later, the January 2009
Budget forecast deficits of about $ 30 billion for both 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11, with the budget not expected to return to a surplus until 2013
Budget forecast
deficits of about $ 30 billion for both 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11,
with the
budget not expected to return to a surplus until 2013
budget not expected to return to a surplus until 2013 - 14.
As if states and municipalities didn't have enough to deal
with concerning their own government debt, they will eventually have to deal
with a reality that will explode their
budget deficits: the low rates of return from their pension investments.