Not exact matches
In response to a journalist's question, the governor says he agrees
with the view consumers are facing high debt loads today because they filled in the debt - accumulation void left when
governments turned to
austerity by shutting down stimulus measures to address fallout from the 2008 financial crisis.
It also mentioned that
governments might be inclined to organise referenda to counteract the «perception that the EU is an «elite - driven» project,» as it notes that notion has been lingering since the start of the recession as «voters increasingly associat [e] the EU project
with austerity, rather than a source of union and prosperity.»
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®;
austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations
with commercial and
government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other
government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination
with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
On paper, the recommendations for debt relief and reduced
austerity «suddenly evaporate when IMF functionaries coalesce
with their ECB and the European Commission colleagues in order to impose upon our
government their chosen policies,» said Mr Varoufakis.
Not that other leaders would disagree
with the need to keep the recovery going, but debt - burdened European
governments are on the cutback trail,
with harsh
austerity measures aimed at putting their fiscal houses in order.
During this period the
Government of Alberta introduced a $ 15 minimum wage; appointed a gender - balanced Cabinet; replaced a system of regressive flat taxes
with a progressive income tax system; laid out a responsible fiscal plan that rejected
austerity; implemented an ambitious jobs plan; reformed the royalty system; ended predatory lending practices while strengthening the credit union system and ATB, Alberta's publicly - owned bank; and implemented a climate change leadership plan — among many other important reforms.
In Greece, voters punished the two parties that have overseen the country's harsh
austerity measures and left no party
with enough votes to form a
government.
«It lies
with a
government which has obsessively pursued
austerity, regardless of the misery it has wreaked on the most vulnerable in our society.
Pair this
with Fox's comments on a trade trip to the USA this week and the
government's adherence to an
austerity programme at odds
with that of its population becomes clear.
Going into
government with David Cameron and George Osborne meant signing up to the Tories» more brutal approach to
austerity.
For all Ed Miliband's talk of restructuring the British economy and creating a responsible capitalism, the party's position on the core issue of the deficit was dangerously muddled: after three years of opposing «
austerity», the Labour leadership spentthe run - up to the election trying to minimise its differences
with the
government.
George Osborne's omnishambles budget saw him ease up on
austerity and commit the
government to the Darling plan, something Miliband jumped on
with alacrity.
Those who had previously called for sweeping cuts have watched on
with dismay, bitterly aware that most
governments struggle to extend the political will for
austerity drives beyond their first two years.
In spite of how much impassioned talk there has been of
austerity on both sides of the party - political divide, the table also suggests that the UK coalition
government's overall cutbacks to date have been modest in comparison
with the seven earlier episodes of fiscal squeeze shown.
The UK
government remains committed to
austerity measures such as the cap on public sector pay; but in a speech on 20 June 2017 Chancellor Philip Hammond acknowledged public discontent
with austerity, and suggested the
government would consider increased borrowing to invest in economic growth.
A faction of the Republican Party is pushing
austerity budgets, including cuts to social programs that are popular
with the middle class, such as Social Security (
government - funded retirement pension) and Medicare (
government - funded retirement health insurance).
Ms Burrow also warned against the dangers of
austerity: «Given a choice of economic policies, two - thirds of people support
government action to invest in job creation to allow economies to grow and pay off debts compared
with less than one in four who want debts paid off now by cutting back on
government spending.»
The
austerity government,
with its mean - spirited and ideological rhetoric on welfare and love of privatisation, has created the perfect environment for Scottish independence to thrive.
In
government he worked closely
with George Osborne to ensure that, in this era of
austerity, this long - term investment in our nation's future got extra funding rather than less.
Hammond has loosened Osborne's fiscal rules, but he will press ahead
with most of the pre-planned
austerity measures — though the tax credits rebellion forced the
government to promise not to look for fresh savings from the welfare bill in future years.
It would reward communities
with property tax rebates if local
governments implement
austerity measures to keep their growth under the cap.
«Women are still bearing the brunt of this Tory
government's failed
austerity agenda —
with the 86 % figure on women remaining unchanged since last year.
The
government is preparing for a pitched battle
with unions, who have declared a campaign of co-ordinated industrial action in opposition to the
austerity drive.
The
government should prepare itself for «sustained war»
with the trade union movement as
austerity Britain starts to bite, leaders have warned.
The public's patience
with the
government's
austerity programme appears to finally be running out, after a new poll showed a majority now opposed it.
With five more years of
austerity to go, let's watch the polls for green shoots in public confidence in the economy, as well as movements in ratings of the competence Osborne and the
government.
Speaking of Sarah Teather's «very sad» decision to quit as an MP, Farron described being in
government as «tough... it's a stressful thing to do, to be in
government at a time when you've got to deal
with austerity.
«David Cameron must recognise the
austerity policies which are failing in Europe are the very same policies that have failed in Britain and which the British
government has been urging eurozone countries to stick
with,» he commented.
At a time of economic
austerity and unemployment how does making 1,500 disabled people redundant fit
with the
government's determination to force those same disabled people into work and claims that «we're all in this together»?
He compared the attempt to derail the
government's
austerity agenda, motivated by a bid to reduce Britain's structural deficit,
with the votes for women, civil rights and anti-Apartheid struggles.
Hyman accepted that there was an appetite among the public for less
austerity and funded investment in public services, but urged the party to now try to combine «the idealism and fresh politics which Corbyn tapped into
with a proper programme for
government».
no we didn't lose in 215
with milk centrist policies we spent the last 5 years denouncing new labour, saying we've got our party back Ed miliband when asked that he may feel the last labour
government should have started cutting uicker he said no, we shouldn't of, it gave the perception that we were anti
austerity
While much is made of the continuity between Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Diana Abbott and others
with the legacy projects of the Labour left, and the absurd attempts by self - proclaimed «moderates» to conjure up the ghost of the early 1980s; the far more significant phenomenon is the discontinuity
with the establishment consensus about
austerity economics, and the development of economic policies by John McDonnell and his team which commit a future Labour
government to calibrated state intervention for a capitalist economy that works.
As a Tory peer sprints to take Labour's conference stage, and the shadow chancellor backs the need for the path of
austerity, is the opposition party trying to build bridges
with the
government?
The origins of the SNP's rise have little to do
with the Liberal Democrats and pre-date the formation of a coalition
government in 2010, but shacking up
with the Tories and taking co-responsibility for
austerity made life even harder than it would otherwise have been.
Lucy Anderson from the National Policy Forum said Labour must seek to re-establish a form of local authority control over schools and Heather Wakefield from UNISON said that local
government has been the biggest victim of the coalition's
austerity binge and that,
with privatisation, huge amounts of public funds were wasted when local
government contracted out public services.
The City Hall Plaza press conference, hosted by the Hispanic Federation, called for a laundry list of federal actions, including implementing «a federal investment plan», eliminating Jones Act requirements that goods shipped between Puerto Rico and other places in America be transported on U.S. ships
with U.S. crews, changing the U.S. bankruptcy code to allow Puerto Rico and its
government related enterprises to file bankruptcy petitions and urging President Obama to «explore a Federal Reserve loan» and «oppose severe
austerity.»
It bears some political resonance
with the UK's post-2008 wave of economic recession followed by tighter post-2010, Conservative - led, governmental
austerity measures; it is possibly too soon for political analysts and scientists to predict again only a long future of coalition
governments.
It had seemed that the Liberal Democrats recent approach of differentiation from its dominant Conservative coalition partner on some policies, while sticking to the broad
government austerity programme — reconciling the «unity / distinctiveness» dilemma — would reap some reward
with voters.
We could actually WIN the next one — but
with a still massively entrenched irreconcilable neoliberalism entranced PLP Right / centre right majority and hostile Right controlled Party machine, and too many local Labour councils dominated by corrupt and / or careerist,
Austerity implementing, family - based cabals, a Labour Party elected on a radical Left Keynsian manifesto such as the current one later this year, would be carved up and broken by internal treachery and market forces pretty much as quickly as Greece's Syriza
government was.
But if the
government and its officials decide to be part and parcel of the
austerity measures, then the masses will be ready to join hands
with the political class in salvaging the nation from the economic ruin starring us in the face.
With the
government's programme of civil service reform and the impact of
austerity on Whitehall to scrutinise, PASC was already a busy committee.
The Welsh Local
Government Association (WLGA), which represents local councils in Wales, said it had «complete sympathy»
with the unions» frustration over
austerity, but local authorities could not afford to improve their pay offer.
In 2012 Reeves urged the Liberal Democrats to choose to become a radical centrist political party, «a hard - driving radical liberal party of the political centre», continuing his campaign for centre left Liberal Democrats to leave, «Any attempt to position the Liberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of
austerity government in partnership
with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and rightly so.
The results provide the most comprehensive and up to date picture of the effect of the economic downturn on Greece, which received its first bailout of $ 110 billion in 2010
with strict conditions including tough
austerity measures; privatisation of
government assets; and dramatic changes to the country's industries and
government.
Of course it couldn't be at a worse time,
with the federal
government talking about reduced budgets and
austerity.
Senior author Dr David Stuckler from the University of Oxford said: «The Greek
government - along
with their European partners — appears to have been in denial about
austerity's severe impact on health.
A series of
austerity reforms made by the Spanish
government could lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the country's healthcare system,
with potentially detrimental effects on the health of the Spanish people, according to new research published in BMJ.
In these times of
austerity of course we need to cut our cloth on all spending; however, the
government's proposals for the design and construction of future schools are far too restrictive
with too much focus on short - term savings.»
In response to the dawn of the financial crisis, in 2010 the Greek
government along
with Troika (European Union (EU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) introduced a strict
austerity program in order to receive its first bailout loan.