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The opposition Democrat Party has cautioned that the country's off-budget deficit could balloon in 2013 as the Yingluck government struggles to keep its populist policy pledges. Last Wednesday, the government's overall state expenditure budget of Bt2.4 ...
May 25, 2012 at 09:16 | Source: Nation - Thailand
All options remain on the table, including layoffs, as the city wrestles with projected multimillion-dollar budget deficits for 2013 and 2014. That’s the downside of two distinctly different doses of economic news the Wichita City Council will ...
May 20, 2012 at 23:26 | Source: Wichita Eagle
Even if voters approve Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal for higher taxes this fall, his ballot initiative would be only a partial solution to the state's chronic budget deficits. California could face shortfalls for the foreseeable future depending ...
May 16, 2012 at 21:29 | Source: San Francisco Gate
ROME (Reuters) - The European Union should exclude public investments from the calculation of budget deficits and issue common euro zone bonds to help growth, a top official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Sunday.
May 13, 2012 at 10:48 | Source: The Guardian
... lower than last year's deficit through the first seven months of the budget year. But it's still on track to top $1 trillion for a fourth straight year. Those deficits are putting pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama in an election year.
May 10, 2012 at 10:16 | Source: Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficits are unsustainable in the long run, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday, warning lawmakers that the world will not always have confidence in the U.S. political system if ...
May 15, 2012 at 13:31 | Source: Reuters
The last four budget deficits have been the largest in U.S. history, totaling $4.46 trillion. In that time, the 10-year yield averaged 3.35 percent. During the preceding four-year period it was 4.49 percent as deficits totaled $1.14 trillion.
May 14, 2012 at 04:57 | Source: Bloomberg
Dutch voters in the Netherlands, which has berated southern European countries for high deficits and debt levels ... Jan Kees de Jager said that people would suffer from the budget cuts, which include raising the value added tax to 21 percent ...
May 25, 2012 at 14:16 | Source: Reuters
The budget game that is being played out in Washington is clear for all to see. Republicans aren't interested in budget deficits. After all, the current deficits - mainly caused by fighting wars of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan, bailing out the banks ...
May 22, 2012 at 03:57 | Source: American Reporter
Congress is supposed to be cutting deficits. So why are so many members using the defense budget to line the pockets of friends and allies? By Peter Schweizer I’m generally a pretty hawkish fellow when it comes to the military: better to be ...
May 22, 2012 at 19:49 | Source: Daily Beast