Sentence examples for achieve a surplus from inspiring English sources

Greece has only just managed, in 2013, to achieve a surplus on its primary budget (ie, excluding interest payments), of 1.5% of GDP.

Cormann said Labor had no viable plan to achieve a surplus and challenged the opposition to reveal where it would make cuts and increase revenue.

In recent weeks Morrison and his finance minister, Mathias Cormann, have said it was only a projection, not the government's policy to achieve a surplus by 2020-21.

The think-tank calculates that there is a roughly one-in four chance Mr Osborne will need to implement in-year spending cuts or tax rises in 2019-20 in order to achieve a surplus in that year.

Both monetary policy (a k a short-term interest rates, which are controlled by the Fed) and fiscal policy (the government's tax and spending manipulations to achieve a surplus or deficit) have been very tight this year.

George Osborne was expecting to achieve a surplus of £11bn on the public finances by 2020-21; insthed, the OBR is now forecasting a £21bn deficit – and public debt is expected to peak at more than 90% of GDP.

What he meant Some people said I would have to abandon the target of achieving a surplus.

The charter enshrines in law the Chancellor's target of achieving a surplus by the end of 2019/20 and delivering surpluses every following year "in normal times".

"The government must provide fiscal credibility, so we will continue to be tough on the deficit, but we must be realistic about achieving a surplus by the end of this decade.

He is already signalled that he may announce fresh spending cuts to meet his target of achieving a surplus on the public finances by 2020.

Moreover the judiciary appreciates that in some areas there is room to raise fees simply to cover costs and well before achieving a surplus".