The phrase "austerity focusing" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing policies or strategies that concentrate on austerity measures, but it would need clarification or rephrasing for better understanding.
Example: "The government's austerity focusing has led to significant budget cuts in public services."
Alternatives: "austerity emphasis" or "focus on austerity measures".
He sees a Canadian connection: "The UK has cherrypicked various things from Canada: a central bank governor, austerity focused on spending cuts rather than tax hikes… Indeed, Canada already allows the cost of childcare to be deducted from personal tax bills".
Customers - supposedly "austerity focused" - are happy to pay high prices to be associated with the Apple brand, which, at $124bn (according to Forbes), is the most valuable in the world.
8.20am BST EC to ease austerity focus The European Commission is expected to formally shift its focus away from austerity and in favour of growth later today, when it publishes its annual review of the national budgets of all 27 EU members.
When not fixated on bond-market anxieties, proponents of fiscal austerity have focused on variants of the "crowding out" argument that a high and rising government debt crowds out private investment and reduces economic growth.
On Sunday, the governor of the Bank of Greece, Giorgos Provopoulos, said in an interview with Kathimerini that he believed that the proposed austerity measures focused too much on taxation and too little on spending cuts.
But he says he wants to use the conference to persuade people "including those who are not Labour voters" he is offering "something very different", including an alternative to austerity, which focuses on investment and expansion of the economy.
This is a statement of intent, directed partly at reassuring his party, partly at signalling to the country and partly to the Conservatives, that he will not allow the next phase of austerity to focus on the poorest in the land.
"The government's approach of having these huge cuts and focusing on austerity rather than growth is taking us in the wrong direction.
The European Union emphasized the need to cut their deficits by focusing on austerity measures.
"I was focusing on austerity, on being present in every moment".
