Mr. Wang predicts the government will now begin a new, deeper round of neoliberal changes.
If that happens, it is hard to see where the impetus will come from for another, deeper round of reforms later.
The deeper round of possible cutbacks includes $12.4 million in additional reductions at the Department of Sanitation, including fewer pickups of residential garbage along various routes, officials said.
Analysts said G.M.'s inability to raise cash, other than from federal loans, will force another, deeper round of restructuring — at a minimum — to keep it solvent.
It may be months before the specifics of the plans are determined, but several economists interviewed said this week's announcements seemed to signal the beginning of a new, deeper round of financial changes.
An earlier deal under discussion in the Senate would have funded the government until 15 January, which is just before a second, deeper round of budget cuts related to the sequester kick in.
And then comes the mandated deeper round of austerity measures, which will slash the wages of police officers, firefighters and other state workers who are protesting in Athens, and raise the taxes of citizens already inflamed by a recession-plagued economy and soaring joblessness.
" 'And here's a path forward.' " Mr. Donilon arrived in April with a package of ideas — another, deeper round of nuclear arms cuts, a data-sharing plan to reduce tension over American missile defense, and ways to expand trade and investment, all things Moscow had suggested in the past.
The measures are being proposed this week by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, officials said, as he is forced to face a deeper round of cuts in service because it seems increasingly clear that the city will not receive all the state and federal aid it counted on to close its $4.7 billion budget gap.
