Sentence examples for fiscal consolidation programme from inspiring English sources
He insisted the government would continue to press international creditors to give the recession-plagued country more time to meet budget deficits by extending its fiscal consolidation programme from 2014 to 2016.
Overnight, European commissioner Olli Rehn signalled that the eurozone may finally be prepared to bow to pressure and relax its fiscal consolidation programme in some countries – where the belt tightening is clearly doing more harm than good.
11.02am GMT Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee has warned that Britain faces an "unimaginable" dose of austerity in future, as less than half of George Osborne's fiscal consolidation programme has yet taken place.
Economists also recognize that even if Athens enforced the fiscal consolidation programme demanded in exchange for the bailout to the letter, the country would have to generate a primary budget surplus of 5.5% just to keep up with debt repayments.
And one-third of the extra tax revenues will be used to lower the payroll taxes that go into the unemployment-insurance scheme.The fiscal "consolidation programme" will still be financed more by tax increases than by spending cuts.
The agency applauded Osborne for sticking to Plan A, saying the UK's triple-A rating was supported by the fact that "the current fiscal consolidation programme remains intact and the government has demonstrated its willingness and ability to take action to address shortfalls".
So now we have to make these fiscal consolidation programmes more growth-friendly - less taxes, less government expenditure, more expenditure on infrastructure.
Hungary received a €20 billion ($25.5 billion) support fund in 2008 in return for implementing a stringent fiscal-consolidation programme.
The coalition's current fiscal-consolidation programme aims for an adjustment of more than 1% of GDP every year for five years.
