Sentence examples for fiscal consolidation programmes from inspiring English sources

So now we have to make these fiscal consolidation programmes more growth-friendly - less taxes, less government expenditure, more expenditure on infrastructure.

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.

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".

The key drivers of the downgrade were: 'continued weakness in the medium-term growth outlook, challenges that subdued growth poses to the government's fiscal consolidation programme, and, as a consequence of the UK's high and rising debt burden, a 'deterioration in the shock-absorption capacity of the government's balance sheet …' Difficult to argue with that.

In announcing the ratings cut, Moody's cited the "challenges that subdued medium-term growth prospects pose to the government's fiscal consolidation programme, which will now extend well into the next parliament".

In announcing the rating cut, Moody's cited the "challenges that subdued medium-term growth prospects pose to the government's fiscal consolidation programme, which will now extend well into the next parliament".

"Until we see signs that the government is implementing the medium-term fiscal consolidation programme and signs of life in the Spanish economy, investors are going to worry about the trajectory of the debt-to-GDP ratio in the medium-term," said Nick Stamenkovic, bond strategist at RIA Capital Markets.

The Liberal Democrats have endorsed the Treasury's overall fiscal consolidation plan.

France has implemented a fiscal consolidation plan; Italy's cabinet approved one on June 30th.