Sentence examples for if the fiscal from inspiring English sources
A November report by the Congressional Budget Office predicted a recession in 2013 if the fiscal cliff tax increases and spending cuts go through.
Ed Yardeni, then an economist with Prudential-Bache Securities, dubbed the informal posse of outraged investors "the bond vigilantes," writing in 1983: "If the fiscal and monetary authorities won't regulate the economy, the bond investor will".
The same risk holds today, particularly if the fiscal squeeze involves incentive-dulling tax increases.But public profligacy cannot last for ever.
The phasing out of earlier federal stimulus measures, the expiration of temporary payroll-tax relief and extended unemployment benefits scheduled at the end of the year, and the tight caps on discretionary federal spending already in force mean more federal fiscal drag on the economy's growth next year even if the fiscal cliff is averted.
Many have been quick to quote the Congressional Budget Office report that suggests that if the fiscal cliff is not avoided, GDP growth will be 0.5percentt lower and unemployment will increase at the end of 2013, and the nation risks a slide back into recession.
Last month, 68% of Americans in a CNN/ORC poll said that if the fiscal cliff were to occur it would cause a crisis or major problems for the United States.
Especially, it might have added, if the fiscal year ends on March 31st, an election is due on April 20th, and the offers for sale are bunched in an unprecedented splurge between February 20th and March 13th.Three of the sales are of the government's residual minority stakes in firms already sold to strategic investors.
If the summer's nice, get harvesting.
If the spring breaks, the window will drop.
It's almost, almost, as if the last two years never happened.
