Sentence examples for projections of surplus from inspiring English sources
The projections of surplus opened up a discussion of new government spending, and that is where the ears have perked up.
The one figure you'll never get out of your economists is the rate of increase of their projections of surplus, which has just exceeded the rate of decrease of economic growth.
As a result, many countries, such as Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, are balancing from projections of surplus to warnings of shortage with a perplexing frequency.
Nowadays, many countries, such as Belgium, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, are balancing from projections of surplus to warnings of shortage with a perplexing frequency [ 6].
I don't mean those projections of a surplus of $2 trillion or more over the next decade -- projections that have turned the election into a referendum on what to do with the windfall.
With projections of the surplus rising almost by the month, Mr. Greenspan could also signal down the road that there is enough money on the table to reduce the debt substantially and have enough left over for a sizable tax cut.
Mesmerized by projections of mountainous surpluses, few legislators could say no.
As many warned at the time, Greenspan was also completely wrong about the budget prospect -- projections of huge surpluses quickly gave way to projections of huge deficits.
One is that Mr. O'Neill and Alan Greenspan knew that it was a mistake to lock in huge tax cuts based on questionable projections of future surpluses.
In the face of budget deficits as far as the eye can see, the administration -- determined to expand, not reconsider the program of tax cuts it initially justified with projections of huge surpluses -- must make a show of cutting spending.
Re "Fighting the Wrong Budget War" (editorial, Aug. 18): How were President Bush's projections of budget surpluses "even if the economy softens," made in 2001 to justify tax cuts, different from aggressive accounting that made foundering companies look good?
