Sentence examples for supplementary target from inspiring English sources

And the supplementary target, to have net debt falling as a share of GDP by 2015-16.

In a supplementary target to the fiscal mandate in 2010, Osborne announced that debt should be falling as a proportion of GDP by 2015-16.

1.04pm GMT Small print alert: Supplementary target still being missed The OBR's economic and fiscal outlook also points out that George Osborne is still missing its "supplementary target" -- for public sector net debt (PSND) as a share of economic output to peak in 2014-15.

Even if Osborne scrapes through that tough test, City experts believe there is a much stronger risk that the Treasury will miss its second, "supplementary" target, which requires debt to be falling, as a percentage of GDP, between 2014-15 and 2015-16.

In March, the OBR said the government was more likely than not to hit the fiscal mandate, but was on track to miss the supplementary target by two years (it saw public sector net debt hitting 85.6% of GDP in 2016-17, from 75.9% in 2012-13).

"The government has chosen not to chase the supplementary target by deploying additional consolidation measures over the next two years.

Supplementary targets in maternal and child health, adjusted for each country's resources and policy performance can help countries know if they are truly underperforming relative to their potential.

Significantly, the agency stated that missing Britain's supplementary debt target (related to national debt as a percentage of GDP) "weakens the credibility of UK fiscal framework".

The news that Osborne is missing the supplementary debt target will probably help to consign the AAA rating to history within a few months, but will otherwise probably reassure investors.

Both parties within the coalition agree that once the supplementary debt target has been met any future government will need to ensure that debt continues to fall as a percentage of GDP, including using surpluses in good years for this purpose.

This accords with the government's self-defined supplementary fiscal target: "public sector net debt as a percentage of GDP to be falling at a fixed date of 2015-16" Now it still peaks at just under 71% of GDP, stays above 70% in 2014 then falls slightly in the alloted year, to 69.1%.