Sentence examples for tight austerity from inspiring English sources

But that might rattle nerves: Latvia still needs to satisfy international lenders and stick to tight austerity policies.

The Cameron coalition in the U.K. has forced through a button-poppingly tight austerity budget, but it seems to have spawned (as many predicted) distress and little growth.

Still, he said, the situation would be made worse if the commission insisted on tighter austerity measures.

Antonis Samaras, the centre-right prime minister, has an even harder task: persuading the coalition government's left-wing partners to accept tighter austerity.

The Labour deputy leader Tom Watson will release analysis indicating Brexit could result in £18bn of welfare cuts and tax hikes as the Tories impose tighter austerity measures.

The ratings downgrade could make things worse as it may add to the pressure on the finance minister, Joaquim Levy, to introduce tighter austerity measures.

The finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, has promised that the state statistics office will be modernised and cut loose from political supervision.Some senior members of Pasok are objecting to tighter austerity measures, which they claim will lead to social unrest.

At the behest of the EU and International Monetary Fund, the government has agreed to adopt tighter austerity in the form of an automatic fiscal brake – referred to as "the cutter" in the Greek media – if fiscal targets are missed.

The prospect of ever-tighter austerity and the upheaval of any reorganisation could easily end up pitting discipline against discipline, researcher against researcher in a zero sum fight for resources.

On a week when violent protests broke out in Greece and Spain against tighter austerity measures and surging unemployment, and after other mass demonstrations in normally tranquil Portugal, Mr. Samaras warned the international community to pay close attention to "this new social phenomenon" sweeping Europe.

A "market monetarist" monetary policy as an alternative both to further fiscal stimulus and to the tight money/fiscal austerity combination advanced by many Republicans today.