public finances

How can I be assured as a voter that the money being lavishly spent by you and your campaign for re-election is not public finances?

The agency said it had become concerned at the weak recovery and an insufficient improvement in the public finances.

If Greece is to get itself out of trouble, fixing the public finances is only the beginning.

If he goes down such a road, it would create fresh problems, notably for the public finances.

The public finances also deteriorated sharply as some of the costs of the recent banking rescues came into the official figures.

Progress on such a scheme is always likely to stall because euro-zone countries are reluctant to cede any control of their public finances.

The basic concept of managing public finances is no different from that of family financial management.

Ireland was denied credit because, even though its public finances were in solid shape, it had allowed its banks to overwhelm them.

How much do you know about our public finances?

But setting out to spend significantly more or tax significantly less would be risky, even if the state of the public finances permitted it.

The eurozone has had two years to create a sanitary cordon around Greece's public finances and has so far failed to do so convincingly.

It helps that the country did not experience a property or credit bubble, and that it has kept its public finances admirably under control.

To salvage the public finances at the same time as restraining wages or pursuing microeconomic reform may seem to be asking too much.

A good infrastructure scheme has a long life. But a bad one can derail both the public finances and a country's development ambitions.

Another worry is whether Mr Kan can push through a reform of the fiscal system to help ease strains on the public finances.

Italy's public finances might be a mess, but its private sector is relatively strong -- something investors may be overlooking.

Such a crisis would require another recapitalisation effort by the central government, putting additional strain on China's public finances.

It will be interesting to see how the Gilt market reacts to the public finances figures released on Tuesday.

But a move back to healthier US public finances depends, inescapably, on a strong recovery in the US economy.

Both had healthy public finances before the crash, and yet are now among the most troubled countries.

I consider that such a proposal would affect the stability of our public finances, and would shrink our narrow tax base still further.

Mr Koo is right that the public finances should not be considered in isolation from the rest of the economy.

With prudent management of public finances, maintenance of a freely-convertible and stable currency and a sound regulatory system.

With the economy close to stagnation and the public finances in a parlous state, a spur to demand would be welcome.

Its public finances are in good shape, with its public debt at less than 20% of GDP and its fiscal balance improving rapidly.

The job of overhauling public finances is often hampered by politics.

Yet this mountain of bad loans did not portend an economic slowdown, undermine public finances or derail economic growth.

The trick is to put in place more reforms now that will improve the public finances over time without slamming too hard on the brakes today.

Markets are now catching up to the reality of over-burdened public finances in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

Moderates within the government had arranged the meeting with the hope that it would spur changes in the management of the public finances.

The review led to a hefty increase in pay, a symptom also of a generally lax approach to public finances.

However, for all that Japan needs strong economic leadership, there is a danger in being over-zealous on the public finances.

Far from helping to repair the public finances, his plan has conveyed a sense of just how desperate the situation is.

There was also gruesome evidence on Thursday of the damage being done by the recession to the public finances.

The British economy has barely emerged from a painful recession, unemployment is high and public finances are in a terrible state.

Brazil's bulky Fiscal Responsibility Act also governs regional public finances, where laxity has been a problem.

We are of course aware of the state of our public finances this year being adversely affected by a whole host of unexpected factors .

And Greece is not the only member of the euro-zone with wobbly public finances.

But if responsibility remains in the hands of politicians, all too often they let the public finances run out of control.

Various attempts through history have been made to tie politicians to the mast and prevent them from ruining the public finances.

That reinforces the importance of his second job: showing how the public finances can be fixed.

And it is under pressure from the credit-ratings agencies to send a strong message of its determination to get a grip on public finances.

Those measures, plus another round of quantitative easing, might perk up the economy without endangering the public finances (see article).

Alistair Darling, his successor, had to junk them in late 2008 as the public finances careered out of control.

The condition has been that a new government then produces a credible plan to put the public finances on to a sustainable path.

That provides a good basis for reforming the public finances and simplifying the tax system, which Law and Justice largely failed to do.

China's willingness to invest in Europe is seen as a key buffer against the risk created by the continent's shaky public finances.

Forget about a stability pact and focus instead on the long-term sustainability of public finances, including pensions.

So it should lay out a strategy for restoring the public finances to calm the markets and forestall a rise in bond yields.

Much will depend on how the rating agencies judge the latest efforts by the prime minister, Brian Cowen, to stabilise the public finances.

With its sound public finances, low inflation and stable exchange rate, Denmark would sail through the euro's entrance exam.

Foreign money may plug the public finances for a bit and so avert disaster. But it is not a recipe for prosperity.

And strengthening the public finances to deal with an ageing population remains politically fraught.

His report warned that the public finances will be set on an 'unsustainable upward trajectory' as Britain's population lives for longer.

These losses in output have had a severe impact on the public finances.

Defensive Eurocrats point out that the public finances of the euro area as a whole are no worse than America's.

It will take years to repair Greece's public finances, which means a much larger rescue fund will be needed if it is to avoid default.

"For a start, private domestic demand was already fragile before the disaster struck and the public finances in a dire state, " he wrote.

China has telegraphed its reluctance to move on the renminbi while public finances in Europe, its biggest export market, are in a mess.

Influential outsiders have already begun to point the finger at the vertiginous deterioration in Britain's public finances.

The public finances are in good shape though, and that leaves room for a public spending splurge.

Europe has debt problems of its own, but its core economies, France and Germany, still have much healthier public finances.

To its credit, his government recognises that Greece's ills go far beyond the public finances.

Thanks to the focus on crumbling public finances, that demographic time-bomb is now a common part of European public debate.

Recession, from which Argentina is now recovering, pushed the public finances into the red.

They will have to put into law their determination to get a grip on public finances.

Poland's economic strength in recent years belies a bloated bureaucracy, laxity in public finances and a clogged labour market.

And unlike Greece, Portugal moved relatively quickly to shore up its public finances with a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.

It would be foolish to focus on fixing the financial industry only to find that the public finances are left in ruins.

Public finances may be under strain, but there is no financial crisis of the sort that forced Britain to go cap in hand to the IMF in 1976.

But turning strong public finances into a pro-growth fiscal policy won't be straightforward.

Public finances are a worry in the Czech Republic too (fears of the "road to Greece" played prominently in the election campaign).

But he insisted the government would not be swayed from its plan to try to bring the country's public finances under control.

Confidence in Italy's public finances is critical to preventing the spread of the Greek debt crisis across the eurozone.

As we are all acutely aware, danger signals concerning the state of our public finances have been flashing.

In April he set out a strategy, of sorts, for plugging the gaping hole in the public finances.

And with gaping holes in public finances the chance to raise taxes in the name of public health has never looked so good.

The measure will raise only a fraction of the revenues needed to staunch the haemorrhaging of the nation's public finances.

It left the public finances deep in the red, even as it helped the government to a decisive election victory.

Its banks and public finances are sound, and the economy recovered quickly and strongly from recession, even if the pace is now slowing.

Ireland's public finances have been battered in the economic downturn, and education has not escaped savage cuts in funding.

But shaking up the economy and plugging the yawning chasm in the public finances requires legislation.

Mr Almunia will warn that the entire EU needs to do more to prepare public finances for a demographic shock.

It is likely that unemployment would now be heading towards five million and our already broken public finances would be in ruins.

The first crucial decision he had to make was his goal for the public finances: his "fiscal mandate" .

The improvements that we have been waiting for in employment and the public finances will come through with economic recovery.

Coming out of the previous four meetings, the G20 has encouraged programs that foster sustainable public finances.

And don't forget local public finances. Plenty of American states are in a pretty dire situation.

That has limited the state's ability to force losses on the banks' bondholders and left the public finances in ruins.

Without a definitive and lasting answer from national governments to boost growth and fix public finances, the debt crisis won't be solved.

The most encouraging signs of recovery are to be seen in the public finances, which were ruined by recession.

Its plan to mend the public finances means that it will not simply pass the buck to future taxpayers now in primary school.

A repair job on public finances stands a better chance of being durable if it relies on spending cuts rather than tax increases.

"The recovery depends on confidence and confidence is built on trust in public finances, " said Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg.

He used the parlous public finances as a reason to justify why Italy's fiscal stimulus should be much smaller than in other big countries.

Some countries, like Britain, have large deficits and must take tough, hard-headed decisions to cut back and restore sound public finances.

At the same time, the rehabilitation of public finances would be accelerated without distortion of the internal market.

Some British politicians wish to follow that advice in the debate on the public finances.

No assertion about the sustainability of public finances can be convincing unless it accounts for the Japanese paradox.

A healthier economy and stronger public finances have enabled Turkey to jettison its IMF programme (though some ministers tried to keep it).

Each portrays himself as a decisive, frank and humane steward of the public finances.

The costs of the rescue mounted as the banks' losses grew, springing a giant hole in the public finances.

Japan's public finances are also in a dangerous state, and the timing of S&P's warning could be a source of discomfort.

S&P warned that the huge cost of last month's devastating earthquake will hurt already weak public finances.

But if such efforts are delayed, the government will have to adopt other devices to patch up the public finances.

This most fiscally incontinent of presidents took a wrecking ball to the public finances.

Others hoped Mr Darling might put country before party, his legacy above popularity, and explain how Labour would right the public finances.

A decade of neglect of the public finances has left the state bloated and feeble.

And his predictions for the public finances are acutely vulnerable to setbacks in his forecasts for strong GDP growth from 2011 until 2014.

Mr Osborne's colleagues have been making scary speeches about the parlous state of public finances.

The state of the public finances, meanwhile, has also called into question the government's reputation for "prudence" .

Frantic efforts by governments to save their financial systems and buoy their economies will do long-term damage to public finances.

But if fiscal costs turn out large, substantial fiscal adjustment may be required to underpin long-term stability of public finances.

But parlous public finances may force politicians to face up to awkward choices.

It remains to be seen whether that will bring relief to the overburdened public finances.

On balance, immigrants taken as a whole are likely to bring a slight net benefit to other residents through public finances .

But it also exposed the Tories to charges that they would destroy a feeble recovery if they moved too fast to mend the public finances.

Low inflation, achieved through more disciplined public finances and trade liberalisation, has brought falling interest rates.

The possibility that gyrations in Greek bond yields could be explained by uncertainty about its public finances is, oddly, ignored.

As foreign economies weakened, their financial institutions and public finances came under stress too, reinforcing the global slowdown.

The decision will affect Mrs Merkel's political standing and the public finances, as well as Germany's energy future.

But, when it comes to the public finances, Mr Osborne is a sober fiscal hawk rather than a gung-ho Reaganite tax-cutter.

The government will just have to hope that the public finances don't deliver any more nasty surprises in the intervening period.

Given the state of Greek public finances, this plan must, first of all, review the European financial stability facility.

The bargain-breakers were governments (including Germany and France early on) that had failed to keep a grip on public finances.

However, as the crisis over Greece's public finances spread that month, Mr Trichet led the ECB's governing council in far bolder steps.

Alongside economic performance, the public finances will be a central campaign theme.

Yet the most striking part of the commission's reckoning is the impact of recession on the public finances.

But just as its aims seem within reach, worsening public finances are getting in the way.

Scared investors often rush into the big and liquid market for US Treasuries, despite anxieties about America's public finances.

Sound public finances are a decisive component of economic stability and sustainable global growth.

Fiscal policy is also extraordinarily loose, as the deterioration in the public finances testifies.

the European Union's executive arm, proposed legislation that would grant it more powers over member states' public finances.

There would have to be much tighter constraints on countries to prevent them from running unsustainable public finances in the future.

urban medical aid system is in the public finances, a social assistance category.

There is growing anxiety about the poor state of public finances in Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain.

They mismanaged their public finances and delayed economic reforms needed to strengthen competitiveness.

The biggest issue in this campaign is getting the public finances under control without snuffing out economic recovery.

Getting public finances back on to a sustainable trajectory is central.

Bulgaria's public finances, however, remain in excellent shape, giving its authorities flexibility to intervene if banks hit trouble.

In recent weeks the bond markets have become frantic about the sorry state of Ireland's economy, public finances and banks.

In South America, Argentina, with persistent problems in its public finances, remained a concern.

America's public finances are a mess, and adding a huge new entitlement will not improve matters.

The shrinking of the financial sector may have caused a permanent dent in the public finances.

That is why the sustainability of the public finances must be credible, as the original letter writers argued.

In the developed world, a permanent expansion is impossible, especially as ageing populations put further pressure on public finances.

Emerging markets have better growth prospects and sounder public finances than their developed-world counterparts.

Ireland is small, too, but its government has shown itself willing to take unpopular decisions to right its public finances.

Its shadow lingers, reducing future growth rates, damaging public finances and straining social order for years to come.

That's because, in a world where government debts are spiraling skywards, Norway has about the soundest public finances left.

David Cameron, prime minister, tells colleagues that the first priority is indeed to fix the public finances.

Public finances are still weak but they are no longer an insuperable constraint on this rating.

Once safely tucked inside the euro area and benefiting from low interest rates, all three mismanaged their economies and public finances.

Both are issued by rich countries with stable banks that have not sullied the public finances.

The economy, the public finances and indebted homebuyers have suffered large negative shocks.

Thanks to better economic management and the boom in commodity prices, several emerging economies have enviably strong public finances.

There can be no clearer reminder that issue is critical to achieving sustained improvements in Italy's public finances.

From unemployment and low productivity growth, and from troubled savings banks to creaky public finances, the problems are piling up.

The Tories will quickly pass an emergency budget, which will go a small way towards fulfilling their vow to right Britain's public finances.

Unexpectedly, the crisis in the public finances may improve co-operation by making forces pool their resources.

Broadly, governments should pledge to clean up their public finances by cutting future spending rather than raising taxes.

But sorting out the public finances is not easy in advanced economies.

The pound also tumbled by more than 1 percent against the dollar on concerns about the viability of the public finances.

But in a sign that public finances are now under stress, last month it pocketed $12 billion of the Central Bank's $42 billion of reserves.

The government has also gone some way toward ensuring that public finances do not deteriorate much further.

One would include separate packages earmarked for Ireland's banks and its public finances.

Even the European Central Bank has praised its efforts to sort out the public finances.

The rapid deterioration in the public finances has unnerved bond markets and raised Ireland's borrowing costs.

But the euro crisis has exposed the weakness of public finances in a country that has not run a budget surplus since 1974.

When the financial hurricane of 2007-08 hit the peripheral economies, it flattened public finances that had been flattered by the boom.

More reform by national governments is needed, not least because their public finances are otherwise unsustainable.

If that was not unsustainable enough, Japan's ageing population is piling even more pressure on the public finances.

On December 6th he will set out a new vision for transport policy to accompany his update on the public finances.

Given the state of public finances even in more stable countries, such as France, that cannot be taken for granted.

The public finances, at the state and central level, can hardly support this largesse.

IN THE headlines about Europe's economic woes, one country stands out. Its public finances are a disaster.

"The state of public finances is forcing changes in the way research funding is allocated, " he says.

Yield spreads on Greek and Irish bonds reached record highs over German Bunds on concerns about public finances in those countries.

"The fundamentals for the French public finances look solid, " argues a research note from Credit Suisse.

Apart from Japan, America is the only big rich economy that does not have a plan for getting its public finances under control.

But strong GDP growth masked the underlying weakness of the public finances.

The state of French public finances only reinforces the division.

Prolonged economic weakness does far greater damage to public finances than temporary fiscal activism.

Germany, in common with most other developed countries, does have a problem with its public finances.

Both countries initially thrived but suffered a deterioration in competitiveness and in their public finances.

The recent retreat in commodity prices will help, but Kenya's top short-term priority will be to keep a grip on the public finances.

In all five countries, as budget deficits grow, worries that public finances may get onto an unsustainable path are rising (see article).

The public finances may not be in great shape, but they are hardly the worst in the rich world.

Labour didn't use the fat years to shore up the public finances as much as other governments did.

Even if there is a brisk economic recovery soon (and this is no more than a hope) the gaping hole in the public finances will persist.

If a new government can show that it will get a grip on the public finances, this would help bolster confidence.

The public finances are sound and the economy has sailed through the financial crisis.

Thus the main benefit of low yields is to the public finances.

We expect governments to confirm their determination to consolidate their public finances.

Cuts in income tax left public finances too dependent on windfall revenues from VAT on new homes, capital-gains tax and stamp duty.

'One must encourage public finances to return to a balanced budget, ' he says.

They cannot replace the needed repairing and strengthening of banks' balance sheets and public finances.

Yet these countries have far stronger economies than Britain's, and none faces as daunting a task in fixing its public finances.

The task of mending the public finances could be postponed until after the election.

So do Germany's consensus-seeking culture and its tattered public finances.

Fewer bank guarantees reduces the risks to public finances. It also means less competition for sovereign bonds.

It is chilling that such huge deteriorations in public finances are still not enough to prevent deep and prolonged downturns.

There are fewer jitters over the state of Spain's public finances. But normal it ain't.

Along with wrecked public finances and unemployment, moral hazard is the most toxic legacy of the credit crisis.

Financial crises have devastating impacts on the public finances.

Despite the pressure of economic downturn on public finances, our resolve to invest in education is unshaken.

But managing public finances will govern politics for the foreseeable future.

But they are being poisoned by the toxic public finances, not least because sovereign-debt downgrades hurt their own credit ratings.

One must be to restore credibility over their public finances.

The public finances will be devastated for decades: taxes will be higher and public spending lower.

But the government is well aware that it is vulnerable because of the poor state of French public finances and faltering growth.

The European Commission warns that public finances in half of the 16 euro-zone nations are at high risk of becoming unsustainable.

One worry is that the public finances are in a mess, which might undermine confidence among foreign investors who hold a third of all gilts.

Most of the burden of repairing America's public finances should certainly fall on spending.

Governments must also take radical measures to consolidate public finances.

Mr. Kudrin played a vital role in shoring up Russia's public finances, which are vulnerable to an oil shock.

The rickety state of the public finances also argues against a big fiscal fillip.

Mervyn King has a lengthy list of research publications on public finances and financial markets.

so that governments can pay for social policies dear to European voters even as they fix their battered public finances.

There is talk of reforming nursing-care insurance, which threatens to drain public finances as the population ages.

China's public finances may not be as sweet as they appeared, but they are not sour.

Even then, interest-rate subsidies make their loans a drain on the public finances.

Yet it is not Greek public finances that threaten the stability of the eurozone.

So what are the options for healing the public finances?

"the euro area has taken a major step towards pooling risks arising from unsound public finances" .

So the case for taking some action at some time to stabilise the public finances is strong.

Stronger public finances have brought economic stability, too.

America's public finances show no sign of recovering to anything near a sustainable level in the coming years.

Modest reprofiling will not, therefore, put Greece's public finances onto a sustainable footing.

A plan drawn up last May to sort out the country's public finances risks trapping the economy instead.

As a statement about France's long-run resolve to control its public finances, it is also reasonably serious.

They don't have the full information on the state of public finances in these countries.

In return, beneficiary states must continue to improve their public finances.

The suggestion of fiddling public finances flummoxed and infuriated him.

Something similar goes for the public finances.

Its public finances are in an almighty mess, its budget deficit at a post-war high of 11. 8% of GDP.

Our public finances are transparent, so we will not slide into national bankruptcy inadvertently.

The most important lesson is to make restoring sound public finances the overriding priority of the new parliament.

The government said it will keep budget deficits contained as it tries to maintain the solid public finances of recent years.

On one account Germany and, to a lesser extent, Britain have been rewarded for taking a firm grip on their public finances.

Many are enjoying faster growth, lower inflation and better public finances.

The public finances are set to go into deficit this year.

By the time their public finances went visibly wrong, it was too late.

These countries have weaker public finances than countries in the core, but not simply because their governments spent more.

It will be made more so by the second most important fact about the crisis: it has had a huge effect on the public finances.

The plan demonstrates the turnround in Russian public finances, fuelled by record energy prices, since its 1998 crisis.

Mr Mukherjee foresees a rosy period of easing inflation, reviving foreign investment and robust public finances.

If you fear a meltdown, which countries, if any, actually have safe and sound public finances?

The crisis will place a heavy toll on the public finances, according to the IMF.

The public finances are in a mess, the pound is devalued and the economy is on the rocks.