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A fiscal stimulus worth a total of around 1. 4% of GDP a year may lessen the pain, even if it is not big enough to end it.

The Tories, not surprisingly, say that Mr Brown's account of the economy's trajectory is wrong and that his stimulus has flopped.

Key to the effectiveness of China's stimulus plan so far has been a race by local governments to spend the money.

He said the summit wouldn't be an attempt to strong-arm countries into announcing stimulus packages.

Sales in the last six months have been better than expectated due to government stimulus measures around the world.

No one in government, that I have heard, has even suggested any sort of regulation holiday as a potential economic stimulus program.

Meanwhile, the question remains whether private demand will pick up once fiscal and monetary stimulus measures are withdrawn, he said.

He made concessions in stimulus negotiations, and has invited a few Republicans over for cocktails.

Ministers said the stimulus was as large as or even larger than steps adopted in other major economies.

Two weeks later, he found himself caught in the middle of a congressional debate over the size and direction of a behemoth stimulus package.

Mr. Obama said the statistics were further proof that his multi-billion-dollar stimulus package needed to be passed as a matter of urgency.

The answer is not to scale back the stimulus but to make it, so far as possible, self-correcting over the course of the cycle.

He said it was unclear whether private demand would be strong enough to pick up the slack when fiscal stimulus fades in 2010.

It's easy to argue that the stimulus offered so far hasn't been big enough, or was aimed in the wrong direction.

Unlike in developed markets, economies seem to have developed real traction after unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus.

But since the city has yet to spend its stimulus allocation, it could opt for a year-round effort to target the most isolated teenagers.

On the contrary, tensions continued to rise, partly as the large conglomerates, or zaibatsu, were the biggest winners from stimulus.

The eye-popping 4 trillion yuan stimulus package unveiled by China's State Council this week is to be spent over the next two years.

I wonder why no one in Congress or the Obama administration has thought of that as a potential consequence of their stimulus package.

"What you're seeing out of China is a direct result of a much more aggressive stimulus program, " Arnic said.

For instance, it was the urgent need for stimulus that finally secured agreement on 3G licensing in January after years of procrastination.

China had got to this point by stimulating its economy in slow times, by either massive bank lending or budgetary stimulus packages.

Beijing will simply extend the duration of its stimulus program if the economy slows too much for its taste, she said.

Investors also worry that Chinese bank lending to local governments for stimulus programs could sour into bad loans in a year or two.

How much has the hidden economy expanded since the stimulus?

can I go down to the local bar and down a few drinks and call it a stimulus package?

However, aggregate personal consumption expenditures did not increase by much around the time of the stimulus payments.

Some authors suggest that " the existence of a stimulus performed by an actor is what defines a transaction. "

Obama has done the right things, mostly, pushing through a huge stimulus package and bailing out a few big corporations and banks.

A plan for dealing with budget imbalances "has to be put in place" as the new administration and Congress craft a stimulus plan, he said.

But he warned that policy stimulus would fade, and that private demand was not ready to take over.

The "thermal stimulus" last for just a tenth of second to produce a "sharp prickling sensation" .

Congress passes it every year; Democrats just loaded it into the stimulus bill to get it out of the way.

The treated mice were able to remember to avoid parts of a cage floor where they had earlier been exposed to a mild stimulus.

But, ISI also notes, every dollar of stimulus extended now will add a dollar to the extent of the fiscal contraction felt a year later.

But, as the subsequent market sag hinted, the stimulus package may not be all that it seems.

By contrast, growth at any other angle to the direction of the stimulus as by branches or lateral roots is called plagiotropism .

At least that's the thinking. But remember, the thinking a decade ago was that stimulus was pointless.

How much more 'stimulus' do critics want?

Loans from state banks are the cornerstone of the stimulus programs China put in place amid global slowdown more than a year ago.

The big question for investors is how much of the market's rebound was driven by improving fundamentals and how much by government stimulus.

Investors also said the Federal Reserve would be less likely to cut stimulus to the economy while employment remained weak.

How much room is there for more fiscal stimulus?

He said the situation required China's government to continue its aggressive economic stimulus measures.

Then they were told the drug had worn off (although it had not), and subsequently complained that the stimulus hurt.

The budget watchdog refused to estimate how large the deficit would be with a stimulus until it had more detail.

Weinberg says that Europe must consider stimulus for its economies, and Obama may be able to get the ball rolling.

But speculative money in an economy awash with liquidity after two years of stimulus is surely at the root of it.

The result has been a huge public bail-out of the banking sector and a massive fiscal and monetary stimulus.

He said possessing nuclear weapons is a "crime against humanity" and is a constant stimulus to other states to try to acquire them.

a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus.

Mr. Kent cited China's massive stimulus package, which he said has boosted manufacturing growth, increased loans and capped unemployment.

Last night, Obama said the time to pass the economic stimulus package is now, otherwise, he says, crisis could turn into catastrophe.

The president said America was "beginning to see signs of progress" from the bail-outs and stimulus measures that have passed so far.

President Obama acknowledged in his remarks to the governors that there has been "a healthy debate" on the stimulus.

Some Chinese economists worry out loud that China's massive stimulus-spending might have bought the country only a temporary reprieve.

Obama said the United States of America in Cleveland choose a new economic stimulus measures, not an accident.

'The stimulus was the worst piece of legislation I've ever seen, but that now has been topped by the budget, ' he said.

But it may be that the US could have continued to be a consumer of last resort even without a Fed stimulus.

Instead of receiving the help that she had hoped for, Mr. Cain instead decided to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package.

Best of all, whether you used the dreaded word or not, it would be the meaningful further stimulus that the economy badly needs.

First, they said, the stimulus, as well as the fiscal 2009 budget legislation, may not provide the psychological boost the economy needs.

"Oh, I don't know, " said the congressman. "How about global warming, universal health care, or stimulus packages? " as he smiled smugly.

We don't have to call it a stimulus, but it would be a very effective way to create or save thousands of jobs.

He said the economy will dip down into negative GDP growth soon, necessitating a second stimulus program.

Care must be taken not to let the rest of any stimulus compound the problem.

The stimulus plans that the United States is pushing Europe to adopt can also distort trade, depending on how much they rely on subsidies.

Tariffs were a poor substitute for policy stimulus, but in an era of balanced budgets they were all that gold-standard countries had.

But they should also be prepared to add to the stimulus now that it's clear that the first round wasn't big enough.

He recognizes, however, that this dream of a second fiscal stimulus is unlikely to materialize.

Sen. McCain has said he is open to a stimulus plan, but hasn't committed to any specific proposal.

The President continues to push for stimulus even though hundreds of billions of dollars in such funds seem to have done little.

The president told the workers that the head of the company said the stimulus plan could save some of those jobs.

He said Japan's tight fiscal profile, with its huge deficit, is a 'limiting factor' in putting together its stimulus plan.

Maine Senator Susan Collins was one of only three Republicans to back Mr. Obama's economic-stimulus package last month.

Beijing is trying to restore normal economic conditions following a huge stimulus that helped China quickly rebound from the global crisis.

"If all this stimulus has no effect on the economy, that would be a rarity indeed, " says Paulsen.

Such a stimulus program coupled with a gradual appreciation of the renminbi would go a long way toward correcting the prevailing imbalances.

I also think that the sort of stimulus is just as important as the size of the stimulus.

That consensus is fraying. Just as it has on the wisdom of more fiscal stimulus, opinion is starting to polarise on monetary policy.

And the above paragraph doesn't seem to be a bad description of the US or UK economy, which suggests the case for stimulus is strong.

The generic form of a sequence diagram describes the interaction of classes as the result of an initial stimulus.

Government spending and investment are also likely to have been positive as fiscal stimulus measures continued to have an impact.

Local newspapers are using the site to determine how much stimulus spending has landed in their own back yards.

After two years of stimulus, federal government spending has now joined state and local budgets as a drag on growth.

"Right now we're going through a tough period. There is no doubt about it. But the stimulus plan is making a difference, " he said.

By the time tax cuts and spending increases arrive, the downturn is often over, and the extra stimulus simply adds inflationary pressure.

Though the U. S. is still burdened with a large deficit, officials argue that its ambitious stimulus program has helped spur growth.

Mr Harper says it will take up to five years of "big, comprehensive" government stimulus to dig it out of the deep, black hole it is in.

Plus, there's no guarantee that a climate bill could have garnered 60 votes in the Senate if it had come up for a vote after the stimulus.

Though the U. S. is still burdened with a large deficit, officials argue that its ambitious stimulus program has helped spur growth.

Mr Harper says it will take up to five years of "big, comprehensive" government stimulus to dig it out of the deep, black hole it is in.

Plus, there's no guarantee that a climate bill could have garnered 60 votes in the Senate if it had come up for a vote after the stimulus.

All this helps explain why China's stimulus has been slow to arrive and why, now that it has arrived, it's a little underwhelming.

Significant stimulus would not always automatically capture attention, It could be adjusted by the Observers' top-down attentional set.

But household tax cuts, except for possibly the poorest, should have no place in the stimulus.

'More fiscal stimulus would be the most obvious thing to do, ' he said, backing a position held by many Democrats.

History shows, however, that such a transformation may come about as a result of an initial stimulus to increase social insurance.

But it's less of a stretch to see this mainland spending at least put some life into consumer- or stimulus-related stocks.

To put this point simply, suppose that we would spend the $600bn two-year stimulus at the rate of $25bn a month.

The point to add stimulus control to you work is when dog performs a behavior on command 8 out of 10 times without a signal or lure.

If fiscal stimulus is no substitute for financial clean-ups, it is an important support at a time of slumping demand.

He spoke, too, as if a large fiscal stimulus would be enough to restore prosperity.

"Fiscal stimulus is critical but could be counterproductive if it is not timely, targeted and temporary, " he said.

But he doesn't favor more stimulus now, saying 'lags in monetary and fiscal policy actions' should be allowed to 'work through the system. '

Mr Obama spent much of his first week trying to push his gargantuan stimulus package through Congress.

The global economy seems to be on the road to recovery, thanks to massive government stimulus plans worldwide.

There is often a longdelay between discussions of a fiscal stimulus, enactment of a law providingfor the stimulus, and the actual spending.

There was still "insufficient internal impetus driving economic growth, " he said, alluding to the reliance on state-led stimulus.

Circumstances will force the next president to be a fiscal conservative on matters other than temporary stimulus and financial stability.

But he said double-digit growth toward year-end is possible after China's four trillion yuan ($585 billion) economic stimulus kicks in.

But with by far the largest economic stimulus plan in the world, China seems to have weathered the worst of it.

But workers who worry about being laid off are unlikely to go spend, regardless of how much money fiscal stimulus puts in their pockets.

Astonishingly, Republicans in Congress seem to be lined up instinctively against this basic economic stimulus.

He said China needed to wait until at least the third quarter to decide whether to withdraw its stimulus policies.

Mr Obama has not ruled out a further stimulus although he said spending more borrowed money was "potentially counterproductive" .

We do not know with certainty the willingness of investors to hold increased public liabilities associated with the fiscal stimulus.

Vice President Biden is already overseeing the implementation of the stimulus, and he seems to be doing just fine.

He said the right stimulus plan would "not be window-dressing" and would have a "measureable" impact on growth.

The good news, therefore, was more a result of government stimulus than evidence of a real, sustainable recovery in private demand.

Most anesthetic drugs depress the breathing stimulus, and the anesthesiologist must be prepared to support the patient's breathing.

The recovery has lost momentum, the U. S. is up to its neck in debt and the Federal Reserve is considering more stimulus.

S hopes its deficit can end up in a few years after it scales back its stimulus spending.

That means continuing to let the Renminbi appreciate, while directing any fiscal stimulus in the direction of households.

Stress can be defined as a reaction to any stimulus or challenge that upsets normal functions and disturbs mental or physical health.

In such cases the chain of steps is referred to as a "signaling cascade" and often results in a small stimulus eliciting a large response.

"In a downturn, you need any type of stimulus you can get and a lower oil price can help, " he said.

From the beginning, Mr. Obama made it clear that passage of his stimulus plan was his top priority.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan describes the stimulus as a "staggering opportunity, " the kind that comes once in a lifetime.

'Speaking for myself, I just sense that there will be very little support for a second round of stimulus, ' he says.

"Monetary stimulus alone is not enough - it must be combined with fiscal stimulus if you want more bang for your buck, " he noted.

Mr Wu appeared to dismiss mining industry hopes of a rebound in consumption on the back of the stimulus package.

For small robots Dr Hong has used rings made of a polymer that changes shape in response to a specific chemical stimulus.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson canceled his planned visit and stayed in Washington to help hammer out a stimulus package.

Matters would be worse if it were not for Washington's stimulus package, which provides more than $135 billion to support state budgets.

He should not hold back from stimulus packages to help America out of recession. But he has huge promises to keep as well.

He said: "Fiscal and monetary stimulus together may provide broader support for the economy than monetary policy actions alone. "

One possible catalyst for trouble is the withdrawal of government stimulus, which put a floor under stocks a year ago.

It is far from clear that any huge temporary fiscal stimulus will rev up the engine enough to achieve self-sustaining growth.

Steel industry lobbyists seem to have persuaded the House to insert a "Buy American" provision in the stimulus bill it passed last week.

Administration officials say they have to wait to see how the economy responds as more stimulus dollars are spent.

Ahead of the meeting, French and German officials had called for a more in-depth discussion of strategies for unwinding stimulus measures.

There has been a significant reaction to US stimulus spending as the tectonic plates of the world economy begin to shift.

But Senator Gregg said he had differences with the Democratic administration on policy issues including the stimulus plan.

But with President Obama's support they are beginning to look like spokes in a wheel of industry reform and stimulus.

Still, economists continued to sound warnings about inflation pressures and urged Beijing to unwind its stimulus measures further.

"Despite potential tax cuts and stimulus measures in major overseas markets, the outlook for global consumption remains bleak, " she said.

The difficulties require a larger package, and I think a year from now we probably will be talking about stimulus again, yes.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measures are "timely, targeted and temporary" -- the three goals for an economic stimulus package.

Important negotiating sessions devoted to the stimulus took place in congressional offices, outside public view.

Rather than contemplating more stimulus, authorities are trying to cool things down.

Some of that oil stimulus will remain for a while yet.

"Despite potential tax cuts and stimulus measures in key overseas markets, the outlook for global consumption remains bleak, " she said.

Finance is not the only area in which Beijing's ability to launch a counter-cyclical economic stimulus has ebbed.

The only dynamic place in the world with the policy dial turned toward stimulus was China.

The Republicans are campaigning against any further stimulus and they seem to have gained the upper hand by stigmatizing big government.

Europe will be pursuing austerity, China is trying to rein in bank lending but America has opted for another fiscal stimulus.

Even if a stimulus package temporarily reduced unemployment, in this theory, it would be entirely ineffective over the long haul.

However , proponents of a green stimulus also claim that there will be serious consequences if the money is misspent .

Analysts said the survey results show that export demand and consumption were joining government stimulus as drivers of growth.

They said "the case for a massive global fiscal stimulus continues to grow" .

In her speech, Clinton also repeated her proposal made last week for a new economic stimulus package that would focus on the housing slump.

This lessened response to a repeated stimulus is called habituation, a process that both humans and animals are known to experience.

Unfortunately when presented with that very same stimulus again and again we soon become used to it.

Together with an increase in bank lending, this was sufficient upbeat news to dampen expectations of a new stimulus package.

Tax rises right away would be a rotten idea, since for the moment fiscal stimulus is needed.

Mr Obama placed bet one as soon as he arrived in office, by staking what will add up to a cool $1 trillion on economic stimulus.

The prospects for a second stimulus package (on top of the tax rebates sent out earlier this year) will rise, as a result of the jobs data.

The utility and realty developers said they were not planning on using stimulus money for the projects at this point.

The scenario analysis for the long-term effects of a large fiscal stimulus is shown in Table 2.

Some experts fear that too much of the stimulus money was put into unprofitable projects and bad loans that will be exposed in a few years.

A positive stimulus to city growth was required transform the predominantly agricultural nature of the area's economy.

Such a cut would increase the deficit by much less than the current stimulus bill, while likely producing a larger boost to employment.

Visual aftereffect is the perceptual distortion after the visual system adapted to a visual stimulus for a while.

But then, the corresponding stimulus does not exist, the patient did not improve sleep.

He added that in the long run, the U. S. needs to pay for the stimulus "in ways that reduce inequality. "

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the stimulus package aimed to make more lending available to consumers.

But the new government has frozen some of the stimulus money and has yet to divert it to its own programmes.

In particular the combination of a continued fiscal stimulus and a credible commitment to consolidation struck the right balance.

Rich countries, trying to taper off their various stimulus packages, remain cool on the issue.

Once again, there would be initial benefits from the stimulus, and decent growth a year before the election.

This sort of stimulus will sooner or later become unaffordable, and growth based on it will run out of steam.

Parts of this scheme have been announced before; so the true size of the new stimulus is not clear.

This control allows you to specify a time interval between when the stimulus generation starts and when the measurement actually begins.

It is wrong in this context to believe that the only choice is further fiscal stimulus versus a repeat of the Great Depression.

But it does mean that policy makers may have to worry less than some think about cleaning up from the last stimulus.

Second, wartime economies were essentially closed, so there was no leakage of fiscal stimulus.

Internally, the Grand Canal was expanded to its farthest limits and proved to be a stimulus to domestic trade.

During the first two months of a baby's life, the stimulus that produces a smile is a pair of eyes.

Elkhart resident Helen Tastello wanted to know if any of the money in the stimulus package would come directly to her town.

Second, the three one-year stimulus measures passed in last winter's special congressional session should be extended by a year.

In this paradise abundant sunlight, stimulus and dread have brought pleasure, while violence turns out to be the ultimate romance.

The Bush tax cuts, due to expire at the end of this year, could be extended and a short-term stimulus agreed upon.

And last week a senior US Democrat said that legislators must be willing to consider the possibility of a second economic stimulus package.

The American public might acquiesce to climate aid to China if it were sold as a kind of trade stimulus or partnership, however.

In reality, the unemployment rate is a full percentage point higher than what Romer and Bernstein predicted it would be without a stimulus.

In fact, the massive money printing and the rest of the stimulus are why gross domestic product has held up as well as it has.

Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, said last week that the stimulus bill was on track.

Our only chance is to adopt his plan of $800 billion in additional stimulus spending over the next two years.

It will always be possible to withdraw stimulus a year or two hence.

Forgive my sarcasm, but my stimulus check hasn't come in yet, and I live only a few blocks away from The Capitol.

The president pleaded for the passage of a massive fiscal stimulus, insisting that "doing nothing is not an option. "

"Confidence is collapsing with the world's economies, and fiscal stimulus is not coming on fast enough, " he said.

The whole blood program would have died between the wars except for the stimulus provided by the activities of the American Red Cross.

The goal for the stimulus plan is to save or create two and one-half million jobs over a period of two years.

Relative to the size of the economy, the stimulus was more than twice as large as America's.

The first stimulus is now expiring and much of its contribution was cancelled out by the shrinking of state and local-government budgets.

While only about 15% of the stimulus has gone out the door thus far, it is the rate of spending that matters.

If a few FAI cylinders are beginning to sputter, though, three years on from the big post-Lehman stimulus, this is no disaster.

He was an early, vocal and consistent advocate of co-ordinated global fiscal stimulus, advice that in hindsight seems remarkably prescient.

First, the stimulus did not stop Japan from becoming marked by social fracture, political unrest and nationalism.

The US body politic is perfectly prepared to ignore the debt implications of its stimulus actions.

When he addresses Congress on September 8th he is less likely to call for a big new stimulus than for a laundry list of lesser initiatives.

That it has only fallen a bit since is owed to the leap in government borrowing to fund various stimulus programs.

This is at the high end of the range of the German budgetary stimulus proposed last week by its Council of Economic Experts.

The federal stimulus program is starting to wind down in the state of Wyoming.

At $787bn, the Recovery Act is far larger than any of the new targeted stimulus jobs programmes the president is now proposing.

Mr. Tupman did as he was requested; and the additional stimulus of the last glass settled his determination.

"Some governments in the region will have the fiscal space to sustain fiscal stimulus until recovery is on a firmer footing, " he said.

It seems to be their automatic reaction to every stimulus.

Indeed, the Fed was able to move earlier than Congress and the size of its interventions dwarfed the stimulus.

That's where you throw good money after bad, or as the government calls it, a stimulus package.

Smaller ones like Chile and Taiwan have had a large fiscal stimulus. But few have done so well.

For the moment, Republican demands for smaller government have made new stimulus spending all but impossible.

The Democrats said they would also push for a second fiscal stimulus package, though not necessarily as part of this legislation.

The White House has already stressed that the December 3 jobs conference will not be about a second stimulus package.

Sunlight is therefore a stimulus for melanocytes to produce melanin because they are trying to protect the body from UV rays.

But unemployment has not returned to its pre-crisis lows, and few governments have much capacity for further stimulus.

China's imports have ballooned this year, thanks to its prodigious stimulus spending and a rise in commodity prices.

This unwelcome development is a direct result of Beijing's emphasis on heavy industry in its most recent fiscal stimulus campaign.

Encouraged by the stimulus policy, they decided to expand the business to get through the global economic crisis.

Analysts say that this mainly reflected infrastructure investments associated with China's substantial stimulus program in 2008 and 2009.

Some sort of stimulus package was expected, but the timing surprised economists.

Ms Romer said stimulus money was being disbursed at almost exactly the rate forecast by the Office of Management and Budget.

As the president spoke in Florida, the U. S. Senate passed its version of the economic stimulus plan.

So leveraging up was one hell of a stimulus for the economy.

China is also directing about a third of its economic stimulus to green ends, according to research by the bank HSBC.

Whereas a man can be visually stimulated and get turned on, a woman usually requires other 'deeper' stimulus.

On this view, the individual's own voluntary behavior (response) to a situation or event (stimulus) is the cause of specific consequences.

Interest rates in many rich countries are now close to zero, which may increase the potency of, as well as the need for, fiscal stimulus.

Fiscal stimulus, indispensable as it is, cannot create a lasting economic recovery in a country with a broken financial system.

Germany still has some fiscal stimulus in the pipeline, which may lift its economy above the rest for a while.

Any of these signals can be used as a stimulus while spectrum measurements are made elsewhere in the circuit.

Mr Obama's earlier fiscal stimulus is also already starting to fade, and election year politics have poisoned the chances of any more.

So the net government stimulus was barely $100 billion a year in a more than $14-trillion economy.

In communication fields wave orientation of antenna array can be changed by the phase of stimulus signal, which is called phased array.

The fiscal strategy of a direct stimulus to the economy is straight out of the Keynesian copybook .

In effect, policy makers are betting that the private sector can make up for the withdrawal of stimulus over the next couple of years.

This stimulates the largest amount of muscle fibers. Your body responds to this stimulus by increasing the size of your muscle fibers.

The wisdom of withdrawing fiscal stimulus in the near term is proving to be one of the most contentious in global policymaking.