deficit-cutting

On its definition of deficit-cutting, the fund finds that fiscal contraction tends to reduce GDP and increase unemployment.

That makes it a tempting target for deficit-cutting finance ministers.

European stocks rebounded from a six-week low as Ireland's government prepared to unveil a four- year deficit-cutting plan.

The president gave assurances that the deficit cutting "won't be a drag on a fragile economy" .

Monti provided few details but stressed there would be a dual focus on deficit cutting and economic growth.

Consider, too, the response to the report of the president's deficit-cutting commission last week.

Some of the more successful deficit-cutting programmes were accompanied by falls in inflation and interest rates.

First, she faces pressures to fend off tax-cut calls in her own camp to protect her deficit-cutting goals.

A levy on financial services firms is the top choice among more than a dozen deficit-cutting options presented to respondents.

Both parties want to put the burden of deficit cutting on lower spending rather than higher taxes.

in this case, a political system that is not designed for serious deficit-cutting (the point made by S&P).

Alberto Alesina of Harvard University suggests that deficit-cutting should concentrate on spending cuts, rather than tax rises.

This requires both credible deficit cutting and a strategy for growth.

The specifics of what Mr. Obama would present to the new deficit-cutting committee were unclear.

A paroxysm of deficit cutting is sweeping the US, with Republicans and Democrats hurling around dubious figures like confetti.

US President Barack Obama is due to announce his administration's new deficit-cutting plan.

The recent deficit-cutting, debt-ceiling deal largely ignored the deteriorating economy.

A credible plan for deficit-cutting is urgently needed; its implementation is not.

Until recently the deficit-cutting rhetoric exaggerated its likely short-term impact.

And even with those controversial elements, his budget still leaves half of the deficit-cutting job undone.

So when Mr Obama appointed his bipartisan commission on deficit-cutting, it seemed a token gesture.

In particular the fund criticises the way Mr Alesina and Ms Ardagna identified periods of deficit-cutting.

He tackled an astronomically large budget deficit, cutting $3 billion without raising taxes.

And Congress will convene a bi-partisan deficit cutting commission that won't do much either.

Republicans greeted his pay-freeze proposal warmly, though they claimed he was taking a page from their deficit-cutting plan.

Deficit cutting should start now, not later, to achieve manageable debt-to-GDP ratios before 2015.

They know they are heading for possible rows over deficit-cutting.

But if you actually look at the data, the government has barely begun its deficit-cutting work.

US House to Vote on Deficit Cutting Proposal