fiscal discipline

"This really aims at sending a strong message in terms of commitment to fiscal discipline, " she said.

But these will fail if Germany insists that fiscal discipline is all that matters.

A leader of the Greens' "realist" wing, he cares as much about fiscal discipline as he does about renewable energy.

Listen to all the voices -- not just here but even more stridently in Europe -- calling for a need to restore fiscal discipline.

Alan has long argued, correctly, that fiscal discipline is a long-term obligation requiring honesty and a willingness to make tough choices.

The state's Republican leadership has staked its reputation on fiscal discipline and a healthy economy.

Some commentaries assume that achieving financial stability through fiscal discipline is a simple problem.

One of the most important factors behind the recovery of our financial health has been our maintenance of strict fiscal discipline.

It shows that rigorous fiscal discipline and ambitious social policy can be combined, which many politicians are apt to forget.

Yet the financial crisis has exposed the countries' chronic lack of fiscal discipline and longstanding structural deficiencies.

In any case, these stabs at fiscal discipline haven't come close to keeping up with the explosion in spending.

But there was never an easy quid pro quo for ECB activism in return for new rules on European Union-wide fiscal discipline.

For Treasuries, this means maintaining fiscal discipline rather than giving in to the temptation of tax rebates and fuel subsidies.

Arrangements with the IMF, especially requirements for fiscal discipline, are an important element in policy formation.

The current disputes over fiscal discipline merely serve to emphasize the differences in the economic needs of different European nations.

The riots in Greece are showing the huge task ahead for the Greek government to meet EU demands for fiscal discipline.

In competitiveness and fiscal discipline, Germany is where the stragglers want to be.

The OECD advised the country to seize the "golden opportunity" for labour-market reform and fiscal discipline to sustain economic momentum.

In general, the wordy document contains much talk of restoring "fiscal discipline" and stopping "job-killing tax hikes" .

That would make the world a safer place, he reckons, because each issuer would nudge the others towards financial and fiscal discipline.

Fiscal discipline is painful, unpopular and, in today's Washington, as elusive as the prosperity we once had.

It might actually be good for us to help us concentrate the mind and encourage fiscal discipline.

Now on course to win a second term , her strong stance at the G20 summit in favour of fiscal discipline has boosted her profile .

Hungary is another EU country whose commitment to fiscal discipline has fallen victim to shifts in the political tide.

In fairness, it is early, and stabilising the economy should be Mr Obama's priority, not long term fiscal discipline.

But it was only at this late stage that fiscal discipline bit as private creditors fled.

Past schemes designed to instil fiscal discipline have frequently come unstuck sooner or later.

The monetary and fiscal discipline required for euro entry has proved reassuring for investors.

The idea is to write fiscal discipline into national constitutions and harness the EU's institutions to punish profligacy and excess.

Fiscal discipline will become more necessary, even as slowing growth puts pressure on budgets.

When the government shut down in 1995 for 21 days the bond market rallied in anticipation of greater fiscal discipline.

He has already called for fiscal discipline, while also arguing for greater infrastructure and military spending.

Either way, the US still badly needs to agree on a framework for medium-term fiscal discipline.

It is willing to transfer rules on fiscal discipline and the labour reforms that helped it regain competitiveness.

The 60-page document listed education, energy, science and fiscal discipline as Mr Obama's leading domestic economic priorities.

The Canadian experience shows that the U. S. deficit can be tamed with ten years of fiscal discipline.

Lack of fiscal discipline is rewarded, while fiscal solidity is punished.

A country with so little practice in fiscal discipline will find this hard to correct.

At some point, without fiscal discipline, the world will simply lose confidence in U. S. government finances.

In the medium term it could encourage politicians to abandon fiscal discipline.

We shall continue to maintain a strict fiscal discipline and ensure the effective use of resources.

Almost all treaties promising European fiscal discipline have been broken time and again.

First, the deficit can be tamed with ten years of fiscal discipline, mainly on the side of spending cuts.

But more big tests of America's commitment to fiscal discipline are looming.

Congress has promised fiscal discipline for decades, only to undo its promises before the reckoning.

As investments, they are living proof of irrational exuberance, a leading indicator of our loss of fiscal discipline.

But many supporters recognise the increasingly urgent need to show fiscal discipline.

Unless fiscal discipline is restored, direct sales of municipal paper will be no easier.

At the same time, its president has been tirelessly lobbying politicians to take emergency action and embrace fiscal discipline.

If progress is slower than he promised, he may be tempted to weaken Chile's famed fiscal discipline.

The ruling idea here is that the weakening of fiscal positions in peripheral countries reflects a lack of fiscal discipline.

That still leaves Europe's policymakers grappling with the problem of how to impose fiscal discipline.

The real issue is the signal it sends about longer-term fiscal discipline.

So relative fiscal discipline in America would push the dollar down, and vice versa.

At the same time, she promised to restore the fiscal discipline that has slipped so dangerously under Mr Bush.

We will also maintain strict fiscal discipline, ensure the effective use of resources and leave wealth with the people.

So, the fourth condition is that the government exerts strong fiscal discipline.

We should be strict in fiscal discipline.

to put our country on the path of fiscal discipline and responsibility that will lead to a brighter economic future for all.

For example, there is a much more consistent recognition that fiscal discipline is important.

Among the ideas are: suspension of European Union subsidies, the "cohesion funds" , to countries that fail to observe fiscal discipline;

to demonstrate economic competence in balancing growth with fiscal discipline

to investigate and punish major fiscal discipline violations;

(See "The real cost of fiscal discipline" for more on how slow growth could get. )