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FISCAL SURPLUS [9 records]

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Record 1 2008-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

[When] advanced systems entered into the politics of budgetary surplus..., they lost the imperative of fiscal stringency as a justification for command leadership.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

[Lorsqu'ils] ont adopté la politique des excédents budgétaires [...], les régimes avancés ont perdu de vue l'impératif de la rigueur financière comme justification au leadership axé sur le commandement.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

The objective of MMIP is to develop a pool of qualified candidates for management.

OBS

Strategic and proactive action designed to help fill the anticipated gap in HRDC' s [Human Resources and Development Canada] employee situation. Interns who begins the MMIP program in 2000-2001 will graduate in the fiscal year 2003-2004 just as we expect to have potential surplus management vacancies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
DEF

Budget in which earnings are greater than expenses. If the State has a surplus it is indicative of a recessive fiscal policy.

OBS

surplus budget: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Budget dans lequel les revenus sont plus importants que les dépenses. Si l'État est excédentaire il suit une politique fiscale restrictive.

OBS

budget excédentaire : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Presupuesto en el que los ingresos son mayores que los gastos. Si el Estado tiene superávit está siguiendo una política fiscal recesiva.

OBS

presupuesto excedentario: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 1996-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The statement by the Minister of Finance setting out the government's projected revenues and expenditures, sometimes called fiscal projections, with the resulting surplus or deficit. It contains an overview of the government's economic and fiscal projections, and also sets out fiscal policy for the period ahead. The federal budget is generally delivered in February.

OBS

Often capitalized: Budget.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Document dans lequel le ministre des Finances établit les prévisions de recettes et de dépenses publiques, parfois appelées projections budgétaires, et l'excédent ou le déficit qui en découle. Il donne une vue d'ensemble des prévisions économiques et financières du gouvernement, et fixe l'orientation de la politique budgétaire pour la période à venir. Le budget fédéral est généralement déposé en février.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
OBS

If public policy succeeds in stepping up net investment by militant easy credit or other policies, how can consumption spending be cut down to prevent excessive dollar demands from precipitating inflation? Primarily, by having the government pursue an austere fiscal policy; raising tax rates and cutting down on marginal expenditures, thereby contriving a chronic budget surplus to offset easy money.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

While the fiscal budget is in surplus, the external current account deficit was much larger than expected as imports took off in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

Bien que le budget fiscal soit excédentaire, le déficit du compte courant extérieur a été plus important que prévu lorsque les importations ont décollé en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

... fiscal surplus excluding interest payments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 8 1981-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
OBS

If, as others believe, we are in for "chronic exhilaration", with demand so brisk as to lead much of the time to inflationary gaps, then active fiscal policy will probably mean a bias toward surplus financing and a secular downward trend in the public debt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • National Accounting
OBS

Primarily by having the government pursue an austere fiscal policy; raising tax rates and cutting down on marginal expenditures, thereby contriving a chronic budget surplus to offset easy money.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Comptabilité nationale

Spanish

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