CCAGW Reacts to House and Senate Budget Developments

CCAGW Reacts to House and Senate Budget Developments

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) reacted today to consideration of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Budget Resolution in the House and Senate. For the first time … The bill maintains the spending caps …

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Ex-BOJ Official Hayakawa: Why Two-Year Window? QE Takes Time

When the central bank eventually exits its QE program and Japan's long-term bond goes beyond 2% (nominal bond rate must be greater than the targeted 2% inflation rate), the government will have to spend at least 4% of GDP just to pay interests …

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Tenet Healthcare, United Surgical in Short-Stay Surgery Deal

While the new law has in many ways been a boon—for example by reducing uninsured and charity cases at hospitals—it has also put pressure on providers, by lowering government payments for some services. … Bill Wilcox, chief executive of USPI, said …

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Abe-Kuroda honeymoon soured by fiscal friction

Two years into Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's tenure, the cracks are becoming hard to conceal and could affect the timing of any further monetary easing and an eventual end to the massive money-printing program he set in train. Their …

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Don't try to fool the people, Opposition

Pulling a devastating quote from Opposition Finance Spokesman Audley Shaw that the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement was on "the most bearable terms possible", Phillips said the JLP Government simply "took the …

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Gov. Robert Bentley's tax package already facing changes

Senate Republicans have made agency consolidation a priority, and said they are looking at measures to bring the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and the Alabama Department of Tourism under the Alabama Department of Commerce. Those …

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