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This was a bizarre game, but we showed a lot of character, coming back from a 4-1 deficit on the road, we're heading back home with an excellent point. Defensively, we have to address certain things, but I ’m glad that we showed that we can score at any time. – Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Impact	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Investor optimism for oil has markedly improved. We believe the gains in price are sustainable and not just driven by speculative gains. We are likely to be in a global oil supply deficit by Q3 2016. – Nitesh Shah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Notwithstanding the improvement in the deficit, which signals a diminished drag on domestic GDP, the broad-based falloff in both exports and imports activity is a sobering sign of some weakening in domestic and global demand. – Millan Mulraine	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I do see in a number of countries action to address the budget deficit, that gives us encouragement and comfort. – Masood Ahmed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The task we are setting for ourselves is to have a budget deficit at 3 percent of GDP under (an oil price of) $40 (per barrel), (But) if the oil price is as it's shaping up now - $32-33 - accordingly, it (budget deficit) will be up to 4 percent of GDP. – Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Since 2009, every year has seen a new all-time high in Asia's LPG deficit due to strong LPG demand growth. – David Wech	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We still face enormous problems that this budget does not even pretend to address, let's be clear : the math in this budget does not work. Next fiscal year - that already has a $ 2 billion deficit - will now begin with an extra $ 300 million deficit. – Tom Wolf	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Let's be clear : the math in this budget does not work. Next fiscal year - that already has a $ 2 billion deficit - will now begin with an extra $ 300 million deficit. – Tom Wolf	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We don't know what to expect at this point, although we do know that the deficit we've been forewarned should be C$25-30 billion, with a lot of it should be in infrastructure spending. – Irwin Michael	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
(The government) has become too focused on narrowly getting the deficit down without being able to say where that should fall other than simply on those who I think can less afford to have that fall on them, i think it is in danger of drifting in a direction that divides society rather than unites it, and that I think is unfair. – David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In its current form, I will veto this budget, and I urge Republicans in the legislature to stop the partisan games and come back to the table to negotiate a final budget that funds our schools and eliminates the nearly $2 billion deficit. – Tom Wolf	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Fixed-asset investment growth picked up due to stronger real estate investment, the economy still needs support from loose monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy going forward. Apart from the expansion of the (budget) deficit to implement tax cuts, the central government needs to maintain infrastructure investment. – Li Huiyong	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You’re still going to have hundreds of billions of dollars of deficit that you’re going to have to make up. – Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Florida Sen. Rubio’re still going to have hundreds of billions of dollars of deficit that Florida Sen. Rubio’re going to have to make up. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
FIFA is currently going through a difficult period with a deficit of about $ 100 million in 2015. – Frenchman Champagne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The wall is probably $8 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico. We lose a tremendous amount of trade deficits. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that is astronomical, much bigger than that. We will get -- and I say it also is also part of my plan -- Mexico is going to play for the wall. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They're aiming to create a deficit of the public funds and create social and economic upheaval. – Claudia Gazzini	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Balance is regulated by several systems in the body and I believe we need to understand where the deficit is coming from before we can target the intervention, yoga is great as a therapeutic approach because it can be modified to the individual need or individual balance deficit. – Pamela Jeter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I believe that our non-oil and gas deficit had risen to a very dangerous level. So now we are forced to lower it. And this is healthy, it is very difficult ... to resist spending oil and gas revenues to cover current expenses. (But) it is the reduction of these expenses that improves the economy. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Approval of a budget consistent with the program objective of reducing the general government deficit to 3.7 percent of GDP is a key condition for the completion of the (IMF aid) program, approval of a budget that deviates from program objectives for 2016 and the medium-term will interrupt the program and inevitably disrupt the associated international financing. – David Lipton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Keeping to these plans, however, is subject to significant risks related to (i) the ability to fully finance the ambitious 2016 personal income tax reform and (ii) uncertainties about the costs associated with the refugee crisis, while recent revenue buoyancy will help, it is likely that additional measures will be needed to reach the targeted deficit. – The IMF	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is not good news for the fiscal consolidation process because it will delay the 2015 and 2016 budgets, the country is running a 9.5% of GDP fiscal deficit, so you need to get that under control. This is hurting the fiscal consolidation process, which in turn is hurting the macro economic environment. – Alejo Czerwonko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It would be difficult for us to lose political credibility among citizens only to cut the deficit in the short term, especially since rapid deficit cuts would weaken the economic climate. – Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A lot of uncertainty has to do with the size of the fiscal deficit expected this year. – Monica Malik	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

This was a bizarre game, but we showed a lot of character, coming back from a 4-1 deficit on the road, we're heading back home with an excellent point. Defensively, we have to address certain things, but I ’m glad that we showed that we can score at any time.

– Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Impact

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investor optimism for oil has markedly improved. We believe the gains in price are sustainable and not just driven by speculative gains. We are likely to be in a global oil supply deficit by Q3 2016.

– Nitesh Shah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Notwithstanding the improvement in the deficit, which signals a diminished drag on domestic GDP, the broad-based falloff in both exports and imports activity is a sobering sign of some weakening in domestic and global demand.

– Millan Mulraine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I do see in a number of countries action to address the budget deficit, that gives us encouragement and comfort.

– Masood Ahmed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The task we are setting for ourselves is to have a budget deficit at 3 percent of GDP under (an oil price of) $40 (per barrel), (But) if the oil price is as it's shaping up now - $32-33 - accordingly, it (budget deficit) will be up to 4 percent of GDP.

– Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Since 2009, every year has seen a new all-time high in Asia's LPG deficit due to strong LPG demand growth.

– David Wech

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We still face enormous problems that this budget does not even pretend to address, let's be clear : the math in this budget does not work. Next fiscal year - that already has a $ 2 billion deficit - will now begin with an extra $ 300 million deficit.

– Tom Wolf

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Let's be clear : the math in this budget does not work. Next fiscal year - that already has a $ 2 billion deficit - will now begin with an extra $ 300 million deficit.

– Tom Wolf

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don't know what to expect at this point, although we do know that the deficit we've been forewarned should be C$25-30 billion, with a lot of it should be in infrastructure spending.

– Irwin Michael

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

(The government) has become too focused on narrowly getting the deficit down without being able to say where that should fall other than simply on those who I think can less afford to have that fall on them, i think it is in danger of drifting in a direction that divides society rather than unites it, and that I think is unfair.

– David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In its current form, I will veto this budget, and I urge Republicans in the legislature to stop the partisan games and come back to the table to negotiate a final budget that funds our schools and eliminates the nearly $2 billion deficit.

– Tom Wolf

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Fixed-asset investment growth picked up due to stronger real estate investment, the economy still needs support from loose monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy going forward. Apart from the expansion of the (budget) deficit to implement tax cuts, the central government needs to maintain infrastructure investment.

– Li Huiyong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You’re still going to have hundreds of billions of dollars of deficit that you’re going to have to make up.

– Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Florida Sen. Rubio’re still going to have hundreds of billions of dollars of deficit that Florida Sen. Rubio’re going to have to make up.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

FIFA is currently going through a difficult period with a deficit of about $ 100 million in 2015.

– Frenchman Champagne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The wall is probably $8 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico. We lose a tremendous amount of trade deficits. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that is astronomical, much bigger than that. We will get -- and I say it also is also part of my plan -- Mexico is going to play for the wall.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They're aiming to create a deficit of the public funds and create social and economic upheaval.

– Claudia Gazzini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Balance is regulated by several systems in the body and I believe we need to understand where the deficit is coming from before we can target the intervention, yoga is great as a therapeutic approach because it can be modified to the individual need or individual balance deficit.

– Pamela Jeter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I believe that our non-oil and gas deficit had risen to a very dangerous level. So now we are forced to lower it. And this is healthy, it is very difficult ... to resist spending oil and gas revenues to cover current expenses. (But) it is the reduction of these expenses that improves the economy.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Approval of a budget consistent with the program objective of reducing the general government deficit to 3.7 percent of GDP is a key condition for the completion of the (IMF aid) program, approval of a budget that deviates from program objectives for 2016 and the medium-term will interrupt the program and inevitably disrupt the associated international financing.

– David Lipton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Keeping to these plans, however, is subject to significant risks related to (i) the ability to fully finance the ambitious 2016 personal income tax reform and (ii) uncertainties about the costs associated with the refugee crisis, while recent revenue buoyancy will help, it is likely that additional measures will be needed to reach the targeted deficit.

– The IMF

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is not good news for the fiscal consolidation process because it will delay the 2015 and 2016 budgets, the country is running a 9.5% of GDP fiscal deficit, so you need to get that under control. This is hurting the fiscal consolidation process, which in turn is hurting the macro economic environment.

– Alejo Czerwonko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It would be difficult for us to lose political credibility among citizens only to cut the deficit in the short term, especially since rapid deficit cuts would weaken the economic climate.

– Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A lot of uncertainty has to do with the size of the fiscal deficit expected this year.

– Monica Malik

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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