budget gap造句
1. New York, which estimated its budget gap at 29 per cent in its 2010 budget, will charge US11c more on beer and wine.
2. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's overall budget gap fell last year but deficits in Greece and Portugal were higher than expected, underlining the challenges presented by their austerity programs.
3. The government has pledged to cut the budget gap to below 3 percent of GDP by 2013.
4. The city's budget gap may reach $8 billion by the July 1, 2010, start of fiscal year 2011.
5. Eurostat said Greece cut its budget gap to 10.5 percent of GDP from 15.4 percent in 2009. The European Commission and Athens had estimated the deficit at 9.6 percent.
6. By contrast, the budget gap that lawmakers closed with cuts this spring was about $300 million.
7. The commission now has to find a replacement for Dowlin and deal with the budget gap.
8. By declaring a fiscal emergency, former Hollywood action star Schwarzenegger is forcing lawmakers to focus on plugging the budget gap.
9. Challenged with a 100 million euro deficit, one western German city has introduced a day tax on prostitutes to help whittle down its budget gap.
10. Even as the Obama administration seeks to ensure it is taking appropriate steps to lift the economy in the near-term, it may soon need to shift tack to how it will rein in the record U.S. budget gap.
11. Separately, Britain posted the largest budget deficit for any August since records began in 1993 while in Portugal, the budget gap widened in the first eight months of the year.
12. The Obama administration already has previewed its forecast for this year's budget gap: $1.58 trillion, down from an earlier projection of $1.84 trillion.
13. Republicans and some deficit-hawk Democrats have repeatedly blocked spending packages for fear of adding to an already large budget gap.
14. But after Mr. Perry's re-election, reality intruded — funny how that happens — and the state is now scrambling to close a huge budget gap.
15. Residents now face the prospect of higher car taxes and college fees to close the state's budget gap.
16. BERLIN (Reuters Life! ) – Challenged with a 100 million euro ($133 million) deficit, one western German city has introduced a day tax on prostitutes to help whittle down its budget gap.
17. Polling conducted by the Pew Research Center suggests Americans want to see shared sacrifice when it comes to budget cuts, and a mixed approach overall to close the budget gap.
18. Several euro zone ministers in Wroclaw seemed peeved that the United States, itself burdened with a large budget gap and debt[http://], was lecturing Europe on what should be done.
19. Greece's top central banker called on the government to speed up efforts to close the budget gap amid growing concerns elsewhere in Europe that Athens can't pull itself out of its debt spiral.
20. The $150 billion shortfall in November was the 26th straight monthly deficit, the longest streak on record and the largest budget gap for any November.