#din

In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade. ↗

— Evan Davis

#components #consumer #exports #investment #main

Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than they otherwise would. That extra spending increases demand and ensures that we all carry on with work to do, without us having to slash our prices or our wrists. ↗

— Evan Davis

#cuts #demand #directly #economy #effect

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#borrowing #give #government #must #spending

Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of the most exciting infrastructure in Britain. Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London. It is the biggest engineering project in Europe - and Phyllis herself is not exactly dainty. ↗

— Evan Davis

#biggest #boring #britain #characters #dainty

As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#amtrak #congressional #congressional district #continue #counts

However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#budget #continue #cost #eliminating #even

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#basic #block #budget #budget cuts #building

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#spending #transportation #win-win

We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves. ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#benefit #doing #exercising #giving #going