primary surplus

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandsurplus

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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surplus
noun[C or U]
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.pləs/us
/ˈsɝː.pləs/
(an amount that is) more than ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandsurplusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary surplus

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As theprimarysurplusturns into deficits, the debt starts to increase.
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Therefore, every change in the level of debt orprimarysurplusprecedes a change in the public's acceptance level of savings.
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As reported in the table, theprimarysurplusrequired to ensure debt is sustainable increases with the initial level of public debt and with interest rates.
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This implies that the government is confronted by a looser constraint, in the sense that it can achieve an enlargement of theprimarysurpluswithout changing the level of spending.
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Increases in government spending decrease the present discounted value of the (adjusted) current and futureprimarysurplusbelow the real value of nominal government liabilities, given the price level.
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As theprimarysurplusreaches its maximum at approximately 0.13, one enters the second region, which can be characterized by decreasing levels of debt andprimarysurplus.
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The = 0.1 and = 0.9 values reflect the idea that people are more concerned about theprimarysurplus/deficit ratio than about the debt ratio in forming the acceptance level.
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The strategy naturally anticipates an increase in theprimarysurplusand, to put it another way, using growth potential essentially in order to reduce taxes.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In order to achieve this, we are creating specificprimarysurplusprogrammes to enable a rapid reduction of public debt.
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In fact, from 2003, the modification of the debt ratio will correspond better to the level ofprimarysurplus.
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It fitted them into the framework of the high school review and theprimarysurplusplaces review and then proceeded to consult.
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