Traduction de «Accumulation d'excédents » (Français → Anglais) :

Furthermore, in Member States that accumulate large current-account surpluses, policies should aim to identify and implement measures that help strengthen their domestic demand and growth potential.

The assessment of Member States showing large current-account deficits may differ from that of Member States that accumulate large current-account surpluses.

Mr. Speaker, with regard to the royal recommendation situation as it relates to any of the bills that have come up in recent times about employment insurance benefits, I have been concerned that there has been no discussion about the obligations of the government with regard to the notional surplus of the EI. Under the rules guiding the employment insurance plan, where there is an accumulated surplus I believe the regulations require that two years of surplus be maintained and, second, to the extent that there would be a greater surplus than that, that it would be drawn down by either a reduction of premiums or by expansion or programs ...[+++]or introduction of new program benefits under the EI program.

A corresponding amount, financed from the accumulated surplus of the budgets approved on the basis of Article 35(5) of the Europol Convention, shall be transferred into the first budget established under this Decision and shall constitute an assigned revenue to cover that expenditure.

The government has now announced that public-sector pension plans — for example, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board — will be able to build up surpluses of 25 per cent of future benefits, to help cushion the plans when the next bear market hits.

The total surplus is becoming very large, and Mr. Martin has been able to placate people by I think a 20¢ reduction every year, and I believe the cost is $1.6 million to $1.8 million, but still there have been surpluses.