It contains enough infrastructure spending to shorten the recession by a couple of quarters.
It has been held aloft for years by giant booms in house prices and infrastructure spending.
Still, we need to rebuild our military establishment, which puts needed infrastructure spending in second place.
Senate Republicans could probably be persuaded to back a modest boost in infrastructure spending.
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Instead, pumping more money into infrastructure spending would be more effective in creating jobs, Wyden said.
My biggest fear is that Obama can't get Congress to endorse more stimulus for infrastructure spending.
And while IT requires some infrastructure spending, clean energy requires trillions of dollars of infrastructure investments.
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For economies that can afford it, increased infrastructure spending is a weapon of choice.
The new administration is also expected to increase infrastructure spending, especially on roads and broadband telecoms.
The proposed social fund was originally conceived as being earmarked for education and infrastructure spending.
The package will include infrastructure spending, as well as incentives for businesses to boost investment.
According to Tim Condon, at ING, transport infrastructure spending in December was already 61% higher than a year earlier.
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The latest scandal may slow the government's ambitious infrastructure spending programme, centred on energy projects.
Mr Obama has previously cited infrastructure spending as the best possible investment to propel an economic recovery.
Policymakers have been taking steps to boost economic growth by way of infrastructure spending and monetary easing.
Another positive sign is the emphasis on infrastructure spending in many of the national fiscal stimulus packages.
Between 2005 and 2008, for example, infrastructure spending in China expanded at an annual clip of 21 percent.
To narrow the deficit, it will be tempted to short-change infrastructure spending, an investment that pays off slowly.
The reality is that most of China's infrastructure spending has created greater business efficiency while maintaining stable employment numbers.
It is easy to say that the call for more infrastructure spending is a measure to catch the vote.
Fixed-line operators have now cut their infrastructure spending to focus on picking up clients rather than expanding their networks.
They hope that a revived economy will create an uptick in network infrastructure spending by corporations and public entities.
The main driver was infrastructure spending by the government, especially in the railway sector, and a stabilizing property market.
Perhaps three-quarters of the growth will come from government demand, particularly infrastructure spending.
It would include extended unemployment benefits, aid to the states for health-care programmes, more infrastructure spending and other items.
This year, Beijing has sought to push up growth rates with even more infrastructure spending and loose monetary policies.
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The government may therefore resort to increased infrastructure spending to jump-start the economy.
That reflected a 24% increase in private infrastructure spending from the prior year.
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And there was considerable amount of discussion about how we can leverage the private sector to boost our infrastructure spending.
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That leaves plenty of headroom for expansion as Beijing promotes road projects and other infrastructure spending to bolster economic growth.
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