Earning a reputation for prudent management of the nation's finances was the essential precondition for improving public services and ameliorating poverty.
But with next year's elections ringing in his ears, commentators say it seems likely Finance Minister Simba Makoni may find himself putting short term political gains before the prudent management of the ailing economy.
This effort to nurture private business has been backed, by and large, with more prudent macroeconomic management.
We look forward to discussing our strong record of prudent risk management.
Once the government had decided that establishing its credentials for prudent macroeconomic management was the overriding priority, its first term was remarkably uncontentious.
The risk, however, is that this emphasis on prudent debt management and export-led growth is a plan for yesterday's war the one that weakened emerging markets in the 1990s.
Morningstar analyst Marisa Thompson, who follows the company, says more prudent cost management and improved capital discipline is driving higher returns on capital and strong free cash flow.
Diversification in investing is a mainstay of prudent portfolio management.
Discover managed to stay ahead of the market trend through prudent risk management and reported a 7% decline in average credit loans outstanding during the post financial crisis period.
Better-than-expected results were mainly aided by prudent expense management.
If higher expenditure on public services comes to be seen as payday for public-sector workers, Labour will lose the reputation for prudent economic management which it struggled so hard to win in its early, parsimonious, years.
Guillermo Perry, the World Bank's chief economist for Latin America, says Chile is better placed than any other country in the region to absorb external shocks, thanks to its well organised budgetary institutions, prudent fiscal management (a surplus every year since 1989) and tight banking supervision.
But he said reform would come only if "these can be afforded as part of our prudent, careful management of the economy".
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"It is only prudent and good management that we ensure that we investigate all possible options for the club, " said Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.
Yet to also encounter familiar trademarks such as DuPont and IBM demonstrates that prudent discipline and shrewd management, along with more than a little luck, are proven guards against time and market forces.
Recent events underscore the need for strong market discipline, prudent regulatory policies and robust risk management.
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John Buckingham is editor of the Prudent Speculator and president of Al Frank Asset Management.
Overexposure to construction and development loans including loans secured by multifamily and commercial properties: If loans for construction, land development, and other land, and loans secured by multifamily and commercial property are 300% or more of total risk capital, the institution would also be considered to have a CRE concentrations above prudent levels, and should employ heightened risk management practices.
Overexposure to construction and development loans: The first guideline states that if loans for construction, land development and other land are 100% or more of total risk capital, the institution is considered to have loans concentrations above prudent risk levels, and should have heightened risk management practices.
Overexposure to construction and development loans: The first guideline states that if loans for construction, land development and other land are 100% or more of total risk capital, the institution is considered to have loan concentrations above prudent risk levels, and should have heightened risk management practices.
Mark Mowrey, editor of the Prudent Speculator TechValue Report and analyst at Al Frank Asset management, cautions investors to stay diversified.
John Buckingham editor of The Prudent Speculator newsletter and Chief Investment Officer of Al Frank Asset Management, has held MSFT in his value oriented portfolios for several years.
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Maintaining a 2% reserve in the MMI Fund is a prudent, make-sense business practice and although previous fund management practices may not have been able to deliver this reserve in the past, it is a welcome post-mortgage meltdown priority.
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Finally there is a relatively prudent way in which the UK's debt has been managed by the semi-autonomous Debt Management Office - whose performance looks more and more important and impressive.
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