Most analyses of America's stimulus efforts in the 1970s conclude that they were badly timed.
China's stimulus package was the earliest and best-known example of fiscal shock and awe.
Exports were meant to take up the burden of recovery as the government's stimulus wore off.
To some, the Obama administration's stimulus spending on everything from wind turbines to electric-car batteries was enlightened.
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Although it was a late convert to the need to do more, Germany's stimulus has worked well.
But medium- and long-term lending has also increased strongly, suggesting that the government's stimulus package has started to kick in.
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The Federal Reserve's stimulus through quantitative easing and Operation Twist also have helped keep steady pressure on yields.
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The documents' release was ordered by Congress, and will be picked over by critics of the Fed's stimulus packages.
The minutes showed that committee members are continuing to debate the timeline for ending the central bank's stimulus efforts.
This year's stimulus bill provides extra cash for states whose welfare caseloads increase.
The benefits of some elements of Germany's stimulus programme are already being felt.
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Mr Obama's stimulus package created around 250, 000 subsidised temporary jobs for welfare recipients.
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President Obama's stimulus spree and the mediocre recovery have doubled the debt to an estimated 76.6% of GDP this year.
As part of the federal government's stimulus act, physicians are being encouraged through financial incentives to use electronic medical records.
But the Republican senator later dropped out because of opposition to the president's stimulus plan and issues involving the 2010 census.
The economy contracted 1.7% in 2009, but rising exports and the government's stimulus plan helped pull Malaysia out of its recession.
America's stimulus package is appropriate to its fiscal position and economic outlook.
Fourth, China's stimulus program is resulting in the building of new factories.
The test will be whether Mr Rudd's stimulus has the right targets.
Duncan has led the administration's stimulus bill-funded "Race to the Top" program, which rewards states for aggressively reforming their education systems.
The strong results raise questions about the eventual tapering off of the Federal Reserve's stimulus, tempering enthusiasm about the report, Mr. Kleintop said.
Bank loan officers must feel like Marriner Eccles, the Depression-era Federal Reserve chairman who famously equated the Fed's stimulus efforts with pushing on a string.
And inflation worries sparked by the Federal Reserve's stimulus program have ebbed, disappointing some investors who bought gold as a hedge against broad-based price increases.
Some economists argue that if Mr Darling's stimulus is not enough to turn around the economy, he will need a further stimulus package in the Budget.
"The government's stimulus measures implemented last year have managed to stabilise growth and lay the foundations for solid expansion this year, " said Dariusz Kowalczyk of Credit Agricole CIB.
It also reflects rising confidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus policies, dubbed "Abenomics, " will shake the economy out of its stupor, boosting earnings of companies geared to domestic demand.
They are taking to task the Obama administration's stimulus program and health care initiative, and say Congress is not giving constituents enough information about where their tax money is spent.
When I suggested otherwise in a piece for the Today programme earlier in the week, the Treasury were on to me quickly with facts and figures to counter the suggestion that Obama's stimulus was the opposite of British austerity.
The mixed showing followed declines on Thursday where there was a heavy selloff after the minutes from U.S. Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting raised concerns that the central bank's stimulus measures could come to an end earlier than expected.
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