President Obama favors major government spending to spur growth, while many European leaders want more emphasis on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

The organization advised massive spending to bridge the gap, but Global Witness says more spending will not solve the problem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The Obama administration is implementing a $787 billion package of tax cuts and spending to stimulate the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

To jump-start its recovery plan, Fujii says,the government has identified $98 billion worth of wasteful spending to cut.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

To combat a severe economic slowdown, governments of major economies sharply boosted spending to stimulate activity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

At home,Mr.Obama has focused on government spending to jump-start the economy and he was expected to urge other nations to take similar steps at the economic summit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Investors also fear the new administration will loosen fiscal policies, although EU nations from Greece to Britain are being forced to cut spending to shore-up Europe's weakening euro currency.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

At a similar gathering last year, members of the so-called G20 set of advanced economies agreed on emergency spending to stem a global crisis brought on by the collapse of U.S.investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Mark Hurd was out. Investigators said he had falsified expense records to hide spending on a woman who worked with H-P.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

The crisis in Greece has threatened to spread to other countries and has led to protests and violence over spending cuts.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Three-fourths of the charities that answered the survey said the recession had forced them to dismiss workers or cut other spending.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Ireland's bank bailout and government spending have expanded this year's deficit to more than thirty percent of gross domestic product.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

At the close of the Group of 20 Summit in Toronto,Canada, the president noted moves in Europe to cut government spending.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending Germany's decision to cut spending by one hundred billion dollars over four years.

VOA: special.2010.06.25