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Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2407
Administração Geral
O processo de tomada de decisões é um elemento inerente à tarefa de administrar que tem sido amplamente estudado, bem como é parte da seleção e do treinamento de candidatos a ocupar cargos gerenciais. Indique a opção que apresenta corretamente aspectos do processo decisório.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2406
Administração Geral
As fronteiras que dividem a regulação da competição são cada vez mais permeáveis, devido às inovações tecnológicas e às mudanças estruturais do mercado; neste sentido podemos dizer que são objetivos da regulação:
I. Proteger os direitos do cidadão usuário de serviços públicos.
II. Limitar a concorrência, garantindo a viabilidade econômico-financeira das empresas atuantes nos mercados regulados.
III. Promover a competição.
IV. Definir os valores a serem cobrados à sociedade, a partir da definição de um lucro justo para cada serviço prestado.
V. Preservar o meio-ambiente.
VI. Realizar a exploração direta de alguns serviços públicos, sempre que o setor privado não tiver capacidade econômica de fazê-lo.
VII. Impedir a concentração do poder econômico e o exercício abusivo desse poder.
Escolha a opção que indique quais das sentenças acima são verdadeiras:
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2405
Administração Pública
Assinale como verdadeira (V) ou falsa (F) as definições sobre a Governabilidade, relacionadas a seguir:
( ) A governabilidade refere-se às próprias condições substantivas / materiais de exercício do poder e de legitimidade do Estado e do seu governo, derivadas da sua postura diante da sociedade civil e do mercado.
( ) A governabilidade é a autoridade política do Estado em si, entendida como a habilidade que este tem para agregar os múltiplos interesses dispersos pela sociedade e apresentar-lhes um objetivo comum.
( ) A fonte e a origem da governabilidade são as leis e o poder legislativo, pois é ele que garante a estabilidade política do Estado, por representar todas as unidades da Federação e os diversos segmentos da sociedade.
( ) A fonte da governabilidade são os agentes públicos ou servidores do Estado que possibilitam a formulação / implementação correta das políticas públicas.
( ) A governabilidade é o apoio obtido pelo Estado às suas políticas e à sua capacidade de articular alianças e coalizões para viabilizar o projeto de Estado e sociedade a ser implementado.
Escolha a opção correta.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
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Q2404
Administração Geral
De uma forma geral, as competências gerenciais são classificadas em três categorias: conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes. Essas são necessárias para ocupar um cargo de gerente e dependem do nível hierárquico do cargo, das tarefas a serem desenvolvidas pelo gerente e do tipo de organização entre outros fatores.
Escolha a opção que faz uma relação correta entre habilidade e nível hierárquico.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
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Q2403
Administração Pública
O desafio do Estado brasileiro pressupõe uma tarefa de transformação que exige a redefinição de seus papéis, funções e mecanismos de funcionamento interno. Este processo impõe novas exigências à sociedade como um todo. Assinale a opção correta entre as seguintes afirmações sobre governança.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
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Q2402
Administração Pública
A proposta de reforma do aparelho estatal no Brasil parte da constatação da existência de quatro setores dentro do Estado. Selecione a opção abaixo que não pertence aos setores definidos na reforma da administração pública no Brasil proposta pelo governo Fernando Henrique.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2401
Administração Geral
Assinale a opção que indica corretamente as principais funções do processo administrativo.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2400
Administração Pública
Considerando as reformas administrativas da era Vargas (década de 40), do Governo Militar (final dos anos 60) e do governo Fernando Henrique (reforma de 1995), assinale a opção correta.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2399
Administração Geral
Indique a opção que expressa corretamente conceitos básicos de administração.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2393
Raciocínio Lógico
Lúcio faz o trajeto entre sua casa e seu local de trabalho caminhando, sempre a uma velocidade igual e constante. Neste percurso, ele gasta exatamente 20 minutos. Em um determinado dia, em que haveria uma reunião importante, ele saiu de sua casa no preciso tempo para chegar ao trabalho 8 minutos antes do início da reunião. Ao passar em frente ao Cine Bristol, Lúcio deu-se conta de que se, daquele ponto, caminhasse de volta à sua casa e imediatamente reiniciasse a caminhada para o trabalho, sempre à mesma velocidade, chegaria atrasado à reunião em exatos 10 minutos. Sabendo que a distância entre o Cine Bristol e a casa de Lúcio é de 540 metros, a distância da casa de Lúcio a seu local de trabalho é igual a:
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2388
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 29
and 30:
Responsibility of Accountants and Auditors
How can accountants and auditors help in this
anticorruption drive? First of all, accountants are the
first set of gatekeepers to ensure that transactions are
valid, at arm's-length, captured, and properly
recorded according to established standards.
Secondly, "as professionals with a duty to protect the
public interest, they are bound by rigorous codes of
professional and personal ethics calling for the
highest levels of integrity and objectivity". Thirdly,
"their key strategic positions within an enterprise or
organization - whether in an internal position or as an
external auditor or adviser - mean that they very
often have access to highly privileged and confidential
information."(Frank Harding: "Corruption: Rising to the
Challenge", IFAC - May/1999.)
Both accountants and auditors perform their
respective functions on the bases of national and
international standards of practice which have clear
guidelines in identifying, for instance, indicators of
fraud and other irregularities, and reporting these to
the highest levels of authority.
Internet: www.guyanajournal.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
and 30:
Responsibility of Accountants and Auditors
How can accountants and auditors help in this
anticorruption drive? First of all, accountants are the
first set of gatekeepers to ensure that transactions are
valid, at arm's-length, captured, and properly
recorded according to established standards.
Secondly, "as professionals with a duty to protect the
public interest, they are bound by rigorous codes of
professional and personal ethics calling for the
highest levels of integrity and objectivity". Thirdly,
"their key strategic positions within an enterprise or
organization - whether in an internal position or as an
external auditor or adviser - mean that they very
often have access to highly privileged and confidential
information."(Frank Harding: "Corruption: Rising to the
Challenge", IFAC - May/1999.)
Both accountants and auditors perform their
respective functions on the bases of national and
international standards of practice which have clear
guidelines in identifying, for instance, indicators of
fraud and other irregularities, and reporting these to
the highest levels of authority.
Internet: www.guyanajournal.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
According to the text, accountants and auditors
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2387
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 29
and 30:
Responsibility of Accountants and Auditors
How can accountants and auditors help in this
anticorruption drive? First of all, accountants are the
first set of gatekeepers to ensure that transactions are
valid, at arm's-length, captured, and properly
recorded according to established standards.
Secondly, "as professionals with a duty to protect the
public interest, they are bound by rigorous codes of
professional and personal ethics calling for the
highest levels of integrity and objectivity". Thirdly,
"their key strategic positions within an enterprise or
organization - whether in an internal position or as an
external auditor or adviser - mean that they very
often have access to highly privileged and confidential
information."(Frank Harding: "Corruption: Rising to the
Challenge", IFAC - May/1999.)
Both accountants and auditors perform their
respective functions on the bases of national and
international standards of practice which have clear
guidelines in identifying, for instance, indicators of
fraud and other irregularities, and reporting these to
the highest levels of authority.
Internet: www.guyanajournal.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
and 30:
Responsibility of Accountants and Auditors
How can accountants and auditors help in this
anticorruption drive? First of all, accountants are the
first set of gatekeepers to ensure that transactions are
valid, at arm's-length, captured, and properly
recorded according to established standards.
Secondly, "as professionals with a duty to protect the
public interest, they are bound by rigorous codes of
professional and personal ethics calling for the
highest levels of integrity and objectivity". Thirdly,
"their key strategic positions within an enterprise or
organization - whether in an internal position or as an
external auditor or adviser - mean that they very
often have access to highly privileged and confidential
information."(Frank Harding: "Corruption: Rising to the
Challenge", IFAC - May/1999.)
Both accountants and auditors perform their
respective functions on the bases of national and
international standards of practice which have clear
guidelines in identifying, for instance, indicators of
fraud and other irregularities, and reporting these to
the highest levels of authority.
Internet: www.guyanajournal.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
According to the author, integrity and objectivity are
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2386
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 25
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
The text
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2385
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 25
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
According to the text, Brazil's central bank rate vote demonstrates
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2384
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 25
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
In paragraph 3, the author refers to
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
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Q2383
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 25
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
to 28:
Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote Underscores
Division
Two of the Brazilian central bank's nine-member
board called for a smaller interest rate cut last week
than policy makers approved, underscoring
disagreement over the pace of a recovery in Brazil
and its effect on inflation.
The vote, the first show of dissent since Henrique
Meirelles became the bank's president, may signal
that the bank may be less inclined to lower the
benchmark lending rate in coming months after
cutting it six times since June.
The board said in minutes of the meeting
distributed today that its vote to lower the overnight
target rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimed
at giving a boost to an economy that suffered its
biggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in seven
years between April and September.
Internet : www.bloomberg.com
Accessed in Nov/2003
In paragraph 1, the text refers to an interest rate cut which
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2382
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 21
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
According to the author, Tuesday November 25th is the day on which the euro pact
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2381
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 21
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
In paragraph 2, Germany and France are referred to as
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2380
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 21
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
In "if member states breached the limit" (paragraph 1), "breached" could best be replaced by
Ano: 2004
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
CGU
Prova:
ESAF - 2004 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1 |
Q2379
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below in order to answer questions 21
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
to 24:
Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.
Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda
According to the text, the euro pact
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