Sentences with phrase «u.s. economic history»

FRANK NOTHAFT: The expansion entered its eighth year during the summer, and to date is the fourth longest in U.S. economic history.

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Over the past decade, patient investors benefited greatly from one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, using stocks, gold and even cryptocurrency as vehicles of profit.

But that's not a bad thing and not so unlike the economic history of developed economies of the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The gap between dismal productivity and the most productive economic environment in U.S. history is only about 2.5 % annually.

Economic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receEconomic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receeconomic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country recessions).

That would be higher than any time in U.S. history, and no achievable amount of economic growth could finance it.

You recently mentioned that you thought this was the worst economic expansion recovery in U.S. history since 1790.

The most impressive economic growth in U.S. history coincided with the middle - class interregnum, the post-World War II generation, when incomes were most evenly distributed.

She deftly summarizes the emergence of New York as the nation's economic capital, the history of debates over slavery, the emergence of the women's suffrage movement, and countless other currents, all of which shaped the 19th - century U.S. and the course of Beecher's life.

The principle of just intent (or «right reasons,» as Bush invoked it) has been degraded as U.S. actions have escalated from defense of Saudi Arabia and economic sanctions to a massive offensive deployment; to the initiation of history's most devastating air assault, which has severely disrupted civilian life; to the imprudent demand for unconditional surrender.

This suggests that economic growth at this stage of U.S. history may be a quite inefficient way of improving economic welfare.

The program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses has produced consistent effects on clinically significant outcomes in three separate trials with different populations living in different contexts and at different points in U.S. social and economic history.

In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.

Topics covered included strategic planning, economic and social development, higher education finance, history and governance, the structure of the U.S. higher education system, and the role of higher education in promoting regional and national growth.

Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies tHistory Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies thistory, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies to race.

There are reports for all education stakeholders by national agencies (U.S. Department of Education), watchdog groups (Education Week), international collaboratives (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and academic think - tanks (Stamford History Education Group).

His auto columns have been reprinted in U.S. government publications and economic textbooks and he is profiled in the «World's Greatest Auto Show» history book about the Chicago Auto Show.

The good news is that, once there is a consensus that Buy - and - Hold can never work, we will likely have the greatest period of economic growth in U.S. history.

Now that the economy is beginning to show signs of stability, you can be sure that those lenders that survived one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history will be extremely careful when determining who can carry prime credit cards and who can't.

The effort to open the internet up to honest posting on safe withdrawal rates and scores of other critically important topics is an effort that will never end until we have brought the economic crisis to an end and we are all enjoying the greatest economic boom in U.S. history.

Had Shiller published his research showing that valuations affect long - term returns in 1971 rather than in 1981, the name of the book would have been «A Valuation - Informed Walk Down Wall Street» and we would today be living in the greatest period of economic growth in U.S. history.

While we've only briefly covered some of the most notable events in the history of U.S. bond investing, it is important for investors to be aware of how exactly bonds have reacted in the past to economic headwinds, including rising interest rates, inflation, and the use of derivatives.

Between the shutdown of oil refineries and chemical plants, impaired roads and ports, and widespread damage to homes, businesses and cars, the economic toll from Hurricane Harvey is now being estimated as the second - costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, trailing only the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Latin Songbirds depicts «three left - leaning Latin American leaders who are trying to reverse a history of rule by wealthy oligarchies, reject the U.S.'s and IMF's neoliberal economic policies, take control of their own resources, and improve the lives of their citizens, especially in the areas of literacy, health care, and economic well - being,» states artist Christa Maiwald.

Although oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform site may in fact be creating the greatest environmental and economic harm in U.S. history so far, there is new evidence that another looming environmental problem is likely to produce far worse environmental and economic impacts not only for the United States but particularly for some of the poorest people around the world.

Following through with the promise would turn the U.S. into a closed society for the first time in its history as a nation even as it risks the economic collapse of a country along our southern border.

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The history of hemp and its prohibition in the U.S. is a classic tale of age - old customs and practices unraveled at the hands of competing economic interests, raising some of the same issues in history now voiced by those demanding campaign finance reform today.

Keep in mind this was one year before the stock market crashed and before the biggest economic depression in U.S. history.

The program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses has produced consistent effects on clinically significant outcomes in three separate trials with different populations living in different contexts and at different points in U.S. social and economic history.