Sentences with phrase «us national economy»

«In a global world driven by technology, a diverse and mobile workforce is critical to the growth of businesses and our national economy.

Western Australia's retail sector recorded the highest growth in the nation in October, further evidence of the two - speed national economy, economists say.

For all their drawbacks, globalization and liberalized trade have been a force for peace in the modern world; as national economies become more interdependent, they have more to lose by alienating their trading partners, which aren't necessarily colonies or even allies.

He then gave a passionate victory speech that sketched out a stronger global role for France and promised to waste no time making the national economy a much more business - friendlyplace, with controversial labour - market, pension, education and constitutional reforms, not to mention tougher measures on crime and immigration.

Zhang: Some would argue that airlines from other parts of the world play a different role in their national economies than US carriers.

«The national economy grew steadily with continuously optimising structure, rapidly growing new driving forces and remarkably improving quality and efficiency, sustaining the momentum of stable and sound development,» the NBS said following the release of the report.

The report also calculates the reef as supporting 64,000 jobs in Australia in the financial year 2015 - 16, and contributing A$ 6.4 billion directly to the national economy in the same time frame.

It's appropriate for the government to take a look at the national economy... and the greater public interest.»

In his paper «Mega-Events: The effect of the world's biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies,» he writes: «A local resident who goes to an All - Star Game when it is in town is spending money at the game that likely would have been spent locally elsewhere in the absence of the game.

In most cases, it's not even the best option — not for founders, not for investors and not for our national economy (especially since many early - stage Canadian companies benefit from generous government incentives issued with the assumption that they'll stick around).

«But simply poaching a business or an event from over the border does nothing for the national economy and short changes taxpayers,» he said.

It is the dominant contributor to our favorable trade balance, it is the largest private - sector investor in the national economy, and it accounts for about one - quarter of all tangible national wealth.

Some Brits gasped recently upon learning Queen Elizabeth II's income will rise 5 % next year — to # 37.9 million from # 36.1 million — at a time when the national economy is suffering.

Our own national economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2010, a full percentage point above what the Bank of Canada expected.

Research that I am conducting with colleagues Jeffrey Gandz, Mary Crossan, Carol Stephenson, Stephen Sapp and Daina Mazutis focuses on what went wrong with leadership that contributed to the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis and the devastation to people, organizations and national economies that followed it.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms have sparked youth riots, violent strikes and fuel blockages that threatened to hobble the national economy, and austerity measures in countries such as Greece, Italy and Ireland have had similar results.

The statistical confirmation of the continued consumer excitement about craft beer comes in tandem with a separate report from The Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association that highlights the overall impact of beer on the national economy.

Getting landlocked Alberta's oil and gas to foreign buyers obviously serves that province's interests, yet it is crucial to the national economy as well — as the job stats prove.

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams speaks on the outlook for the national economy, in Santa Rosa - 2000 GMT

Thanks to that bustling local economy, a similarly robust national economy, low interest rates, the great buying power of all those technology staffers, and a certain Seattle trendiness, the local real estate market is just plain insane.

Also, due to colonization, these ports played a big role in national economies.

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre called the PBO's findings «damaging» for the government, citing the impact of larger deficits, higher debt payments and a carbon tax that he says will erase at least $ 10 billion per year from the national economy by 2022.

As the Republican inaugurated in 2003 told the Journal: «We generally do often lag the national economy — both up and down,» said Republican Gov. James Douglas.

The dependence on local business is one reason small businesses continue to be optimistic about their future prospects, despite continued uncertainty about the national economy and the looming fiscal cliff.

When asked about the role that the local, national and global economy plays in their business, 75 percent of respondents said the local economy plays a significant role in their business, while 59 percent said the national economy plays a significant role.

But they are more conservative than men owners — 54 percent of men owners are optimistic about their local economies and 58 percent are optimistic about the national economy, the survey found.

If the federal government really wants to take a leading role in fostering a more innovative national economy, then it should abandon its Ottawa - centric attitude and turn its attention to policies that have been shown, time and again and across multiple geographies, to encourage productivity.

Those hoping for calm, political discourse on these issues should cheer the election of Alison Redford, who has been supportive of Alberta's participation in the national economy.

What awaits national economies and small investors alike remains a mystery.

Only four national economies are larger than the combined tech...

«This is the largest sale in U.S. history, and it will create jobs and bolster our state and national economy.

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, five major emerging national economies) have an average rate of 28.32 percent (27.39 percent weighted).

In this spirit, the award shines a spotlight on private companies that approach growth in a strategic, sustainable and holistic manner — and, through their efforts, contribute to the strength of our national economy.

Whatever method politicians choose, focusing future stimulus cash on student loan debt could have significant positive effects on the national economy.

8:30 - 9:30 State - owned Enterprise in China: Progress and Prospects China's state - owned enterprises (SOEs) have long been the backbone of the national economy.

Though Africa has experienced impressive growth for well over a decade now, domestic markets and intraregional economic relations have remained constrained, with national economies driven primarily by mounting foreign demand for the continent's natural resources and commodity exports.

It's contribution to the national economy in this regard is unmatched, and its efficiency at providing those services is largely unrewarded — high - volumes with very low labour costs i.e. few BC jobs and wages.

To keep prices low and hence national economies competitive, governments were to undertake society's largest spending programs: basic infrastructure such as transportation, power production, communications — all of which happen to be natural monopolies as well.

Because this was the worst financial crisis in the United States since our Great Depression, conditions within our national economy produced instability, which naturally provoked a reaction from the Federal Reserve.

Compared with previous terms of trade cycles, the 2005 — 11 episode was much less disruptive to the national economy.

The debts created by businesses, consumers and national economies cutting back their long - term direct investment leaves these entities even less able to carry their mounting debt burden.

As part of its 2006 election platform, the Conservative Party promised to «create an Independent Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation's finances and trends in the national economy; require government departments and agencies to provide timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament; and ensure that government fiscal forecasts are updated quarterly and that they provide complete data for both revenue and spending forecasts».

He has suggested, of course, that governments and their central banks cooperate to stimulate their national economies without adding to their national debt levels by using some variant of «helicopter money.»

«They should then be empowered to develop a collaborative strategy that will include the long term funding needed to deal with the significant risks to the Lower Fraser River, the region, and entire the national economy.»

These projects are key for not only our regional economy, but for our provincial and national economies, and delivering on them will require an integrated approach.

But industrial capital as well as labor has come under attack in an internecine war of finance capital against industrial capital, and even against the power of governments to retain control over national economies.

We have seen the power of women entrepreneurs to elevate their families, their communities and their national economies when they are given a hand - up to achieve their potential.

Economists write on 48 national economies.

[40][41] It has been the world's largest national economy (not including colonial empires) since at least the 1890s.

The SBIR program was created to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy... one business at a time.