Sentences with phrase «about economic growth for»

«The president's efforts to level the playing field for U.S. businesses to have open access to markets is about economic growth for New York and our nation,» he wrote.

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The Tax Foundation, a conservative - leaning group that has a more aggressive model for economic growth, found that the House bill would add about $ 989 billion to the deficit over 10 years.

The bank cited the prospect of slower economic growth in Canada brought about by lower oil prices as one reason for moderating the rate.

The global financial crisis initially slammed the brakes on the nation's economic expansion, wiping out about 20 million export - related jobs — this in a country where anything under 8 % growth is generally considered to be too slow for social comfort.

It's time for Canada's leaders to think about whether they should be doing a little more of the work of boosting economic growth themselves.

Exports are responsible for about half of the country's economic growth in recent years.

Consumers account for about 70 % of the spending in the economy, so our spending is what drives economic growth.

If Poloz had reason to worry that the fiscal authority was getting cold feet about doing something positive for economic growth, he would have cut borrowing costs in January.

In the budget there are bold vows — oddly reminiscent of China's annual edicts for economic growth rates — about boosting exports by 30 % in the next eight years (even though exports have climbed just 2.9 % from eight year ago).

The Fed lowered its economic growth forecasts for this year and next year slightly, likely reflecting its concerns about interest rates.

With the global economy «floating on an ocean of credit,» the current acceleration of credit via central bank policies will likely produce a positive rate of real economic growth this year for most developed countries, PIMCO chief Bill Gross writes in his latest monthly commentary, but «the structural distortions brought about by zero bound interest rates will limit that growth and induce serious risks in future years.»

Of course, there is no shortage of fundamental issues to worry about: another downgrade to the outlook for global growth, uncertainty about the economic transition in China, the pace of normalization in the United States, worries about Europe, worries about Japan, just to cite a few.

The second is when you are at max revenue growth, but don't yet have good unit economics because you can get in the trap of continuing to burn your excess capital to fund for the revenue growth whereas if you had more constrained capital, you would start to think about converting that revenue growth to actual unit economic growth.

Jean explains what our new China GPS economic indicator can tell us about the outlook for China's role in global growth.

«I think the real key is equities are all about confidence, and... my analysis is probably based on Trump's policies toward trade and immigration, which are very much a risk to economic growth, while his other policies on tax and fiscal spending are positive for growth.

China's central bank gave a green light to banks to dig into reserves to lend more, signaling government worries about slowing momentum for economic growth amid rising trade tensions with the U.S.

Green said those worried about China's economic slowdown are overreacting, as the differences in economic development between China's regions could provide a strong engine for economic growth.

Uncertainty about economic growth and inflation remains a central question for investors and policymakers and one that has crucial implications for the Fed's strategy and investor portfolio returns.

Further, the Trump Administration and many members of Congress have talked about using economic growth to pay for other proposals and reduce the deficit.

Basically the baby boom, post-war, boosted economic growth in the opposite way to what I just described, for about 50 years.

I remember meetings as far back as 2008, for example involving senior United States or European government officials looking to be debriefed on the Chinese economy, in which the foreign (and some Chinese) analysts present spoke jauntily about the great success of China's growth policies and the brilliant future ahead, while many of the Chinese economists present were much more cautious and even gloomy as they discussed the sheer intractability of China's economic distortions.

There has been a lot of talk in European economic circles about the fact that since Germany's bilateral trade with the rest of the Euro zone is now almost balanced, its CA surplus is no longer an obstacle to growth for the Euro area «periphery».

To read more about how the Ontario Government can get back into the black, read «Fiscal Soundness and Economic Growth: An Economic Program for Ontario» by Benjamin Dachis.

Economic growth forecast for 2013 is comparable to that witnessed in 2012 while the incremental impact of restraint measures announced in previous budgets is estimated at about $ 5 billion, only slightly lower than that estimated for 2012 - 13.

As the Fed tapers, many observers worry about the effect on the stock market, while others are worried about the risk of inflation or deflation and everybody is worried about the effect of higher interest rates on economic growth and for the bond market.

Given the importance of the US economic outlook for Canadian exports and Canada's economy more generally, firms in the Business Outlook Survey are asked about their expectations for US growth.

Officials repeatedly downgraded forecasts for economic growth last year to 1.4 %, a far cry from the average annual pace of about 7 % during the early 2000s and well below the medium - term target of 5 % set by President Vladimir Putin.

But the freshman lawmaker frames the issue as both about states» rights, and creating jobs: «This step allows states to determine appropriate medicinal use and allows for industrial hemp growth, something that will provide a major economic boost to agricultural development in Southside Virginia,» he said in a statement.

After relatively lacklustre growth for the first three quarters of 2004 (with the notable exception of the Australian market), global equity markets rose strongly in the December quarter, in part reflecting renewed confidence about the strength of the economic recovery in the US (Graph 20, Table 5).

Back then, the main reason for downturn in prices was obvious: the credit crisis and subsequent panic about global economic growth.

With personal consumption accounting for nearly 70 percent of all economic activity, however, the administration will be hard pressed to lift growth substantially if consumers remain cautious about opening their wallets.

If the Finance Minister is really serious about an economic growth strategy, then he will have to address the need for comprehensive tax reform in his 2018 budget.

Getting excited about Materials stocks is not easy given the weak outlook for global economic growth and elevated commodity prices.

The Minister of Finance announced yesterday that, while the Canada Health Transfer and Equalization will be tied to nominal economic growth (projected to be about 4 % annually), the Canada Social Transfer for post-secondary education and other provincial services will grow at only 3 % annually.

This was a welcome development for Metals & Mining equities, as metal prices have been under pressure for most of 2011 and 2012, largely, we suspect, due to concerns about a recession in Europe, slowing growth in key emerging markets, especially China, and the sluggish pace of economic recovery at home.

As a result, the Bank of Canada's current stance to leave interest rates unchanged given its concerns about the country's lacklustre economic growth could be an important catalyst for preferred share performance going forward — especially when combined with the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections for multiple rate hikes this year.

The re-assuring signs about China's economic growth, along with the absence of protectionist measures so far from the Trump administration, have helped create a better backdrop for many emerging markets in recent months.

After witnessing sluggish growth rates for the past few years, Middle Eastern nations finally have something to cheer about as the new financial year promises an economic rebound.

Here for America is an initiative of the Association of Global Automakers to increase public education about the importance of international automakers to American job creation, economic growth, technological innovation and strong communities.

... Given 2 % inflation, about a 1 % dividend yield and 2 % economic growth, that works out to about a 5 % return for stocks, too.

Investment, which accounts for about half of China's economic output, was a major drag on growth in the fourth quarter, a result of monetary authorities making credit more expensive.

The Federal Reserve is about to transition to new management with already raised expectations for economic growth next year, signaling relatively smooth sailing ahead.

For one thing, it has created «rising expectations» about development, faster economic growth.

that increased educational attainment for women and girls accounts for about 50 percent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years.

UN Women found that increased educational attainment for women and girls accounts for about 50 percent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years.

He spoke of the evils of «an economy of exclusion and inequality» and singled out for censure those who «continue to defend trickle - down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world.»

As economic growth brings about more crime, the added costs for police and law courts and prisons should be subtracted.

If, for Christians, the primary reason for desiring global economic growth is concern for the poor, this is reason enough for second thoughts about supporting the move to transnational trade.

Neoliberal policies over the past three decades have generated a remarkable income concentration (for which read «inequality») but have brought about mediocre economic growth.

The bellwether S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat, and major foreign indexes were all down (some sharply) during the same period, after a volatile year marked by weak global economic growth, slumping U.S. corporate profits and uncertainty about the outlook for the China and the European union.