But if oil prices and other rising costs push up inflation,
as some economists think they will, interest rates will probably go up, too.
Not exact matches
Or
as Stephen Gordon puts it, academic
economists «generally remain open to the idea of using well -
thought - out infrastructure projects to promote long - term growth.»
«We happen to
think the Bank of Canada may not manage to pull off quite
as many
as the Fed,» says Eric Lascelles, chief
economist at RBC Global Asset Management.
Germany is often described
as the «powerhouse» of Europe, but the health of the world's fourth largest economy is not
as rosy
as most people
think, according to one
economist.
«Maybe we could start
thinking about freelancing not
as where you're being pushed out of a traditional job, but something different,» Horowitz told an audience at a recent
Economist - sponsored event.
As long as Alberta continues to expand — and most economists think it will — then this bank should be a good be
As long
as Alberta continues to expand — and most economists think it will — then this bank should be a good be
as Alberta continues to expand — and most
economists think it will — then this bank should be a good bet.
Health Care: «I don't
think there is much doubt
as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief
economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.
Lehmann and Barrow's views often get drowned out by the bears, such
as Gluskin Sheff chief
economist David Rosenberg, who
think we're headed for another recession.
Moody's
economist Mark Zandi, who has been a big supporter of President Obama,
as well
as John McCain, has said he
thinks Trump's economic policies would lead to a recession.
«If you
think of the government
as a business, I
think they have to manage their funds prudently to get the most bang for their buck,» said ANZ
economist Weiwen Ng.
«We still
think the dollar is probably going to be relatively soggy, at least against the majors, probably against the emerging economies to a significant degree
as well,» Jan Hatzius, chief
economist at Goldman Sachs, said.
While most
economists thought short - term interest rates would end 2016 at 1.2 %, we said rates would go much higher than that, perhaps
as high
as 2.6 %.
But
as we mentioned above, many
economists think that this tax is effectively identical to an invoice - credit VAT in terms of the actual economic activity taxed.
You might also
think there wouldn't really be such a thing
as a Democratic
economist or a Republican
economist.
As far as I know, you're the only economist who even thinks this is a problem (maybe Joe Stiglitz
As far
as I know, you're the only economist who even thinks this is a problem (maybe Joe Stiglitz
as I know, you're the only
economist who even
thinks this is a problem (maybe Joe Stiglitz).
As an aside, most people, including unfortunately most
economists, typically assume that the current account is independent and the capital account, if they
think of it at all, simply adjusts to maintain the balance, but this is an extremely confused way to
think about the balance of payments.
He is one of the most hard - core proponents of Hyman Minsky, and regular readers know that I
think of Minsky
as one of the greatest
economists since Keynes.
But few trade
economists would say that a trade war is good or that it should be sought out; most
think of trade wars
as something to be avoided — or, at most, endured for the sake of protecting an industry that needs a helping hand from the government.
(Most
economists on Bay Street
think that will be early next year, perhaps
as early
as January.)
But what do you
think about the decision of most
economists between 1820 and 1970 to represent the economy
as a set of perfectly competitive markets, because a model of perfect competition was what they knew how to build?
No responsible
economist thinks that this package, including its giveaways to the most affluent, will somehow produce so much economic growth
as to offset a $ 2.5 trillion hole in the budget.
As I expect to discuss in subsequent posts, much of what
economists thought they knew about macroeconomic policy needs to be reassessed in light of events.
The problem,
as the
economist Rudiger Dornbusch once observed, is that «the crisis takes a much longer time coming than you
think, and then it happens much faster than you would have
thought.»
As economists, we naturally think of nominal interest rates as a combination of expected inflation and the real interest rat
As economists, we naturally
think of nominal interest rates
as a combination of expected inflation and the real interest rat
as a combination of expected inflation and the real interest rate.
Economists think of GARP
as basically the test which asks, «Are humans responding in a rational way to prices?»
I hope to explore this properly in another note soon, but suffice to say for the time being that the typical framework
economists use to
think about inflation - which they proxy by changes in the CPI - is narrow, incomplete and fails to do justice to the richness of inflation
as a concept.
As a 28 - year - old
economist with a master's degree, Marshall joined the Rand Corp., a nonprofit
think tank that had just been created to perform research for the government.
This is useful to
think about
as bitcoin climbs ever higher, despite warnings from people like Nobel Prize - winning
economists Robert Shiller and Joseph Stiglitz, who says it has many characteristics of a dangerous bubble.
Economists like Stanley, who expects the corporate tax cut to lift wages over time,
think it will happen indirectly
as companies channel their tax savings into machinery, computers and software, making workers productive and leading to higher pay.
«I never
thought I would see the day when the dollar would be thrown under the bus,
as happened [November 3] at the conclusion of the FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] meeting,» says David Gilmore, partner and
economist at Essex, Connecticut — based Foreign Exchange Analytics.
Economist and international trade professor Mike Moffatt will join Canada 2020, Canada's leading, independent progressive
think - tank,
as Director of Policy & Research starting January 8, 2018.
SA:
As an Austrian school
economist, I do not
think we can make accurate timeline predictions in matters of human action.
Economists as economists give little thought to the reasons that production in Indiana is more expensive or to the consequences of the closure to the fac
Economists as economists give little thought to the reasons that production in Indiana is more expensive or to the consequences of the closure to the fac
economists give little
thought to the reasons that production in Indiana is more expensive or to the consequences of the closure to the factory town.
The
economists whose
thought was shaped by the industrial revolution argue that there are no limits or, at least, that any limits there may be are so remote
as to be irrelevant.
They are familiar with Marxist
thinking as are few Western
economists.
The early
economists thought of the economic actors chiefly
as individuals and small businesses.
Of course,
as economists know, homo economicus is an abstraction, but we can not
think of human beings in general without abstraction.
Last month, a survey of 200 Chinese institutional investors by the
Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by US financial services giant State Street, found that 62 per cent of respondents
think the renminbi will surpass the US dollar
as the top international reserve currency.
You need to
think of Wenger
as an
economist and not a football manager.
and sad truth is we only need a couple more real quality signings... but seems wenger is already digging his heals in... i
think he still believes that diaby is the man for defensive midfield, that arteta can still run the mid field that grioud will finally come good in epl or that sonogo will bully other defences... none of these assumptions is grounded in reality (that s the problem with having an
economist as a football manager)... and there is no excuse for overpaid professional athletes to be exhausted after a couple of competitive games..
«The Poverty Clinic,» [PDF] March 21, 2011 «In the view of Burke and the researchers she has been following, many of the problems that we
think of
as social issues — and therefore the province of
economists and sociologists — might better be addressed on the molecular level.»
In Helping Children Succeed, I write about a new generation of researchers — neuroscientists, psychologists, and
economists — who are questioning the idea that character strengths should be
thought of
as skills at all.
Economists refer to these
as non-cognitive skills, psychologists call them personality traits, and the rest of us sometimes
think of them
as character.
If you talk to
economists, they call it non-cognitive skills, psychologists use the term personality traits, neuroscientists call it executive functions and educationists
think of it
as character.»
Andrew Haldane, the Bank of England's free -
thinking Chief
Economist, characterised the relationship between modern banks and the state
as a «doom loop».
«
As an
economist, I
think he could relax policy, but he clearly doesn't believe that.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg said it's «pure fantasy to
think that the tax bill will lead to significantly higher wages and growth,
as Republicans have promised,» adding: «Had Congress actually listened to executives, or
economists who study these issues carefully, it might have realized that.»
As you mentioned, there are several Marxist currents, due to the fact that Marx's analysis &
thoughts has affected many
economists, politicians, analysts, etc..
But
economists generally
think those mandates — dubbed Renewable Portfolio Standards or Clean Energy Standards — may not lower emissions
as effectively
as would imposing emissions limits directly.
In fact, Germany hopes to develop technology to store excess electricity from renewable resources
as gas to be burned later, a scheme known
as «power to gas,» according to
economist and former German politician Rainer Baake, now director of an energy transition
think tank Agora Energiewende.