Sentences with phrase «conservative assumptions which»

We've given a lot of thought to contingent plans and conservative assumptions which I detailed in the post on walking softly and carrying a 4 × 4 to secure retirement.

Not exact matches

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

Consistent risk - controlled approach which includes conservative growth assumptions, position limits based on sectors and individual securities and an explicit sell discipline

The «context of Scripture» became the primary determining factor in defining what the Bible is... The conservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpconservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpConservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumptions.»

More conservative viewers may find its assumptions irritating, but the film has a general goodwill to it which should keep them on board.

«No government - whether it's a coalition of parties, or a coalition of rivalries as in the Blair - Brown governments - is able to survive without a core set of common assumptions and aspirations,» Mr Clegg said, in an argument which emphasised the important areas where the Conservatives and Lib Dems are reading off the same hymn sheet.

Let's make the most conservative assumption with regard to utilization, which is that parents maintain the same rate of utilization of non-relative care as is presently the case (33 percent).

He also takes a conservative approach to how much money one needs in retirement, using a 4 % withdrawal assumption, which in a low interest - rate and mid-to-high P / E environment like today is only reasonable.

«MBA analysis shows that if FHA were to adopt a policy which stepped down the [annual] MIP in year 10 of the loan, reducing it to 60 basis points for the balance of the life of the loan, the net present value of cash flow to FHA would remain positive under conservative assumptions,» the April 2 letter says.

Which all equates to $ 9.74 per share — but I'm surely conservative in my assumptions, so stretching my valuation to the $ 11 bid appears fairly reasonable.

A style of post-1960s art which rejected the traditional values and politically conservative assumptions of its predecessors, in favour of a wider, more entertaining concept of art, using new artistic forms enriched by video and computer - based technology.

Climate knowledge is growing rapidly now and while there still remain some interesting challenges to the status quo on certain points (for example, exactly how it is that CO ₂ and CH ₄ started rising some 5000 years ago, if not by human impacts, or how it is that humans overwhelmed expected gradual declines and added enough to achieve those rises that far back) that need further research... the very conservative consensus, which must be conservative by its nature since it takes time for consensus to develop as further research helps to close gaps and remove or improve assumptions, is always playing catch - up it seems.

In the USA, the direct benefits of the legislation which was passed by the House of Representatives (but later killed by the Senate) would have outweighed the costs by a factor of 2 to 9 (a net savings of at least $ 1 trillion by 2050), under conservative assumptions (ignoring indirect benefits such as reduction of co-pollutants and ocean acidification).

More conservative estimations are talking about mid century now and seem to be based on fitting a linear trend (which is based on the implicit assumption that its AGW driven).

The more conservative assumption allows for some stations to be affected by large heat islands which persist to some extent even in windy weather (Morris et al. (J. Applied Meteorology, 40, 169 - 182 (2001)-RRB--RRB-; but GSN stations will almost always be in smaller settlements than Melbourne, with smaller heat islands easily reduced by any wind, or with no heat island at all.

As urbanisation is felt in minimum temperatures much more than in maximum temperatures «$» which may even be reduced — an urbanisation trend of 0.025 deg C per decade in mean temperature should be detectable using the more conservative assumption.