Sentences with phrase «costs at the household»

The federal government's 2013 budget unveiled Thursday contains a select few initiatives aimed at reducing costs at the household level including efforts to close the U.S. - Canada price gap for young families.

UPDATED: The federal government's 2013 budget contains a select few initiatives aimed at reducing costs at the household level including efforts to close the U.S. - Canada price gap for young families.

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There's an economic imperative at play, of course: thanks to steadily increasing costs of living, and record levels of household debt, many sexagenarians and even septuagenarians simply can't afford to stop working.

Looking at 100 large metro areas, the researchers analyzed public data across nine categories, including housing costs, income equality, Medicare enrollment, the numbers of hospitals and households with older adults, and volunteer rates for older adults.

If one member of the household makes a good enough living, a cost - benefit analysis will often conclude that it makes economic sense for the second earner to stay at home or work part - time.

At dollar stores, you'll find common household goods, beauty products, you name it — for the fraction of the cost at other retailerAt dollar stores, you'll find common household goods, beauty products, you name it — for the fraction of the cost at other retailerat other retailers.

Paying for all of the costs associated with a detached home in the Vancouver area requires 121 per cent of median household income; for a condo, it's 46 per cent of income, making it Canada's least affordable city, according to economists at the Royal Bank of Canada.

Economists say that the plan, which would cost the government $ 2.7 billion a year, would give the most benefit to families who need it least and no benefit at all to 85 per cent of Canadian households.

Over time this means that households will retain a growing share of China's total production of goods and services (at the expense of the elite, of course, who benefitted from subsidized borrowing costs) and so not only will they not be hurt by a sharp fall in GDP growth, but their consumption will increasingly drive growth and innovation in China.

Taking a closer look at saving trends, he argues that the surge in energy costs may have temporarily dampened saving, while the accounting of household income from stock holdings may be skewing saving estimates.

«The cost to the economy at this time would be close to $ 3 trillion in lowered GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while households would have $ 7,000 less income and in many cases, much worse than that.»

It was designed to encourage lending to households and businesses at a time when banks were facing increasing funding costs, which meant that borrowers weren't getting the full benefit of low policy rates.

The RBC housing affordability measure captures the proportion of pre-tax household income that would be needed to service the costs of owning a specified category of home at current market values (a fall in the measure represents an improvement in affordability).

A 2015 Angus Reid poll found that 19 percent Quebecers said they or someone else in their household had either split pills, skipped days to stretch their prescriptions, or hadn't renewed or filled their prescriptions at all because of cost.

Lower closing costs for home buyers and refinancing households means that less money is required at closing, which makes it easier to get mortgage - qualified all around.

Under his leadership, Uber became a household name and earned a $ 68 billion valuation by raising unprecedented amounts of venture capital, dodging regulators in new markets and generally focusing on growth at all costs.

Gasoline prices up: Americans are expected to spend an average of $ 400 per household more on fuel this year than in 2016, as the rebound in crude prices is reflected in the cost of petrol at the pump.

We have a saying in our household that we commonly recite to each other and it applies equally to myself, my wife and our children, and it's this: «Truth at all cost».

It was believed that some of these things were so foreign to God that they must simply be avoided at all costs, a tomb, for example, or the shadow of a Gentile; but that others were of such a nature that if they were ritually purified they would cease to separate man from God, household utensils, for example, or the tools of one's trade.

«These types of taxes hit everyday households the hardest and at a time when the cost of living is going through the roof with increased power bills, a new tax is the last thing Australians need

The backers of fresh ingredients and home meal kits business Marley Spoon have borrowed from the Ikea furniture model for the low - cost brand Dinnerly, which Australian managing director Rolf Weber says should excel at a time when household budgets are under pressure.

For example, in household goods, Cold Power laundry liquid (2 litres) was half the price at Amazon compared with the major supermarkets chains, costing $ 7.90 at Amazon compared with $ 18.15 at Coles and $ 16.50 at Woolworths (although it is currently on special at $ 7.90).

And for the first time, we're inviting every Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and UPC household to enjoy all seven Sky Sports channels at no extra cost for the opening day of the season.»

And in an added bonus, all seven Sky Sports channels will be to every Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and UPC household at no extra cost, on Saturday August 16.

Few household chores overwhelm parents like laundry; indeed, I will confess to poor folding practices (I hang everything or toss clothes haphazardly in drawers) and ironing (I avoid it at all costs).

The Community Eligibility Program (CEP) is a meal service option for schools and school districts in low - income areas — allowing the nation's highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without the burden of collecting household applications.

A recent study showed that stay - at - home moms perform several duties that would otherwise cost the household thousands of if outsourced.

Ministers want to cap the amount a household can receive in housing benefit at # 26,000 in a bid to bring down the annual # 23.4 billion cost to the exchequer.

At an annual cost of $ 410 million, the Family Tax Relief Rebate provides $ 350 to households with children under age 17 and annual income between $ 40,000 and $ 300,000; the Property Tax Freeze Rebate provides an amount equal to the annual increase in property taxes to homeowners earning less than $ 500,000 in tax cap - compliant local governments and school districts and costs $ 783 million annually.

She put the Treasury cost of paying in - work tax credits to about 252,000 EU migrant households at # 1.6 bn a year, but did not spell out whether she wanted to remove tax credits from all EU migrants, or just those on short - term contracts.

The one thing that has really angered Pursglove — along with his eurosceptic colleagues - is the government's decision to distribute 27 million pro-EU leaflets to households across Britain, at the cost of # 9.3 m to the taxpayer.

· Reduce the cost of domestic energy bills for four million households — with a saving of at least # 270 per year for affected households.

The resulting liability costs have been estimated at $ 20 billion a year — or more than $ 2,700 per household.

It is also to enable students dropping out at the SHS who otherwise would have continued to acquire functional skills, as well as increase the chances of students from poor background accessing high education to reduce the cost of education of many households.

The pinch was especially severe for the nearly 28 percent of renters and 15 percent of homeowners who paid housing costs that were at least half of their household income, DiNapoli said.

She added, «Given our current workload and the number of houses we have to inspect with children under 6 years of age in the household, the increased productivity realized with the use of the tablets is like increasing our staff at no additional salary cost.

At the lower estimate, energy costs are only likely to vary by around # 51 per household.

Operation Prom assists teens from low income households or group homes attend their prom at little or no cost by providing free prom dresses and tuxedo rentals.

The Prime Minister yesterday told public sector workers strikes were «wrong» at a time when discussions were ongoing, pointing out that their retirement funds are costing every household in the country # 1,000 a year and must be reformed.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be applauded for his newly announced pledge that tuition costs at state colleges will be covered for New Yorkers whose annual household income is $ 125,000 or less.

Once fully implemented in 2019, the plan would cover the cost of tuition at the state's public two - and four - year institutions for students with an annual household income of $ 125,000.

For a Northern California household in a region served by the Pacific Gas & Electric utility, a one - time investment of $ 1,150 for 30 LED - based light bulbs of 60 watts at a cost of $ 35 each would pay itself back within two and a half years even if the bulbs operate only three hours per day on average, the J.P. Morgan report says.

Kerosene lamps provide a primary light source in many households — at a cost to both health and wealth.

But they currently cost $ 25,000 (# 13,000) and so have not caught on as a household item, says Terry Wohlers, an analyst at Wohlers Associates, a rapid prototyping consulting firm in Fort Collins, Colorado, US.

«There are other costs, most of which tend to be borne by individuals and households, such as the cost of traveling to and from treatment and lost income due to lost time at work,» said study co-author Yara Halasa, a health economics researcher at Brandeis University.

Dr Eduardo Bernabe, lead author from the Dental Institute at King's College London, said: «Using dental services can cost households a large proportion of their available income and push many into poverty and long - term debt.

Of the children, 25.9 percent were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; 21.7 percent were commercially insured with household incomes at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL); and 18.2 percent had higher cost - sharing levels for all services (e.g. $ 75 or more for an emergency department visit).

«For decades, the overall energy intensity (energy use per unit of GDP) of economies in the developed world has been decreasing, driven by the reality that energy comes at a cost, and so firms and households have incentives to economize on energy use,» Stavins said.

Read the following article and find out why you should avoid some of the most popular household products at all costs!

Anything you don't have can be purchased pretty inexpensively at any local sporting goods store (or even subbed out for some common household items for a «no cost» way to get started!)