Sentences with phrase «declining federal dollars»

The system has struggled with financial difficulties due to declining federal dollars and the cost of caring of the uninsured, who are often undocumented immigrants ineligible for government subsidies.

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The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

In this period, the dollar's trade - weighted exchange value declined 5.8 percent, as measured by the Federal Reserve's major currencies index.

Overseas military spending obliged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to borrow abroad to prevent the dollar's exchange rate from declining.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity widollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity wiDollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

The WTI contract is back at the crucial $ 50 level, with the help of the strong decline in the Dollar, the prospects of slower tightening by the Federal Reserve, the positive news regarding the OPEC production cut deal, and the slower growth of the US output.

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

Since coming into existence in 1913, the Federal Reserve has helped facilitate a massive decline in the purchasing power of the US dollar.

And as Lowenstein of IBO stated, the mayor is forgiving $ 337 million owed by NYC Health + Hospitals, but has also chosen to maintain the city's $ 204 million annual match of a «federal funding stream, even though the federal dollars are expected to decline because of changes in the health care payment system.»

Federal funds for R&D in almost every field have been declining for 30 years as a percentage of the gross domestic product, and most of these dollars are going to the development side.

Despite a recent budget proposal from the Obama administration to increase spending on federal R&D by 7 % next year, dollars flowing to research have largely been flat in recent years, and declining when inflation is taken into account.

The report noted that federal support for state and local governments declined in constant dollars from $ 105.9 billion in 1980 to $ 93.4 billion...

The state now knows how much federal funding it stands to lose by declining to give state standardized tests in math and English language arts next spring to all students: at least $ 15 million — and potentially tens of millions of dollars more.

When federal stimulus dollars were added, overall real spending per pupil still declined in 23 states.

The big decline in May - June was caused by an indication by the Federal Reserve that it may begin tapering its quantitative easing strategy by year's end, which caused the domestic interest rates to rise and emerging market currencies to fall against the dollar.

And once again, NFMS, the federal agency in charge of protecting the orca whales from the real threats that include declining salmon, elevated toxin levels, and brain - hemorrhaging sonar, prefers to focus its attention and our tax dollars on the dangers of sea kayak tours in the San Juan Islands.