Sentences with phrase «do about the economy»

Anyone else think that these issues are brought to the surface solely to distract us all from the fact that none of our elected officials knows what to do about the economy.

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Don't forget that the on - demand economy isn't all about driving or delivery.

In it, James Cowan wrote about how Canadians like to talk about innovation providing the economy of the future, but we aren't actually doing much to promote it.

If she were to write the Democrats» autopsy for 2016 - and she'll have a hand in it as one of the newly elected co-chairs of the House Democrats» policy and messaging arm - she says her message would be to «not only talk about jobs and the economy, but do something about it.»

When an acquaintance told me about how she flew 12 hours from Cape Town to Amsterdam without a partner, family, or friends, in economy, with three bouncing sons under 5 years old, I could only think: How do you do that?

Mojio is a little box that plugs into any car's maintenance data port, beaming out information about the car's internal state, so the driver can use smartphone apps (either supplied by Mojio, or by third parties) to do anything from monitor their car's fuel economy to find parking spots.

The narrative reveals more about today's hyper - partisan discourse than about the reality of the new tax law, which is likely to affect jobs and the economy in important ways that don't fit either party's talking points.

After earning a reputation as a gifted debater in parliament, Fernandez and CUP's radical rhetoric have struck a note with pro-independence Catalans who are angry about the languishing economy and firm in their belief that Catalonia does not get back what it pays in taxes to Madrid.

Let us make no mistake about it: Canada is running a deficit, and it is entirely appropriate for it to do so given the state of the economy.

There's something very prideful about wanting to build our own world - beating businesses and not wanting to be a simple branch - plant economy, but in a globalized era there are many roadblocks — such as access to the big bucks needed for expansion — to doing so.

Though the committee didn't offer details on how the banking industry might incorporate bitcoin into its business, it was optimistic about the currency's potential effect on the economy:

It essentially allows the government to estimate the future benefit of tax cuts to the economy after making a load of assumptions — including about what a future government might do in response to falling tax revenue.

If American business owners are truly worried about the long - term prospects of the U.S. economy, they should be doing what the Argentines do: looking outside their borders to find markets in which there is less uncertainty — or at least different kinds of uncertainty.

Even as corporate earnings continue to soar and big companies appear to be very profitable, I've remained cautiously optimistic about the economy, because the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard data doesn't reveal the uptick in hiring we've wanted to see.

What do you think about the new sharing economy?

But we do know that employees need to know more about how the machines that run our economy and impact our society work.

The immigration crisis on the U.S. border isn't just about money — far from it — but it does force the nation to consider an critical economic question: Do undocumented immigrants ultimately contribute more to the U.S. economy than they take out?

Every government needs to care about how its economy is made up and how it's doing in order to stimulate and support that economy.

As increasingly fast - paced change grips our economy and society, it's clear that it's time for unions to think about doing things in a new way.

«Some of this comeback simply has to do with an improving economy and a value - conscious consumer — the cheapness people learned during the [2008] recession, that new frugality I talk about, won't be disappearing any time soon,» Cramer said.

The Bank of Canada didn't need to talk specifically about the prospects for non-energy exports; it provided an assessment of the U.S. economy, which is essentially the same thing.

The economy and just about everything else doesn't have as much to do with the Dow as people think.

Business owners are optimistic about the U.S. economy improving and want to grow their business, but they face significant hurdles in doing so, a new report shows.

China's stock market bears little relation to the general economy, so its frenzied moves this week don't confirm anything notable about the greater economy, nor should its nearly 2 % gain today.

«There are some sectors into the country, whether it's technology or AI, that are doing exceedingly well... I'm concerned about the resource - based economy, and access to tidewater for our product,» Porter said.

And when all was said and done, the economy only grew about 2.4 percent that year.

But «when you're talking about small, medium enterprises, there's a little less pressure — the government doesn't see that as having any way to shape the economy, or cause issues with policy,» he said.

The evangelists of a services economy don't talk much about the fact that Canada spends considerably more on other countries» services than those countries spend on ours.

He had a tendency to respond to questions about when the Canadian economy might shake off the effects of the Great Recession with, «I don't know.»

Thrown into the mix as well have been calls for a full - blown policy overhaul, and a suspicion that the economy may be stuck in a rut with little anyone can do about it.

The new finance chief of Spain also told CNBC that the southern European economy has been growing at a solid pace of about 3 percent in the last four years, but this doesn't mean that the problems raised during the euro zone sovereign debt crisis are over.

The comment came up in a discussion about what to do to fix the European economy.

Poloz also refused to be drawn on Home Capital, saying he wouldn't talk about an individual company, although he did reiterate that record levels of mortgage debt represent one of the Canadian economy's biggest vulnerabilities.

But that didn't happen until Poloz said these words about an hour later: «Given the downgrade to our outlook, Governing Council actively discussed the possibility of adding more monetary stimulus at this time, in order to speed up the return of the economy to full capacity.»

For those who haven't heard the term, a rat hole is a discussion about something you can't do anything about (like the economy) or something that's inherently stupid (like «does our product really conform to Web 3.0?»).

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders didn't directly comment on whether he favored Britain's vote to leave the EU, but in an interview with MSNBC's «Morning Joe,» Sanders said, «What worries me very much is the breaking down of international cooperation... On the other hand, I think what this vote is about is an indication that the global economy is not working for everybody.

What Beijing seems not to understand is that current pessimism about the Chinese economy has less to do with the recent spate of bad news than with the lack of reliable data on the Chinese economy and the opacity of Beijing's process of economic policymaking and its intentions.

«The global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as business sentiment remains upbeat, and consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon said.

No business or industry is going to escape these kinds of shifts and the smart money is on the people thinking today about what they will need to do differently tomorrow to thrive in the new mobile and digital economy.

«Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Risks, and author of Crude Nation, a book about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reuters.

I don't know about you, but in this tough economy when workers nationwide are doing so much extra work without additional compensation, my company can't afford to replace talented employees simply because my managers and I aren't taking the time to acknowledge our employees» dedication and achievements.

Don't make excuses — «The economy is awful», «I'm lucky to have this offer», «I'd rather have a root canal» — and don't fret about being rejected.

So it seems to me the risk of the economy hitting the recession when monetary policy is not in a position to respond are much greater than they have been previously and therefore, we need to be very cautious about doing anything that would increase those risks.

The technology elite who are leading this revolution will reassure you that there is nothing to worry about because we will create new jobs just as we did in previous centuries when the economy transitioned from agrarian to industrial to knowledge - based.

Doesn't it take about 12 years for immigrants to start making a positive contribution the Canadian economy?

I don't know about cyclical economies.

The Federal Reserve is talking about the need to keep raising interest rates to make sure the economy doesn't overheat.»

And this could be a tipping point moment where we the people tell our politicians and our leaders what we want to happen to our economy, rather than having to listen to their bullshit about shall we have a stimulus or shall we not, or shall we do this or shall we not.

First, while we do pay close attention to the NAPM figures, given their long history, it is important to recognize that manufacturing is only about 20 % of the overall economy, and that manufacturing employment has also dropped to a fraction of total employment.

Being connected to where you do business is also essential, all the entrepreneurs in the Lincoln Park District care about what happens to Duluth and have a stake in the success of its economy, said Hanson.