Sentences with phrase «economic decline does»

«That Rothko's images possess a distopian air during a post-utopian era of economic decline does require us to account for them in relation to the desolate culture of the urban scene, a conception of the city that is often expressed in turn as the experience of a peculiar space.

Not exact matches

One possible risk would be a sharp decline in economic growth, but that doesn't currently look to be on the near - term horizon.

«Economic decline... doesn't lead to as big a decline in emissions as a comparable amount of economic growth leads to growth in emissions,» York told Economic decline... doesn't lead to as big a decline in emissions as a comparable amount of economic growth leads to growth in emissions,» York told economic growth leads to growth in emissions,» York told Reuters.

During an economic downturn, your volume of sales is likely to decline — so don't make matters worse by lowering prices at the same time.

Tesla declined to specify how many jobs would be cut, and did not comment on a report in the Economic Observer newspaper last week that it was eliminating 30 % of its staff or about 180 of its 600 employees in China.

But I don't think anybody expected the economic decline we had in 2008 and how long that stuck with us.

A shrinking workforce, smaller business - economic base and a declining tax base does not augur well for future economic prosperity.

While Budget 2018 - 19 does forecast a decline in the debt - to - GDP ratio over the next five years, the decline is entirely the result of economic growth, as government debt will continue to grow for the next five years due to deficit spending though at least 2022 - 23.

Similarly, we don't presently observe a year - over-year decline in industrial production, but note that the current rate of growth is already below the level that prevailed at the beginning of prior U.S. economic recessions.

The first is that while STORE's tenant base is largely immune from current industry challenges (the decline of brick - and - mortar retail), that doesn't mean its heavy focus on services isn't exposed to economic weakness, such as when consumer spending falls during a recession.

This report does not address the reasons that women had fewer births after 2007, but a previous Pew Research analysis4 concluded that the recent fertility decline is closely linked to economic distress.

In order to halt our economic decline and lessen our dependence on our trading partners, the U.S. must cap its trade deficits through the perfectly legal use of tariffs in accordance with World Trade Organization rules, and it must begin to guide its domestic market in accordance with a national industrial policy, just as the leading economies of the world (particularly the Japanese and Chinese ones) do as a matter of routine.

Although one could argue that we are wrong in subtracting certain things or in using the values we do at various points, and so claim that economic welfare has in fact not declined in recent years, it would be equally possible to reintroduce leisure into our calculations and end up with figures indicating a more drastic decline.

Conservatives have won the economic arguments, he says, and on the cultural front they have done a fine job of showing how the decline of the traditional, two - parent family is linked to a host of social ills.

In the USA the GNP which is used as a measure of economic well - being increased steadily since the Second World War On the other hand the ISEW increased very slowly until about 1975 when it began to decline and has done so ever since.

The attrition of the public realm; the remorseless growth of inequality; the social pathologies associated with its growth; the humiliations suffered by those at the bottom of the economic pile; the callous indifference of those at the top; the penetration of state institutions by corporate interests; the decline of public trust; and, not least, the hubristic irresponsibility of a sometimes criminal financial sector — all the stigmata of pre-crisis Britain — loom as large as they did before 2008.

If this is not done swiftly and convincingly we will see a worsening of the credit crunch that Spanish consumers and inverstors are currently suffering, leading, in turn, to further economic decline.

In fact, the state's existing composite business cycle index — also known as the Index of Coincident Economic Indicators, based on language identical to what's laid out in Cuomo's proposed infrastructure fund — actually did decline for three consecutive months at the end of 2014, as illustrated in the chart below.

Of course, in reality what did happen was the dark years of Yeltsin's rule with economic collapse, moral decadence and general decline of Russia.

Cuomo declined to even put a ballpark figure on the cost of the storm clean - up, but he did say there will be a «significant» economic impact at the end of the day.

The senator declined to elaborate on any private discussions he has had with the governor, though he did note that he's a «labor guy» and an «economic populist» doesn't believe Cuomo has «liked some of the things that I have to say.»

Monday's discussion at the University Club ranged from their views on marijuana (Miner supports legalization; DeFrancisco does not) to economic development (both criticized the state's Regional Economic Development Council process) to a decline in civic participation among the eleeconomic development (both criticized the state's Regional Economic Development Council process) to a decline in civic participation among the eleEconomic Development Council process) to a decline in civic participation among the electorate.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

The research does not reveal the root cause of these declines or whether changes in plants or insects are causing them, but any decline in natural pollinators could have tremendous economic impacts.

«Because a mussel is highly dependent on its fish host and these are in decline, particular attention should be paid to the fish stocks,» says the TUM scientist, «even if some of these fish species do not have any particular economic value.»

«The economic downturn doesn't affect me." OkCupid.com says growth picked up in Sep, as the economic decline accelerated.

A 34 percent decline due purely to economic conditions may sound high at first blush, but it does help explain much of what we're seeing out in the field.

«If we don't make the progress that we need to make in narrowing the achievement gap then that's a recipe for social instability and economic decline,» Ferguson said.

In a nation with increasing inequality and declining social mobility, it is more important than ever to fight for the millions of children in our country who don't receive the quality of education they deserve simply because of their ZIP code, race, or economic status.

Though Pipas declined to tell Bloomberg what level of probability Ford gives a double - dip recession, he did say the company's plan involves slow economic growth over the next several quarters.

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This probably does not mean that rising stocks lead to economic decline.

That's not to suggest any such decline would be painless — and think about what the accompanying economic climate might look like anyway... But then again, don't forget you have to see a 46 - 64 % decline in asset values — regardless of how it's caused — before the preference shares get partially / fully wiped out.

Granted, we're talking about businesses that proved relatively immune to the credit crisis & subsequent economic decline, but underlying fundamentals certainly don't appear to justify current valuations.

As we look at the numbers, the one area that did decline for NFCC Member Agencies between 2006 and this year is the number of clients enrolled in Debt Management Plans — certainly not because the need declined, but because economic conditions deteriorated so much that even as more people came to us for help, fewer had the resources to qualify for DMPs.

When mitigating anthropogenic global warming is projected to require greater than 80 % lower fossil energy use, how do we provide the transport fuel and energy for rapid growth by developing countries while sustaining OECD economic growth when the Available Net Exports of crude oil — after China and India's imports — have already declined 13 % since 2005, and Saudi Arabia may need to import oil by 2030?

We know which economic indicators to watch for signs of an economic recession, such as declining industrial output, rising unemployment, or falling consumer confidence, but we do not follow a similar set of indicators that signal civilizational collapse.

Europe has also seen a general decline in emissions despite continued economic growth, and a small drop in global emissions in 2015 was the first that did not coincide with a worldwide economic downturn (see «Have Global CO2 Emissions Peaked?»).

My point would be that it is theoretically possible that the later part of the 2002 - 2009 interval did in fact decline from the earlier rates of exponential increase due to a serious economic recession that started in the U.S. in late 2006 and had spread globally by 2008.

Here's one more reason why the final US climate bill really ought to be significantly strengthened: Climate Progress has done a bit of number - crunching of the EIA's Short Term Energy Outlook and finds that as it stands now, by the end of 2009 the US will already be halfway towards the emission reductions stipulated in ACES: The EIA projections say that by the end of 2009, United States» emissions will fall 6 %, due to «weak economic conditions and declines in the consumption of most fossil fuels.»

The UK government did not assess the economic or environmental impacts of a policy change that led to a huge decline in onshore wind developments, DeSmog UK can reveal.

Sit down and map out your own personal plan and timetable for what you want to do to move the world from a path headed toward economic decline to one of sustained economic progress.

Don't you think the current economic turmoil has something to do with the (not so huge) decline in revenues for the legal publisherdo with the (not so huge) decline in revenues for the legal publishers?

Moreover, in a statement released by FTC Chair Majoras, she declined to recuse herself, explaining that her husband did not work on FTC matters and further, was a non-equity partner whose economic interests would not be affected by the outcome of the case.

The majority independent living CCRCs in Baltimore have not been completely immune to the economic downturn, however, as their occupancy did decline 460 basis points from peak to trough but it never fell below 92.5 %.