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The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which Heitkamp co-sponsored, passed the Senate on Wednesday with 17 Democratic votes.

She also mentioned the creation of an «economic development fund» for Quebec.

And talking about how to put people on more equal economic footing can be challenging to reconcile with capitalist principles of private ownership and free markets.

A widely cited Toronto report pegged the economic damage of gridlock at $ 6 billion just for that city.

Such statements are based on management's current views and assumptions that could ultimately prove inaccurate and are subject to risk factors such as (but not limited to) changes in raw materials prices, currency fluctuations, the pace at which cost - reduction projects are implemented and changes in general economic and financial conditions.

Markets had initially rallied last week after the Fed surprised markets with its announcement that it won't be cutting back its massive economic stimulus program just yet.

This notion is supported more by contributions to political parties than it is to economic growth.

This is especially the case as Europe will remain in the deal, adding to its business advantages through greater economic exchanges with Iran.

Commerce Department data released Friday showed lower - than - hoped - for overall economic growth for the first quarter: an annualized 2.3 % compared with the Trump administration's aspirational 3 % target.

People who understand these numbers understand that lower rates of business formation are an economic disaster that will have repercussions for decades to come.

The report examines the potential economic consequences of cancelling the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA.

Factcheck.org ran Heritage's analysis by Roberton C. Williams III, a resource economist at the University of Maryland who is a senior fellow at the economic - analysis nonprofit Resources for the Future.

If you're not familiar with that phrase — or its more grating synonym, «Industry 4.0» — it describes the economic shift spurred by the merging of digital and physical systems.

Of the respondents who are already business owners and live in highly - developed economies, 78 percent said they choose to launch their ventures because they saw opportunities, not because they were forced to by economic necessity.

At the outset of the Republican push to overhaul the US tax code, GOP leaders said reform would boost economic growth, help the middle class, and — importantly for the fiscal future of the US — pay for itself.

«Strong economic momentum and accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote in response to the survey.

The two most northern countries of North America have had a unique economic bond for as long as anyone can remember.

President Trump had asked two of his economic advisers to explore rejoining the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement he withdrew from shortly after taking office last year.

Numerous polls published since the June referendum have shown that the British public still narrowly favours Brexit despite warnings of economic apocalypse and political turmoil.

«We as Democrats have to have a stronger economic message that appeals to Midwest and white blue - collar voters,» says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake in an email.

Entrepreneurs tend to be an action - oriented, onwards - and - upwards lot — a longitudinal study published by the Journal of Economic Psychology in 2014 associated successful entrepreneurs with higher - than - normal levels of hardiness, resourcefulness and optimism — meaning that when their venture fails, there's a pretty good chance they'll be able to rebound quickly, with a nifty second - act tale of adversity to slot into their narrative.

In Europe, economic stagnation and unhappiness at the influx of refugees is fuelling opposition to pan-continental institutions and agreements.

Instead, the startup program should be seen as just one part of Google's emerging efforts to remake the economic impact of patents in the tech industry.

by Tim Ferriss Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred - life plan — there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times.

The Carnegie Report, so named for industrialist Sir Roderick Carnegie's role as inquiry head, was the first major piece of economic advice the newly elected Court Government received.

David McIntosh, the President of Club For Growth, a Conservative Political Action Committee, called the policy an «affront to economic freedom.»

As we explained in our recent cover story, Trudeau's entire economic agenda is built around a single motto: «A strong economy is the one that provides the largest number of good jobs for the largest number of Canadians.»

The Great Stagnation: In «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate change.

Deprivation angered Greek voters, destroying any possibility of building a broad consensus on sensible economic reforms — such as creating a tax system that would force the some of the world's most notorious tax dodgers to contribute to the running of the government.

He attributes the recent declines primarily to the slowing of Chinese economic growth.

Oil prices near $ 70 shouldn't put the brakes on economic growth, however.

«What's at risk is our foreign policy, that it will be influenced not by what matters — human rights, civil rights or legitimate economic interests — but by the Philippines» ability to get in the good graces of our president.»

You can invest in state - controlled firms like Sinopec, PetroChina and Bank of China, but it's difficult to tell whether these firms would thrive were their preferential treatment taken away through economic liberalization.

Together — against forces of nature — we gradually developed to become the leading economic nation as we spread across the country, while simultaneously retaining a sense of community.

Praising the movie industry as «one of America's economic engines,» Mr Obama told studio chiefs: «Entertainment is one of the bright spots of our economy.

And so, whatever the economic issue — foreign direct investment, the GST, the Keystone XL pipeline — Trudeau links it to its implications on the middle class and bringing them better jobs.

The founder of Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, shared with «Managing Asia» in 2016 the leadership qualities that helped him champion China's rise as an economic powerhouse.

The underlying economic picture is «really very strong,» he added.

The bad news was that Canada's other economic engines are sputtering.

«There's a very significant economic relationship between the two sides — tourism, trade, and most importantly energy — that neither Putin nor Erdogan want to interfere with,» Bremmer said.

International Women's Day on Thursday is intended to celebrate women's cultural and economic achievements and call for more gender parity.

U.S. government debt yields slipped after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

Like any relationship, two - way communication is the only way to ensure a long, fruitful love connection that withstands the test of time or, even more challenging, an economic downturn.

To hear the McConnell camp tell it, victory would give the senator the chance to forge a new Republican vision — to finally offer those much - promised legislative proposals for economic growth and reform that the party has so far been unwilling or unable to unite around.

They represent existing companies that enjoy a special status granted in recent decades when economic growth came easier.

They could simply view Statistics Canada's running summary of the latest economic data or StatCan's release schedule, though they do not necessarily reflect which series are the most important.

While Beijing has touted the project as a mutual economic development initiative, it's widely seen as an attempt by China to construct a massive, multi-national zone of economic and political influence that has Beijing at its core.

According to the World Economic Forum, two thirds of OECD countries have introduced policies on pay equality, including requiring some employers to publish calculations every year showing the gender pay gap.

And as U.S. economic growth becomes self - sustaining, interest rates can be allowed to rise, which would offer more competition to non-income paying assets such as gold.

«Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position of having to fire productive employees for no other reason than an arbitrary change in federal policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees, or their broader community,» the report reads.