Sentences with phrase «economic evidence as»

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Having long since grabbed the mantle of national economic powerhouse from Ontario — that the oil province accounted for the entirety of Canada's net job creation over the past 12 months being just the latest piece of evidence on that score — Alberta needs to take over Ontario's Big Man leadership role as well.

«President - elect Trump must provide early evidence of positive economic growth as well as act to keep positive consumer expectations aligned with performance,» said Curtin.

The economic reasons for refining bitumen in the U.S. were compelling even before you could ship it to Texas, as evidenced by the Midwestern refineries converted to handle the ultra-heavy crude.

While it's well understood that natural features such as rivers and fertile soil matter for economic growth, this study provides some of the first evidence that natural amenities are also important.

As evidence of the economic impact RFRA laws can have on local economies, ratings and reviews site Angie's List, founded by Bill Osterle and Angie Hicks in 1995, announced over the weekend that it was halting a $ 40 million expansion of its Indianapolis headquarters, expected to bring with it an additional 1,300 jobs, while it examines the implications of the law.

But taken as a whole, the economic evidence over the past few months has offered every reason for optimism.

Amid a dearth of good economic news, the government could point to a buoyant stock market as evidence that it was doing something right.

Still, investors continued the habit of confusing lagging and coincident indicators for leading ones, so the positive GDP figure was taken as evidence that an oncoming economic downturn was «off the table.»

He confirmed, with empirical evidence, that NMSDC - certified MBEs generate positive economic impact in their local communities and in the nation as a whole through job creation, income generation and tax revenue.

Conducted by The Evidence Network and Da Nang Institute for Socio - Economic Development, this is the first of four annual APEC economy - specific MSME survey projects commissioned by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, as part of the APEC - Canada Building Partnerships project.

Perhaps economic actors take the continuation of zero rates as evidence that the Fed is worried and so they should be as well.

Suffice it to say that while there remain some bright spots in market action, such as the overall profile of market breadth (as measured by the simple NYSE advance - decline line), as well as bright spots in economic figures, such as Friday's upbeat jobs number and the reasonable behavior of credit spreads to - date, the weight of the evidence is increasingly cautious.

Investors are looking for evidence that the White House economic adviser or Federal Reserve chairman can act as an insurance policy against a trade war.

The S&P 500 had its biggest weekly gain since April in the period ended Friday after the Federal Reserve signaled it won't be raising rates quickly as officials hold out for more decisive evidence of an economic rebound.

Many investors know that central bank policies have not generated the fundamental economic results they once hoped for... the expected evidence failed to materialize years ago... but as long as markets remain strong, so does their faith.

Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.

On the other hand, both historically and even since 2009, when investors have shifted toward risk - aversion, as evidenced by divergent market internals, rich valuations and fragile economic foundations have typically resulted in steep market losses.

I'll emphasize again that while I do view the economic picture as being consistent with progressive deterioration and a growing risk of recession, there is presently not enough evidence to expect a U.S. recession.

Japan's Economic Growth Slows as Business Spending Slumps — GDP misses estimates and now there is even more evidence that the Abeonomics plan is not what it was cracked up to be.

The meeting of the European Central Bank's Governing Council on 20 July is expected to provide more guidance as to the rate at which the institution will taper its programme of asset purchases amid evidence that economic growth in the eurozone continues to improve.

Suffice it to say that the improvement in new unemployment claims strikes me as a legitimately hopeful development, but there is too much short - term noise, and inconsistency with other economic evidence (reliable leading indicators, falling tax withholdings) to draw a convincing signal.

As evidence, SolarWorld cites a 2014 Grand Jury indictment of five agents of the People's Liberation Army for acts of economic espionage including breaking into SolarWorld's computers.

Japan has taken a different approach, becoming the leader in expanding trade relations as evidenced through the TPP - 11 (CPTPP) and the Japan - EU Economic Partnership Agreement.

In 2013, the federal government continued, as in the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policy.

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

Is it really likely that when the Romans heard Paul's words about creation being «subjected to futility» in 8:20 they «could well have thought about how imperial ambitions, military conflicts, and economic exploitation had led to the erosion of the natural environment throughout the Mediterranean world, leaving ruined cities, depleted fields, deforested mountains, and polluted streams as evidence of this universal human vanity»?

If I were to take all the leading economic indicators as evidence of my own mood I would say they we are in a depression.

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Or any evidence can been found for any of the expected effects of such an exodus; such as economic downturn or labor shortages.

Thus far there is no evidence that this has a negative effect on economic productivity, at least as one reads the actual evidence.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

More and more evidence points to the importance of breastfeeding on a cultural, public health, psychosocial, ecological and economic level, and the need to support, protect and promote it in all aspects of healthcare and society, as well as asserting breastfeeding as a human right for both babies and women.

According to her, just as there is ample evidence that malaria impedes the overall economic development of Ghana and other countries of the sub-region and considering that we need a healthy future workforce for our economic development, it is about time malaria is nipped in the bud.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

In the meantime, to those Tom Harris charcaters in the Labour party who want to present electoral reform as an issue of relevance only to bourgeois liberal Guardian - readers (like me), I say: how dare you oppose a system that — on the evidence of Soskice and Iversen's study — is better for social spending and economic equality?

But the rise in oil and commodity prices pushed up inflation in the UK more than in other countries, demonstrating the downsides of a policy of deliberate devaluation to which much of the British economic policy establishment remains committed as an article of faith, despite little evidence that it has done much long term good.

Peter Kilfoyle thinks my co-authoring an evidence - rich policy paper on urban regeneration's failure to generate economic convergence in places such as Liverpool and Hull means that I live «in a parallel universe» (TP Debate, April).

(CNN)- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley championed a series of progressive causes during a policy speech in Washington Thursday, touting his state's economic record as evidence that encouraging liberal social issues can lead to prosperity.

Of course, using an extremely talented local lad as evidence of national economic and political strength is absurd, but people think this way.

The Coalition seized on the disclosures as evidence that Mr Brown's «reckless» decisions over public spending left the country in a vulnerable position when the economic downturn hit Britain.

Justice E.S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, Tuesday, admitted as evidence, a compact disc (CD) tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the effect that the statements of Imaobong Akon Esu - Nte, an accountant with the Nigeria Prison Service and five others being prosecuted by the agency were voluntarily rendered.

Willetts nods, satisfied, as he explains how the «hard economic evidence» backs up this claim that the younger generations have had a «rawer deal».

Just as The Marmot Review demonstrated with compelling evidence that socio - economic inequalities...

As set out in a Scottish Government study reported in 2010, the link between socio - economic circumstances and health is well know, and there is an increasing evidence base supporting the hypothesis of a «Scottish Effect», and more specifically a «Glasgow Effect», the terminology used to identify higher levels of mortality and poor health found in Scotland and Glasgow beyond that explained by socio - economic circumstances.

IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin commented: «As evidence has gathered of a sharp slowdown in UK economic growth over the last few months, the one bright spot has been the labour market.

Diaz brought up several new developments on their way to The Bronx as evidence of the borough's economic potential, including the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, a new television and film studio coming to Soundview, and a $ 550 million, two million square foot office expansion at the Hutchinson Metro Center.

The claim is regularly repeated by voices on the Remain side as evidence of the economic damage that a Brexit would cause.

Since last month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pointed to his hiring of an internal investigator as evidence that his administration is taking seriously the U.S. attorney's probe into one of its signature economic - development programs.

In an election where the central issue is the stalled economic recovery — as evidenced by the disappointing unemployment numbers for June released Friday — the Obama camp will reportedly avoid mingling with the Haves in the Hamptons to duck the risk of alienating Have - not voters.

Donnelly's view of redevelopment as an «effective economic development tool» is contradicted by overwhelming evidence that the corporate welfare program fails to create jobs or stimulate local economies.