Sentences with phrase «economic gap in»

Prof John Jerrim, of the UCL Institute of Education in London, says that Canada's high league table ranking reflects the narrow socio - economic gap in school results.

«We have investigated how the socio - economic gap in 15 - year - olds» PISA scores compares across selective versus non-selective school systems.

«While England's brightest pupils score around average in international tests — and better in science — this analysis shows that there are some very big socio - economic gaps in attainment between the brightest pupils from poor and better - off homes.

Not exact matches

And while the spread has widened in the late stages of economic expansion, Bernstein notes that this is the first time the gap has grown because of an acceleration in operating earnings as opposed to a fall in reported profit (see the third chart).

In addition to the aforementioned concerns, Golub noted fears about whether economic growth won't meet lofty expectations and signals being sent from the bond market, where a narrower gap between government bond yields is kindling fears that a recession is looming.

If we are already late in an economic cycle when the tendency for company managements to employ a rosy spin on their numbers is at its most acute, then we should worry if this gap between opinion and reality is wider than in previous cycles.»

With economic growth rising in the U.S. and slowing in Canada, an interest rate gap could bite consumers, housing and the loonie

This puts the housing market in a precarious position: a large gap between prices and incomes, worsening affordability, and an indebted nation of homeowners less able to withstand economic shocks.

The World Economic Forum in the fall of 2016 released its annual Global Gender Gap Report, which found that the pay gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from nGap Report, which found that the pay gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from ngap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from now.

The Small Business American Dream Gap Report examined today's economic landscape compared to a year ago and found that despite the positive outlook for small businesses, nearly three out of 10 small businesses reported finding it harder than in the past to reduce operating costs.

Although there were signs of economic recovery in advanced economies, the organization said that the crisis - related global jobs gap «continues to widen.»

The World Economic Forum in fall 2016 forecasted that the gender pay gap won't be closed worldwide until the year 2186.

In May, Ben Rabidoux, an Ontario financial adviser (and an unapologetic renter) who runs the Economic Analyst blog, illustrated the unprecedented gap that's opened between the cost of renting and owning with a series of fever graphs charting rents and housing prices in seven cities across the countrIn May, Ben Rabidoux, an Ontario financial adviser (and an unapologetic renter) who runs the Economic Analyst blog, illustrated the unprecedented gap that's opened between the cost of renting and owning with a series of fever graphs charting rents and housing prices in seven cities across the countrin seven cities across the country.

«The already challenged restaurant industry has been hit with slowing overall economic growth and the gap between the cost of dining at home compared to dining out,» Dine Equity CEO Julia Stewart said in a call with investors in November.

On a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, Sandberg said that she doesn't «think it's possible to overstate how important stereotypes are» in reinforcing the gender gap.

Pay transparency will be the focus of tonight's PBS debate show, Point Taken, featuring a panel of guests who will clash over whether it could help narrow gaps in pay between genders, racial groups, and socio - economic classes.

The Economic Policy Institute reports, «the black - white wage gaps are larger today than they were in 1979.»

In theory, Occupy was a protest against economic inequality, a reaction not just to the gap between «the 1 %» and «the 99 %,» but to the widening of that gap in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 200In theory, Occupy was a protest against economic inequality, a reaction not just to the gap between «the 1 %» and «the 99 %,» but to the widening of that gap in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 200in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

The budget gives an estimate deficit of only 2.9 billion in 2014 - 2015 (page 10), so it is very reasonable to suggest that somewhat faster economic growth would fill this gap.

The output gap — the difference between current economic output and the estimated level that would stoke inflation — will now close in mid-2018, «materially later» than previously thought, the statement said.

The legislation met with little resistance in the Nordic nation that has ranked first in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap standings for nine consecutive years, said Brynhildur Hei?ar - og?

In May, the World Economic Forum (WEF) estimated that by 2050, the size of the retirement savings gap — unfunded pensions, in other words — could be as much as $ 400 trillion, an unimaginably large numbeIn May, the World Economic Forum (WEF) estimated that by 2050, the size of the retirement savings gap — unfunded pensions, in other words — could be as much as $ 400 trillion, an unimaginably large numbein other words — could be as much as $ 400 trillion, an unimaginably large number.

In 2012 - 15, there was significant economic slack in DMs, reflected in still meaningful unemployment gapIn 2012 - 15, there was significant economic slack in DMs, reflected in still meaningful unemployment gapin DMs, reflected in still meaningful unemployment gapin still meaningful unemployment gaps.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently assessed the growing «retirement savings gap» in its white paper «We'll Live to 100 — How Can We Afford It?»

I have explained elsewhere some of the reasons that determine whether a country's debt is «excessively high», and I hope formally to list these reasons more fully in my next book, but the key is the gap that is created between projected debt - servicing costs and the projected revenues earmarked to service the debt when an economic entity suffers an unexpected surge in debt or an unexpected decline in growth.

The gap between dismal productivity and the most productive economic environment in U.S. history is only about 2.5 % annually.

Yes, the G7 output gap — the difference between actual output and economic potential — is shrinking as the U.S. economy has joined Germany, the UK and Canada in running near full capacity.

Maglan concentrated on investing in companies with economic difficulties in the United States but the low values in Puerto Rico and «the steps taken by the Governor to close the gap in the budget» attracted Maglan to invest for the first time in municipal debt.

The most challenging gender gaps remain in the economic and health spheres.

Other recent estimates suggest that China could see a $ 2.5 trillion GDP increase from gender parity and that the world as a whole could increase global GDP by $ 5.3 trillion by 2025 if it closed the gender gap in economic participation by 25 % over the same period.

Indeed, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that a 50 % reduction in the gender gap in member countries could lead to a GDP gain of around 6 % by 2030.

With an energy - related rebound in inflation fading, signs of improving economic conditions need to be put into perspective, as the output gap across the region as a whole remains large, and so does the slack in its labor market.

With an energy - related rebound in inflation fading, signs of improving economic conditions need to be put into perspective — despite the strong performance of Germany, the bloc's largest economy — as the output gap across the region as a whole remains large, and so does the slack in its labor market.

Note the highlighted sections in Figure 3 and how they match exactly with the Revenue CAGRs, Economic Earnings Margin, and GAPs presented in Figure 2.

We call on Premier Horgan to immediately put forward his specific concerns and solutions on behalf of British Columbia around his perceived gaps in the Oceans Protection Plan so that we can move forward as a nation to protect our coastlines while advancing economic opportunity for British Columbians and Canadians alike.

«It's concerning overall that we're seeing persistent wage gaps in spite of heightened awareness of it,» said Daraius Irani, chief economist with the Regional Economic Studies Institute at Towson University.

Furthermore, the Fed would like to adhere to the so - called «Taylor Rule» (in spite of Professor Taylor's protestations that it is misinterpreting and misusing his concept), a mathematical construct that purports to make monetary policy more «scientific» by establishing an arithmetic rule for varying the administered interest rate according to the variance of «actual from target inflation» (note that «inflation» refers to the change in a price index in this case, not the phenomenon of inflation of the money supply as such), as well as the variance of economic output from «potential output» (i.e, the so - called «output gap» is incorporated in the formula as well).

BRIDGING THE GAPS By Gordon Platt Jordan has a difficult road ahead as it implements economic and political reforms as part of an IMF loan package and deals with the spillover from unrest in neighboring countries.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

Appendix A provides additional detail regarding the economic forces underlying movement in the jobs gap.

He said it's clear that greed was a major factor in the economic collapse and that a wide gap between the haves and have - nots is social dynamite.

See how the original equality in colonial America has been overgrown and overwhelmed by a thousand forms of economic and political differentiation, so that today the gap between the most fortunate and the least fortunate in America is greater than at any time since the days of plutocratic Rome.

The commitment to a culture of solidarity and economic justice is equally important in the so - called «developed nations», where in many of them there is a growing gap between those who have a comfortable lifestyle and those who are deprived and marginalized.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

Furthermore, this gap in the teaching, this disregard for concrete realities, poses an enormous problem for those who would like to render themselves useful to economic and social actors.

They were uttered after a review of the growing economic gap between rich and poor nations and of the escalation of military defensiveness in the world.

If you agree that environmental deterioration is important, that net international capital is a significant consideration, and that a nation is better off economically when the gap between the rich and the poor is narrowed, then our figures will be useful to you in evaluating how much correlation there is between changes in per capita GNP and economic welfare.

Not only are they underrepresented politically, but in 74 of the 140 nations studied, economic gaps have actually widen in the last year.

The New Economy Awards competition is organized annually to recognize companies and its leaders that drive economic recovery around the globe via job creation, productivity enhancement, increased efficiences in sustainable manner, thereby filling in the gap presented by increasingly complex regulatory frameworks and falling demand for commodities.

Mr Sims discusses gaps in the law which can damage economic efficiency and also do not reflect international best practice.