«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.
«We have investigated how the socio -
economic gap in 15 - year - olds» PISA scores compares across selective versus non-selective school systems.
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.
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 n
Gap Report, which found that the pay
gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from n
gap 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 countr
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 countr
in 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 200
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 200
in 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 numbe
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 numbe
in 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 gap
In 2012 - 15, there was significant
economic slack
in DMs, reflected in still meaningful unemployment gap
in DMs, reflected
in still meaningful unemployment gap
in 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.