Sentences with phrase «economic growth in the country for»

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The work of Harvard economist Robert Barro, for example, reveals inequality is actually beneficial for economic growth in developed countries.

Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the economic growth that comes from the innovation economy.

Furthermore, it is important that we not get too distracted by the stimulus debate and work together to promote an agenda for long - term economic growth for the country, which should include reform of a tax system that has grown out of control, finalizing trade agreements, kickstart a lagging regulatory harmonization agenda and ensuring young Canadians have the skills to compete in a global market place.

U.S. stock prices hit their highest in nearly two months after an upward revision to the country's economic growth for the fourth quarter.

Comments: «We continue to believe that prospects remain good for economic growth to reassert itself as challenges are persistently met by concerted efforts of country officials and central bankers around the world aided and abetted by secular trends larger than the cyclical hurdles in the immediate path.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

«The overall economic plan consists of massive tax cuts and tax reform, regulatory relief, and renegotiating trade deals, and with that, we will unlock the economic growth that has been held back for too long in this country.»

BT, for example, believes that # 15 will be added to the U.K. economy for every # 1 spent on super-fast broadband, while recent economic growth in countries with advanced networks, such as South Korea, can be at least partially attributed to super-fast connectivity.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The global financial crisis initially slammed the brakes on the nation's economic expansion, wiping out about 20 million export - related jobs — this in a country where anything under 8 % growth is generally considered to be too slow for social comfort.

Markets have been on edge over elevated trade rhetoric between the two countries possibly resulting in a potential trade war, which would be a negative for global economic growth.

Exports are responsible for about half of the country's economic growth in recent years.

2018 will be a defining year for Mexico, a country plagued by corruption, violence in its struggle against gangs and drug cartels, and slow economic growth.

Of these, fully half involve creating a new governmental or quasi-governmental agency (such as the Canada Infrastructure Bank), while the remaining are so ambiguous as to be potentially meaningless (for example, creating a foreign direct investment strategy «in line with the country's economic growth strategy»).

With the global economy «floating on an ocean of credit,» the current acceleration of credit via central bank policies will likely produce a positive rate of real economic growth this year for most developed countries, PIMCO chief Bill Gross writes in his latest monthly commentary, but «the structural distortions brought about by zero bound interest rates will limit that growth and induce serious risks in future years.»

A government - affiliated organization in China has announced that, in line with the country's current «five - year plan» for economic growth, it will establish an organization to promote blockchain investment and development.

For our government, the choice is clear: we need to diversify our markets in order to create jobs and economic growth for Canadians across this countFor our government, the choice is clear: we need to diversify our markets in order to create jobs and economic growth for Canadians across this countfor Canadians across this country.

Although there is great disparity in economic development between countries, this region is expected to lead the world in economic growth for the foreseeable future.

«We are proud to honor 20 Top Corporations for their world - class leadership in partnering with women's business enterprises to sustain innovation in this country and fuel our economic growth,» said Linda Denny, president and CEO of WBENC, the leading authority on and advocate for women's business enterprises (WBEs) as vendors and suppliers to the nation's leading corporations.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

In the nineteenth century, countries recognized that inadequate protection for IP hurt global economic growth and disincentivized innovation (people invest less in innovation when their work can simply be stolenIn the nineteenth century, countries recognized that inadequate protection for IP hurt global economic growth and disincentivized innovation (people invest less in innovation when their work can simply be stolenin innovation when their work can simply be stolen).

Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for Canadian goods and services.

Long seen as an unwelcome environment for foreign investment and as a difficult country in which to do business, India's economic reforms and stellar growth are gradually becoming known in Canada.

Rhoades identified the issue as «huge mistrust» for Wall Street: ``... The problem is, if we don't have trust in our system, we don't have [individual investors] participate in our capital markets... and that will result in reduced economic growth in our country.»

No doubt a downshifting in China's economic growth will bring short - term pain for Canada, but it also sets the stage for a fundamental reshaping of the country's economy.

Last week, China cut interest rates for the first time in three years, as economic growth in that country has fallen to the point where talks of a hard landing are gaining momentum.

Kenya's central bank is partially to blame for the country's new economic challenges: Its 2016 Banking Act caps lending rates at a maximum of four percentage points above the central bank benchmark rate of 10.5 %, resulting in limited lending and corporate growth.

China's economic growth target for 2017 was announced by the country's leadership as around 6.5 %, a move widely seen as a further focus on stability and risk management, rather than on the creation of additional debt in order to sustain previous levels of growth.

In 2009, the G - 20 countries became temporary Keynesians for 12 months and then they quickly reverted to the «self - levitation theory» of economic growth.

To further contextualize Canada's serious issue with its productivity growth, a report put out by the Council of Canadian Academies states that since 1984, the relative labour productivity in the Canadian business sector dropped from more than 90 % of the US level to 76 % in 2007, putting the country 15th out of 18 comparative Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

Underlining the health of the German economy compared with much of the rest of the eurozone, an independent bi-annual report produced by a range of economic institutions for the German Economics Ministry raised its forecast for the country's growth in 2016 from 1.6 % to 1.9 %, citing the strength of the labor market and private consumption.

that increased educational attainment for women and girls accounts for about 50 percent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years.

UN Women found that increased educational attainment for women and girls accounts for about 50 percent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years.

For several decades after World War II the expectation that economic growth could work this miracle in Third World countries justified devoting all efforts to furthering such growth.

The theory is that when economic growth goes far enough, as in a few countries in East Asia, the demand for workers drives wages up without benefit of unions or governmental involvement.

It is probably no easier for people in poorer countries to get used to the idea of having fewer children than it is for us to change our attitudes toward economic growth.

In 1995 a bloodless coup in which Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa deposed his father set the stage for the modernization of the country's oil and gas industries and for stunning economic growtIn 1995 a bloodless coup in which Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa deposed his father set the stage for the modernization of the country's oil and gas industries and for stunning economic growtin which Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa deposed his father set the stage for the modernization of the country's oil and gas industries and for stunning economic growth.

«For Asia, the main story is the economic growth in China, the largest country in the world in terms of population.

The danger for Labour is that economic growth is already evident in other countries; even Japan, which experienced the longest recession since the Second World War.

This is the first great conundrum of trade power politics in the twenty - first century: will the multilateral system successfully accommodate the economic and commercial strategies of Brazil, India, China and Russia and grow, or will the disparity between WTO norms and these countries» growth paths and attitudes to cooperation have become too great for a single set of rules effectively to prevail?

Other European countries have reduced the rate of VAT for the home improvement market in order to tackle the informal economy and create new jobs and growth in this important economic sector.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

These include: personal budgets for employment support services that would enable disabled people to have much more control over the type of support they receive, breaking down the barriers disabled people face when gaining employment, and staying in work which is vital to the country's sustainable economic growth.

She said this would help the country to not only provide reliable energy for Ghanaians, but would also help in its goal of becoming a net exporter of energy in the sub-region, under the West Africa Power Pool initiative, which would further sustain Ghana's economic growth.

In a sermon, Right Reverend Dr K. Abeka Wilson, the Methodist Bishop of Cape Coast Diocese, said it was bad for people in high offices to involve themselves in corruption, which had become the bane of the country's economic growtIn a sermon, Right Reverend Dr K. Abeka Wilson, the Methodist Bishop of Cape Coast Diocese, said it was bad for people in high offices to involve themselves in corruption, which had become the bane of the country's economic growtin high offices to involve themselves in corruption, which had become the bane of the country's economic growtin corruption, which had become the bane of the country's economic growth.

«I think that, you know, paying a higher tax rate for higher incomes, having a million dollars be the cut - off is actually a better approach in my view, because you're retaining lower tax rates for small businesses and small businesses are such an important economic engine for growth in this country,» the state's junior senator said.

Her record in Congress is unrivaled in fighting for policies that will keep upstate businesses upstate and create an environment for growth,» said Eileen Braden, Vice President of Political Affairs and Federation Relations at the U.S. Chamber said, «Through her support of transportation reforms and removing regulatory burdens, she's ensured that businesses like D.A. Collins can hire and continue to create economic opportunities in North Country.»

She said the over 15,000 people in Ghana's prisons was a good human resource that could be utilized for economic growth and development of the country and so they needed to be equipped with the appropriate vocational skills, saying that would also help to reduce inmates» risk of reoffending, by teaching them useful skills that prepare them for the world outside prison.

YouGov polling for Policy Exchange before the last election revealed «A» voters are primarily interested in the quality of the NHS, keeping the country safe, boosting economic growth and limiting immigration.

The World Bank Director, Mr Patrizio Pagano, commended the Federal Government for its economic reforms, adding that the Bank would fully support the country in achieving sustainable growth.