Sentences with phrase «economic position in government»

Senators voted 84 - 13 to confirm Powell to lead the nation's central bank, a post that is considered the most powerful economic position in government.

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Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.

More importantly, the government would still have a low and stable debt to GDP ratio and be in an excellent position to implement a longer - term sustainable economic growth strategy.

And even if Canadian courts ultimately deem such probing too onerous within the rubric of «reasonableness» review, such details can provide fodder for public commentary that can undermine the government's position in the court of public opinion (regarding the economic case for increased oil sands production, for example, see University of Alberta Professor Andrew Leach's commentary here).

This new economic growth would in turn improve the fiscal position of the federal government.

India is in a similar position to Bangladesh, points out Mr Basu, who used to be the chief economic adviser to India's government.

The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) for 2004/05, released in December, provided a further update of the Australian Government budget position from the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) in September.

But the advice given by leading economists to the United States government has been to emphasize policies that lead to economic growth so that we will be in position to pay the costs of global warming as they arise.

The temptation for young, ambitious, and educated Christians to convert to Islam for social and economic reasons is powerful, as Christians have little prospect of obtaining coveted positions in government and education, regardless of their credentials.

Both in opposition and then in government Oliver's principal aim had been to help a succession of leaders to move the Conservative Party towards a particular ideological position — social and economic liberalism, tempered by a commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship, both globally and nationally.

Putin has imposed a strong vertical authority chain in the government, has resuscitated the economic and social, and military, position of the country through the windfalls of oil and gas revenues.

Like all FPI staff, the right candidate for this position will have a commitment to reversing the extraordinary racial and economic disparities in wages, income, and opportunity in our communities, and will have a desire to focus on the role state and local governments can play in improving conditions for all New Yorkers.

A number of other senior Labour figures also took up senior positions: the trade union leader Ernest Bevin, as Minister of Labour, directed Britain's wartime economy and allocation of manpower, the veteran Labour statesman Herbert Morrison became Home Secretary, Hugh Dalton was Minister of Economic Warfare and later President of the Board of Trade, while A. V. Alexander resumed the role he had held in the previous Labour Government as First Lord of the Admiralty.

«Now that the Federal Government is talking about diversification of the economy, Fayemi should use his position to assist Ekiti State in harnessing its solid mineral resources for the economic benefit of the State and Nigeria.

Commenting on the announcement of the draft Scottish budget for 2013/14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers» union in Scotland, said: «While the Scottish Government has been placed in a difficult position by the Westminster Government's imposition of its austerity measures, it is deeply disappointing that the Scottish Government has chosen to follow the Coalition's flawed economic policies by imposing another year of pay freeze on public sector workers.»

Some New Rochelle residents have raised questions about the nature of the mayoral position in New Rochelle and whether Bramson is a woefully underpaid full - time City employee or a significantly overpaid part - time government spokesperson who doubles as official cheerleader for economic development for New Rochelle's downtown business district.

For Finn, the Coalition was successful in some economic ambitions — notably, restoring the economy to growth (in terms of jobs and employment)-- but that it failed in other significant areas e.g. eliminating the structural deficit, government borrowing and its position towards the «cost of living crisis».

[5] Lane Kenworthy, professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, has stated that Sanders is a social democrat and not a democratic socialist -LSB-...] Mike Konczal, an economic policy expert at the Roosevelt Institute, also characterizes Sanders» positions as «social democracy» rather than «socialist», noting that social democracy means support for a mixed economy combining private enterprise with government spending, social insurance programs, Keynesian macroeconomic policies, and democratic participation in government and the workplace - all of which are a part of Sanders» platform.

However, Britain's success in the conflict saw Margaret Thatcher and her Tory government surge back to the top of the opinion polls, and her position was strengthened further by the end of the year as the recession ended and more voters had faith in her economic policies.

Prior to his work at CIMO, he held positions at the World Bank in Washington D.C., the European Commission, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, at the latter he served as an external expert advising foreign governments in more than 45 countries around the world.

Before joining the University of Idaho, Dr. Lewin worked in community and economic development across Latin America and subsequently as an economist in both government and private sector positions in Europe and the United States.

In fact I would expect that the price of gold has very little interest for the Fed, or anyone else in a position of economic power in the governmenIn fact I would expect that the price of gold has very little interest for the Fed, or anyone else in a position of economic power in the governmenin a position of economic power in the governmenin the government.

We believe both short - and long - term bond yields could move up, and we plan to maintain an overweight position in corporate bonds compared to the Bloomberg Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Government / Credit Index, as they tend to outperform Treasuries during periods of economic expansion.

He held various positions including Assistant Director General of the International Labour Organization, several ministerial portfolios in the Government of Jordan including Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Minister of Information and Minister of Tourism and Antiquity, CEO of Jordan's Cement Company, Director of the Economic Mission to Washington DC, and Director General of the Investment Promotion Corporation of Jordan.

IPCC can, however, distinguish between prescriptive and descriptive questions that arise in relevant socio - economic literature about climate policy - making, identify important ethical and justice issues that arise in this literature, where there is a consensus on ethics and justice issues in the relevant literature describe the consensus position, where there is no consensus on ethical and justice issues describe the range of reasonable views on these issues, and identify hard and soft law legal principles relevant to how governments should resolve ethical and justice issues that must be faced by policy - makers.

«We are very concerned that the government does not currently have enough engineers in Ministry staff positions to be able to properly assess the balance between environmental commitments and economic welfare when it comes to energy.

As a member of parliament, Lawson was eventually named Chancellor of the Exchequer — the highest economic and financial position in the British government — by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The report, which publishes economic data on city economies one year ahead of the Government's official figures, placed Derby in second position.

As semi-nomadic groups are now in a better position to gain Aboriginal title to land, they will seemingly be in a better position to demand from the government an increased level of consultation and accommodation in the undertaking of controversial economic development projects like mining, oil and gas, fracking, mineral rights, and environmental harvesting.

Foreign intrigue was further stimulated by the establishment of Economic Development Board centres abroad in Hong Kong and New York (The EDB is «the lead government agency for planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore's position as a global business centre»).

Earlier in his career, Mr. Leopold worked in New York City government in a variety of urban planning and economic development positions in the Office of the Mayor, Department of City Planning and the city's Economic Development Corpeconomic development positions in the Office of the Mayor, Department of City Planning and the city's Economic Development CorpEconomic Development Corporation.