Sentences with phrase «economic problems from»

After all, the FSA was unable to prevent today's current economic problems from manifesting.

Many people in their early 20s or under were too young (or not even born yet) to remember any economic problems from the last couple of decades.

Not exact matches

Adding to the economic problem is the exodus of thousands of people from Greece, searching for better living conditions abroad.

That's important as the change toward labor quality becoming the most important problem for more employers suggests that economic concerns are shifting from weak demand to tight supply.

All this to say that, far from taking jobs or causing economic problems, many refugees are striving to create jobs and contribute to their host nations» economies.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Listing «problems» standing in the way of U.S. economic growth, Dimon cited American immigration policies that often prevent foreign college students from getting a job in this country after they graduate.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

North Korea is drenched in chronic economic problems, due to a one - sided focus on military spending and decades of economic sanctions from the international community.

The CAC said the inspections had discovered problems in management, training and other areas resulting in part from «the blind pursuit of economic benefit.»

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Recall that the»98 cuts were largely due to illiquidity problems from the LTCM crisis, not because of more general economic risks.

The problem is that even the most wildly optimistic prospects for incremental economic growth are likely to leave the level of real GDP no more than 10 % higher, 4 years from now, than it otherwise would be.

This is a classic economic problem where the buyer of services, employer, is different from its beneficiaries, the would - be retirees.

Most investors don't benefit from an understanding of economic history, which gives a broader skill set for analyzing current problems.

From the outset of my graduate economic studies, back in the 1960s, my mentor Terence McCarthy had urged me to concentrate on the debt problem.

For a more in depth analysis of our financial problems and the inherent dangers they pose for the U.S. economy and U.S. dollar denominated investments, read my new book «Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse.»

Of course we may ignore the actual problems created by prosperity: a damaged environment, economic stragglers, or the risk from lacking economic diversity.

«From an economic point of view, however, competition with «normal» meat is a big challenge; production cost emerges as the real problem.

Conservative spokesmen have pointed to the «trickling down» of the benefits of economic growth as the ultimate solution to racial problems; they have at times seemed to court the support of segregationist elements; and they remain at this late date without a positive program of action aimed at narrowing the yawning chasm separating the black poor from the rest of the nation.

The problem is indeed to develop a pedagogy which will allow us to move from an analysis at the micro level to that of the macro level to be able to understand the problem of economic globalisation and its social effects.

And as to the comfort the gospel speaks of, it seems that Christianity ought no longer to be the comforter of the poor and the afflicted, because, forsooth, «if you comfort them you divert them from seeking material, concrete means for ending their misery; if they are comforted by faith, they will not set to work to solve the economic problems.»

Laudato Si, last week's encyclical from Pope Francis, seeks to address a plethora of problems in the modern world — predominately focusing on environmental issues, distributive justice, and perceived problems with consensus developmental economic theory.

If we wake up from our dreams we'll see what the postmodern left already sees, which is that the explosive growth of economic freedom in recent decades has created two very large social problems.

Is there something to be said for sparing mother and / or child from public embarrassment, economic burden, disability and other «problems» that can sometimes come with carrying a pregnancy to term?

The importance of the power problem for Christian ethics derives both from the fact that power, whether economic, political, military, or spiritual, means capacity to determine life for good or ill, and from the fact that some fundamental redistribution of power is necessary as a condition of the freedom and dignity of men in their social relations.

Preston comments, «It is important to separate (the premises) from the concept of the market as a useful mechanism for solving some economic problems if it was set within a different value commitment and an extensive structural framework» (Church and Society in the late 20th Century.

The third problem is that, even for the church, the path from Scripture to contemporary economic policy is arduous.

In part this flows from the recognition that many of the most intractable social problems are not simply economic or even political.

From the starting point of the revelation of the nature and will of God that has come to man through Christ, she has dealt first with the biblical foundations of Christian ethics followed by their application to specific contemporary problems, including self and society, marriage, economic life, race, the state, war, peace and others.

[The] report served the time - tested purpose: Whenever the system is in crisis (or shows signs of becoming transformed); whenever blacks get restless (or show strength); whenever whites in significant numbers show signs of coming together with blacks to confront their mutual problems (or enemies), the trick is to shift the focus from the real struggle for political and economic empowerment to black «crime,» degeneracy, pathology, and — in Moynihan's innovative twist — the «deterioration» of the black family.

While we can trace some of the causes behind these problems — from individual psychological dynamics to economic and political structures — we are still left wondering: where did we go wrong and how did it ever get to this point?

On the contrary, he said, «To judge from the behavior and the achievements of the wealthy classes today in any quarter of the world, the outlook is very depressing» and he added: «If the economic problem is solved, mankind will be deprived of its traditional purpose... must we not expect a nervous breakdown?»

In order to make certain that such statements as these should have more than ephemeral significance, it was proposed that the International Missionary Council should establish, as a part of its organization, a «bureau of social and economic research and information» on problems arising from the contact between Western civilization and undeveloped countries.

Other speakers emphasised: the impact of cheaper and more accessible digital technology on identifying as well as solving problems (Mr Salesh Kumar and Dr Washington Otieno); the importance of realising the nutritional and economic value of food as well as accounting for the environmental impacts of food production (Dr Karen Brooks); and the opportunities for novel products from so - called waste, such as phosphorus recycling (Dr Dana Cordell); Novaq (Dr Cedric Simon); and anaerobic digestion (Dr Bernadette McCabe).

After spending time volunteering with the United Nations, Simon recognised that many of the economic problems faced by the families in the communities he worked with stemmed from their lack of appropriate storage.

The terrible outcomes predicted stem not from how many parents there are in the home, but more probably from economic hardship — something that may be more of a problem for single parents.

Brown's book sheds light on a fascinating economic period, and highlights the serious problems that can sometimes emerge from the operation of free markets.

Possible problems with democracy that come to my mind are from the Public Choice literature and other economic models of voters and politicians.

Yet, given the enormous task of building a new democracy from scratch — and the equally immense economic, ethnic and political problems plaguing the new state — those waves belie turbulent currents.

Another problem with high levels of economic inequality is that lots of resources have to be devoted to gatekeeping and guarding the wealth of the wealthy from those denied wealth, which isn't necessary to nearly the same degree in more egalitarian societies.

The problem is that translating these abstract, widely accepted economic principles into actual concrete policy basically means turning against the country's exporting class, the very people who have been driving — and profiting handsomely from — China's economic emergence.

Other internal problems, from ethnic violence to economic downturn, are also as severe as the author suggests.

The problem is that any FTA, even a very good one, is a basic framework for trade and represents a major downgrade from being within the European Economic Area.

Systems like these, however, don't solve the problem that voting is irrational from an economic raionality perspective.

Accepting this slogan risks failing to learn from a rich republican tradition, whose insights are relevant to many of the social and economic problems being encountered today, not simply the emergence of a super-wealthy economic elite.

Mr Cable said: «The government is only just waking up to the problem, despite the fact it has been warned for years that there were great economic dangers from the bubble in the housing market, linked to exceptionally high levels of personal borrowing.»

Their problem is that no one knows what that economic agenda is, besides opposing tax cuts, generally not a good strategic position to be in just months away from a national election.

De Blasio said the Big Apple was struggling with «a different kind of homelessness» that's «more and more about economic reality» — a major reversal from previous claims that the problem was on the decline.

«Corruption of our state's economic development programs is the symptom of a more systemic problem, a government that has become increasingly insulated from the will of the people,» she said, according to the transcription.