Sentences with phrase «economic questions about»

This report examines the environmental, regulatory and economic questions about proposals for genetically engineered algae biofuels.

Vernacular craft processes and folk traditions in combination with digital technologies raise socio - economic questions about women's labor and other cultural conceits.

Eiholzer has environmental and economic questions about the project.

Not exact matches

But uncertainty over whether the Fed feels economic conditions are appropriate for such easing, along with questions about how much the bank might cut back, have resulted in volatility where daily, triple - digit moves have become almost routine.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Tuesday even as commodity prices lost ground amid questions about the economic impact from a looming U.S. government fiscal fight.

At a press conference later, Poloz dismissed a spate of disappointing economic indicators, and he shrugged off a question about the slide of oil prices to below $ 38 (US) per barrel.

The immigration crisis on the U.S. border isn't just about money — far from it — but it does force the nation to consider an critical economic question: Do undocumented immigrants ultimately contribute more to the U.S. economy than they take out?

The case of the Octo - citizen raises some well - worn questions about economic residency and citizenship.

More generally, there are plenty of questions about the value of cutting corporate taxes, especially given current economic conditions:

Although Republicans have sold the bill as a job - creator, the president has publicly questioned the pipeline's economic impact and expressed significant reservations about its potential environmental effects.

There was a simple answer to the economic question: Keystone is the fastest and easiest way to bring Alberta's oil to market, which will in turn lower the price of oil by about a dollar per barrel for every American — regardless of where the stuff is ultimately sold.

In a speech outlining her economic policies in July, Democratic presidential front - runner Hillary Clinton raised questions about services like Uber.

There's no question about it,» recalls Chris Ragan, an associate professor of economic policy at McGill University who agrees with the current austerity push.

The conversation was charged as panelists sparred on 421a, with Pinsky — the former head of the city's Economic Development Corporation — raising questions about the cost of lengthy tax abatements.

Asked several questions about U.S. President Donald Trump's fiscal plans, Dudley, speaking in New York, said he supports tax reform but not necessarily cuts meant to boost economic growth.

His win shattered predictions across the board, from pollsters to financial markets, and left many more questions than answers about what comes next — for President Obama's legacy, economic policy specifically and the governing agenda broadly.

«The wire and cable industry has been navigating an uneven and lengthy global economic recovery for several years, far different than a «normal» business cycle» Kenny told Fortune, responding to questions about the company's poor track record.

That is casting a shadow over a meeting of trade officials from member countries this week in Tokyo and is raising questions about the economic benefits of a pact that doesn't bring Canada into the fold.

This begs important questions about the wisdom of state and local economic development strategies and their ability to remain focused on addressing the real challenges American communities face today.

September 2011 (377 kb PDF file): The Q&A in this issue features seven questions about economic recovery after wars or other open conflict (by Antonio C. David, Fabiano Rodrigues Bastos, and Marshall Mills).

WALLACE: Finally, I want to ask you about another economic question in this regard.

Harper - economics lead to a Harper - recession and now to a Harper - deficit Louis - Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Confirmation federal government finances have fallen back into deficit raises more questions about Harperâ $ ™ s image, now more myth than reality, as a sound economic manager.

U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in five months Tuesday as a health care bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress, which raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations.

It's perhaps understandable that Stephen Harper is far ahead of his rivals when it comes to poll questions about who is the best at competent «economic management.»

I need a serious break from the ugliness of DC health - care politics, so let's talk about three interesting and related economic questions: inflation, labor demand, and consumer spending.

According to Lawrence Summers, former director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economicEconomic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economiceconomic models.

Uncertainty about economic growth and inflation remains a central question for investors and policymakers and one that has crucial implications for the Fed's strategy and investor portfolio returns.

He certainly hasn't been in Parliament answering questions about the economy and how the government intends to act to strengthen economic growth and job creation.

Vietnam's has recently jumped from low to lower - middle income, and policy makers are now facing questions about avoiding the «middle - income trap» and generating economic growth without increased exploitation of natural resources and cheap labour that would result in deteriorating environmental and social standards.

When O'Connor spoke to Shapiro, she dodged questions about her role in Lumen View, saying simply «I'm the inventor of the patent,» and refusing to talk about whether she had any economic interest in it.

There was no question about the biggest draw at a one - day economic «growth summit» put on by the Public Policy Forum last month in Ottawa.

This according to Mnuchin's response to a question about bitcoin at the Economic Club of Washington in recent days accessible on Bloomberg.

The Trudeau government's fiscal plan as updated in the Fall Economic Statement meets a number of progressive commitments, but also raises a lot of questions about what can be expected of the federal Budget to be tabled next March.

A string of disappointing economic data could raise questions about the strength of the US economic recovery.

Yet this isn't the first time in the present campaign that the Conservatives themselves have trespassed on traditional Bank of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policy.

The final phase on the long - term relationship between the UK and EU, however, presents several important questions about economic integration and free trade that Britain's politicians and citizens have not yet agreed upon.

«We're going to pose some tough questions to both candidates about economic issues, stemming directly from the survey results,» said Black, noting that 66 per cent of survey respondents said they want the City of Vancouver to pursue ways to champion the development of energy, natural resources and Port facilities.

It understands with economist Alan Blinder that two questions must be asked about any proposed economic policy: Does it redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor, and does it improve the market's efficiency?

If revisionists manage someday to recapture denominational offices and pulpits in large number, the churches will be less concerned to prescribe and implement theologically correct views and more interested in equipping people to do their own thinking about questions of economic policy.

Or do we need to ask more fundamental questions about an economic system that, despite improvements here and there, continues to degrade the planet?

Robert Sirico at Villanova University for a moderated discussion that will engage in important questions about free societies and human flourishing, and the economic structures that facilitate a virtuous society.

In face of this strictly «pagan» materialism and naturalism it becomes a pressing duty to remind ourselves once again that, if the laws of biogenesis of their nature suppose and effectively bring about an economic improvement in human living - conditions, it is not any question of well - being, it is solely a thirst for greater being that by psychological necessity can save the thinking world from the taedium vitae.

So too, in every such location there are questions about the justice of the ways in which social, economic, and political power are distributed and how that distribution affects the people who live there.

We should have asked real questions about the grievances caused throughout the world by our economic and foreign policies, military occupations and wars — but of course we don't want to go there!

They've been about questioning Obama's citizenship (not economic), suppressing abortion rights (not economic), restricting union rights (not economic), fighting gay rights (not economic), and limiting voting rights (not economic).

They think about philosophical questions as well as historical, economic, and political ones.

Some of the same studies that describe the politico - economic impact of the transfer of modern agricultural technology also raise questions about the long - term environmental impact.

Psychology of learning; social analysis of the societies in which students will work; statistical methods applied to the economic facts of ministers» salaries and the cost of tuition, and the like; and many other relatively precise procedures applied to limited data can give guidance to perplexed administrators that no amount of hard thought about the large question of man's life before God will yield.

There are deeper questions about the possibility of the application of ethical values to political and economic decisions and about how Christians should interpret the prayer «Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven».

In this connection, I have been particularly struck by Gustavo Gutiérrez's observation that, whereas much contemporary theology seeks to respond to the challenge of the «nonbeliever» who questions our «religious world» as Christians, in a continent like Latin America the primary challenge comes to us rather from the «nonperson» who questions us about our «economic, social, political and cultural world.»