Sentences with phrase «economic stagnation in»

The prolonged eurozone downturn and economic stagnation in the UK are continuing to dent business confidence within the legal profession, with one in three partners expecting revenues to fall or remain static at their firm over the coming year.

However, high unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, and limited supportive programs have contributed to economic stagnation in the neighborhood over the last decade, precluding Jamaica from realizing the potential of previous City investments in the area — including the development of the Jamaica AirTrain terminal in 2003 and a 2007 rezoning of 368 blocks in the area aimed at providing a dynamic mix of residential, business, and community opportunities in the heart of the downtown.

When he moves to the problems of economic stagnation in the less developed countries his proposal for a «third way», transcending liberalism and conservatism, ignores the successes of market - friendly systems.

Many experts expect a period of long - term economic stagnation in the EURO area.

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In recent days, Sanders has stumped with striking Verizon workers, railing about large corporations destroying the middle class through cost - cutting and low wages that create economic stagnation and widen the gulf between the 1 percenters and everyone else.

The Great Stagnation: In «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate changIn «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate changin the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate change.

In Europe, economic stagnation and unhappiness at the influx of refugees is fuelling opposition to pan-continental institutions and agreements.

But austerity in a time of economic stagnation has displacement effects too.

A lack of financing is often seen as a cause of economic stagnation, but in Argentina it's more a symptom of something graver: persistent uncertainty and instability.

John Komlos, professor emeritus of economic history at the University of Munich, says that the stagnation of growth in the USA compared to Northern European populations could be due to different national healthcare systems: for example, the Dutch have access to socialized medicine that Americans do not.

The European Central Bank has also pursued aggressive quantitative easing to counter deflation in the Eurozone, and some places have experienced negative interest rates, due to fears that deflation could take hold in the eurozone and lead to economic stagnation.

We may have traded, in other words, short, brutal adjustments for long periods of economic stagnation.

While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank said on Thursday that it would begin buying hundreds of billions of euros worth of government bonds in an aggressive — though some say belated — attempt to prevent the eurozone from becoming trapped in long - term economic stagnation.

In more technical economic language secular stagnation is the hypothesis that the IS curve has shifted back and down so that the real interest rate consistent with full employment has declined.

The report saw investors slash expectations for a rate hike from the Bank of England at its upcoming meeting next week after overall economic growth slowed to near stagnation in the first quarter.

Profits at Japanese automakers have surged in yen terms as the Japanese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar over the past year, helped by a mammoth Bank of Japan effort to expand the money supply and ignite inflation to end years of economic stagnation.

We are currently in the midst of an economic crisis which the pundits call «stagflation» — stagnation accompanied by inflation.

If economic stagnation were the cause of the increase in death rates, then one would expect that self - destructive death rates for women should have continued to decline while the death rates for men increased.

It follows that the institutional setting put in place in Maastricht to run the monetary union was sufficient at a time of economic growth, but has resulted to be inadequate for the times of economic stagnation or recession.

In the world of academia, where one might expect alternative political and economic ideas to be formulated and developed, a similar stagnation has occurred.

«Change» has emotional resonance, particularly in a context of economic stagnation and political exclusion.

After «years of stagnation,» Cuomo announced a $ 5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region's transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth.

In Cuomo's mind, the $ 3.5 billion or so deficit for the coming 2012 - 13 fiscal year pales in comparison to the continued economic stagnatioIn Cuomo's mind, the $ 3.5 billion or so deficit for the coming 2012 - 13 fiscal year pales in comparison to the continued economic stagnatioin comparison to the continued economic stagnation.

He says economic stagnation and political troubles in the Middle East are more pressing issues.

[280] Ken Livingstone, the Labour Candidate for Mayor of London in 2012 has argued that «The economic stagnation and cuts being imposed by the Tory government inevitably create social division.»

Cuomo has in recent days framed that deficit not as a budget problem, but an overarching economic stagnation that continues to plague New York.

It's a bit wonkish, but The Rockefeller Institute this morning takes an interesting look at the exotic, and potentially risky, financial instruments cash - strapped local governments are turning to in the wake of on - going economic stagnation.

The systemic sources of the UK's influence — its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, its membership of NATO and (still) the EU, its position as a leading trading nation and major global economy, and still comparatively large defence expenditure — remain in place, albeit diminished by five years of economic stagnation.

He's the top elected leader in one of New York's more affluent counties, where a mix of high - tech industries, rural charm and proximity to New York City generally have shielded it from the economic stagnation still plaguing many upstate counties.

Anthony King in The British Constitution (2007), for example, considered a line of argument that briefly came to the fore during the turbulent 1970s when adversarial politics and the extremism of party political rides on the «ideological big - dipper» occurred, alleged to have led to economic stagnation, political chaos and a society at odds with itself (270).

In a clear climbdown, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said it was «welcome news» that «at last economic growth is returning» in the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.&raquIn a clear climbdown, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said it was «welcome news» that «at last economic growth is returning» in the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.&raquin the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.»

Reading the last rites in the Vatican, the Pontiff blamed Brussels for ignoring voters» alarm over immigration, economic stagnation and mass unemployment.

Spurred by concerns about international competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals, measure progress, and hold schools accountable.

As we demonstrate below, the available evidence from the economic perspective suggests that two factors are critical in explaining the stagnation that persisted until 2000: the growing availability of the GED (General Educational Development) credential and increases in the nonmonetary costs of completing high school.

As a result, many return to the reservation disillusioned, to spend the rest of their lives in economic and intellectual stagnation.»

Released at a time when several decades of economic stagnation were giving way to growing prosperity and surging car ownership in France — 1 million units were produced in the first 4.5 years and over 8 million were produced across the entire production run.

It is institutional degeneration, in other words, that lies behind economic stagnation and the geopolitical decline that comes with it.

In an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail on the heels of the Fed's monetary - policy decision Tuesday - in which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnatioIn an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail on the heels of the Fed's monetary - policy decision Tuesday - in which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnatioin which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnation.

But along with the recent economic stagnation, the earthquakes in Eastern Japan, and the after effects of the nuclear disaster, a collective depression from an inability to vent their frustrations continues to accumulate within their society.»

Passion isn't matched by response, in part, because environmental concerns can not compete as an issue with persistent economic stagnation and joblessness.

This flurry of research and review is of course timed to help world leaders at Davos concentrate on the longer - term problems of climate change, environmental degradation, and food security, in addition to immediate problems of economic stagnation, poverty, conflict and so on.

Following two decades of stagnation, the continent's economy has nearly doubled in size over the past ten years on a per - capita basis, thanks to strong economic growth and better governance.

After many months of patience and impatience, stagnation and revival, the President of the European Commission, Mr. José Manuel Barroso, and the Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, have reached a political agreement, which is an understanding - in - principle of the key elements of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (the CETA).

The situation is particularly serious in the US, struggling with a jobless recovery; Spain, Portugal and Ireland, all badly affected by the Eurozone crisis; Japan, struggling with a generation of economic stagnation and deflation, and the UK where the current economic recovery is exposing a lack of skills across multiple industries.

In the book Average is Over: Powering America Past the Age of the Great Stagnation, Cowen writes that someday soon employers will be able to measure an employee's economic value «with a sometimes oppressive precision.»

The Sticking Point Solution: 9 Ways to Move Your Business from Stagnation to Stunning Growth in Tough Economic Times by Jay Abraham

The homeless, the poor, the working poor — challenges ranging from mental illness and the response (or lack thereof) of our health care system, economic circumstance (the lack of control of the family into which we are born), and economic stagnation (mired in a minimum wage job.

In the summer of 2011, economic concerns peaked as the economy appeared to be on the brink of stagnation.

If you believe the current CPI numbers then you could argue we've been in economic stagnation for the last few years with the exception of assets which we discussed earlier.