Sentences with phrase «economic use in»

Much of the high carbon - storage capacity grasslands were converted to intensive human economic use in the same time frame.

Once a technique put to practical and economic use in Venice, Italy, in the 16th century, it has technically ceased to be of any real use.

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These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

«Cash4Gold has used these bad economic times as a golden opportunity to fleece hard - working people,» claimed former congressman Anthony Weiner in 2010.

Using figures provided by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Canada's embassy in Washington provides detailed state - by - state data on the number of U.S. jobs that depend on Canada-U.S. trade.

In his press conference today, Bank governor Stephen Poloz refused to use the term «recession,» saying only that Canada has experienced what is almost certain to be two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, but declined to attach a label to it.

Their newest paper uses historical data from multiple countries to show that an increase in the ratio of household debt to gross domestic product over a three - to - four - year period predicts a decline in economic growth.

In the paper, called «Death by Pokemon Go: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving,» the scientists examined police accident reports in Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the 148 days after the game's releasIn the paper, called «Death by Pokemon Go: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving,» the scientists examined police accident reports in Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the 148 days after the game's releasin Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the 148 days after the game's releasin the 148 days after the game's release.

I purposely used in Chart 6 the light weight motor vehicle sales data generated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, a division of the Commerce Department, because of the length of the series.

Analysts said that Kuroda and Iwata joining the Bank of Japan would mark an important step in «Abenomics» — the phrase now used widely to describe the economic policies of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Last year, median household income in the United States was $ 59,039 — lower than the $ 59,992 median in 2007 or the $ 60,399 median income in 2000 — based on calculations by the Economic Policy Institute using Census data.

Wolfers interprets real - world events using economic research in ways regular people can (mostly) understand.

Over the past decade, patient investors benefited greatly from one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, using stocks, gold and even cryptocurrency as vehicles of profit.

Students and tech professionals alike can join the UAE Hackathon, a nationwide competition, held in partnership with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, which aims to use open data to improve UAE's economic growth.

«The moment it becomes economic — like it did in the case of Magna — where that large shareholder was using it as a way to facilitate greater payments and economic value to themselves, that's when I think it's disgustingly wrong,» Seif says.

Marijuana interdictions at the Mexican border are down substantially, youth use has not increased in states with legal access to cannabis, and responsible cannabis businesses are contributing tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact to their communities.»

Trump is using the presidency as a bully pulpit in a different and more threatening sense, which will not only be damaging to our economic system, but unlikely to produce the results that many of his supporters appear to expect.

And I would say the root of Donald Trump becoming president, was economic uncertainty in the United States, and people feeling like they aren't better off than they used to be.

The funeral home owner, Paul Roller, says property values in Palo Alto have jumped so dramatically that it no longer makes economic sense to use the acreage for a funeral home, according to reports.

Carpenter noted that this county - level data provides a strong signal about a bigger macroeconomic phenomenon: «Using the four maps in succession identifies both the timing of the economic ups and downs in the energy sector and the regions where that stress was occurring.

«The data can not be used in isolation, but when combined with knowledge of the geographic distribution of economic activity in the US, the data can identify shifts in industrial activity and identify new trends,» Carpenter wrote in a recent note to clients.

People have a sense that medium - skilled industrial jobs at big factories used to hold communities together, and that after those plants closed, communities hurt in ways both economic and social.

«Government agencies at all levels should consider and examine new uses for this technology that could make the government more efficient in performing its functions,» the 2018 Economic Report from the Joint Economic Committee, first posted earlier this week, stated.

It will not be easy, but China's future «economic miracle» will lie in its ability to boost productivity and its use of big data and Internet technology to stimulate domestic consumption and generate exponential development opportunities,» wrote Ma.

A key theme in this year's presidential race is competitiveness of American industry, though candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders tend to use more colorful language when describing their belief that the United States has lost its economic edge.

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.

While offering workers choices, the emergence of drop - in workspace is also sending a message to employers, says Robyn Bews, who manages Calgary Economic Development's WorkShift program, which promotes the use of technology to reduce commuting.

Where economic elites in previous centuries may have used social Darwinism and even religion to explain away economic inequality, from the 1950s on economic elites have intentionally and strategically spread the gospel of Economics 101 throughout American political and popular culture in a similar way.

Some things may not be your specific job and they may not be the best use of your time in some purely economic sense, but they just need to get done and it's important that people feel that you're more than happy and prepared to pitch in.

We assign a point weighting to each category based on how frequently it is used as a selling point in state economic development marketing materials.

In the address, Pai gushed about his hometown Kansas City Royals» use of money - ball tactics to win the World Series, and also explained his vision to bring economic analysis to every facet of the FCC's operations.

Indeed, as author Bruce McDaniel explained in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Economic Approach, «entrepreneur» was used in France in the 18th century to describe the very act of risk taking.

Haldane had previously said that economic forecasting could be improved by using more data, just as weather forecasting has improved in the 30 years since the 1987 storm.

Germans are also alleging that the Chinese are using their economic clout in these regions for political ends.

U.S. President Donald Trump is due to speak Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and investors are concerned he will use the speech to signal a more protectionist policy stance.

He noted that the baseline scenario for tests in 2015 — which projected an economic contraction of 2.3 percent for that year — was more dramatic than the 1.3 percent contraction used in the most conservative scenario in the current tests.

John Canally, chief economic strategist for LPL Financial, said the language may continue to be used in coming months «as transition words» until «it becomes clear to FOMC members that the overall economy, the labor market, and inflation are well on their way toward hitting the FOMC's targets.»

Then we separate those metrics into 10 broad categories, weighted based on how frequently each is used as a selling point in state economic development marketing materials.

«It's millennials» receptivity to using this technology and being big consumers that's changing the fabric of economic consumption in such a big way,» he said.

Here is where Nelson, of St. John's, has a point (though he didn't actually make it): Economics is tough to apply to education because it uses an economic model not found anywhere else in the wild.

The scenarios used by the Bank of England are pretty apocalyptic, setting out major collapses in a whole heap of asset classes and a massive worsening of economic conditions.

Levine, a former member of President Obama's economic policy team, notes that almost all political candidates are on her service these days and using it in interesting ways to campaign and connect with potential voters.

Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.

Analysts said the move represented a good use of the bank's excess cash, but warned it carried some risks given Britain's uncertain economic outlook following the country's vote to leave the European Union in June.

Hong Kong media reported that all were in talks with Shenzhen's city government on land use in the new Qianhai special economic zone, traders said.

Using our tried - and - true methodology, we assign a weight to each category based on how frequently the states use them as selling points in their economic development marketing pitches.

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

Accordingly, the rejection of labor contracts «has not been the mechanism of last resort to save a failing business,» the Air Line Pilots Association told Congress in 2010, «but instead has often been used by employers as a business model to gain long - term economic advantage by unfairly gutting the wages and working conditions of airline and other employees.»

BERLIN — Despite bitter opposition in many quarters to the austerity - first policies Germany has imposed on Europe's poorer nations, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has hung on to its role as champion of integration on the Continent through deft use of diplomacy and the country's economic clout.

Hotel demand can be forecast using several leading and coincident economic indicators, including GDP growth, corporate profits, wage growth, employment growth in the leisure and hospitality sectors, and airline / vehicle miles.