Sentences with phrase «economists thought»

Some economists thought the tax credit would stimulate enough activity into the market that the housing recovery would build momentum through 2010 and into 2011.

After Scholes and Merton won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their and Fisher Black's work on option pricing, whenever I was asked who among financial economists I thought would get the Prize next, Gene Fama topped my list of probable recipients.

Economists thought that people were only out to maximize their self - interest, political scientists believed that people voted entirely for their self - interest, and biologists told us that we were driven by selfish genes, which make us generous only when it will help our kin or our reputations.

The early economists thought of the economic actors chiefly as individuals and small businesses.

Some early economists thought that the goal of the economy was to produce sufficient goods to meet the needs of all.

As I expect to discuss in subsequent posts, much of what economists thought they knew about macroeconomic policy needs to be reassessed in light of events.

While most economists thought short - term interest rates would end 2016 at 1.2 %, we said rates would go much higher than that, perhaps as high as 2.6 %.

A year ago, most economists thought the Fed's December 2015 increase would be the first of many in a row.

Today we will look back at what economists thought the federal budget and tax policy would be in 2001 and thereafter.

Gross domestic product probably will expand by at least three percent this year, something that some economists thought our aging and relatively unproductive economy might never do again.

In fact, some economists think China's GDP growth could speed up next year.

Why do economists think productivity is a big deal?

As long as Alberta continues to expand — and most economists think it will — then this bank should be a good bet.

Echoing Trump, Kudlow in 2015 said the U.S. should have a 5 percent growth target, which is more than most economists think is realistic.

CNBC's Steve Liesman breaks down results from the December CNBC Fed Survey and what economists think about bitcoin.

The power of GVT's result had a profound influence on how psychologists and economists think about decision - making in domains where information arrives over time.

However, most Canadian bank economists think it will stay around the 2 % mark.

However, he and most other economists think Republicans and Democrats will come to some sort of compromise before the end of the year.

Economists think that in the end that will only lead to inefficiency and the misallocation of capital.

But as we mentioned above, many economists think that this tax is effectively identical to an invoice - credit VAT in terms of the actual economic activity taxed.

Some economists think the surge in share buybacks has something to do with the relative decline in capital investments, which recently have been lower than expected.

Oddly, some economists think that helicopter drops are either beyond the capacity of central banks or highly unlikely.

New Keynesian economists think people prefer liesure to work.

While there's always a risk that the Fed's upcoming conference in Jackson Hole will have a hawkish tone, that's not our expectation and, if anything, our economists think the risk is tilted to European Central Bank President Mario Draghi sounding mildly dovish, given recent strength in the Euro.

No responsible economist thinks that this package, including its giveaways to the most affluent, will somehow produce so much economic growth as to offset a $ 2.5 trillion hole in the budget.

There are plenty of reasons why economists think the U.K.'s exit from the E.U. is bad for Britain, Europe and the world.

See Neil Irwin, Liberal Economists Think Big Companies Are Too Powerful.

Most economists think it's the best way to reduce climate - change causing emissions.

Listening to «The Invisible Hand» isn't going to turn you into a trained economist, but it will give you a better understanding about how economists think.

Economists think of GARP as basically the test which asks, «Are humans responding in a rational way to prices?»

Most independent economists think Trump is also too rosy.

Many economists think a Powell - led Fed may step up the pace of rate hikes if economic growth accelerates this year, boosted by the new $ 1.5 trillion tax cut package.

Many economists think the Fed will begin slowing its monthly bond purchases to $ 70 billion or $ 75 billion.

Dan, If a market fails to clear, economists think that it is because price isn't adjusting to clear the market.

I don't have my finger on the pulse of the economics profession, so you can't infer too much about what most economists think from anything I say.

Somehow, when you get PhD economists thinking about this concept, they tell you that everything will be okay.

Many economists think the Fed will resume raising rates at its next meeting in June and then announce two additional hikes later in the year.

Within 10 or 15 years, some of these economists think, Britain would recover from a decision to leave.

But very few economists think that way; most believe that Brexit would create havoc with the pound, cut growth, damage the financial center of the City of London and provoke a lengthy period of uncertainty, with no guarantee that Britain could quickly negotiate free - trade agreements.

Many economists think the Fed may put off further rate increases until more is known about President Donald Trump's ambitious agenda, or whether his drive to cancel or rewrite trade deals will slow growth or unsettle investors.

However, classical liberal economists think the Fed is unnecessary and that its interventions distort markets, yielding negative consequences.

Part one of this series talked about why economists think productivity is important: because productivity growth drives up wages and incomes.

He defends the VAT cut, which has come in for considerable criticism, although that's not at all universal - a surprising number of economists think it's the only successful thing the government has done, but their voices are usually drowned out.

The Buffalo Niagara job market stayed stuck in the mud during October, but local economists think the numbers are a bit too gloomy.

Scientists think new vaccines are the only way to get the world's major scourges under control; economists think healthier populations could also be a shot in the arm for development, especially in Africa.

«Economists think of lying as a rational thing to increase utility, or happiness,» he explains.

Still, support for vouchers does not match public willingness to back tax credits, even though most economists think the difference between vouchers and tax credits more a matter of style than substance.

Based on that description, you might think that a survey of economists found that most economists think a market in education wouldn't work, or at least that there were more economists who thought it wouldn't work than thought it would.

The Chinese economy reportedly grew 8.1 % in the first quarter, the weakest since the global economic crisis and now is expected to slip to 7.5 % for the year, although some economists think that target could be missed as the slowdown in world markets drags it lower.

Of course The Economist thinks it's going to be grim.