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Last month, Bennett, who leads the right - wing Jewish Home party and was the economy minister at the time of the campaign, said the report would be an «earthquake» that would reveal the failures of the country's leaders during the conflict.

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Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that has been growing at an annual rate of around three per cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.

Trudeau's about - face is rooted in the Liberal vision of a global economy at the beginning of a decades - long transition from fossil fuels to clean energy technology, says Jim Carr, minister of natural resources.

As Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said in a statement, the reefs provide at $ 6.4 billion a year and 64,000 jobs to the Australian economy — numbers that may underestimate the reefs» value.

Finance minister poised to propose tax incentives aimed at boosting private investment and reviving flagging economy.

Though the U.K.'s Finance minister will not be at the negotiating table, Hammond will be key to advise on the financial impact that certain negotiating points will have on the British economy.

He's clearly decided that at least until the upper house election (in July), he is going to focus on the economy,» said Gerry Curtis, a Columbia University political science professor who has watched some two dozen Japanese prime ministers come and go during his career.

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will soon be the next vice president at the ECB, after a rival from Ireland dropped out of the race Monday and backed the Spaniard for the position.

«At the same time, there are clear downside risks: political uncertainty, including in Europe; the sword of protectionism hanging over global trade; and tighter global financial conditions that could trigger disruptive capital outflows from emerging and developing economies,» the former French finance minister said.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

Finance ministers and central bankers were inept at saving the global economy during normal working hours.

Earlier this month, the U.K.'s minister in charge of exiting the EU, David Davis, testified at a House committee that, to this point, the government has not carried out a full assessment of the implications on the economy were Britain to leave in a so - called hard Brexit.

Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei told the meeting he expects the country's economy to grow at about 7 % pace for the next four or five years, according to an account on the central bank's website.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble announced at a joint news conference with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai that Germany, Europe's biggest economy and a major trade partner of Beijing, would be a founding member of the AIIB.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras balked at deeper austerity cuts to the Greek economy, cuts that are a prerequisite for further help from Berlin and Brussels.

«My job as a prime minister and our job as a government is to bring everyone together and say we're all getting what we want — in that we are moving forward to protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time, and that doesn't have to be divisive,» he said.

John Baird has since warned that cap - and - trade (or at least a Liberal proposal in that regard) is «dangerous» and «unCanadian» and «incredibly divisive,» while the Prime Minister has said cap - and - trade (or at least an NDP proposal in that regard) would «wreak enormous havoc on the Canadian economy.»

Meanwhile, Kairbek Uskenbayev, Kazakhstan's deputy economy minister, offered a more spirited defense: such suggestions are «absurd» when «integration is proceeding at full steam» with Kazakhstan's «friendliest and closest» partner.

The euro zone is a club where you can check in but you can not check out,» Economy Minister de Guindos told a conference at the OECD think tank in Paris.

In his meeting with provincial finance ministers on possible reforms to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in December, Minister Flaherty indicated that global economic growth was too uncertain and that the domestic economy was too fragile to consider structural changes to the CPP at this time.

Posted earlier as an opinion piece for CBC. See original post here (this post slightly modified from original) By Louis - Philippe Rochon Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Much was at stake earlier this week when finance ministers from G20 countries met in Istanbul to discuss Greece and the state of the world economy in light of recent -LSB-...]

John Baird said the Liberal cap - and - trade plan was «unCanadian» and Stephen Harper said the NDP cap - and - trade plan would «wreak enormous havoc on the Canadian economy,» but Environment Minister Peter Kent apparently thinks cap - and - trade could still be pursued at some point.

In Japan, the world's third largest economy, Prime Minister Abe, after initiating policies to tackle deflation, has vowed to take a swing at structural reform as well.

Economy Minister Guajardo will be integral to negotiations for Mexico, alongside Mexico's Foreign Minister, Luis Videgaray who is also expected to take a senior role at the table.

[That claim itself, of course, is wildly at odds with the statistical record, as confirmed by Unifor's recent report. We compiled historical data on 16 conventional economic indicators going back to 1946, and found that Canada's economy performed worse under Harper's leadership than any other postwar Prime Minister — and lagged most OECD countries during Harper's tenure, as well.

At the beginning of June, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said that Russia was «actually ready to live forever at oil prices $ 40 or below,» as oil at US$ 40 is the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policieAt the beginning of June, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said that Russia was «actually ready to live forever at oil prices $ 40 or below,» as oil at US$ 40 is the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policieat oil prices $ 40 or below,» as oil at US$ 40 is the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policieat US$ 40 is the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policies.

The OPEC / non-OPEC deal is working, and the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policies — oil prices at US$ 40 — can allow it to live forever at that price or below, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin told Bloomberg in an interview on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.

Our 2011 review was done after the government had cut two points off the GST at a cost of $ 14 billion annually and after the so - called «great recession», during which Prime Minister Harper tossed aside his Conservative credentials and became a temporary Keynesian as part of a G - 20 initiative to «save» the global economy.

Signed today at the MaRS Centre by the United Arab Emirates Minister of Economy, Eng.

MILESTONES By Gordon Platt The presidents of Colombia, Peru and Chile sat down to lunch with the economy minister of Mexico at a «CEO summit» in New York in late September.

As diplomats and ministers at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly focus on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, leaders from business, states and cities will participate in Climate Week NYC to demonstrate the resounding commitment to building a clean, resilient, inclusive global economy.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

However Mr Osborne is thought to be more sympathetic to the banks position and appears to have an ally in the prime minister, David Cameron, who warned against reforms which put the economy at risk.

Addressing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting held at the Aso villa, Abuja, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma said that government has kicked off the process of reviving the ailing economy, saying that the banks would still need the staff later when the economy picks up.

Tory ministers who were just getting used to Theresa May's «Economy That Works For Everyone» credo now have a new soundbite to bear in mind at all times.

[53] According to a Bloomberg report George Osborne said at the meeting of the G - 20 finance ministers in Istanbul: «A Greek exit from the euro would be very difficult for the world economy and potentially very damaging for the European economy.»

If the eurozone goes down in flames and the UK economy gets singed in the process, it will only serve to increase the likelihood that prime minister Cameron may join the list of European leaders punished for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

«That prime minister used to stand at the despatch box and say he'd rewritten the rules of the economy.

And as John Rentoul, from his eagle - eyed perch, summarised at the weekend, forty per cent of voters think likely Cameron will return as Prime Minister, forty three per cent believe him to be better at managing the economy, thirty six per cent prefer him to handle immigration and forty two per cent believe he has «the qualities needed in a leader».

Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for the Economy and Transport has responded to the setting up of a steering group by the Welsh Government to look at ways of increasing the supply of, and demand for, Low Carbon Vehicles.

Commenting on the news that more than a thousand job losses are expected to be announced at Tata steel plants later, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Economy Minister, said:

Mr Macron, a 39 - year - old former investment banker and economy minister, was inaugurated on Sunday in a ceremony at the Elysée Palace.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg delivered a speech to a City audience at Mansion House this morning, in which he proposed the creation of a «John Lewis economy».

Last month Mr Osborne was rather ordinary when he stood in for David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time, largely because Labour's Hillary Benn and Labour MPs skillfully steered their questions towards more tricky international issues rather than ask about the economy.

A former Deputy Minister and Member of Parliament for Ejumako - Enyan - Essiam said at the Minority's Roundtable on the 2018 budget held on Monday, 13 November that: «This monumental failure is a classic vote of no confidence in the economy and the economic management team led by the Vice-President of the Republic.»

«It was a tough decision but the prime minister fully backed the chancellor's decision at the time and he still does because he believes it is in the interests of the long - term health of the economy,» Downing Street said previously.

But at a different forum on Monday, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, lamented that Nigeria's economy had been destroyed by reckless and excessive importation.

In contrast to Cameron, Ed Miliband focuses on fundamentals at PMQs whether that's the economy, the squeeze in living standards or the crisis in confidence in the political system exemplified by a prime minister on the run who refuses to report a cabinet minister to the independent advisor on the ministerial code.

Speaking on the same day Tory Immigration Minister James Brokenshire delivers his inaugural speech in his new role, the Liberal Democrat will tell an audience at the Mansion House the UK economy will be held back if the country is seen as «closed for business».

Labour have «no economic plan» and would put the economy at risk with their jobs guarantee, a treasury minister has said.