Sentences with phrase «economy services as»

Second, the gig economy has matured and most corporate employees have used gig economy services as consumers.

Not exact matches

In the on - demand economy, that means the cleaning services, such as Handy and Homejoy (both of which are already being sued), probably have the most to worry about.

But it would be great for service providers, who Poloz has identified as the new champions of Canada's economy.

Negative supply shocks to the economy, such as a foreign oil embargo, will reduce the production or supply of real goods and services.

This will further entrench the on - demand economy in society, as large companies change the ways in which they conduct business, looking to on - demand providers for services that traditionally took place in - house.

As the manufacturing - and - farming economy has given way to an information - and - service economy, the number of Americans making their livings from what economists call contingent labor has soared.

As one of the company's biggest markets, greater China has been been a sore spot for Apple as that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward serviceAs one of the company's biggest markets, greater China has been been a sore spot for Apple as that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward serviceas that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward services.

While franchising makes up a «thriving and expanding» sector in the economy according to the U.S. Commercial Service, few franchisors credit the Dominican Republic as a major driver of business as they might swiftly - growing Asian markets.

Programmed Maintenance Services has flagged a $ 75 million impairment resulting from poor performance in its marine services division, but expects to lift earnings to over $ 100 million by FY17 as it benefits from growth in other sectors of the Services has flagged a $ 75 million impairment resulting from poor performance in its marine services division, but expects to lift earnings to over $ 100 million by FY17 as it benefits from growth in other sectors of the services division, but expects to lift earnings to over $ 100 million by FY17 as it benefits from growth in other sectors of the economy.

Its growing economy (slated to surpass the U.S. as the world's largest in a decade or so) and burgeoning middle class provide ample opportunity for Canadian companies to expand abroad and build a new export market, particularly in the agricultural and services sectors.

Neither spelled out whether the slowdown in spending was due to concerns by corporate customers for the global economy or whether it reflected competitive pressures from cloud service specialists such as Amazon Web Services.

In a recent note to clients, RBC Capital Markets chief US economist Tom Porcelli examined the trends by using two components of GDP as proxies: net exports of goods and services to reflect the effects of a slowing global economy, and real personal consumption expenditures to reflect the US consumer.

Differences in regulations for professional qualifications, public procurement and foreign investment all serve as de facto barriers to trade in services — a component increasingly central to western economies.

Her testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee will include the Fed's semi-annual Monetary Policy Report, as Yellen is expected to shed some light on how the Fed views the prospects of the U.S. economy while outlining how the central bank intends to proceed over the next few months.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

Mobile is contributing to economic and social development across the globe, delivering financial inclusion to unbanked populations with 270 live services in 90 countries as of December 2015 according to GSMA Mobile Economy Report.

The book described a typical cubicle — the staple work environment of the then - emerging service economy — as a «veal - fattening pen.»

An unintended consequence of the regulation is that it provided a boost to London's financial economy, as secondary share trading businesses set up in the capital to service clients across the EU, rather than being based locally or shares trading on national exchanges.

But the further one scratches beneath the service, the more it becomes apparent that GDP is at best an educated guess as to what's going on in the economy, as opposed to a hard - and - fast signal of how it's actually faring.

But based on appointments of ideological hardliners such as Tom Price (a staunch foe of Obamacare nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Michael Flynn (Trump's national security adviser with a dim view of Islam) and Mike Pompeo (the incoming CIA Director who has fiercely opposed the Iran nuclear agreement) and many of his campaign pledges, the chances are high that Trump could squander his limited political capital on divisive ideological issues and neglect his most important priority — getting the American economy out of its low - growth rut.

The company's chief executive has spent two years developing the idea, which could grow to eventually allow individuals to sell all sorts of services and ultimately even put it in competition with other sharing economy services, such as Uber or Lyft.

The results of Uber's legal battle could reshape the sharing economy, which is built around Internet companies that serve as marketplaces matching people who provide a service with others looking to pay for it.

The health care sector, with some promising green shoots, is emblematic of China's economy as a whole as it slogs toward one based on consumption and services.

But the fast - paced and often double - digit growth that propelled such prosperity can't be maintained as services become a larger share of the economy.

And in fact, once we've experienced these hyper - speed services either as providers or recipients, once we're an active part and a participant in the «right now» economy, we soon mentally up our own expectations and anticipate exactly the same levels of speed and service throughout the rest of our lives.

The macroeconomic potential of health insurance is to reduce savings, increase consumption and stimulate growth as part of the shift to a service economy.

Japan's recovering economy is facing a labor crunch, which is particularly serious for small and midsize companies, as well as service industries like retail, restaurants and transport, which are pinning their hopes on female and older workers.

Airlines for America (A4A) vigorously advocates on behalf of the American airline industry as a model of safety, customer service and environmental responsibility and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global competitiveness.

But as I discussed last week, China is transitioning from a manufacturing - based economy to one that emphasizes services, consumption and real estate.

The Internet has facilitated a number of services which are collectively known as the sharing economy, whereby assets or services are shared between private individuals, either for free or for a fee.

But the big prize for Canada, say government officials, is in the deal's potential and the sheer size and wealth of the European market — 500 million people and an economy approaching $ 17 trillion — that will now be open to Canadian manufacturers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and even professionals, such as engineers, under improved conditions and mostly duty - free.

At the same time, as China rebalances its economy away from investment and towards consumption there'll be a decrease in import intensity because consumption (especially services consumption) is less import - intensive than investment.

As economies become more integrated, and as the share of goods and services that are «tradable,» or are affected by trade, increases, the challenge of extracting some measure of underlying or trend inflation gets more interestinAs economies become more integrated, and as the share of goods and services that are «tradable,» or are affected by trade, increases, the challenge of extracting some measure of underlying or trend inflation gets more interestinas the share of goods and services that are «tradable,» or are affected by trade, increases, the challenge of extracting some measure of underlying or trend inflation gets more interesting.

While domestic policy frameworks emerge as low - carbon / green - economy initiatives take shape, global markets for clean technology goods (excluding services) nearly doubled in eight years from C$ 550B in 2005 to C$ 970B in 2013.

Not only are you supplying capital to the economy — capital that can grow real businesses that provide real goods and services to consumers — but you get to enjoy the dream of repeating the experience early investors in firms such as Wal - Mart, Home Depot, Walt Disney, Dell, Tiffany & Company, Microsoft, Nike, Coca - Cola, Target, or Starbucks.

The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»

The attitudes of local authorities may be changing now as the economy slows and officials become more concerned about unemployment and tensions over access to schools and other social services.

There are a range of factors that affect the flows of goods and services across international borders, but the sustained outflow of funds from some emerging economies witnessed in recent years may have as much to do with the limited intermediation capacity of the local financial systems as with the scarcity of profitable domestic investment opportunities.

Sequence is used as a system of record by a diverse set of companies including mobile wallets, crypto asset exchanges, lending platforms, sharing economy apps, payment services, funding sites, asset managers, and many more.

Although this increase was slight (1.2 percent), the massive growth of the service economy makes it look as if it is shrinking.

Toward debtor countries American diplomats work through the World Bank and IMF to demand that debtors raise their interest rates and impose taxes and austerity programs to keep their wages low, sell off their public domain to pay their foreign debts, and deregulate their economy so as to enable foreign investors to privatize local electricity, telephone services and other infrastructure formerly provided at subsidized rates to help these economies grow.

What's forgotten as these companies seemingly gobble up the rest of the economy is they remain dependent upon customers who get value from their services.

For tactical investors, this strategy focuses on buying sectors that aren't as economically sensitive because demand for these companies» products or services remains relatively steady, irrespective of what's happening in the economy.

Interest and amortization payments to savers tend to increase beyond the economy's overall ability to pay as debt service absorbs more and more personal disposable income and corporate cash flow.

But even if this is all there were to debt — and in fact in my classes at both Peking University and, previously, at Columbia University I propose to my students that one way to think of the lability side of the balance sheet is precisely as a series of formulae that distribute the operating earnings of a company (or the total production of goods and services of a country)-- this would still make it singularly important in understanding the functioning of and prospects for an economy.

They have contributed to the Canadian economy by paying high fees to attend Canadian educational institutions, as well as purchasing both goods and services during their studies.

These seemingly harmless customer services are being used as currency in an unlikely and dangerous economy that is supporting the drug habits of people who suffer from opioid addiction.

This is based on a simple economic model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.

If sharing economy companies have to hire their service providers as employees, the added costs and administrative requirements would severely damage their profitability.

Beijing says that opening up some services sectors would improve the efficiency of the Chinese economy as well as make money for foreign companies.