Sentences with phrase «encourage higher investment»

Educators can look to encourage higher investment to secure higher - functioning devices for learners across all levels to diminish the impact of the digital divide.

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And it is encouraging to see the economy respond: more housing, increased investments, higher sales, more stability, increased growth, even a 4 percent rise in the Dow since March 1.

Offset policies are increasingly focusing on encouraging high - tech investment and the transfer of valuable intellectual property to local businesses.

The problem of capacity constraints together with high corporate profitability should encourage business investment and job creation.

The mega-settlements Schlichter has won, along with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that put plan fiduciaries on high (er) alert about the need to continuously monitor plan investments, has encouraged more law firms to develop and expand their fiduciary litigation practices.

A 529 plan is a tax - advantaged investment vehicle designed to encourage saving for the future higher education expenses of the plan's beneficiary.

If the IT revolution increases profitable investment opportunities, then the equilibrium real interest rate must rise in order to encourage households to save more to finance the higher level of investment.

Encouraged by these tailwinds, investors responded by increasing their exposure, pushing investment flows to emerging markets in March to their highest monthly level since the start of 2015.

The low interest rate environment may also have encouraged a shift in investments towards hedge funds as, in the past, hedge funds have achieved higher average returns than traditionally managed investments, albeit in exchange for greater risk.

Mr Teyssen's comments will add to growing concerns in Europe that high energy prices are encouraging manufacturers such as chemicals companies to shift investments across the Atlantic, where the shale bonanza has reduced natural gas costs to between a quarter and a third of those in the EU.

This low interest rate environment and the growing pool of institutional funds have encouraged investors to search for investment options that offer a higher yield.

What is most encouraging, though, for the greater good, and should result in higher - quality job creation across most sectors of the economy, is the record level of business investment, the highest since 2011.

He adds that Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario have the most targeted approach to encourage innovation and high - value investments.

If the legislation becomes law, it will be good news, said the report's author, Timothy Doyle, vice-president of policy and general counsel at the ACCF, an entity that encourages policy «to promote investment, economic growth, and a higher standard of living for all.»

To encourage this, Third World countries remove barriers to trade and investment, lower their wages and environmental protection, and put their businesses and even their infrastructure up for sale to the highest bidder.

Western New York's largest business group, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, once again plans to focus its lobbying efforts on core issues familiar to its members: the high cost of doing business in the state, the need for more trained workers and the importance of encouraging investment in the region.

During the past few decades, the countries that have made rapid economic strides have been the ones that have encouraged high levels of investment in entrepreneur development, which has led to the acceleration of economic growth and the creation of jobs.

With regards to rent and sale of property owned by private developers, the President bemoaned prices are too high for the average Ghanaian, encouraging private sector investment in cheaper housing for people from varying economic divides.

Today's NY Times editorial argues, that Congress should fix a visa program encouraging investment in high - unemployment areas that is being exploited in New York by gerrymandered maps that... Continue reading →

The fee would encourage investment in sustainable energy while protecting families from the impact of higher prices.

Today's NY Times editorial argues, that Congress should fix a visa program encouraging investment in high - unemployment areas that is being exploited in New York by gerrymandered maps that make wealthy areas look poorer.

While researchers did not explore the mechanisms underlying the tuition finding, they suggested that higher tuition may (1) indicate better college resources to provide more extensive student counseling and advisement, and (2) encourage students to graduate because of the large financial investment they and their families have made.

A government framework to encourage the investment of the technology in schools included training in terms of how to switch the technology on and link up the projector, but failed to address the importance of high quality end ‑ user learner application training.

We encourage students to begin this process as far in advance as possible when considering continuing their education to ensure the highest possible return on their academic investments.

Currently, Goble is survey director for an evaluation of Youth CareerConnect, which encourages school districts, institutions of higher education, the workforce investment system, and their partners to scale up evidence - based high school models, overseeing all data collection as well as design and administration of parent and student surveys.

Stronger Together, paired with ESSA's charter and magnet school investments, encourages increasing the supply of diverse, high - quality schools available to all students.

CLASP spent more than two years examining strategies to encourage and sustain Title I investments in high - quality early education programs in local communities.

Morning Education will also be watching to see how lawmakers respond to new administration initiatives and administration priorities, like a $ 4 billion computer science investment, a $ 1 billion program to attract and retain teachers in high - need areas and a $ 120 million request to encourage school integration.

encouraging over transacting and churning of Mutual Fund investments to earn higher commissions.

The ultimate Challenge goal is to encourage high - quality investment research, unearth top investing talent, and level the playing field so that lesser - known (but equally - brilliant) investors have the opportunity to present in front of the same high - profile Value Investing Congress audience as legendary investors such as David Einhorn and Bill Ackman.

Liberals: Start a new, 10 - year investment in social housing infrastructure, prioritizing affordable housing and seniors» facilities (including building more units and refurbishing existing units); encourage the construction of new rental housing by removing all GST on new capital investments in affordable rental housing; loosening the existing qualification rules for the Home Buyers» Plan to allow more Canadians affected by sudden and significant life changes to access their RRSP savings for a down payment; review escalating home prices in high - priced markets, including Toronto and Vancouver, and review all policy tools that could keep homeownership within reach for more Canadians.

At this point, I'm still encouraging my children to allocate a high percentage of their investments to global stocks (US and non-US), using low cost index funds as much as possible.

A 529 plan is a tax - advantaged investment plan designed to encourage saving for the future higher education expenses of a designated beneficiary (typically one's child or grandchild).

The basic idea was to encourage older investors who have made gains in the risk assets, typically stocks, though it would apply to high yield bonds and other non-guaranteed investments that are highly correlated with stocks.

The theory is that negative interest rates encourage more business borrowing and spending on plant and equipment, as well as encouraging investors to seek out riskier investments with higher expected returns.

This breeds a collegiate atmosphere that supports the sharing of best practice, encourages a ready flow of investment ideas, facilitates peer review, and helps to ensure all portfolios meet the same high standards.

New government - sponsored investment schemes are designed to encourage equity investment, though given the risk - averse nature of Japanese households, relatively high dividend stocks will likely be preferred.

Investors Seek Safety in U.S. Dollar after Weak Housing Report The U.S. Dollar is trading higher at the mid-session as weak U.S. housing data is encouraging investors to dump higher yielding assets and seek safety in the Greenback.This morning, stock market losses are clearly triggering the rapid return to the Dollar as a safe - haven investment.

As a pioneer in digital investment advice, it «encourage (s) BMO to join us in our mission to help Canadians understand the trouble with traditional high - fee mutual funds and the benefits of platforms» like his and his rivals.

Funding pensions may always be a challenge because of competing budget priorities, but some experts believe states might benefit from reduced earnings assumptions that would encourage more realistic contribution levels.7 In the long run, higher interest rates for lower - risk, fixed - income investments could put pension funds on more solid ground, but until that happens many state funds are likely to remain on the fiscal edge.

Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and the pioneer of the concept of low - cost index fund investing, wrote this book in 2007 to encourage investors to use index funds (as opposed to higher - fee investment vehicles) to build wealth.

The presence of that match is to encourage employees to contribute: even if they are tying up their funds until retirement age; and they are into a plan with only a handful of investment options; and they may have higher expenses in the 401K.

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The city's role, on the other hand, is to influence and accommodate business investment decisions by: Investing in supporting infrastructure Adopting supportive taxing and regulatory policies Providing high levels of customer service, being «business friendly» Creating smart, sustainable incentives Understanding trends in the local economy Communicating with the business community If the city is successful it encourages job creation, generates the revenue to support and sustain local services, and improves the community's quality of life

Clear market signal will increase investment and create jobs Ratifying the Amendment will encourage additional investment and high - tech jobs in the United States, including in states like Texas and Louisiana.

Admittedly at the moment they include a lot of cost due to political uncertainty and war, but that should pass eventually, especially as the higher prices encourage more investment and exploration.

A: Terry - From an economic perspective: higher prices and hopefully increased profitability will hopefully encourage more private investment.

Tuckey is an enthusiast for the tidal power potential of the Kimberley region, as indeed am I. Given the incentives associated with a high enough price for carbon, and reforms to the National Electricity Market to encourage more investment in long - distance transmission lines, there is huge potential in tidal energy.

The Labour, Lib Dem, and Green manifestos are, if anything, even more encouraging for the green economy, promising a faster pace of decarbonisation, generally higher levels of investment in clean technologies, and a more responsible approach to curbing fossil fuel investment, most notably through a ban on fracking.

Approval would encourage investment into risky high - cost, high - carbon projects, dependent on rising oil prices