Sentences with phrase «federal policy which»

He generally wants to take action through federal policy which is evident in his actions.

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Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates, impose additional limits on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio mortgages.

The situation is analogous to health care policy in the years before Obamacare, when, in the absence of a federal consensus, Massachusetts pioneered its own law aimed at reforming health insurance (which later became a model for the Affordable Care Act).

On one hand, the slow lane for self - driving cars isn't totally unexpected, as the Trump administration continues to chart its course in major transportation policy debates and decides which federal programs to keep or replace.

At the Federal Reserve, we implement policy to promote maximum employment and price stability, as the law under which we operate requires.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty first commissioned his own study, authored by University of Calgary tax - policy expert Jack Mintz, then in March initiated a public consultation process, by which time talk of a government - run supplemental pension plan, whether regional or national, began to fade.

Unless the economy catches fire (which Trump says it will), his plan will reduce federal tax revenues by $ 6.2 billion over 10 years, the Tax Policy Center says.

There have been just two questions on income inequality asked so far during the debates — one of which was directed at Sen. Rand Paul right before a commercial break (he focused on Federal Reserve policy), and the other which was for Gov. Mike Huckabee (who bemoaned general government incompetence).

A push by Washington for more business - friendly regulation and fiscal support for the economy could improve America's mix of policies which in recent years have relied too much on the Federal Reserve, Fed Governor Jerome Powell said.

Powell said individual Fed members will be crafting new projections at the central bank's meeting in March, which would be influenced by federal government's ambitious fiscal policies including tax cuts.

To stage another fiscal drama just as the Federal Reserve starts to roll back its quantitative easing policy (which will put upward pressure on interest rates, including those on residential mortgages) would like banging pots and pans in the midst of an already distressed cattle.

Investors have been selling Treasurys this month — pushing yields higher — amid expectations for rising inflation, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy at a faster pace.

Considering the US's lack of federal paid family leave policy, Sandberg said companies need to take the lead and support families with their own paid leave policies, which she said wouldn't just be nice to do, but would also improve the bottom line by increasing employee loyalty and performance.

«Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal policy,» he says.

Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

Some would be directly affected by the policy, which the government can't enforce because of federal appeals court rulings against it.

Moreover, the bond market braced for potentially hawkish language from the Federal Reserve, which will begin its two - day policy meeting on Tuesday.

The biggest driver of economic growth next year will be from household consumption, which policy makers reckon will get a boost from the federal government's tax cuts and its decision to augment monthly child benefits.

Investors have been selling Treasurys this month — pushing yields higher — amid expectations of rising inflation, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy at a faster pace.

Gold has regained its shine in recent months, but that doesn't change the dull outlook for the precious metal over the longer - term, warns Goldman Sachs, which sees prices falling to $ 1,000 in 12 months as the Federal Reserve normalizes monetary policy.

Many of them may relate to an optimistic scenario — one in which the economic recovery accelerates, causing the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy and interest rates to rise.

These provisions, which could help the state respond to changes in federal funding and policy by boosting budgetary...

Members of the Fed's Board of Governors are permanent voting participants of the Federal Open Markets Committee, which decides monetary policy for the US.

In 2013 Scott Gottlieb was appointed by the Senate to serve on the Federal Health Information Technology Policy Committee, which advises the Department of Health and Human Services on health care information technology.

Still, Paul Boothe, director of Western's Lawrence Centre, points to some intriguing ongoing research he's overseeing into Ontario's manufacturing sector, which strongly suggests Canada could be making it far easier for foreign companies to sort out the wide range of federal and provincial programs and policies that might lure their investments.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

The provisions in the bill must directly affect the federal government's spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.

Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.

On the other hand, if provinces implemented rules at least as strict as whatever Ottawa might come up with they might be able to avoid federal policy superseding their policy, which would allow them to keep all the money within their boundaries.

Instead, she sees forcing a change in personnel — which, she notes, the Federal Reserve has the power to do to Wells Fargo should it so choose — as itself a meaningful policy action, one that would help reform the bank's culture and could deter bad actors throughout the industry.

Canada's dairy sector receives tariff and quota protections from the federal government, and also benefits from a new policy, the so - called Class 7 pricing formula, which helps it deal with the leftover skim milk from butter - making.

The Cruz amendment will first have to survive the so - called «Byrd Rule,» which is supposed to limit the bill to policies that directly affect federal revenue and spending.

The fifth, and most recent, factor is the US Federal Reserve's signals that it might end its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected, and its hints of an eventual exit from zero interest rates, both of which have caused turbulence in emerging economies» financial markets.

It's conceivable that by sending the Obamacare markets into a quasi-death spiral, the policy will significantly drive up the costs to the federal government through bigger subsidies — which is, funnily enough, a good thing for conservatives as far as the Byrd Rule is concerned.

It recommends a number of policy initiatives, which it believes the federal government should actively pursue.

NAFTA is just as insufficient for the American innovation economy as it is for the Canadian, which is why U.S. policy - makers are busy making major amendments to federal copyright law to ensure that the profits generated by its creative content keep flowing.

The federal willingness to require offsets seemingly routinely now is likely aided by clearer policy guidance (including a 2012 Operational Framework and a draft Species at Risk permitting policy, which is currently being finalized) than has been developed within Alberta.

The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to move away from its quantitative easing policy — in which the central bank creates billions of dollars to buy financial assets each month — comes amid signs the American economy is beginning to heat up, which would boost demand for Canadian imports.

Such counsel flouts the current policy stance of the federal Conservative government, which is to eliminate the budget deficit next year.

When the financial crisis hit the markets in 2008, the Federal Reserve embarked ultra easy monetary policy, which included cutting short - term interest rates to effectively 0 % while suppressing longer term interest rates through the purchases of long term Treasury debt and mortgage - backed securities — a program informally referred to as quantitative easing.

Fiscal policy: The way in which the federal government can affect the economy through tax and spending policies.

In the George W. Bush administration, changes in accounting regulations and Federal policies made granting of broad - based stock options and restricted and other stock grants to employees in high technology and other companies less attractive, which led to a huge drop in employee share ownership among the middle class in those companies and industries.

During the interim, the Federal Reserve indicates that it expects to limit the extent to which banks lend out the base money created in Step 1, through a policy of paying interest on bank reserve balances.

Some of the worst examples of failed agriculture investments were in managed investment schemes (MIS), which were tax - driven vehicles created in direct response to a federal government policy to promote investment in rural areas.

This is partly the result of the Federal Reserve's current monetary policy, which is holding the shorter - term federal funds rate neFederal Reserve's current monetary policy, which is holding the shorter - term federal funds rate nefederal funds rate near 0 %.

No discussion of present market conditions would be complete, of course, without discussing the elephant in the room, which is the continued policy of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve.

The use by respondents of a multilevel marketing program, which is in the nature of a lottery, is contrary to the public policy of the United States and is an unfair act and practice and an act of unfair competition within the intent and meaning of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

And just yesterday, Mester supported her colleagues» notion to announce a plan for balance sheet reduction, which will take «several years,» as well as a return to using the federal funds rate as the «main tool» for monetary policy.

They are also predicting some volatility in long - term interest rates when the Federal Reserve changes its stimulus policy, which could occur in the fall of 2015.