Sentences with phrase «first raised demands»

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He had taken some steps to curb demand during his first year in office, such as raising the minimum downpayment for homes priced higher than $ 500,000.

At the same time, employers in some industries paid markedly more to keep the most in - demand talent from leaving, most noticeably among younger Millennials and Gen Z. Consider: While all U.S. employees who stayed put in the first three months of 2016 saw an average raise that works out to 4.6 % annually, the 24 - and - younger age group almost doubled that, at 9.1 %.

As other startups have pursued a strategy of raise fast and spend fast, TaskRabbit, one of the first on - demand offerings, has played the role of tortoise, not hare.

While I am encouraged by NBC's response to date, I am in awe of the courage my client showed to be the first to raise a complaint and to do so without making any demands other than the company do the right thing.»

The Fed didn't raise rates in the first half of the year, and concerns about the commodity price slump seem to have eased and sowed some seeds of stability; low commodity prices have been stimulating demand in certain areas.

The first effect is that rising inflation can cause the U.S. Federal Reserve — or any country's central bank, for that matter — to raise short - term interest rates to reduce the demand for credit and help prevent the economy from overheating.

In a typical arrangement for a young company to raise money a VC might demand a 50 % equity stake and a lengthy 5 - 7 year lock up in exchange for providing just the first few million in capital.

They conclude that while OPEC's targets, and much of the analysis around them, focus on supply, shifts in demand played the most important role in raising oil prices in 2017, the first year of supply cuts.

Director, Marie Brown, said how pleased the company were to have achieved the raise, «We already know from our first year in business that there is considerable demand for our products in the UK and beyond.

Lacazette isn't the first nor will be the last to need a season (or so) to properly raise his fitness levels to the much more demanding Premier League.

The Scot raised everyone's expectations as well as the overall perception of Birmingham City when guiding the Blues to a top - ten finish in only their first season back in the top - flight, this not long after Carson Yeung bought the club in 2007, a manager who we believe has very high standards and demands which he expects McLeish and his players to uphold.

Participants from the teacher training Teach First scheme - including those that have moved into roles in industry - will mentor disadvantaged but gifted and talented pupils in a bid to raise participation in the most academically demanding courses.

Labour MP Tom Watson, who first raised the allegations during PMQs two weeks ago, demanded the prime minister order a special police investigation outside the affected forces.

Not because any individual path, do I rate it say greater than 50 percent, but when you have about a dozen paths, all which at least to mea appear to have better than 20 percent chance independently, that if you get the R&D up, if you do things on the demand side that include great things we've done, like production tax credit, investment tax credit, Renewable Portfolio Standard, many, many tens of billions of money just in the U.S. alone, so we push the demand side, and now with the commitment to raise R&D and 2016 being the first year that actually did get appropriated, then you're very much tilting the odds to have a very positive surprise.

As a first step, I am lending my voice to the United Nation's #WildforLife campaign to help raise public awareness of the issue as an important step towards tackling the demand.»

«To prepare our kids for the global digital world, we needed to first raise the level of cognitive demand in our standards, and then we needed to start teaching the skill sets that the corporate members of the partnership — the Microsofts, the Intels, the Ciscos, the Dells, and the Apples — had clearly identified.»

With hopes to publish in July 2012 now that they've reached their fund raising goal, it looks I could be writing about the first license - and - print on - demand manga title in English this coming Summer.

What I initially said, when Amazon first pulled the plug one week ago, was: «Now, I donâ $ ™ t like that Macmillan is demanding that Amazon raise its ebook prices.

So when the Fed is ready to blow it all out into the economy, and presuming the economy is healthy enough to start taking it (more on this below), first they cut the IOER rate to 0 % (I would advocate charging banks money, but maybe you do it in steps), second they start raising short term interest rates (creates demand) and then once the economy is powering forward on private credit creation like normal then the deficit will start closing naturally as the economy grows and tax revenues increase and unemployment will come down (GDP gap closes).

I moved back to London, did enough market research to know how much demand there was, and raised the seed capital to launch my first space.

And for the first time in a century, the accelerating technological progress of electric cars raised the prospect of technology competition aimed squarely at the citadel of oil demand — the transportation sector.

A perfect example is the high demand that was on display in a recent ICO for Status, an ethereum - based messaging app that drew 180,000 ether (more than $ 60m) in its first day before going on to raise even more.

Built under the regulatory oversight of Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the first - of - its - kind instrument was issued by London - based luxury retail startup LuxDeco and created with the help of industry leaders to give the company a new way to raise capital for short - term seasonal demand.

Due to the proven high demand, with most of the $ 10.6 million raised ahead of the scheduled time, Blackmoon Crypto has supported its infrastructure and support staff in preparation for the first public round of its BMC token sale, starting September 12th, 2017, at 1300 UMC.

Ryan and Louis discuss the direction of interest rates and inflation, the reluctance of the Fed to recognize the inflation threat, the impact of foreign countries raising their interest rates to combat inflation; the Fed's Vice Chairman Janis Yellen's view that inflation and the rise of commodities won't impact the «recovery», blaming rising global demand and disruptions of supply, not the easy money policy of the Fed; encouraging consumer confidence so they borrow more money to buy things they don't need to stimulate the economy, loan officer compensation, banks» use of Fed loans and banks» preference of trading operations over mortgage lending; credit squeeze; increased lending standards; the advantage of getting a low interest loan now before interest rates and inflation rates rise; the problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; the Democrats, Republicans and President avoid a government shutdown and what might have happened if it did; the $ 10 ′ s of billions of dollars saved in light of a $ 1.3 trillion defecit; the disconnect between buyers and sellers article in the Chicago Tribune; the HomeGain first quarter 2011 home values survey; the value of a quality Realtor in buying and selling a home; the HomeGain FSBO vs. REALTOR survey