Sentences with phrase «followed financial crises»

Because the last few tax cuts have followed financial crises, poorer people may have used the extra income to increase their cushion by building up assets or paying down debt.

Following the financial crisis, that figure dropped below 300,000 and has been just creeping higher since then.

Following the financial crisis, annual deficits surged to over $ 1 trillion.

In theory, Occupy was a protest against economic inequality, a reaction not just to the gap between «the 1 %» and «the 99 %,» but to the widening of that gap in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

«Since the financial markets bottomed out in March 2009 following the financial crisis,» notes the WealthX report, «the total wealth of billionaires has more than doubled, to $ 6.5 trillion — more than the GDP of every country except the U.S. and China.»

Here's a classic example, courtesy of a 2013 Inc. article, which describes how the owner of a management consulting firm fell into a crippling depression when, following the financial crisis, he had to lay off employees.

Corporations across the Western world shed jobs with abandon following the financial crisis, and they have been slow to rehire, despite the fact that economic conditions have been improving for several years now.

In fairness, McDonald had the misfortune of taking over during the punishing global recession that followed the financial crisis.

In the years following the financial crisis, many of those small banks closed or sold to bigger companies.

Following the financial crisis, I argued that regulators should look into whether or not the mutual fund rules and current accounting rules were appropriately structured given the growing presence of firms like Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA), which get a pass from daily net asset value calculations and other requirements.

In the years following the financial crisis, Congress employed this provision to allow businesses to immediately deduct up to $ 500,000 in new equipment or software for purchases of up to $ 2.5 million.

Cordray had been under fire from congressional Republicans almost from the time he took over the bureau, which emanated from the Dodd - Frank reforms following the financial crisis.

Subprime mortgages disappeared following the financial crisis, but now they are coming back, with huge demand from both borrowers and investors.

Arthur Kroeber: Following the financial crisis, Chinese state firms today generate return on assets of about 3 %, and private firms generate 9 %.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the government passed new laws circumscribing how lenders could be compensated, and public pressure provided an additional incentive for lenders to reign in the practices that had made them rich during the housing boom.

On the fiscal side, the authorities can cut taxes or increase spending to support income and demand during the deleveraging phase that follows the financial crisis.

These two factors — the dynamics following financial crises and the weakness of foreign demand — help explain why U.S. growth has been weak, but I don't think these factors explain why it has been consistently weaker than expected.

On that basis, the poor performance of the U.S. economy is not unusual — historical experience shows clearly that recoveries following financial crises typically are very slow and difficult.1

This was exactly the kind of mess it was trying to avoid by overhauling its standards following the financial crisis.

Demographic and economic changes, along with the low interest rates that followed the financial crisis, have upended the calculations that many Canadians made in planning for retirement.

Instead, criticize my insistence on stress - testing our methods against Depression - era data, following a financial crisis that we fully anticipated.

Since the trough in the first quarter of 2009 following the financial crisis, the average UK house price has risen by 40 %.

«Comments Yellen made at a conference in Jackson Hole were not received well by the incoming administration, when she delivered a defense of the regulations enacted by the Obama administration following the financial crisis.»

«Given the popularity of prime real estate as an investment in the years following the financial crisis, we expect a portion of this growing wealth will continue to be assigned to new - build property in key locations around the world.»

They disappeared following the financial crisis but now lenders are dipping back in.

Dividend aristocrats more than kept pace with the market in the years following the financial crisis.

Many investors forgot all about money market mutual funds about 10 years ago when interest rates plunged following the financial crisis.

Last month's decline was also the biggest since late 2008, when the U.S. was gripped by a recession following the financial crisis.

James: I would say that in the four years following the financial crisis, preservation of capital was the most important objective for corporate treasurers.

Free reserves rose to unprecedented levels following the financial crisis, when the Fed offered to pay interest on banks» excess reserves.

In most places the recession that followed the financial crisis had dire effects on wages.

Following the financial crisis in 2008, Rev May felt he could do something to challenge payday lenders that were thriving in his community.

Within a few months, following a financial crisis in New York, 10,000 people were gathering for lunchtime prayer meetings, with many churches opening their doors for prayer.

Attitudes might have changed in some ways on this following the financial crisis, but I suspect that many people feel they have every right to unearned capital gains on their homes or to inheritances.

It jumped in 2004, following EU enlargement, and reached a peak of 273,000 in 2007, but fell again following the financial crisis of 2008, bottoming out at 177,000 in 2012.

• Rick «Wall Street Lobbyio» Lazio's taxpayer bailout bonus... $ 1.3 million • One week of unemployment insurance for more than 3,000 unemployed New Yorkers who lost their jobs following the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Four average mortgages on homes that were foreclosed on during the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Police Officers... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Firefighters... $ 1.3 million • One year of SUNY tuition for 261 New York students... $ 1.3 million

Exacerbating this tendency is the fact that radical views are normalised following financial crises, and so may become more widespread amongst members.

In 2010, the economy was reeling following the financial crisis, whereas in 2008, the effects of the crisis had only just begun to be felt.

Andrew Breitbart — Credit Score Dating, an online dating site which provides... Following the financial crisis, the site experienced a surge in membership and a decline in the average age of members.»

Nearly all state pension plans failed to meet their target rates of return in the years following the financial crisis, which has necessitated sharp increases in contributions from employers and employees.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the outlook for automakers was grim as once - dominant firms like General Motors were forced to rely on government bailouts.

Following the financial crisis, the site experienced a surge in membership and a decline in the average age of members.

While some financial institutions have a less - than - stellar reputation following the financial crisis, American Express National Bank has managed to keep its association as a brand with reliable service.

Following the financial crisis, Amex shifted its marketing focus to drive increases in card spending, which has resulted in strong growth in recent quarters.

Leading small business credit card issuers retrenched significantly following the financial crisis in the second half of 2008.

Although banks» C&I loan portfolios have recovered strongly in recent years following the financial crisis, small business loan portfolio growth remains elusive.

Consider if that would be a problem for you, say, if the market experienced another major downturn as it did following the financial crisis in 2008.

Unless you're just completely oblivious, you've seen firsthand the shake - ups in the market that followed the financial crisis.

Free reserves rose to unprecedented levels following the financial crisis, when the Fed offered to pay interest on banks» excess reserves.

Following the financial crisis, relatively few event - driven funds remain, according to Treichl, who argues that in relatively flat markets, creating events to drive performance is more valuable than ever.