Sentences with phrase «for weak policy»

The Dirty Dozen — which I originally named in 2006 and updated in 2009 — are the people who have most effectively denied the science of climate change, lied about its implications, lobbied to water down laws, or provided cover for weak policy.

Not exact matches

Officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve meet for two days this week, starting Tuesday, to discuss fiscal policy and the trajectory of the U.S. economy in the wake of a weak employment report for the month of May.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

«However, what will matter for Fed policy is not the weak performance in the second quarter, but whether spending reaccelerates or remains stuck in the coming months.»

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.

The maintenance of loose monetary policy in the euro zone could be seen as either positive or negative for gold, depending on whether the metal responds positively to a persistently low opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding metal or more negatively to a weaker euro.

«In the presence of uncertainty and the absence of accelerating inflationary pressures, it would be unwise for policy to foreclose on the possibility of making further gains in the labor market,» she said, adding that «disinflation pressure and weak demand from abroad will likely weigh on the U.S. outlook for some time, and fragility in global markets could again pose risks here at home.»

Despite this upbeat outlook, as long as inflation is weak (which consensus forecasts for 2018 indicate is likely), a significant shift in the ECB's policy is hard to envisage.

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Do the financial cheerleaders for a business - leader dominated Administration approve of the emerging combination of weak dollar rhetoric from both the President and Treasury Secretary nominee along with strong dollar policy.

While China is usually singled out for its policies, other countries have behaved more irresponsibly, most notably rich Germany, whose surpluses, the largest in history, were built primarily on an undervalued currency, after the creation of the euro, and on weak wage growth, after the 2003 — 05 labor reforms.

In the Conference Board's Index of Business Confidence survey, business leaders cited weak market demand, government policies, a shortage of qualified staff, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar (which increases the cost of imported technology and machinery) as reasons for not investing.

For instance, one approach is to use gender diversity as a screen by minimizing exposure to companies with poor gender diversity records including weak policies, poor supply chain safety records or involvement in the adult entertainment industry.

These fluctuations were large relative to actual economic and policy surprises, as the only notable negative piece of news that day was the release of somewhat weaker than expected retail sales data for the United States one hour before the event.

The weaker overall outlook for global economic growth could prove the decisive factor in persuading the ECB to further ease monetary policy in a concerted effort to stop the eurozone's recovery from stalling.

When aggregate demand in the economy is weak, for example, inflationary pressures are likely to be diminishing and monetary policy can be eased, which will give a short - term stimulus to economic activity.

The signatories of this letter warn against the potential for trade agreements like NAFTA to restrict Canada's ability to enforce its own environmental regulations, maintain labour standards, and keep jobs and pollution from leaking to other states with weaker policies.

Underlining the lack of evidence for a rate rise, communicating that any change in policy would not come as a surprise or ahead of schedule, and forecasting weaker US growth thanks in part to the strong dollar had its desired effect: but not for long.

Strauss - Kahn and Summers are now arguing for fiscal stimulus in what can be seen as a criticism of the Greenspan - Bernanke policy of weak dollar / strong gold that has placed the world economy at the brink of a possible downturn.

I think the Japanese policies are driven by the desire for a weaker yen with the Trump agenda.

But we do not believe the ECB will contemplate a major change in direction, since in the continued absence of a significant fiscal stimulus, the region's economic performance remains too weak for the central bank to risk measures that could create, however inadvertently, a degree of tightening in monetary policy.

In my department, I think we too often bend over backwards for those with children...» Women are also quoted as advising other women not to take advantage of existing leave policies because they will be judged by colleagues as weak and unable to do their jobs.

I did not vote for their religious «leaders,» and I will vote against any of the weak - willed political candidates who allow these self - appointed ayatollahs to dictate policy in the United States.

He'd also have some very harsh words for Scott Walker, the Koch brothers, John Boehner, Rick Warren, Pat Robertson, and all the other so - called «Christians» whose policies favor the rich and powerful over the poor and weak.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

FTSE4Good assesses companies against their own stated policies, rather than the baby milk marketing requirements they should follow, so the weaker the policies are, the better for Nestlé.

The Nestlé Policy and Instructions for Implementation of the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes are weaker than the Code, permitting 90 % of the violations of the Code and Resolutions reported by IBFAN, according to the company's own assessment.

The policy in my school district, for example, is extremely weak.

One question is whether current policies are imposing too much suffering and hardship, and if given high unemployment rates and weak economies (and, for some countries, low borrowing costs) new short term, Keynesian stimulative measures should be taken to kick start growth.

The research team, led by Dr Sarah Ayres, conducted interviews with senior Whitehall officials in which they found a growing awareness of the need to boost the competitiveness of England's economically weaker regions and to improve services through decentralisation and empowerment.Whitehall officials viewed the first round of RFAs in 2006 as generally positive - in particular, the main beneficiary had been the Department for Transport and transport policy.

First, given the current political balance, the Turkish legislature is likely to become more of a rubberstamp than it already is under a single - party government, and this will be detrimental for opposition groups, which are already weak and unable to affect policy.

Sessions and President Donald Trump have blamed what Trump called the Obama administration's «weak illegal immigration policies» for MS - 13 violence.

E.J. McMahon, research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, said Buffalo Niagara's job growth «is not impressive at all... By national standards and compared to similarly sized metropolitan areas, it's been relatively weak.»

She mentioned illiteracy, policy deficiency, weak capacity and operational gaps as the challenges confronting the efficient delivery of WASH services in the country and called for collaboration from the government and partners to professionalize water service delivery for financial sustainability.

Given the weak evidence for the IOC's policy and its potential for fostering gender hysteria, the problem here isn't one of unfair advantage but of bias and discrimination.

«In any case, because of the growing intensity of the shocks and the reduced degrees of freedom for expansionary macroeconomic policies, Latin America and, in particular, South America will experience very weak performance both in 2015 and in 2016.»

In the paper «Banning Smoking In Parks and on Beaches: Science, Policy, and the Politics of Denormalization,» published in the July issue of the journal Health Affairs, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the evidence for these claims and found them to be far from definitive and, in some cases, weak.

Clear policy Being under investigation for financial mismanagement, weak governance and poor reporting procedures is a serious matter and not one to be ignored.

Tennessee has a limited open - enrollment policy, and its charter school law is considered weak by the Center for Education Reform.

On the school choice front, Nevada has a limited open - enrollment policy, and a charter school law that is deemed weak by the Center for Education Reform, a rating that lowers the state's grade.

School choice options include a statewide open - enrollment policy and a charter school law that is rated weak by the Center for Education Reform.

The recent report of the Council of Chief State School Officers found that state program - approval policies for preparation programs, both those for «traditional higher education programs and for new pathways, suffer from weak and inconsistent regulation.»

The weak Greek system of governance and its bad decisions and policies are the main reasons for many people's sufferings.

Unless these assumptions are made explicit, however, measures of student performance are weak arguments, for the reason I gave: students in voucher - accepting schools could do worse and vouchers could still be good policy.

Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296

Even where urban and high - poverty school districts emphasize public engagement, the policies and preferences tend to «trickle down» to schools only in the form of mandated representation on school councils — a weak strategy for distributing leadership.

Sept. 9, 2016, LANSING, Mich. - «The findings from «Back to School Report» from the Michigan League for Public Policy of rising tuition and weak state support that is resulting in an increased financial burden for students are extremely disappointing.

The obvious policy solution is more pay for good teachers, more dismissals for weak teachers.

Perhaps Merrow is right to point to our divergent state policies and lack of support or respect for teachers as weak areas of our educational system.

Sure, Supt. John Deasy has managed to at least talk the talk on systemically reforming the district (even as he makes rather weak moves as striking a deal with the AFT's City of Angels local on a teacher evaluation plan that does little to actually measure the performance of teachers based on their success with the students they instruct in classrooms) and has even allowed for families at 24th Street Elementary to exercise the district's own Parent Trigger policy and take over the school.