Sentences with phrase «if economic threats»

Credit counselling expert says with debt loads at a record and little in the way of savings, Canadians may be «caught off guard» if economic threats materialize

Credit counselling expert says with debt loads at a record and little in the way of savings, Canadians may be «caught off guard» if economic threats materialize

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If we came to learn that excessive household debt posed a bigger threat to economic growth than does a certain level of government debt, then policy makers would want to take that into account when setting interest rates.

The rial has lost almost half its value since September, partly due to fears of a return of economic sanctions if U.S. President Donald Trump carries out his threat to exit a nuclear deal with Tehran.

This weekend, Prime Minister Theresa May ordered top officials to investigate the proposed deal to see if it posed any potential threats to the country's economic interests, the Financial Times reported.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley released a sharply - worded statement about B.C.'s continuing obstruction of the pipeline, with overt threats of economic retaliation if such tactics continues.

Some other challenges and threats that you are likely going to face is economic downturn; if the economy is in bad shape, history has it that office cleaning services businesses and any other businesses that offer cleaning services usually struggle to maintain their old customers or even welcome new customers.

With such a model, we would be able to incorporate financial stability threats into our reaction function, if not with absolute precision, then at least as well as we incorporate other economic variables.

If that's even slightly off, debt - to - GDP could keep rising — and stick dangerously near the 90 percent mark that economists regard as a threat to sustainable economic growth.

If South American nations can overcome these obstacles, this should be possible in parts of the world where domination has thus far been chiefly economic, with much less threat of overt military intervention.

The driving force behind this process — i.e., the «factors making for growth in the halakhah» — is, first, the «necessity to respond to new external conditions — social, economic, political, or cultural — that pose a challenge or even a threat to accepted religious and ethical values,» and, second, the «need to give recognition to new ethical insights and attitudes and to embody them in the life of the people, even if there [is] no change in objective conditions.»

If violence means the imposition of one's will upon another, it is not limited to acts like rape and murder but also embraces such deeds as boycotts, verbal threats and oppressive economic structures.

A spokesman for Zac Goldsmith hit back, telling Politics.co.uk: «Khan experimented with Corbyn and helped elect a Labour leadership who want a new tax on family heirlooms, including jewellery — if he is allowed to experiment with London from City Hall he represents a threat to the economic security of every family in our City.»

These threats might be offset if a program of economic incentives can be devised for farmers to maintain flooding of crops, such as alfalfa and irrigated pasture, to the benefit of both farmers and curlews.

If 15,000,000 less - than - literate students are not enough to move it to action, let's hope, for the sake of our children, that the looming threat of second - class economic citizenry in the 21st century does the trick.

I realize that much has changed in the last few years — widespread economic hardship, cuts in state aid by both Democratic and Republican state governments, much slower than anticipated growth in property values,, the opportunity to cut staff compensation under the threat of union busting, dramatic cuts to the revenue limit base — but despite all of these changes, if you go back to the principles and the details of Partnership Plan used to sell the 2008 Operating Referendum (which passed overwhelmingly) I think you can find plenty of justification for increasing property taxes in order to achieve the mission of the district.

Yet ignoring bearishness in asset prices around the world is particularly near - sighted, if for no other reason that global economic weakness is the biggest threat to the worldwide profits and the worldwide revenue of large U.S. - based corporations.

Scott Hannah says low borrowing costs and rising home prices have lured Canadians into a debt trap they may not escape if looming economic threats materialize.

«They may not get the top - of - the - line laptop... if (they are) under economic threat, but there's still going to be a whole bunch of other stuff they're (buying),» he said.

Rather, reserves are going unutilized because of a profound lack of confidence on the part of economic actors bred by anti-growth policies promoted by the Obama administration (particularly healthcare reform) and the threat of significantly higher taxes (as much as US$ 6 trillion over the next 10 years if current plans aren't altered.)

And if some media outlets deny coverage of the whole game because of one such (neither illegal nor inappropriate) artwork it's indeed a threat: an economic threat to Larian as a business entity.

The intricate crosstown cultural traffic of Bourouissa's art recalls the time - lapse choreography of a crowded intersection, as social, cultural and economic currents moving in multiple directions pass across the surface of his works, defying any threat of collision, as if organised by traffic lights and slipways.

2) It is possible, even probable, that the threat will pose a mortal risk to economic prosperity if not human civilization.

How will history judge us if we watch the threat unravel before our eyes, but fail to communicate the urgency of acting to avert economic disaster?

If the threat is death, you do what you * must *, not what you think will satisfy sociopolitical and economic goals.

The Government thinks that the national interest is the same as our economic interests, as if we have no national interest in being part of global attempts to tackle the most severe environmental threat facing the globe.

If we have such an overwhelming scientific «consensus» about the supposed threat of catastrophic man - made global warming — and about the political and economic solutions to it — then why do advocates have to sue scientists to prevent them from questioning it?

He «subscribes» to me through google alerts, so if I post an article on energy, he'll get an email and read my article — that's one of the reasons I wrote «Peak Oil and the Preservation of Knowledge», «Peak Soil: Why Cellulosic and other Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America's National Security», «The Hydrogen Economy — Energy and Economic Black Hole», etc..

If Congress and the Obama administration are serious about treating global warming as a pressing economic and ecological threat, coal will struggle to remain relevant.

If statistics on environmental harm, economic loss and the threat to public health aren't enough to get you or a loved one to stop smoking, perhaps these images might be enough to give a proper nudge in the right direction.

I have proposed a carbon tax in a way that would be a net economic benefit even if one totally dismisses the threat of man - made global warming.

Are they routes to a solution, or at least sufficient threats to the traditional model that new techniques will be needed for economic reasons, if not social justice reasons?

«If we can not have a say as to what goes on in our territories, free from economic coercion and threats, particularly in the case of dangerous projects like Kinder Morgan, Canada can not say that it respects the rights of Indigenous Peoples,» said Chief Judy Wilson of the Neskonlith Indian Band, which is part of the Secwepemc Nation in BC whose territory much of the pipeline would need to pass through.

The Peruvian economy is growing stronger alongside its legal sector and government, however, speaking with Oscar Mago, Partner at OMC Abogados & Consultores, he states if certain threats imposed are ignored, it can cause serious economic damage and damage to the reputation of a company.