Sentences with phrase «in economic function»

The court answered both questions in the affirmative and held that the CFTC can pursue fraud and manipulation claims in virtual currency spot markets.5 First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

We are in the midst of a profound change in our economic functioning with huge, unsettled global issues affecting us.

Not exact matches

«Government agencies at all levels should consider and examine new uses for this technology that could make the government more efficient in performing its functions,» the 2018 Economic Report from the Joint Economic Committee, first posted earlier this week, stated.

Modi's political success and promises of economic reform in spite of these bumps suggest that the new prime minister could function as a reformer in the American mold.

«The theory is that if new industries that are not competitive are subsidized they will eventually mature and be able to function on their own,» said University of Guelph economist Glenn Fox at a conference last June, citing studies suggesting clean energy policies in Denmark, Germany and Spain are a drag on economic growth.

Slower growth — a function of structural changes such as an aging society — means economic slack created in the last recession is being eroded at a sluggish pace.

«With the modest economic recovery of the past few years, finance functions are preparing the enterprise for challenges that could materialize at any time by working to preserve margins and by sustaining a strong focus on working capital management,» said a Protiviti managing director in a release.

When economic conditions are poor, this rigidity can disrupt normal labor market functioning, especially in a low - inflation environment.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said that the company has a commitment to the establishment of new partnerships with cities in Europe «to ensure innovation, harness powerful economic benefits and promote core city functions.»

In my September 1 blog entry I argued that economists typically focus on managing the asset side of the balance sheet, and almost never on the liability side, because they implicitly understand both the extent and the nature of economic growth to be almost wholly a function of the ways in which assets are manageIn my September 1 blog entry I argued that economists typically focus on managing the asset side of the balance sheet, and almost never on the liability side, because they implicitly understand both the extent and the nature of economic growth to be almost wholly a function of the ways in which assets are managein which assets are managed.

This mistaken belief that American savings are wholly a function of American household preferences arises because most economists — and, it seems, policymakers — can only imagine American households as autonomous economic units, and are seemingly incapable of imaging them as units within a system in which there are certain inflexible constraints.

The Council performs a similar function to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee in the United States.

Some postulate that the neutral rate is in part a function of economic productivity and population growth and that the low interest rate structure evident today reflects the current low productivity level.

To those who wish to hold their wealth exclusively in paper assets, implicitly trusting the policy elites to resurrect normally functioning capital markets and economic conditions, we say good luck.

This makes China's economic reaction function somewhat difficult for market participants to anticipate, because reactions on changing economic conditions may come in the form of fiscal or monetary policy, or a combination of both (the «dual bazooka» approach).

The general function of life insurance is to create a sum of money payable at the death of the insured in order to replace the economic loss resulting from the person's death.

Marriages were typically based on economic considerations, not love, with wives holding a higher position than slaves in the household, but still functioning in many ways as the property of their husbands, who could do with them as they willed.

Its distinctive character as an aspect of nature ceased to function in economic theory.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Whereas in the West «truth» exists as a function of organized will and its eventuality in success, for Muslims the social, economic, political and military orders are all expressions of a fundamental religious truth.

In the first place, economic systems which are partial socialist can and do exist in functioning democracieIn the first place, economic systems which are partial socialist can and do exist in functioning democraciein functioning democracies.

Christian Lalive d'Epinay proposed a similar sociological argument explaining the growth of Pentecostalism as a function of the social, political, and economic crisis in Latin America produced by the rapid urbanization of traditional rural peoples.

Predation is part of the way nature functions and humans are indeed part of nature, but there is something wrong with the form of predation that is inherent in unbridled economic or social competition among humans.

According to the Century, «the new system calls pre-eminently for an economic man of cooperative, unselfish self - restraint, operating in a limited market determined according to a social plan,» and the only agency in the United States capable of calling forth that individual was the Christian church: «The function of the Christian church is to provide the new economic man whose birth and growth will match the birth and growth of the new economic system.»

The purpose of economic development, then, should be not the production of more and more goods, or the creation of more and more wealth, but rather the expansion of people's capabilities to function and thrive in their communities.

However, this type of critique is essential in order to achieve delegitimation but it only goes half way to a solution if it does not integrate an analysis of social relations and a critique of the economic function.

But in the present policy of globalisation and liberalization the function of the state is only to make the climate safe for the market and withdraw almost completely from the realm of economic goals, leaving the market alone to determine them.

But, while the community action programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity set out to «organize» communities, the AFLA contemplates implementation by functioning groups already (if precariously) in place.

Still further, Hartshorne points out that our loveless physics and biology have produced in our time loveless politics and economics, with the results that we have seen the revival of human cruelty on an unprecedented scale and the adoption of callous economic policies which leave the alleviation of human miseries to the automatic functioning of the «market.

Partly it has been a function of imitation, beginning in the nineteenth century with Bismarck's social welfare programs in Germany, and partly it has been prompted by international economic competition, again starting in the nineteenth century, with national governments playing an increasing role in regulating and promoting all forms of economic activity.

Though Marx and Engels later avoided the philosophical language of their early years, and in the Manifesto of the Communist Party laughed at the German literati who «beneath the French criticism of the economic functions of money... wrote «Alienation of Humanity,» 6 they always recognized that «The German Working class movement is the heir of German classical philosophy.

But we agree with him that this does not mean that religion can be explained in terms of other functions, such as social, linguistic, or economic.

But, then, why did he recognize a significant and positive role for public authority in the functioning of the economy and why did he advocate reasonable wages and living standards for the workers, instead of leaving these to be determined by the economic processes themselves?

Status, social and economic, had come to play the overriding part; the virtues had come, in a way, to be a function, even a decoration, of this important social unit, Instead of being primarily the special calling of a few, the religious life had become the profession of many.

«Promoting economic development is a traditional and long accepted function of government,» Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority in the 5 - 4 ruling.

These systems of knowledge about the function of parliament seem to be better informed than attending to the minutae of either side of the house, neither of which represents the economic interests in work of the majority of voters.

Back to the National Assembly where a wrong type of economic conversation was going on in relation to the beleaguered MTN Nigeria as some members of the House of Representatives decided that in addition to their considerable legislative duties, they desired to hijack the duties of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), those of the telecommunications regulators - NCC and the Ministry of Communications and indeed the judicial functions of our courts as well!!!

It is important not to lose sight of the political and economic functions of the system of haggling in African countries and the context that enables the informal economy to thrive.

As the table notes, there has been notable variety over time in the extent and types of delegation of financial and economic functions to bodies outside direct ministerial control, as with the task of deciding central bank interest rates since 1997 and economic forecasting since 2010.

The table also records the variety of governments involved in squeezing (right or left, coalition, majority - party, minority), the delegation or otherwise of economic policy functions or decision advice relating to interest rate setting, consideration of spending economies, and financial / economic forecasting.

Cuomo in September said the state was focusing in the short term on ensuring the economic development projects continue to function.

The House Committee on National Security and Intelligence is scheduled to visit the Headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as part of its oversight function to unravel the controversy over the $ 43.4 million recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Apartment 7B in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

«Where in the state constitution does it envision nonprofits performing government functions delegated from the state university system under the control of the economic development authority?»

It coordinates all of those functions in areas that cross town lines, services that include: roads, flood control, economic development, law enforcement and judiciary, social services, emergency communications, garbage removal and recycling, Ulster Community College and delinquent tax collection.

Ayandokun said if the government would perform well in terms of security, it had to solve economic problems first, adding that security agencies like the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police should also be revamped to function properly.

In a statement Wednesday evening, Aaron Donovan, an M.T.A. spokesman, said: «The economic health of the world's second largest economy — the New York region — depends on a well - functioning transit system, which in turn is made possible by the M.T.A.'s capital program.&raquIn a statement Wednesday evening, Aaron Donovan, an M.T.A. spokesman, said: «The economic health of the world's second largest economy — the New York region — depends on a well - functioning transit system, which in turn is made possible by the M.T.A.'s capital program.&raquin turn is made possible by the M.T.A.'s capital program.»

Director general Albonetti says the functions of the Forum will include «fostering public debate and monitoring changes in public opinion on the societal impact of science and technology, providing the Regional Executive and Regional Council with guidance and information on research investments and innovation programs, and working with regional and international institutions to promote the transfer of research results to economic development.»

Improved population estimates could help resource managers to weigh up the economic benefits that forests provide in terms of water purification, soil conservation and other functions against those of harvesting or clearing trees for farmland, says ecosystems - services ecologist Becky Chaplin - Kramer of Stanford University in California.