Sentences with phrase «in federal funding as»

Thirteen school districts and nonprofit agencies will receive $ 5.4 million in federal funding as part of the Public Charter Schools Grant Program Planning and Implementation Grant (Round 2).

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Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

Emerging economies are set to slow this year as the U.S. Federal Reserve begins raising interest rates and there's a rising protectionist rhetoric in advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday.

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

Already this year, some local NPR affiliates went as far as to advertise the potential federal funding cuts in their annual pledge drives.

For her part, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in June that the removal of the Fed as a prop in October might not coincide with an immediate increase in its federal funds rate, which has hovered near zero since the financial crisisFederal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in June that the removal of the Fed as a prop in October might not coincide with an immediate increase in its federal funds rate, which has hovered near zero since the financial crisisfederal funds rate, which has hovered near zero since the financial crisis began.

Perth company director Sharon Warburton has been named as the incoming chair of a soon - to - be-established federal government fund that will have $ 5 billion to spend on infrastructure in northern Australia.

The Federal Reserve did not help in the process as their response to increasing oil prices and the war in the Middle East was to RAISE the short term Fed Funds rate from 5.50 to over 10 percent.

By diverting some of your income into tax - deferred accounts like 401k or IRAs, you can defer paying state taxes (as well as federal taxes) until you're ready to use the funds in retirement.

When lumped in with still - rising federal levies like the Universal Services Fund, they add 12 percent to the average American's cell bill and as much as 19 percent in many of our most populous states, says Scott Mackey, economist and partner with government affairs firm Kimbell Sherman Ellis.

He points to a stronger dollar, fiscal retrenchment in the European Union, improving equity market confidence, and an exit strategy from the Federal Reserve forecasting a federal funds rate hike well before late 2014 as significant factors driving goldFederal Reserve forecasting a federal funds rate hike well before late 2014 as significant factors driving goldfederal funds rate hike well before late 2014 as significant factors driving gold lower.

For example, the outlook for Government of Canada transfers is subject to changes in economic variables that affect federal funding as well as changes by the federal government to the funding arrangements themselves.

In particular, since all tri-party repo is unwound at the same time, there is no possibility of early return of funds, which, as I mentioned earlier, is a significant benefit some federal funds and Eurodollar borrowers are able to offer.

It also looks as though the increase in the federal funds rate passed through effectively into term money market instruments.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

These features include the availability of physical cash and a behavioral aversion by some money market investors to investing at negative rates, and also encompass certain unique features of money markets in the United States, such as legal and regulatory incentives applicable to money market mutual funds and the ability of the government - sponsored enterprises to leave unremunerated deposits at the Federal Reserve.23

12 The FOMC also considered an arrangement under which depository institutions could pledge funds held in a segregated account at the Federal Reserve as collateral in borrowing transactions with private creditors.

Many lenders in the federal funds and Eurodollar markets with access to the ON RRP facility responded to these low rates by increasing their use of the facility, as shown in Figure 10.

Launched with $ 5 million in federal research funds, it has since raised more money from such private sources as Mithril Capital Management and Y Combinator.

Muni funds are usually traded by people with in the higher tax bracket because these funds are except from federal taxes... Sometimes even escape state taxes as well.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

There is the possibility that the Federal Reserve could raise rates this year as many as four times, taking the short - term federal funds rate above 2 % for the first time in a Federal Reserve could raise rates this year as many as four times, taking the short - term federal funds rate above 2 % for the first time in a federal funds rate above 2 % for the first time in a decade.

If taxable bond funds or individual bonds are held in a tax - free account such as a Roth IRA, then the income from them would be free from federal taxes, provided certain requirements are met.

The initial $ 220 million investment in the fiber optic system was funded, in part, by a $ 111.6 million federal grant provided as part of the federal stimulus program in 2010 designed to spur jobs and the development of a smarter electric grid.

Funded through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and with support from the Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC) and a consortium of other non-profit Regional Innovation Centres, including MaRS, the program is geared to train as many as 450 entrepreneurs over 15 months, and provide as much as $ 4 million in seed financing to qualified applicants.

Last month, it filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accusing him of using Retrophin as a personal piggy bank to pay back angry investors in his hedge fund.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.

interest from municipal bonds as well as distributions from mutual funds that qualify as exempt interest dividends; this income is generally not subject to regular federal income taxes; note that Fidelity reports this information to the IRS, and may be required to report the information to tax authorities in California among other states; the total amount or a portion of tax - exempt income (reported as specified private activity bond interest) must be taken into account when computing the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) applicable to individuals and may be subject to state and local taxes; you are required to report tax - exempt income on Form 1040, and may be required to report it on your state tax return as well

U.K. stocks end slightly higher as traders remain wary over Syria conflict Micro Focus soars on report that hedge fund has bought stake U.K. stocks struggle for direction on Thursday, as investors remain nervous over the potential for a military conflict in Syria and digested the latest Federal Reserve minutes.

... As the size of the balance sheet and the quantity of excess reserves in the system decline, the Federal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy — namely, by setting a target for the federal fundFederal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy — namely, by setting a target for the federal fundfederal funds rate.

The Federal Reserve Bank is in charge of the federal interest rate — or fed funds rate, as it is commonly called — which is the overnight interest rate banks charge for short - termFederal Reserve Bank is in charge of the federal interest rate — or fed funds rate, as it is commonly called — which is the overnight interest rate banks charge for short - termfederal interest rate — or fed funds rate, as it is commonly called — which is the overnight interest rate banks charge for short - term loans.

In short, when the Federal Reserve raises the short - term federal funds rate (which applies to inter-bank transfers), mortgage rates tend to go up aFederal Reserve raises the short - term federal funds rate (which applies to inter-bank transfers), mortgage rates tend to go up afederal funds rate (which applies to inter-bank transfers), mortgage rates tend to go up as well.

U.S. nonfinancial companies has $ 1.8 trillion in cash on their books at the end of the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve's quarterly «flow of funds» report (now known formally as the «Financial Accounts of the United States»).

[1] The Framework discusses, ``... steps to raise the federal funds rate and other short - term interest rates to more normal levels...» That language, however, is ambiguous as the federal funds market has shrunk dramatically in a financial system awash in reserves.

As shown in the figure above, the long - term trend in mortgage rates largely reflects the path of the 3 - month Treasury Bill rate, which is proxy for the federal funds rate.

Thus far in 2005, the dollar has risen back to around 1.30 against the euro, in part reflecting the fact that the US federal funds rate has now risen above the monetary policy rate in the euro area, as well as comments from European officials expressing concerns about the extent of the appreciation of the euro.

The Federal Reserve's Financial Accounts of the U.S. (previously known as the Flow of Funds report) showed that in fourth - quarter 2014 U.S. households saw the largest increase in their net worth since fourth - quarter 2013.

But the prescription offered by the Taylor rule changes significantly if one instead assumes, as I do, that appreciable slack still remains in the labor market, and that the economy's equilibrium real federal funds rate — that is, the real rate consistent with the economy achieving maximum employment and price stability over the medium term — is currently quite low by historical standards.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategfund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategFund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

The bottom line is that after the prolonged tax giveaway exacerbates the federal budget deficit — along with the balance - of - payments deficit — we can expect the next Republican or Democratic administration to step in and «save» the country from economic emergency by scaling back Social Security while turning its funding over, Pinochet - style, to Wall Street money managers to loot as they did in Chile.

There is $ 2.7 trillion in money market funds alone, plus another $ 9.1 trillion in bank deposits, like checking accounts and certificate of deposits (CDs)(source: Investment Company Institute (ICI) and Federal Reserve (Fed), as of 10/16/2017).

In her first time testifying before Congress as Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen said that «government funding remains critical to the mortgage sector.»

As we saw in the months following The Great Recession, when economic growth slowed abruptly, the Fed moved to jumpstart the economy by lowering its target for the federal funds rate.

Officials also expect interest rates to tread higher with at least two increases in 2019 and 2020 correspondingly, bringing the federal funds rate to 3.375 percent effectively, higher than the 3 - percent equilibrium rate, as indicated by the dots.

Unlike the major retail banks, online banks have increased their savings rates in bigger increments as the federal fund rises.

Here are two funding opportunities: Export Market Access in Ontario, as well as CanExport on a federal level offer up to $ 5,000 each for international market research.

The high yield rally that we have seen since 2016 until now might not be viable in the next few years as the Federal Reserve steepens interest rate hikes and the cost of funding increases (as we explained a few weeks ago).

The potential tax benefits from investing in MLPs depend on their being treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes and, if the MLP is deemed to be a corporation, then its income would be subject to federal taxation at the entity level, reducing the amount of cash available for distribution to the fund which could result in a reduction of the fund's value.

As Jerome Powell, Trump's hand - picked new Fed chairman, said at a news conference after the central bank's most recent meeting in March, «We're trying to take the middle ground, and the committee continues to believe that the middle ground consists of further gradual increases in the federal - funds rate.»