Sentences with phrase «increasing control of the banks»

The Government is rightly taking increasing control of the banks in order to support jobs and the economy.

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Over the past two years, a growing number of U.S. banks has capped their directors» earnings, but the ceilings are so high that they primarily serve to fend off potential shareholder litigation rather than control the pace of pay increases.

This implies a slowdown in reforms that increase the private sector's productivity and economic share, together with a greater economic role for state - owned enterprises (and for state - owned banks in the allocation of credit and savings), as well as resource nationalism, trade protectionism, import - substitution industrialisation policies, and imposition of capital controls.

In Australia, the lifting of interest rates and credit controls, and increased competition from foreign banks, contributed to a surge in credit growth, and a substantial increase in risk taking in the financial sector, and in the community generally.

Among the explanations that have been put forward are the increased credibility of central banks in controlling inflation (inflation rates remain below 3 per cent across the developed world), the low level of official interest rates in the major economies reflecting low inflation and the continuing weakness in some economies, a glut of savings on world markets particularly sourced from the Asian region, and changes to pension fund rules in some countries which are seen as biasing investments away from equities towards bonds.

Central banks control interest rates like a puppet on a string by raising interest rates or buying up bonds to increase the value of their currency, or lowering interest rates and selling bonds to decrease it.

But the survey by the Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) notes that times are changing and women currently control one third of all wealth in North America, and that's increasing by eight per cent annually.

Finally, in Greece, centralization of the financial and all other control mechanisms, and moreover the reduction of commercial banks along with the increase of tax and other controls, which refer to earlier than 10 years controls and the rapid rythms of clampdown on preventive measures by authorities (i.e. freezing of funds / accounts commitments), in connection with the multi-law effect in tax cases, intensify the unstable enterpreunership's development environment.

Key Accomplishments • Reorganized the cash management system by implementing a «counting module» which increased system efficiency by 50 % • Introduced an online bank deposits system which reduced time (and trip to the bank) significantly, allowing for efforts to be concentrated in other areas • Implemented a dynamic petty cash control system, making it easy to track minor expenses • Determined the cause and root of a financial discrepancy within hospital accounts, saving the facility $ 50,000