Sentences with phrase «increasing economic stress»

As well as increasing economic stress and perceived injustice, says Bar - Yam, high food prices throw a government's failings into sharp relief, which could increase the chance of a riot.

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But she also stresses creating the environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant increase to the capital - gains tax for investments less than six years in duration is at the center of her plan.

The dividend increase was approved by the Federal Reserve, which conducts annual «stress tests» of big banks» ability to handle tough economic and market conditions.

Polman foresaw a litany of other problems ahead, he told investors, listing these: «subdued economic growth, geopolitical tension, the resultant backlash against globalization and technology, a planet under increasing environmental stress, and the fragmentation of consumer trends, shopping channels, and media.»

Economic growth inherently means increased stress on the environment.

Putnam wants to see us adopt or return to policies that increase economic mobility and / or alleviate stress on poor families.

The National Chairman of Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Segun Sango, on Wednesday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government lacks the ability to proffer solution to the country's economic challenges, stressing that current government has brought about high rate of inflation and increased poverty.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

The socioeconomic section of the SGEIS faced a huge amount of criticism when it was released because it concentrated on positive economic impacts while not giving any estimates of costs incurred to municipalities or the state or any treatment of the socioeconomic stresses seen in other areas where wide - spread drilling has occurred, such as higher rents, noise, higher crime rates, increased traffic, and loss of jobs in other sectors.

In 2008, over 56 million sleeping medications were prescribed in the US (4), and most experts believe the stress from worldwide economic challenges have only increased these numbers.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

««Full recovery» consumers have put the credit struggles from a period of extreme economic stress behind them, re-established credit, demonstrated responsible management of that credit and have experienced higher FICO score increases as a result,» wrote FICO's Ethan Dornhelm in a blog post.

The big run up in prices have been over the past few years and there have been increasing signs of economic stress as a result (inflationary pressures).

Numerous studies document that protected bike lanes increase the rate of bicycling by an average of 75 percent, reduce bicycle and pedestrian injuries, relieve stress on the streets for drivers and spur economic growth in the neighborhoods where they are constructed.

These changes combined with higher sea levels and associated storm surges, more intense droughts, and increased precipitation variability are projected to lead to increased stresses to water, agriculture, economic activities and urban and rural settlements (high confidence).

Very high for both added stresses on environmental, social, and economic systems and for increased vulnerability, especially for populations that are already most disadvantaged.

These events resulted in substantial ecological and economic impacts, including sustained loss of kelp forests, coral bleaching, reduced surface chlorophyll levels due to increased surface layer stratification, mass mortality of marine invertebrates due to heat stress, rapid long - distance species» range shifts and associated reshaping of community structure, fishery closures or quota changes, and even intensified economic tensions between nations.»

Not only will climate change directly impact forests and the other natural systems that maintain critical water - related ecosystem services, climate impacts will be experienced largely through the medium of water — melting glaciers, changing rainfall patterns, increased water stress and drought from higher temperatures, more severe storms — resulting in increased water and food insecurity, and constraints on economic opportunity.

As with the global SC - CO2 estimates, the domestic SC - CO2 increases over time because future emissions are expected to produce larger incremental damages as physical and economic systems become more stressed in response to greater climatic change, and because GDP is growing over time and many damage categories are modeled as proportional to gross GDP.

«Many anticipated adverse impacts of climate change including sea level rise, higher temperatures, enhanced monsoon precipitation and run - off, potentially reduced dry season precipitation, and an increase in cyclone intensity would in fact aggravate many of the existing stresses that already pose a serious impediment to the process economic development of Bangladesh.

The Ministerial Taskforce Charter outlines the government's long term agenda for Indigenous policy while at the same time focusing on the strategies to be put in place urgently to improve outcomes.23 As the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, stated «every dollar spent on Indigenous projects and services must contribute to improved outcomes».24 The Ministerial Taskforce Charter stresses the urgency of improving social and economic well being for Indigenous Australians focusing on housing, health, education, employment, family violence, increasing economic development, improving community safety, and law and justice.

Due to effects of multigenerational poverty, limited educational and economic opportunities, high levels of drug use and trade, and pervasive community violence, urban youth in Baltimore and many US cities are at increased risk for exposure to a variety of stresses, including early life stress, recurrent and chronic stress, and exposure to significant and / or recurrent traumas.

This may also point to a vulnerability of this group to use smoking as a means of alleviating stress — explaining their relapse in smoking after the collapse.24 This vulnerability has been discussed and supported by previous research showing economic stress as a cause of adverse mental health.25 This increased stress may have also been amplified by a return to smoking, as Cohen and Lichtenstein26 have found.

Families participating in CCR strengthened their economic security, improved their ability to cope with stress, and demonstrated an increase in positive behaviors that help prevent child abuse and neglect.

Mental health services for children, adolescents and families are increasing as more people seek counseling for a range of emotional and behavioral issues, including stress placed on individuals and families due to changing economic conditions.

Social support and connections to services such as mental health, as well as increased economic security, reduce parental stress and therefore the likelihood of prolonged elevated stress reactions that can undermine the baby's development of strong brain architecture.

Furthermore, family factors are also related to parental stress, with low social economic status related to increased parental stress [31], [36], and more social support related to reduced parental stress [14], [16], [37].

«Recent years of economic weakness, and interest rates off their pre-2014 lows, have caused a slight increase in financial stress - related home selling since 2015, but nothing that would appear concerning.