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The case for that rests on the assumption that there is «no alternative», which is at odds with the views of
many leading economists.
Though if it doesn't, which
most leading economists agree it will not, further funding or even a Plan B are low on the list of the new government's priorities.
The number of people losing their home rose by a fifth last year, as one of parliament's
leading economists predicts the figure will rise further in 2008.
In 2010, four
leading economists released a report detailing the impacts on different income groups of various cap - and - trade carbon pricing proposals.
He also believed, like a number
of leading economists, that the direction of economic policy needed to change.
Morneau is scheduled to sit down Friday in Toronto with
leading economists at a roundtable that typically includes about a dozen experts from commercial banks, think tanks and trade associations.
She has also put me in touch with
leading economists who have provided me with the latest agri - economic research papers.
But the advice given
by leading economists to the United States government has been to emphasize policies that lead to economic growth so that we will be in position to pay the costs of global warming as they arise.
Prior to that she worked for the World Bank for more than twenty years in various capacities, including ten years as Sector Manager, Agricultural Operations, Africa Region, and during the 1990's as
Lead Economist on agricultural issues of the transition from central planning in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
«More than 80
leading economists from 20 countries have signed a Declaration on Climate Finance urging for an immediate end to investment in new fossil fuel projects and a dramatic increase in renewable energy investment.»
Still, the slowing construction sector and the tempered expectation for price appreciations in the housing resale market are taking a toll on investor outlook — and this is
prompting leading economists to suggest an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada at tomorrow's monetary policy announcement.
«The Inventory Conundrum: The Current Outlook and Strategies for Coping with Shortage» will begin with an in - depth analysis of the inventory scenario from
leading economist Dr. John Tuccillo, and will then follow with strategies from leading brokers for increasing business despite inventory shortfall.
Hannah McKinnon — OCI Yesterday, a pair of declarations representing close to 500 organizations and 140
leading economists respectively were submitted to...
As Shiller wrote in 2011 in Project Syndicate, an online opinion forum
featuring leading economists., the market for farmlands isn't nearly as big as the housing market or stock market, for that matter.
Gross domestic product grew 1.7 percent in the second quarter, though favorable trade deficit figures on
Tuesday led some economists to boost their estimates for future revisions.
Over 1,100
leading economists sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the president to reverse course on recent trade tactics — lest the US repeat one of the biggest mistakes of the Great Depression.
This policy — announced in the Plaza Accord of 1985 —
led economist David Hale to joke that the Bank of Japan was acting as the Thirteenth Federal Reserve District and the Japanese government as the Republican Re-election Committee.
I personally have been particularly disturbed by the way this modern
vision leads economists (and policy makers) to see the economic enterprise as a self - contained feature of reality such that what happens in the physical world is not relevant to its theory or practice.
The World Economic Forum, cognitive scientists, the Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning, and
even leading economists all point to the urgency of developing emotional and social skills in our youth.
And
leading economist Jonathan Portes said it would be «extremely difficult» to cut migration dramatically even if Britain votes to leave.
Co-author Richard Damania,
Global Lead Economist, World Bank Water Practice: «We show that water underpins development, and that we must manage it sustainably.
With input from two Nobel laureates, three former heads of state and dozens of
other leading economists, CEOs and finance ministers, the New Climate Economy report is an effort to create an equivalent of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report of global warming economics.
U.S. housing prices may still fall more than 10 per cent, killing an incipient recovery, as demand from first - time home buyers fades,
leading economist Nouriel Roubini said Thursday.
Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter told a morning gathering of
leading economists today that it's going to be a «very close call» whether the fourth quarter of 2015 saw any economic growth.
When lead economist Nicholas Stern reiterates, as he did here yesterday, that climate - change - induced damages will be severe, that mitigation is consistent with economic growth and that mitigation costs will be modest only if we move quickly, one reluctantly imagines the Harper government (Canada's recently elected minority and conservative government), or any government in fact, not getting the picture.
Leading economists agree that high - quality early learning programs can help level the playing field for children from lower - income families on vocabulary, social and emotional development, while helping students to stay on track and stay engaged in the early elementary grades.
Perhaps that is
what led the Economist last year to largely write off nuclear energy as a lost cause — or at least not a viable substitute for fossil fuels.
«While much attention has focused on the role of China in slowing world trade growth, the trajectory of world trade growth from here depends more on the «old world» markets of the U.S. and Europe than standard trade data would suggest,» said Adam Slater,
lead economist at Oxford Economics, in a report out last week.
Quite simply, it's a plan that most business people and many
leading economists say is very damaging both to the U.S. and to the Canadian economy.
«The benefits of global trade are far - reaching,» said Bodhi Ganguli,
Lead Economist for Dun & Bradstreet's Country Risk Services.
«The economic benefits of advancements in science, technology and innovation have been well documented, estimated
by leading economists to have accounted for approximately half of U.S. economic growth over the last fifty years,» they wrote.
10
leading economists warn that the incoming government must drop the Coalition's economic policies and not repeat the mistakes made since 2010.
The High - Level Commission, which was convened by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition and supported by the Government of France and the World Bank, brought together 13
leading economists from nine developed and developing countries to identify the range of carbon prices which would help deliver on the core goal of the Paris Agreement: keeping the rise in global temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius.
Yesterday, a pair of declarations representing close to 500 organizations and 140
leading economists respectively were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calling on countries and the process to address fossil fuel production and financing as a critical way of increasing ambition and meeting our shared climate goals.
Over the past several months,
many leading economists and financial experts — even Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen — have concurred that there are various elements of the economy that are in a bubble or on the cusp of entering into the bubble phase.