Not exact matches
The reasons are four-fold: structural changes in the American economy have triggered a long
term downward trend in entrepreneurial activity; changes in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift in attitudes has made Americans
less interested in striking out on their own; and a shift in government
policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.
The United States may soon move to
less accommodative monetary
policies and higher long -
term interest rates as its recovery gains ground.
Subsequently, in 1995, inflation did indeed rise to slightly above 3 per cent in underlying
terms, but by
less than would have been the case had the tightening in monetary
policy not taken place.
While this makes
term life insurance significantly
less expensive than permanent life insurance, it also means that you will not receive any benefit if you outlive the
policy.
Policy makers who seek quick fixes and could care
less about long -
term consequences undoubtedly encourage investors to embrace the same value system.
No medical exam life insurance
policies are available for both
term and whole life insurance, but the death benefits for whole life coverage are typically limited to
less than $ 50,000 (while
term coverage is usually limited to $ 500,000).
Perceived «safe» assets are looking
less safe due to a variety of near -
term risks including elevated valuations and political and central bank
policy uncertainties.
They may be able to raise short -
term rates
less than they otherwise would because now they have this second dial to tighten monetary
policy.
Former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, in a speech to the American Economic Association in January, said that «excessively tight near -
term fiscal
policies have likely been counterproductive» by weakening the recovery, especially when monetary
policy has
less room to maneuver.
Because banks held few excess reserves, it took only modest adjustments to the size of the Fed's balance sheet, achieved by means of open - market purchases or sales of short -
term Treasury securities, to make credit more or
less scarce, and thereby achieve the Fed's immediate
policy objectives.
Policy - makers in many of the advanced countries, already facing a short -
term relationship between growth and inflation that has turned much
less favourable, could face some very difficult choices in framing their responses to the circumstances they face individually.
But if people are
less responsive to that because they are still highly leveraged, monetary
policy is
less powerful in the short
term.
Although short -
term interest rates did rise this year as a slightly
less timid Federal Reserve (Fed) nudged the
policy rate higher, for the long end of the curve it was more of the same.
Monetary
policy has
less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal
policy is likely both more effective and
less costly in
terms of increased debt burden when interest rates are pinned at low levels.
Banner Life's
term policy includes an accelerated death benefit rider and allows an individual to cash out up to 75 percent of the death benefit if you are diagnosed with a life expectancy of twelve months or
less.
Even in a world where short -
term interest rates will continue to rise as the Federal Reserve raises
policy interest rates (most likely 2 — 3 times next year) and where long -
term rates should rise slowly as the Fed lets its balance sheet shrink, tax - free yields should either stay the same or move down as the municipal bond world confronts a market with much
less issuance.
I for one agree more with conservative fiscal
policies because I believe in the long run they will bring about
less poverty, while liberal fiscal
policies only provide very short
term help and ultimately cause more poverty in the long run (maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right).
The document then avoids any further reference to «ridding the world of evil» and proceeds generally in somewhat
less emotive and more pragmatic (but nevertheless grandiose)
terms to discuss and project foreign -
policy objectives.
Peace movements, of the 20th century generally have been unable to achieve their immediate objectives, and have had even
less impact on long -
term public
policy.
Disney, now owners of Star Wars producer Lucasfilm, has recently adopted a «legacy pay scale»
policy; in layman's
terms, veteran actors were paid ludicrously higher wages than their
less experienced counterparts, regardless of screen time.
The reforms were implicitly viewed solely as an aspect of executive
policy - making and, therefore, in consequential
terms as no more or no
less independent from government control than any other aspect of
policy.
A longstanding conservative
policy goal has been to replace the current Social Security elderly pension system with personal accounts (or, the
less poll - friendly
term, «privatizing Social Security»).
The belligerent and headline - grabbing rhetoric of the commander - in - chief and his propensity to choose short -
term, tactical wins over the incremental execution of the long -
term priorities often overshadow the more or
less solid intellectual foundations of Trump's foreign
policy.
If we proceed on those
terms... David can listen rather more to Conservative MPs, who represent the real people of this country, and give rather
less regard to the Liberal Democrat intellectual urban elite, with their student politics idea of reforming the constitution and taking forward green
policies.
Less on sloganeering, more about having a passionate conversation with the electorate and in
terms of
policy.
In crude
policy terms, when economic growth is robust, it's easier to find resources to redistribute to the
less well - off.
Perhaps space tourism and brief joyrides will be the
lesser part of the industry; in the longer
term, commercial spacecraft may help us discover minerals or other resources with now - unimaginable properties, or to found colonies that will serve, in the vision of Stephen Hawking, as the ultimate insurance
policy for our species.
The authors noted that original SAI guidelines gave community colleges incentive to expand short -
term certificate programs, which are designed to be completed in
less than one year, even though it was not one of the primary goals of the state's
policy.
Those favoring a permanent credit, a long list that includes Obama as well as business and academic leaders, say such
policy lurches create uncertainty for companies doing long -
term planning, making them
less likely to invest in risky projects if they think they can't defray expenses.
Such near -
term benefits provide the basis for a no - regrets GHG - reduction
policy, in which substantial advantages accrue even if the impact of human - induced climate change turns out to be
less than current projections show.
This — together with the separate
policies and
terms expressly referred to herein — constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and there shall be no variation unless agreed between you and us in writing or notified to you by us upon reasonable notice in writing of not
less than 30 days.
There's no dancing around it: analysis of the first round of state ESSA plans leaves much cause for concern for EL advocates, both in
terms of the general patterns outlined above and other,
less common
policy experiments.
Annual renewable
term life insurance
policies are
less common than level
term policies.
You should, however, consider if you might be better served by purchasing a
term life insurance
policy; this option may be
less costly, since whole life insurance is comparatively expensive.
No medical exam life insurance
policies are available for both
term and whole life insurance, but the death benefits for whole life coverage are typically limited to
less than $ 50,000 (while
term coverage is usually limited to $ 500,000).
Given the median tenure for employees at a particular job is
less than 5 years, it's likely you'll move to a new company within the
term of coverage, and you'll have to get a new
policy which is likely to have higher premiums since your age has increased.
While group
term life insurance comes at a discount, the
policies tend to be
less customizable and often are not transferrable, meaning that if you change employers the coverage ceases.
Other
policy terms are difficult to find and for a homeowners insurance
policy there's not much reason to issue them for
less than a year.
A healthy 30 year old can get a $ 250,000 10 year
term life
policy for
less than $ 10 in monthly premiums.
2To be eligible for the CoverMe
Term Life Living Benefit, you must be
less than 83 years of age and your
policy must be in effect for at least two years.
If you are older, in your 40s or above, and in
less - than - stellar health, the price difference can be double or even triple the cost of a normal
term policy.
Perceived «safe» assets are looking
less safe due to a variety of near -
term risks including elevated valuations and political and central bank
policy uncertainties.
However, a
term life
policy that requires a medical exam will typically cost
less than one that does not.
This is a solid insurance company that has been around since the beginning of the 20th century and they don't require medical exams on their
term insurance
policies that are $ 500,000 and
less.
Decreasing
term policies pay out
less as the the outstanding balance of a mortgage loan is paid off.
A child rider is generally available for
term policies and offers a limited amount of coverage (generally
less than $ 50,000) in the case your child does pass, and is available for children under a specified age (generally 20 or 25).
And if you should die prematurely, the payment amount your beneficiaries will receive could have been purchased with a
term policy that would cost you much
less during your lifetime.
If so, a 20 year
term policy can be a
less expensive compromise.
This return of premium
term life insurance
policy offers much
less protection than the standard
term insurance plan.
A
term policy is going to be far and away
less expensive for the amount of insurance you get as compared to other
policies.