Sentences with phrase «make changes in this economy»

We all have to make changes in this economy to survive, and I don't think my pension of less than $ 1,000 per month is bleeding the taxpayers.

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Stiglitz said that while CEOs aren't going to solve inequality on their own, the reason they exist in society is to grow the economy, and more are realizing they need to make changes.

Changing this rate is a kind of lever that the Federal Reserve can pull to make things happen in the economy.

The first: Japan has made aggressive, but legitimate, policy changes to repair an economy that can better serve the world in strength.

The many experts we interviewed also pointed to two other contributing factors: an improving economy and changes to bankruptcy laws in 2005 that made it more difficult and costly to file.

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.

But unless you've fallen into some sort of new - economy role in which your chief duty is to daydream, too much blue - sky thinking isn't all that great — not for you as a leader, nor for your business as an entity that actually makes change.

These adjustments are difficult, but if they are not allowed to occur, as a nation we will have given up the potential benefits that the changes in the world economy are making possible.

«That's a key change from the past seven years, when weakness in at least one major region offset strength elsewhere and created fragility that made the global economy more sensitive to shifts in growth at the margins.»

Mr. Navarro and Mr. Lighthizer, meanwhile, have criticized China's offerings and insisted that the Chinese make more sweeping changes to its economy, including removing industrial subsidies and rolling back government intervention in the economy.

He said, «I made two major discoveries in the course of writing: one is a reflexive connection between credit and collateral, the act of lending can change the value of the collateral, the other is a reflexive relationship between regulators and the economies they regulate.»

But weaning our economy off oil meant, at the same time, making fundamental changes in the way we live.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. NDP and B.C. Green Party announcement regarding their intent to cooperate in the legislature: «It's clear that British Columbians voted for change in this election and support the NDP and Greens» objectives: building a clean economy and putting...

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The bank's chief currency strategist Richard Grace made the forecast changes to reflect a slightly quicker - than - expected slowing in the global economy over the first quarter.

The following factors are making me wonder if I should sell instead: market is still very high and inventory is even tighter than last year, but economy might change directions this year, rate hikes coming, I might be able to get the same cash flow from a REIT, and I have no intention of moving back in.

The group also wants to emphasize trucking as an essential cog in the wheel of the U.S. economy, which the new administration is focused on growing, and see that any changes to trade agreements like NAFTA — which also clearly would affect the U.S. trucking industry and many other businesses — are made with all due consideration.

The «circular economy» is, in my opinion, a ruse to make affluent consumers feel that they can keep consuming without the need to change their habits.

If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics of an economy like China's that change the nature of the GDP measure: first, economic activity is much less affected by hard - budget constraints than it is in most other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.

While the production side of the economy is making necessary adjustments for the changing commodity demand outlook, in our book, lower commodity prices is ultimately a good thing!

The coincidence of the effects arising from the changes to the tax system and the Olympic Games in September will make interpreting developments in the economy, especially the monthly data, more difficult than usual over the near term.

The Bank's intention in making this adjustment is not to end growth, but to keep the setting of monetary policy attuned to the economy's changing needs.

Additionally, the U.S. economy has dramatically changed over the past several years, with structural factors (largely the result of technological innovation and shifting demographic trends) influencing it in a manner that makes comparisons to past rate hiking cycles less relevant.

With this guarantee, there was little incentive for these countries, beyond exhortation from other EURO countries, to control their deficits and debt or to implement structural changes in labor and product markets needed to make their economies competitive.

Craig Asano, executive director of the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada, said the changes will «energize the emerging crowd economy,» in Canada, and make it more competitive.

But in the United States, changes in the economy have made aluminum smelting less viable.

Are there changes that can be made in the system that are in keeping with a market economy?

Friedman understands that most nations do not have the infrastructure or culture needed to participate in the global economy and may balk at making the necessary changes.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

The newly appointed Minister of Economy and Energy has already announced that the final result in the changes made in the energy sector should ensure zero increase in electricity prices.

But if we succeed in making a step - change in transport connectivity between the great northern cities, easing congestion, increasing capacity and reducing journey times, then ministers succeed when it comes to the Holy Grail of rebalancing the national economy and developing a much - needed counterweight to London and the south - east.

So finally a grudging mention that this decline in business investment might just have something to do with the huge, unprecedented change to our economy that we're about to make.

«In order to make the climate changes we need to make, we have to transition from a dirty economy to a clean economy,» Mr. Lander said.

«We have a once in a generation opportunity to make positive changes that will mean more money for hardworking folks and spark our economy,» he said.

Alex Johnstone, who speaks for the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament on Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, made an interesting speech on the Scottish economy on Thursday.

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Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman, said: «If the Department for Transport continues to allow unchecked airport expansion we could find that growth in aviation will gobble up all of the available emissions, forcing the rest of the economy to make even more drastic cuts.»

He said though a lot of projects had been implemented by his administration in Surulere, more would be done to truly change the face of the area, and make the economy compete favourably with others.

«Now people removed all that I said about the poor management of the economy and then made it look like I started by talking about the resource locations of this thing and put it forward and changed certain things to make me look like I was being a tribalist and it was bad, this is where I find people very mischievous;... You take the whole thing out of context and make it look very tribalistic, so, I think, yes, it happened, newspapers reported something wrong and I think people should be ashamed of themselves when they do this kind of «cut and paste» to create that wrong impression in the system...» Mr Osafo Marfo clarified.

«Those talks continue, as they have for the last 15 months, and we will continue to make every reasonable effort to facilitate a change in ownership that creates long - term stability for the local workforce and economy.»

«The aim of the house party series is to get to know all the wonderful folks that make up this district in its many neighborhoods, to get neighbors to meet each other to share food and laughs, and to share my campaign's message that whether it is addressing climate change, fixing our broken government and economy — together we can get it done,» Platts said.

«There is too great an interest, I think, in (the Cuomo administration) to make a headline, to score political points, to leverage people against one another in order to score a win instead of truly understanding the kind of change that needs to happen in order to grow the economy, keep New Yorkers here and make the state more affordable and improve everybody's quality of life,» Molinaro said.

He lived through the changes that saw manufacturing decline in our communities and is determined to find solutions to make our economy vibrant again.

It should have been taking decisive action but engaged instead in systematic understatement of the danger: it has made ridiculous assertions that the U.S. should not do anything that China does not agree to do and has stubbornly insisted that no action should be taken to improve climate change «if it hurts the economy.»

Yet the report also argued against a rapid shift to non-fossil fuel energy sources, noting that «making significant changes in energy consumption... amid all the scientific uncertainties would be premature in view of the severe impact such moves could have on the world's economies and societies.»

The Copenhagen Accord, agreed by major economies including the US and China, made a commitment to limit the rise in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius and raise 100 billion US dollars annually by 2020 to help developing countries fight climate change.

Bob and the Trees (Director: Diego Ongaro, Screenwriters: Diego Ongaro, Courtney Maum, Sasha Statman - Weil)-- Bob, a 50 - year - old logger in rural Massachusetts with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap, is struggling to make ends meet in a changed economy.

Imagination and clarity of expression are hard to teach — but even in the poorest societies, it remains important to foster these to deal with and make sense of fast changing economies and societies.

«Labor is hosting this national schools» forum to identify and discuss the changes needed to ensure excellence, tackle educational disadvantage and make certain all Australian children leave school with the skills they need to participate in their community and in our changing economy,» she said on Wednesday.