Sentences with phrase «measuring economic change»

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A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China's economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two - day visit, though a package of short - term Chinese measures could delay a U.S. decision to impose tariffs on around $ 50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

CNBC Rapid Update will offer new measures of how much an economic report changes the outlook on Wall Street for US growth forecasts.

The changes come even as Powell conceded during his first press conference that the likely economic effects of the new fiscal - policy measures were «very uncertain.»

It is often far more difficult to raise money, foster an environment of economic efficiency, promote technological and operational change, and measure success in the charitable sector.

A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China's economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two days of talks, though a package of short - term Chinese measures could delay Washington's decision to impose tariffs on about $ 50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

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.

The economic cycle is measured by the change in gross domestic product (GDP), which is the dollar value of all goods and services within an economy during a stated time period (usually one year or one quarter).

But we do not believe the ECB will contemplate a major change in direction, since in the continued absence of a significant fiscal stimulus, the region's economic performance remains too weak for the central bank to risk measures that could create, however inadvertently, a degree of tightening in monetary policy.

The velocity of money measures the rate at which money flows through an economy, in other words, how much money changes hands; it has to do with the amount of economic activity associated with a given money supply.

But his true measure is if his efforts can deliver political and economic change.

It covers both physical and economic measures to manage traffic and «soft measures» to change attitudes and behaviours, and includes UK and international experiences.

As part of the radical changes needed to deliver the fairer economic settlement that Liberal Democrats seek to implement in government, we will continue to press for measures that make the tax system simpler, more transparent and fairer.

«It is also vital that the UK, along with EU allies, sets out a clear timetable for taking further economic and financial measures if Russia fails to change course in the days ahead.

Only then does Corbyn have a chance to deliver his real message about the impact of changes to tax credits, the impact of austerity measures, the inequity of the housing market and how there is an alternative economic strategy.»

Depending on whom you ask, HS2 is a colossal waste of taxpayers» cash, or a brilliant way to kick - start economic growth; an unnecessary half - measure to cut emissions or our best hope of the UK meeting our climate change targets.

It could be because of changes in the labour market dampening the effects of recent economic downturns — or it could also be due to trends in crime prevention measures, such as growth in use of burglar alarms, CCTV and car immobilisers.»

Since economic growth is measured as the annual percent change of gross domestic product (GDP), it has all the advantages and drawbacks of that measure.

The results provide the most comprehensive and up to date picture of the effect of the economic downturn on Greece, which received its first bailout of $ 110 billion in 2010 with strict conditions including tough austerity measures; privatisation of government assets; and dramatic changes to the country's industries and government.

It also mentions a host of measures — including changes to patent laws and tax incentives — intended to help turn research at national labs and universities into economic gains and to support private R&D.

economic development Policies aimed at improving the lives of people through changes in their income and quality of life (as measured by improvements in their health, safety, education and more).

The brilliance of Changing Lanes is that it measures each step in the pair's microcosmic conflict against larger issues of racism and the economic and social glass ceilings that dictate each character's decisions.

While the association between poverty and slower development is well known, the study, «Change in Family Income - to - Needs Matters More for Children with Less,» published in the November / December issue of Child Development, is the first to examine changes in economic resources within families as opposed to measuring the difference between families.

«Integrating 21st - century skills into teaching and assessment... is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of improving student learning,» says «Measuring Skills for the 21st Century,» a white paper scheduled for release Nov. 10 by the Washington - based think tank Education...

Quite a bit of the discussion is along the predictable and tired paths of building in some corrective measures into «business as usual» scenarios, but at least a few brave voices from within civil society and some governments are pushing for more fundamental changes in economic and political structures.

Formed for the purpose of taking actionable measures to ensure equitable school funding across economic and geographic lines, PARSS has led the charge to make legislative change.

While Coates doesn't touch on education policy, he essentially makes a strong historical case for why reformers (especially increasingly erstwhile conservatives in the movement) must go back to embracing accountability measures and a strong federal role in education policymaking that, along with other changes in American society, are key to helping children from poor and minority households (as well as their families and communities) attain economic and social equality.

Value - added measures are said to be confounded if they are subject to change because of students» socio - economic backgrounds or other student - level characteristics, and also if teachers who are equally effective have persistently different value - added scores because of the types of students they teach.

Then it adjusts periodically based on an economic index such as the Prime Rate or Treasury securities that measures interest rate changes.

Real GDP Growth is a macroeconomic measure of the value of economic output adjusted for price changes (i.e., inflation or deflation).

An income measure that understates economic income overstates effective tax rates and the burden of tax policy changes, measured either as the change in ETR or the percentage change in after - tax income.

The Bank highlighted that household debt ratios will continue to rise, but these will be mitigated over time by the announced changes to housing finance rules.Even before the unanticipated rise in mortgage rates in October, the Bank revised down its economic forecast in large measure because of the federal government's new initiatives «to promote stability in Canada's housing market».

Economic forecasts are a way to measure the changes in economy.

«In part, the global economic slowdown has helped to instigate this change, with the high ticket price of long - haul first - class seating proving to be in stark contrast to cost - cutting measures implemented by governments around the world»

«In part, the global economic slowdown has helped to instigate this change, with the high ticket price of long - haul first - class seating proving to be in stark contrast to cost - cutting measures implemented by governments around the world,» said Heath Lockett, senior analyst, aerospace electronics at IHS.

«I don't think what you can (measure) is the long - term economic benefit of how it changes the perception of places within people's minds.»

As explained on page 42 of The Rough Guide to Climate Change by Robert Henson, «carbon intensity is a measure of how much fossil fuel it takes to produce a certain amount of economic output.»

Another report by the German Institute of Economic Research concluded that «If climate policy measures are not introduced, global climate change damages amounting to up to 20 trillion US dollars can be expected in the year 2100... The costs of an active climate protection policy implemented today would reach globally around 430 billion US dollars in 2050 and around 3 trillion US dollars in 2100.»

Municipal, regional, state and national governments as well as their regulatory agencies, across the globe, are increasingly looking to plan, phase - in and adopt measures that will meaningfully address climate change, resilience and economic growth.

Global climate change has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty.

- Make informed decisions on practical adaptation actions and measures to respond to climate change on a sound scientific, technical and socio - economic basis, taking into account current and future climate change and variability.

This analytical report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to weak implementation of adaptation measures.

The prioritization was carried out through weighted scoring taking into account: the ability of the measure to decrease climate change impacts; the urgency for implementing a measure in order to gain maximum benefit; «no regret» strategies that can be justified in economic terms even without climate change; positive secondary effects; and possible climate change mitigation co-benefits.

Instead of measuring real improvement in energy efficiency, it hides the outsourcing of dirty, coal - based manufacturing to developing countries and changes during times of economic growth or recession, irrespective of efficiency.

Analyses of these measures by the American Council for Capital Formation, which studies economic and environmental policy, show that they will raise electricity rates as well as gas prices - costing jobs and hurting the economy - even as the EPA admits that these choices will have an insignificant impact on global climate change (a point former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson confessed during a Senate hearing in 2009).

For the record my bias would be towards a largely economic theory of change with a little technology thrown in for good measure.

Countries, states, cities, and companies are taking action, partly out of concern about climate change, but also because such action is in their own economic interest — either directly (through money - saving efficiency measures like LED street lights) or indirectly (by saving lives now cut short by air pollution).

Even if there is strong economic equality in a nation measured by the Gini index, one can not conclude that climate change policies are distributively just.

As hard as it might be to suss out the impact of extreme weather in 2017, yet harder is sussing out the impact of the changing climate, now and in the future — due to the difficulty of tying individual weather events to epochal changes like global warming, the inability of headline economic figures to capture the messy fullness of human life, and the inadequacy of the available data to measure changes in the natural and the economic world.

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The Commission was also clear that the changes contemplated in REV must ensure that the State be able to achieve or exceed its goals to protect the environment through increased use of energy efficiency and renewable energy, coupled with market enabling measures that integrate those resources in a manner that achieves both economic and environmental sustainability.