If we are clearer about their importance, we may be able, with only
modest adjustment of present practice, to do a better job of inculcating them.
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.
This change in relative wages and the
relatively modest adjustment in overall wages have been helped by the combination of well - anchored inflation expectations and a more flexible labour market, particularly in comparison to earlier terms of trade booms.
«We can
handle modest adjustments in the budget, we can handle modest increases, we have built in a certain amount of flexibility.
If you have a balanced portfolio, you could make
modest adjustments now, since the equity portion of your account has likely enjoyed fabulous returns over the trailing six - months, your account may be overweight in stocks.
However, as a group, the expert panel concluded that a comprehensive conclusion to the Doha development agenda would yield such exceptionally large benefits, in relation to
comparatively modest adjustment costs, that this solution was ranked second.
Given that the Yoga 720 was one of our favourite laptops in 2017, we think the 730, despite making
fairly modest adjustments, looks set to be a sterling addition to the sub - # 1000 laptop market for 2018.
-- The severity of the problem and the scope of the required response are so great that marginal analysis of small changes and
modest adjustments of market - based instruments are inadequate to the task of understanding and protecting the earth's climate.
«Citi Habitats February Rental Market Analysis found that landlords
made modest adjustments in pricing and increased their use of move - in incentives during the month.
The Bank of Japan has made
modest adjustments to its quantitative easing program, although it has yet to change its policy guidelines.
Don't fail to make
the modest adjustment because the more dramatic change strikes you as too extreme a choice.
With careful monitoring and
some modest adjustments during years of low returns, you'll be confident that you can retire with the money you'll need.
Another alternative would be to make
some modest adjustments to your US versus international equity mutual fund proportions.
This misfire made it pretty much impossible to get much traction out of
the modest adjustments that were actually contained in the report, such as reducing the lower bound estimate of climate sensitivity to 1.5 degrees (it was increased from 1.5 degrees to 2.0 degrees in the Fourth Assessment Report0
A modest adjustment was made as the primary relief sought was not pursued and the defendant was ordered to pay paid 85 % of the claimant's costs.