Why shouldn't they prefer a path with more demand, inflation at target sooner,
more stimulus as recession insurance, and a small margin of extra inflation as a buffer against the next recession?
Not exact matches
That's because,
as he explains in
more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck at your desk, «you're getting a lot of
stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.
If the cash transfers were broadly distributed, the subsequent spending would be
more representative of sustainable demand than other means of
stimulus, such
as costly and ineffective «job creation» programs.
Wall Street stock futures are slightly higher this morning
as anticipation of
more stimulus from the European Central at its meeting Thursday pushes European and Asian markets higher.
In the end, the Fed should stop treating the unemployment rate
as an indicator of whether we need
more stimulus.
In early September, Solyndra ceased operations, laying off 1,100 staff and dooming the U.S. government's hopes of recovering
more than half a billion dollars in loan guarantees offered to the company
as part of the 2009
stimulus plan.
This year, anticipating the new Administration's emphasis on energy efficiency — if not the $ 8 billion worth of weatherization grants
as well
as more generous tax credits in the
stimulus bill — Serious has gone on a serious shopping spree.
As our world becomes
more complex, with most of us moving back and forth between the physical and virtual worlds, and
stimulus of all kinds coming at us in unprecedented ways, that need to organize our lives into stories becomes that much stronger, he adds.
And cheaper gas at the pumps, courtesy of lower oil prices, will come
as a form of fiscal
stimulus for consumers in both the U.S. and Canada, leaving
more money in their pockets to spend on other things.
Stateside, we anticipate up to three
more rate increases this year
as the already healthy U.S. economy gets a procyclical boost with U.S. tax reform and fiscal
stimulus.
But if your
stimulus plan is to boost the economy then I think my plan offers
more than just my company profiting I
as well plan to help boost the profit of all my sponsors.
More stimulus such
as infrastructure spending could boost nominal GDP by up to 2.5 percent over the next two years, I estimate.
High - yield bond funds have seen mass outflows in recent weeks
as investors begin to take the threat of higher interest rates and a winding down of monetary
stimulus more seriously.
My guess is that
as the problems of the real estate sector kick in, with lower prices causing a drop in real estate development, which matters for employment, we are likely to see additional
stimulus spending aimed at managing the threat of unemployment and, perhaps
more importantly, at managing the possibility of rising anger among provincial elites
as the glorious prospect of easy money continues to retreat.
That will be important to private investors, because if the central bank held itself out
as a privileged bondholder, effectively passing
more risk on to other bond holders, other buyers might undermine the
stimulus program by demanding higher interest rates.
We would be
more constructive on the efficacy of immediate expensing
as a
stimulus if tax writers allow tax carry forward losses to accrue an annual real rate of return
as prescribed in the House bill (H.R. 1).
Until we see
more pro-growth
stimulus and structural reforms (especially in the labor market), we think QE will serve
more as an economic stabilizer than a solution for Europe's chronically slow growth.
Globally, economic recovery has not been
as steady and stable
as in the U.S. Consequently, other central banks have been
more focused on economic
stimulus versus inflation control.
His successor, Guy Giorno, gave the government a
more sharply partisan edge and maintained firm control
as the government weathered the partly self - inflicted coalition crisis, the global economic upheaval of 2008 - 09, and the massive spending
stimulus that followed.
Also,
as investors have come to expect
more stimulus, or in the case of the Federal Reserve a glacial tightening pace, it becomes
more difficult to provide a positive surprise.
Dr. Lacker views
more monetary
stimulus as unnecessary because the economy will experience sub-par growth — but growth nonetheless — for the balance of 2010 and for 2011.
People are not consuming
more because of a policy - directed
stimulus such
as tax rebates, for example; they are consuming
more because they have
more to spend.
However, after enormous bailouts of the largest financial institutions in the country,
as well
as the auto industry, and even
more monetary ease than in 2003 (accompanied by TARP, the
stimulus plan, QE, and QE2); we started another cyclical bull market within the secular bear market.
U.S. stocks tumbled Friday to their biggest loss in
more than seven months, extending a global selloff that investors fear signals turmoil to come
as financial markets adjust to a pullback in central - bank
stimulus.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-- Global stocks mostly rose on Tuesday
as investors weighed the chances of
more stimulus from central banks in Europe and Japan.
Earlier in Asia, the Nikkei was in focus
as it jumped to its highest close in
more than five years after global finance leaders effectively backed the Bank of Japan's
stimulus program
as a legitimate attempt by the country to get out of its two - decade era of stagnation.
 Almost a quarter of that was the auto aid. It was important for preserving jobs, for sure. But does it count
as «
stimulus,» in the sense of stimulating expenditure? I don't think so. It was
more in the realm of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «
stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «
stimulus» was
more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD
as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its
stimulus effort last year (including counting
as «
stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs).
There either is or is not something
more to man than organic matter reacting to organic
stimuli as a result of an accidental universe which on its face is nonsense.
In
more recent years under the
stimulus of Whitehead's thought and the constructive work of Charles Hartshorne, certain theologians have been developing «process theology»
as a systematic theological outlook.
Government spending for the Vietnam War (and the Cold War
more generally) served
as a Keynesian
stimulus for growth.
As my baby's movements become
more energetic, what I find most startling is that he is beginning to react to certain
stimuli.
Perhaps nothing is
more impressive, when read at length in the context of some definite medical case, than the intimate relation discovered between the psychological and the physical in man himself, and the detailed tracing of the organisation and operations of every organ of the body to the brain
as their centre and control tower for
stimuli both incoming and outgoing.
In fact, competitiveness between Christian groups is seen
as more desirable than cooperation because competitiveness acts
as a
stimulus to better performance whereas cooperation becomes time consuming and modifying.
Justification appears to operate primarily
as a dis - inhibiting factor, countervailing against negative perceived consequences
more than providing a positive
stimulus.
We generally assume that primitive organisms are not sensitive to
as many different kinds of
stimuli as higher organisms are and that the sensory systems evolve to give organisms access to
more and
more types of
stimuli.
Or that some kids» skin is
more easily irritated by physical
stimuli such
as heat, scratching, and different fabrics.
Our observations of reduced fever at 1 month and reduced stuffy nose at 6 months associated with nonprone sleep positions are consistent with this hypothesis,
as is the reported observation that adults with upper respiratory tract infections have lower nasal bacterial counts after lying supine for 1 hour vs lying prone for 1 hour.11 Also, infants sleeping supine swallow
more frequently than infants sleeping prone in response to a pharyngeal fluid
stimulus, suggesting
more effective clearing of nasopharyngeal secretions in the supine position and, hence, less potential for eustachian tube obstruction and fewer ear infections.12
They react
more to such
stimuli as bright lights, crowds, food, and textures.
I suspect the Texas Workforce Commission is on the job — after all, those folks can collect their 99 + weeks of unemployment which,
as Nancy Pelosi pointed out, creates far
more stimulus to the economy than any stinkin» JOB!
It would only be distributionally fair
as part of a broader package with
more progressive elements (such a great deal for the Daily Mail reading classes might even buy political cover for other pro-poor elements of fiscal
stimulus).
We now have to decipher the true meaning of such phrases
as quantitative easing (printing
more money), fiscal
stimulus (a tax cut or spending
more money) and CPI (Consumer Price Index, one measure of inflation).
As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome said, there are great opportunities to provide a badly needed economic stimulus at the same time as we make our homes more energy efficien
As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome said, there are great opportunities to provide a badly needed economic
stimulus at the same time
as we make our homes more energy efficien
as we make our homes
more energy efficient.
Silver says the public supports it, it would serve
as an «economic
stimulus», but
more importantly, he says, lawmakers have a «moral imperative» to act.
The report,
as well
as more «
Stimulus Success Stories» and further information about ARRA spending, is available on New York State's Economic Recovery website, www.recovery.ny.gov.
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and Utica Mayor David Roefaro today announced that the City of Utica will receive a $ 2 million grant
as part of the federal
stimulus package, opening a new chapter in the county - city partnership to reduce lead exposure in the City of Utica by funding efforts to abate lead in some 190 rental and... Read
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Silver disagrees with Senator Skelos, and says the increase would actually help businesses, because it would put
more money from workers immediately into the local economy, and serve
as an «instant economic
stimulus».
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As home mortgage foreclosures increased, and details of the 2009
stimulus legislation became known,
more organized protests began to emerge.
The downside is that it leaves the Tories even
more out of step with the rest of the world,
as even a reluctant Germany plans a second fiscal
stimulus and Barack Obama proposes a massive blitz to spend America out of recession.
Ten Eyck believes there will be an economic
stimulus as the state purchases
more food from local farms to serve through the various outlets, with the added benefit of serving the customers fresh, nutritious locally - grown food.
Many people with autism spectrum disorder also have an enhanced sensitivity to
stimuli such
as sounds or touch, and there's mounting evidence that abnormal brain connections —
more in some regions, fewer in others — might play a significant role.