Sentences with phrase «much change in the economy»

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The Great Stagnation: In «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate changIn «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate changin the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate change.

Research by the Bank of Canada that Poloz unveiled in his lecture suggests that if Canada's companies have spread out across the globe, rather than simply doing the bulk of their work at home, then the domestic economy will be much less responsive to subtle changes in borrowing costs and the exchange rate.

Traditionally, optimism among small business owners is much higher — this is why they became entrepreneurs in the first place — so if we stay at about 50/50, we're not likely going to see significant change in the small business economy.

The U.K.'s challenges are somewhat different from Canada's: as a result of the Conservative Party's austerity campaign, the U.K.'s economy has suffered more than Canada's, which has taken more of a Keynesian approach; and the City, as London's financial hub is known, has had a reputation for a much looser approach to regulation than that found in either Canada or the U.S. Tal says the U.K.'s finance sector has to change and he expects Carney will attempt to move it in the direction of greater regulation.

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.

But one reason our bank knows it's not true is because we've been able to spend so much time educating the people connected with our account about what's really going on and where the opportunities lie for our company, regardless of the downturn in the economy or changes in our industry,» he says.

Much has changed in the global economy during the last few years, and Europe has been front and center of that shift.

For a petro - economy such as Canada's, the financial risks associated with the pending battle against climate change are much greater than any cyclical downturn in oil prices.

Our firm opinion is that the geopolitical landscape of the world has changed so much in recent years that we, our children, and our grandchildren will be facing a brave new world economy.

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.

But much has changed since Hudson's Bay Co. purchased the U.S. luxury retailer for $ 2.9 billion back in 2013 and announced plans to bring the storied Saks brand to Canada — namely, the cratering of the price of oil, which has taken the Canadian economy down with it.

«The idea that we can just return capital to companies and that will trickle down and grow the economy, that may have been true at some point — I'm skeptical — but so much has changed in the way that companies allocate capital.»

The oil market's basic fundamentals haven't changed much — apart from some further deceleration in the global economy - since earlier this year when I discussed a range bound energy market.

As the slumping economies have underscored the continent's growing vulnerability to changes in China, they have quieted much of the heady talk of «Africa rising,» a catchphrase that symbolized the continent's fortunes.

Growth is likely to be stuck in this narrower corridor in the years ahead for other reasons too, including changing demographic trends across much of the globe and the natural evolution of maturing economies.

Much more plausible is the view that, for reasons rooted in technological and demographic change and reinforced by greater regulation of the financial sector, the global economy has difficulty generating demand for all that can be produced.

Investors feel encouraged to invest in economies with stable interest rate policies and it is to Canada's benefit not to change interest rates too much or too often.

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.

Changes in monetary policy might not do much to raise the economy's «long - term» growth potential, but they certainly affect output and employment over the course of the business cycle.

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.

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.

The Conservatives» liberalisation of the British economy in the 1980s and 90s was much - needed and long overdue but there is no question that these reforms changed parts of the North beyond recognition in a very short period of time.

Some things, like the lousy economy, haven't changed much in the past five years.

And that improving economy led to somewhat better job prospects for scientists in industry but not so much as to change the complexion of hiring overall: It remained an employer's market, with many job - seekers taking what they could get and being happy to have it.

Oil is currently selling for around $ 40 a barrel, thanks to a world awash in petroleum, perhaps because producers are scrambling to pump as much as possible, before economies move away from oil in an attempt to limit climate change.

And it has long resisted calls to cap its future emissions, arguing that it has not historically contributed much to climate change, and will need «carbon space» in the future to grow its economy and lift hundreds of millions of people from poverty.

The best answer to this latter question, I believe, is no, and it comes in two parts: 1) however much the economy is changing, not all high - school graduates need to be ready for college and career, in whatever way that term is reasonably defined, and 2) practically, since roughly two - thirds of our high schoolers do not graduate college and career ready, today we would deny well over a majority of our students a diploma if we were to impose these more - rigorous requirements on the attainment of a diploma.

The «four - door sports car» (albeit a sports car with front - wheel drive) as Nissan calls it has been improved in pretty much every way from the previous version with sleek new styling, more power and improved fuel economy among the notable changes.

Hitting it detunes acceleration, but we did not notice much change in the instantaneous fuel economy meter.

Fuel economy has dropped a little, from an average of 19 mpg to 18.4, but we can explain that with a change in commute from longer to much shorter trips.

And though the new range boasts fuel economy improvements across its range, and equipment changes to boot, all of the models have gone up in price — as much as $ 4900 in the case of the $ 281,100 petrol bi-turbo V8 - engined 750i.

Structural changes in the economy, whether by the government or through private channels will shift where liquidity goes, but it will not change the amount of liquidity, unless the changes are so severe that the economy itself becomes much less productive.

Part of the reason B.C. is doing so much better than the rest of Canada is because its economy isn't vulnerable to changes in the price of oil, Yu said.

But in recent years as the US economy has become more consumer - oriented, the index has seen a change in composition that no longer has much to do with direct industrial investment.

the European periphery is a bubble («The Euro crisis is not over... the European economies are not going to change for the better for years to come despite all the cheating and breaking of laws»), Value investors need to venture to Russia («when you look at today's opportunity set, you're left with a set of assets where nothing looks attractive from a valuation point of view») or buy gold mining stocks -LRB-» The down cycle could be much bigger than anybody believes if the market realizes that all the actions taken in recent years do not work.»)

I'm certainly not advocating diving straight into stocks, sectors & markets you know nothing about, but clinging rigidly to your comfort zone may be just as / if not more dangerous for your health — being the best sailor on a ship ain't much use if it's sinking fast in the middle of the Atlantic... Stocks change, valuations change, markets change, economies change — to avoid risk, and to seek opportunity, you need to change also... The more flexible & varied your investment approach — in terms of perspective & analysis — the more you'll stack the deck in your favour.

In this current economic environment where improvement in the economy is not happening as fast as we would like, as well as the continued Government and Federal Reserve support, most experts agree that for the next few months, there should not be much of a change in mortgage rateIn this current economic environment where improvement in the economy is not happening as fast as we would like, as well as the continued Government and Federal Reserve support, most experts agree that for the next few months, there should not be much of a change in mortgage ratein the economy is not happening as fast as we would like, as well as the continued Government and Federal Reserve support, most experts agree that for the next few months, there should not be much of a change in mortgage ratein mortgage rates.

«61 Minutes» used examples from the broader economy to argue that the business of equine veterinary medicine will have to change to survive, much like many other industries are changing their business models to prosper in these quickly changing times.

The van der Rohe jury thought as much, commending the Hall's design for finding «a convincing formal and spatial strategy for a city which strives for a better future in a fast - changing economy and social patterns, delivering a dignity to urban life and the same time enhancing the city's specific historical identity with a contemporary monument.»

While economy class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the cost of business and first class awards on American Airlines» partners — flights on American Airlines have their own award chart.

Summaries and links for all the posts which appeared on Traveling For Miles this week — Including drastic changes to the American Airlines AAdvantage program, a new Park Hyatt opening its doors in Europe, a look at earning elite stays with one of the Big 3 US legacy airlines, British Airways deciding that hot food was too much to offer on short - haul economy and more.

in his predictions of population growth leading to economic collapse, so rapid decarbonisation need not ruin our economies, and for much the same reason: technological change.

Change will cause damage to our economy because we invested so much in our infrastructure.

What worries me is how much time it takes for people to share long - range views like yours and to adopt farsighted proposals like the ones you are putting forward because the necessary changes that are in store for «the masters of the universe» — the leaders who rule the global political economy in its current, patently unsustainable form — will find such changes categorically unacceptable.

Even if she wanted to turn it around to something to do with the economy, she would have done much better to point out the «Green Jobs» connection — that the things we need to do to fight climate change have a big impact in creating high - quality skilled jobs of a nature that can't be exported to cheap - labor countries.

What worries me is how much time it takes for people to share sensible long - range views like yours and to adopt farsighted proposals like the ones you are putting forward because the necessary changes that are in store for «the masters of the universe» — the leaders who rule the global political economy in its current, patently unsustainable form — will find such changes categorically unacceptable.

Alexander, certainly you are right, but the question that troubles you, does not solve our problem which is to know who is responsible of the present day climate changes; I fear that changing our Hydrocarbon based economy to a Hydrogene based economy, would send a much bigger green house gas in the atmosphere, I mean water vapor

For example, if unabated climate change results in a famine in Kenya, or the Maldives is lost to rising sea levels, the loss of life and culture won't have much impact on the global economy, but I think we can all agree that there is a significant non-economic loss associated with these types of events.

And through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.

... Construction of a few wind turbines in Arctic villages won't stop climate change and can't undo much of the damage the fossil fuel economy has already done here.