Sentences with phrase «national economic measures»

Your success impacts not only the bottom line for your small business but also state and national economic measures.

Not exact matches

Authors Mark Rovere and Brett J. Skinner found that although Canada is one of the biggest spenders on national health care within the 27 - member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it nevertheless ranked below average on most of the indicators measuring availability of medical resources and services.

Preserving the national currency has provided the UK with some measure of economic independence and flexibility.

In the eyes of the EU, the motivation of the U.S. is an economic safeguard measure in disguise, not a national security measure.

The National Survey is designed to measure economic data from Bulgaria's top digital and innovative businesses.

The headline on the Chicago National Activity Index (CFNAI) a composite measure that closely tracks real U.S. GDP — thus it is a coincident economic indicator — came in at -0.46 (consensus was 0.00) and the prior monthly reading was at -0.25.

On trade policy, he wanted tougher measures against China but faced opposition from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.

More substantively, while on national security measures the United States and Israel have a complicated relationship that would make cross-pollination hard to imagine — don't expect to see a former Mossad chief to be in the running to head the CIA — economic policy really is different.

Nevertheless, I am convinced that rather than continue to assume that growth, as measured by Gross National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes welfare.

My point is only that rough approximations to measuring economic welfare strongly suggest that the time for viewing increase in gross product as the appropriate goal for national policy is ended.

If the economic reform measures in India have therefore been sponsored by a tiny, though exceptionally powerful and influential, minority which is pursuing them to safeguard and promote its own narrow interests, they are unlikely to be of benefit to the bulk of the people, in spite of claims that they are not only necessary and inevitable, but also in the national interest.

«The last quarter of the twentieth century is going to call for measured national initiatives which combine economic, psychological, and military ingredients.

People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, we will, through consultations inside and outside government, translate the President's «Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies» (CPESDP) into a detailed medium - term national development policy framework for 2018 - 2021, for fast and sustained growth, building on the achievements of this year and the measures already contained in this budget.

«The L.A. increase nudges it forward,» said Dan Cantor, the national director of the Working Families Party, which was founded in New York and has helped pass progressive economic measures in several states.

I think the main task for labour is to convince people of the economic case for their plans to increase spending and why austerity measures need to be less and how this relates to the national debt.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, has emphasized the need to «trigger» a national sense of urgency as an effective measure to tackling Ghana's economic challenges.

The minister said the Federal Government was concerned about the current national economic recession and had initiated measures to address it.

David Cameron took a keen interest in this question early in his tenure as Conservative leader, arguing that alongside measuring the economic health of the nation through measures like GDP, we should also measure gross national wellbeing.

Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are providing, for the first time, a method for measuring the economic potential of renewable energy across the United States.

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.

He is also the co-founder of the Gallup HOPE Index, the only national opinion poll which measures the financial dignity and economic energy of America's youth.

School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — An analysis of a new report by a committee of the National Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that average student gains from the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test - based accountability measures would yield, over the next 80 years, a national economic benefit of approximately $ 14 tNational Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that average student gains from the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test - based accountability measures would yield, over the next 80 years, a national economic benefit of approximately $ 14 tNational Academy of Sciences, shows that average student gains from the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test - based accountability measures would yield, over the next 80 years, a national economic benefit of approximately $ 14 tnational economic benefit of approximately $ 14 trillion.

The gains according to historical economic patterns would be measured in trillions of dollars and would be sufficient to solve our national fiscal problems as well as the vexing income distribution issues currently being debated.

The conclusions of this emerging body of research are clear: education quality, as measured by test scores, is positively related to the earnings of individuals, national productivity, and economic growth.

Economists Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann concluded that the two tests measure «a common dimension of skills,» and that the scores can be aggregated to form a single national - level indicator of cognitive ability predicting economic growth.6 Psychologist Heiner Rindermann referred to that common dimension as a «g - factor,» standing for general intelligence.

Pick any current national economic outcome measure you want and you will find that low scoring Sweden and USA blew the high testers out of the ball game.

Imagine Andrews is part of the national Imagine Schools network, 70 charter schools serving 38,000 students in 12 states and the District of Columbia, which use five Measures of Excellence to evaluate the effectiveness of each school, including academic growth, character development, economic sustainability, parent choice, and shared values.

International test results such as those of the OECD have become surrogate measures of the future economic potential of nations, prompting a global education race between national education systems.

A 2015 study by MIT Department of Economics and the National Bureau of Economic Research measuring the effectiveness of the Louisiana voucher program, finding students that participated in the program performed substantially worse than comparable students who stayed in public schools.

To view DOT performance across an array of safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, quality of life, environmental sustainability, national security preparedness, and organizational excellence measures, refer to the current DOT Performance Summary tables.

The technical indicator of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth as measured by a country's gross domestic product (GDP), although the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) does not necessarily need to see this occur to call a recessioneconomic growth as measured by a country's gross domestic product (GDP), although the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) does not necessarily need to see this occur to call a recessionEconomic Research (NBER) does not necessarily need to see this occur to call a recession.»

Critique of Trade Surpluses and Deficits Criticism — Following the popular analysis of why trade surpluses and deficits are no longer a measure of national economic health, lecentre's economics professor gave his own critical appraisal of my analysis.

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.

This drop in public support is itself at least partly due to the state of the national economy, as public enthusiasm about environmental action has — for many decades — been found to be inversely correlated with various measures of national economic well - being.

What an impact: reporters everywhere are finally asking tough questions about the influence of non-Canadian power on our regulatory processes, and the government is calling for measures to begin «fixing» the system to ensure that these foreign meddlers can not achieve their ultimate goals of stopping Canada's economic development, to turn Canada into «one giant national park,» as the prime minister himself put it.

Through this work, the Council seeks to inform policymakers as to what extent countries should address non-tariff measures to improve trade conditions, and eliminate unnecessary additional costs to trade, ultimately fostering national economic development.

Gross National Happiness It's often been noted that there is nothing wrong with GDP in and of itself, it's just that it has been elevated from a simple measure of overall economic activity into something it was never intended to be — a proxy metric for our collective well - being.

Bhutan is unique for its policy of Gross National Happiness, a measure which balances economic growth with environmental conservation and the wellbeing of its people.

And yet, despite a long history of scientific warnings (please see Footnote 30 for a detailed description30), the many current ecological and economic impacts and crises, the future risks and dangers, the large number of international meetings and conferences on the urgent need for climate policies and measures, and the adoption of some national and regional climate policies, growth in global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement has not only remained strong but is actually accelerating.

But it insists that those measures must not be at the expense of America's national security or economic health.

In a first case, C - 431 / 11 UK v Council, the CJEU dealt with the choice of legal basis for a measure implementing an European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement as regards social security systems and ruled that it was precisely one of the measures by which the law governing the EU internal market is to be extended as far as possible to the EEA, with the result that nationals of the EEA States concerned benefit from the free movement of persons under the same social conditions as EU citizens.

As a second prong of the test of causation in English tort law, remoteness would require the presence of a «sufficiently direct link» between the national measure concerned and the economic advantage granted to the beneficiary.

Factor 4.1, «Equal treatment and absence of discrimination,» measures whether individuals are free from discrimination - based on socio - economic status, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, or gender identity - including with respect to public services, employment, court proceedings, and the justice system.

Gender based violence is a social and economic problem in Myanmar, for which the national criminal justice system requires new measures to respond effectively.

The approach to proportionality would usually be stricter in the latter context, although it would be less strict where the national measure did not threaten the integration of the internal market, or where an unregulated economic activity would be harmful to consumers.

At the national level, the project develops and distributes reports on key areas of well - being, including the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, which uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well - being of children state by state.

The ownership or, to a lesser extent, joint management of national parks provides another measure of economic independence through land rights.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott rejected figures from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) showing that low - income families would be hardest hit by the latest federal Budget measures.