A lot of debate in terms of suggestion
of more stimulus, QE 3, what do you think?
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.
While the numbers underscored the persistent weakness in the world's second biggest economy, they also fuelled investor hopes
of more stimulus after a surprise interest rate cut last month.
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.
Not exact matches
There's biochemical research that shows the release
of dopamine when we perceive novel
stimuli starts to drop past the age
of twenty, which makes time appear to go by
more quickly.
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.
Poloz made clear at his last policy announcement in January that he wanted to assess the makeup
of Trudeau's deficit - spending program before deciding whether
more monetary
stimulus is needed.
However, to maintain high GDP figures and create the impression
of economic strength post-crisis, China spent
more than $ 4 trillion on a
stimulus program.
Buffer offers five suggestions all
of which revolve around one central idea — to slow down time, feed your brain
more new
stimulus to chew over.
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.
The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant
of the timing
of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the
more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the
more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other)
stimulus.»
Inspiration is
more likely to come when people are freed from the daily routine
of familiar surroundings and motivated by new
stimuli.
«Given the downgrade to our outlook, Governing Council actively discussed the possibility
of adding
more monetary
stimulus at this time, in order to speed up the return
of the economy to full capacity,» Poloz said after the release
of the central bank's latest policy announcement.
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.
These limitations and complexities aside, the researchers concluded that their findings provide
more evidence consistent with the idea that «some men high in homophobia indeed have a sexual interest toward homosexual
stimuli, whereas others do not» and that they «provide a better understanding
of the psychological processes involved in the processing
of erotic gay material among men high in homophobia...».
«The Fed won't be going at it alone in terms
of taking off
more gas from the
stimulus pedal.»
The euro fell to its lowest level against the dollar in nine years Monday, driven by fears
of political turmoil in Greece and hopes for
more monetary
stimulus from the European Central Bank.
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.
Plenty
of people think
more fiscal
stimulus is the right thing for the U.S. economy.
I don't think the Bank
of Canada should be any hurry to remove the monetary
stimulus that's currently in place: There is still some slack in the labour market — particularly among youths — and inflation has been undershooting the Bank's target for
more than a year now.
The
stimulus from a weaker currency is over; if companies didn't respond to a 20 % drop over two years, they likely aren't going to respond to a decline
of a few
more percentage points.
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.
Soggy economic data and a sharp rise in the yen may force the Bank
of Japan to provide
more stimulus next month, analysts say.
This latest core CPI report will therefore increase pressure from some
of the
more hawkish council members to proceed with a
more modest / gradual program when introducing new
stimulus.
Crucially, the decline in oil prices is
more of an economic
stimulus for the euro area than a harbinger
of deflation.
But that didn't happen until Poloz said these words about an hour later: «Given the downgrade to our outlook, Governing Council actively discussed the possibility
of adding
more monetary
stimulus at this time, in order to speed up the return
of the economy to full capacity.»
He was also, however, one
of the brains behind Obama's
stimulus plan, which got mixed reviews from economists and might attract
more partisan rancor than Yellen's San Francisco and Berkeley connections.
Douglas Elmendorf, director
of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, estimated the
stimulus saved or created
more than 3 million jobs.
This happened in the second half
of 2013, when Beijing responded to slowing growth with a stealth
stimulus plan that unleashed
more bank credit for investment.
More broadly, economists are nearly universal in saying Obama's $ 800 billion - plus
stimulus passed in early 2009 helped create both public - sector and private - sector jobs, even if they fell short
of what sponsors had hoped.
Poor to mediocre business surveys in Asia and Europe released on Tuesday are likely to put pressure on both the European Central Bank and People's Bank
of China to come up with
more stimulus.
For all the talk
of flat hierarchies, the truth is that innovative modern workplaces are
more than
stimulus - response task factories.
In Stephen Covey's bestseller The 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People, he speaks
of how choice resides within the gap between
stimulus and response, and how being responsible for one's actions is
more a matter
of being response - able, or choosing the thought that will guide your behavior.
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.
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.
** MC, if you want to contribute to a
more direct
stimulus plan to inject some life into a lifeless economy, I can not think
of a better way to do it — this is it!
With the cost being so low everyone will be able to afford them and the difference between the cost
of pharmaceuticals and Cleanose will once again generate
more stimulus.
Activation
of this system when discussing the self suggests that self - disclosure, like other
more traditionally recognized
stimuli, may be inherently pleasurable — and that people may be motivated to talk about themselves
more than other topics (no matter how interesting or important these non-self topics may be).
Jared Bernstein writes that «I believe that if we were to make policy based purely on the economics,
more stimulus would be at the top
of the list.»
OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters)- The Bank
of Canada cut its growth forecast on Wednesday and said it actively discussed adding
more monetary
stimulus to speed up the nation's economic recovery, surprising financial markets by shifting tone dramatically after its initial rate decision.
Poloz revealed the
stimulus discussion in his opening statement to reporters
more than an hour after publication
of the rate decision, wrong footing financial markets that were not expecting the dovish shift.
So, it's not surprising that amid slowing economic growth, central banks are scooping out even
more stimulus on top
of their years
of quantitative easing (QE) programs and aggressive rate cuts.
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.
Zero number
of people running for office in 2010, 2012, and 2014 campaigned on raising the national debt to supply
more fiscal
stimulus.
What makes such modest growth numbers even
more troubling is the amount
of stimulus that's already been used to create today's tenuous recovery.
But I think it very unlikely that
more than 150bps
of Fed funds equivalent additional
stimulus is feasible.
«Admittedly, some members still think
more stimulus is required and just wanted to wait for August's Inflation Report, when a range
of policy options would be discussed,» Redwood said in a note.
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).