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In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.

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Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»

The question that should be on the mind of every political leader and policy - maker in the country is: how do we prepare for this evolutionary change to the global economy?

Tax specialists and policy makers speculate that a possible plan would allow a capped amount to be tax - free on the sale of your principal residence with any proceeds over this amount to be taxed as capital gains in your tax bracket at the time of sale.

The Bank of Canada met the loonie's attempt to take flight with some of its freest commentary ever on a subject that policy makers typically try to avoid.

One of the questions on the minds of Canadian officials and policy - makers is whether the overreaching aspects of the Volcker rule were intentional or just merely an oversight.

Policy makers now say it will take until the middle of 2018 before Canada's economy is generating output at a level that would put upward pressure on inflation, «materially later» than was previously expected.

For example, policy - makers at the federal level can conduct their own research on the effects of the sharing economy and pass it along to municipal and provincial authorities.

With Becky Quick hosting, regular features include interviews with top financial executives & policy makers, discussions of current business trends & effects on consumers, stock picks, personal - finance suggestions and reviews of new products.

But as Bloomberg reports, Bank of England policy maker Adam Posen responded by calling the BIS's take on inflationary threats to the global economy total «nonsense.»

Many may be wondering why the project of a national securities regulator is worth so much time and effort on the part of policy - makers.

He's endorsed policies like direct drug price negotiation in Medicare (usually a Democratic wish list item that's despised by drug makers) while simultaneously promising to slash other regulations on the biopharma industry; he famously promised «insurance for everybody» yet ostensibly supports benefit cuts and a rollback of the Medicaid expansion, which has covered millions of the poorest Americans.

While the content can seem a bit dense and academic at times — the essays are, after all, written by some of the nation's leading thinkers on business issues — the website is a potentially valuable resource for policy makers and anyone thinking about starting a new business.

Wiseman says the CPPIB takes no position on whether the Canada Pension Plan is sufficient given overall retirement needs or what changes may be required, but says it has the organization has a «platform» of people, relationships and assets that can be expanded if policy - makers decide that's necessary.

Given the weight policy makers put on the Business Outlook Survey, these assessments lower the odds of an interest - rate cut.

For several years, policy - makers have been introducing new regulations, such as restrictions on mortgage credit, to curb the build - up of household debt.

With the bond and stock markets taking some losses on mixed signals from monetary policy makers, what are you most wary of as an investor this week?

In July, when the Bank of Canada cut its policy to its current setting of 0.5 %, policy makers expressed concern over weak non-energy exports and a deep contraction in business investment brought on by the collapse of commodity prices.

Policy makers largely ignore the indirect impact of trade intervention on capital.

The challenge for monetary policy makers is to look at this complex and changing picture of price changes and try to gauge the forces that are operating on underlying inflation and so judge the likely future path of overall inflation.

«PIAC is calling on policy makers to define «loyalty currency» as a form of non-cash payment, with the intention of having loyalty currency enjoy protections similar to other forms of payment under the payments system in Canada» added John Lawford, Executive Director of PIAC.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the coPolicy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the copolicy makers across the country.

Here it is important, in my view, for policy - makers to encourage markets to form their expectations on the basis of the central bank behaving consistently with its announced inflation objective.

Wells Fargo stemmed the tide of the push for new financial restrictions on gun makers and sellers by stressing that it is not a bank's job to set U.S. gun policy.

But the dynamic effects of those growing financial imbalances on the future economy must be taken into account by policy - makers — and that is a complex task, indeed.

We need a Canadian complement to this innovation lobby, centred on Canadian - domiciled companies selling Canadian ideas globally, to obtain the full commitment of federal politicians and policy - makers to act in ways that support their profitable growth.

This is best illustrated with the Summary for Policy Makers of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007).

The Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the public.

But if policy - makers want to actually address the root causes of lack of affordability, they should focus on the core problems with the housing market.

Policy - makers, scholars, and other commentators have suggested a number of factors that may affect public opinion on expanded trade with China.

For me, this is the case in the form of two important policy makers on international trade in the incoming Trump Administration.

We put on the leading blockchain event, Consensus, every year hosting 2,500 of the leading entrepreneurs, executives, developers, and policy makers in the blockchain space.

Although it is based on bad theory, this perception is a real - world fact and often guides the actions of policy - makers.

Second, 2013 saw stumbles on the part of EM corporate leaders and policy makers.

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON Wall Street lobby groups urged U.S. policy makers and regulators to revamp rules to encourage more initial public offerings and to reduce the regulatory cost of staying public, in a white paper issued on Thursday.

And what's important there is, first, that the bubble is identified by a set of experts — a set of policy makers who are focused on this issues — and, secondly, once the recommendations are made it's a broader political decision, not just the central banking making the decision; it's a broader decision made by policy makers and legislators about what to do about the problem.

Going forward, in order to understand the appropriate long - term levels of rates and inflation, policy makers and investors will need to focus on the big - picture trends transforming the inflation landscape.

Since April, the Bank of Canada had been talking about a potential rate increase in the context of an «economic expansion» that failed to achieve the velocity that policy makers expected, keeping a lid on inflation, which the central bank is mandated to contain at an annual rate of about 2 per cent.

With Fed policy - makers expecting continued low inflation, Yellen put greater weight on the second part of the Fed's dual mandate — maximizing employment.

Japanese policy - makers on the balance express confidence so far that the policy mix has demonstrated an unexpected degree of success so far (thanks to appreciation in risk asset markets) alongside the credibility boost offered by the (so far) uneventful implementation of the April consumption tax hike from 5 % to 8 %.

If the discipline of economics were still understood as political economy, there would be an academically - educated community to which policy makers could turn for guidance, one which would reflect on the role of the economy in a larger context.

Yet it is this community to which policy - makers turn to guide them on the one shared goal — the improvement of the economy.

Such an understanding is essential in giving policy makers, Bishops, governors, teachers and parents the confidence to promote an authentic and positive view of Church teaching on human sexuality and the inherent dignity of human life in schools, parishes and the home.

Policy - makers are forced to work on either side of the fifty - yard line of public opinion.

Since we are bombarded daily by the mass media with news and views on the economy and economic policies, it is necessary to be trained to demythologize the claimed orthodoxies of economists, academics, policy makers and media programmes, as it is necessary to be able to demythologize the stories of the scriptures.

American policy - makers have justified their counterrevolutionary stance on the basis of the threat of international Stalinism, and these rightist regimes — even though they may have been distasteful — were preferable to leftist forces which tilted the balance of power against our side.

Asked whether he thought some residents would oppose the idea, he told Premier: «I think that whilst there is a resistance recognised by all policy makers about imposing extra taxes on people, I have a funny feeling that all of us have our consciences touched by seeing the huddled form of homeless people on the streets.

These issues call for wisdom on the part of policy - makers, but my chief concern is to counteract pressures upon the Government by vociferous elements in the public.

Looking primarily to models based on quantitative research methodologies to provide a clear direction for policy in regulating media and violence can also distract policy makers from coming to grips with other difficult but more important value questions that impinge on the issue of media and violence, such as the purpose of broadcasting, issues of ownership and control of media, the international context of Australian media, the dominant economic nature of most of Australia's social communications, the distinctive ways in which the media reproduce and reconstruct myths and symbols of violence from within the culture, and how audiences use and respond to media myths and symbols.

Since we are bombarded daily by the mass media with news and views on the economy and economic policies, it is necessary to be trained to demythologize the claimed orthodoxies of economists, academics, policy makers and media programmes, as is accepted in the case of the stories of the scared scriptures.