Sentences with phrase «offsetting changes in the cost»

2017 showed that the strategy underlying the S&P STRIDE Indices met its design objective of generally offsetting changes in the cost of future income.

Not exact matches

The changes appear in part to be an effort to offset the anticipated upswing in labor costs, according to a manager who was implementing the changes at his store.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

To offset the remaining costs, the illustrative plan would also add two more changes — changing the corporate rate to 22 percent, as suggested by President Trump, and eliminating the state and local tax deduction (both corporate and individual) in its entirety.

Did the CSEA and Cuomo administration also agree on some offsetting cost savings from changes in work rules or the health insurance plan in the latter two years of the contract?

That is to say, the changes observed in the width of the pelvis and the length of the lower limbs did not reduce the cost of walking sufficiently to offset the rise in energy cost caused by the increased body mass,» adds Vidal.

While cryogenic treatment would also see a 25 percent drop in efficiency, and therefore result in electricity costs increasing around a quarter, the researchers believe these would be offset by benefits to society, such as reductions in health - care and climate - change costs.

Instead, people in wealthier countries should consider adopting «lifestyle and behavioural changes» to reduce the size of their carbon footprints, he adds, in order to offset the extra carbon cost of ending poverty.

Higher metabolic and survival costs induced by predation risk were only partially offset by changes in consumption rates and assimilation efficiencies and the magnitude of non-consumptive effects varied as a function of temperature.

He also doesn't believe that changes in foreign exchange rates will offset the costs of the plan for retailers.

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

Namely, did they foresee any game - changing technological advancement in print - on - demand publishing coming down the pipeline that would close the cost gap between POD and offset printing?

To mitigate that volatility, a portfolio can be managed to offset changes in income cost with changes in account value (and vice versa)-- exactly what S&P STRIDE does.

«The ad hoc adjustments used by banks, included inappropriate calculation of the cost of funds; no change in the base rate even as the cost of deposits declined significantly; sharp increase in the return on net worth out of tune with past track record or future prospects to offset the impact of reduction in the cost of deposits on the lending rate; and inclusion of new components in the base rate formula to adjust the rate to a desired level.

Recent changes to municipal guidelines, which now allow back alley apartments in this area is also giving buyers more options to offset the cost of their home, adds Pon.

This equates to a 17 % change in the carbon tax and Pacific Coastal has adjusted its carbon tax fee to offset this uncontrollable increase to its cost of operation.

Once again the savings are anything but spectacular but, if you're about to book one of these awards, why not wait until after the award chart changes — you can use the miles you save to offset some of the more heinous increases in the cost of other awards.

«Breeding albatrosses could initially benefit from these changes... However, in the long term these benefits may be offset by increased energetic costs of reaching distant foraging grounds.»

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

Similarly, analyses consistently show the costs of the UK's Climate Change Act will be more than offset by a combination of fuel savings, avoided climate impacts and reduced air and noise pollution, even before wider economic impacts in terms of jobs and growth are taken into account.

(c) The benefits in terms of the possibility of implementing progressive policies such as redistribution away from the 1 per cent will more than offset the extra costs of the delay in dealing with climate change.

So as we ponder how we are going to deal with energy prices, climate change, dependence on foreign oil and unlivable cities, let's make sure we incentivize the low hanging fruits of efficiency and cycling in order to offset the higher costs of renewable energy, mass transit, and advanced vehicle infrastructure.

For insurance companies, that means double the risk, double the cost of claims, but no change in the cost of the premiums to offset the risk.

However, as part of a package of tax changes to offset the cost of the two provisions, Congress also included an increase in the FIRPTA withholding rate from 10 % to 15 %.

Generally prohibits loan originator compensation from being reduced to offset the cost of a change in transaction terms (often called a «pricing concession»).