Sentences with phrase «on consumption as»

If so, through restrictions on consumption as proposed by the UN / IPCC or through development efforts to foster technological innovation?

Not exact matches

Generation Z will be a completely social and mobile generation, relying on mobile devices almost entirely for content consumption, browsing and shopping, as well as social media for interacting with friends.

As with carbon dioxide emission rankings, less developed nations tend to score better on electricity consumption because access to electrical power is not as widely availablAs with carbon dioxide emission rankings, less developed nations tend to score better on electricity consumption because access to electrical power is not as widely availablas widely available.

As a bonus, the GDP reports also contain data on personal consumption expenditure; the benchmark for Canadian exports of travel services, another segment the Bank of Canada expects to lead the export recovery.

The World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Heart Association have all recommended reducing consumption of soda as a way to cut down on added sugars.

Additionally, since a BAT is a tax on consumption in the US, it would be difficult to have it target one country, such as Mexico.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon of the current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.

Meanwhile, many provinces and territories have said they are restricting the consumption of cannabis to privately owned residences but some jurisdictions such as Ontario are soliciting feedback on whether to allow for licensed cannabis consumption lounges.

Of total online video consumption, 65 percent comes from publishers outside the top 10 video sites (the «long tail») and 58 percent of all traffic on the Internet is delivered as video.

While the details of those consumption lounges would depend largely on regulations, he described them as «Amsterdam, with Canadian conservativeness attached to it.»

OSLO, Oct 3 - Nordic spot power price rose on higher exports to Germany and lower supply from wind power while consumption was expected to increase as temperatures head down, analysts said.

Wine consumption worldwide is on the rise, especially in newly affluent countries such as China.

The group said its members had been voluntarily trying to reduce sugar consumption by making calorie content information more visible on labels, as well as discontinuing sales of full - calorie sodas to schools nationwide, and replacing them with more lower - calorie or no - calorie beverages, along with smaller portion size options.

Every company is looking to trim paper consumption and waste, and being green is only part of the reason: As much as 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and inAs much as 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and inas 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and ink.

The Commerce Department said on Thursday consumer prices as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, rose 0.4 percent.

DeepMind is, however, now looking at how it can apply algorithms built on the same principles as AlphaGo Zero to real scientific challenges like protein folding, reducing energy consumption, searching for new materials, or discovering new drugs.

As long as low domestic consumption (currently in the range of 40 - 50 % of GDP, based on varying estimates) continues to constrain demand, Chinese growth is unlikely to pick up speed anytime sooAs long as low domestic consumption (currently in the range of 40 - 50 % of GDP, based on varying estimates) continues to constrain demand, Chinese growth is unlikely to pick up speed anytime sooas low domestic consumption (currently in the range of 40 - 50 % of GDP, based on varying estimates) continues to constrain demand, Chinese growth is unlikely to pick up speed anytime soon.

The health care sector, with some promising green shoots, is emblematic of China's economy as a whole as it slogs toward one based on consumption and services.

While the comfortably well - off and live - for - today segments may carry on as usual, the slam - on - the - brakes and pained - but - patient segments — by far the large majority of consumers — may well retain the consumption habits they've learned.

YUP there it is — the difference being the REAL wealth creation of manufacturing and export, as opposed to the fake prosperity based on credit - fuelled consumption (of coffee and food mostly).

(Heffernan touches on the big - picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)

A new Melbourne hotel will set new design standards in energy efficiency to help cut as much as 25 per cent of its energy consumption, drawing on a $ 39 million investment commitment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).

Google describes the new shiny thing as «a visual driven format for evolving news consumption on mobile.»

Such a tax system would place the greater burden of tax rising on consumption taxes such as the HST, and reduce the burden on income taxes.

If investment growth falls sharply, especially investment in the real estate sector, it should cause unemployment to surge, which of course puts downward pressure on household income growth as well as on consumption growth, potentially pushing China into a self - reinforcing downward spiral.

Why can't they increase their consumption and investment levels rather than relying on the U.S. economy to buy their consumer goods and capital goods for surplus dollars that have no better use than to accumulate in the world's central banking system as excess reserves?

So when analysts point out that a lot of consumption is paid for by businesses on behalf of employees, and so does not show up as consumption in the data, they are right.

First, substantial direct or indirect wealth transfers from the state sector to Chinese households will unleash a surge in household consumption as household income rises (and because the interest on bank deposits is an important source of income for most middle and lower middle class households, if the authorities reduce interest rates, as struggling borrowers are demanding, China actually moves in the wrong direction).

I'll focus my attention on the potential size of the change in households» cash flows as well as the effect on the household sector's consumption.

«As we all know, the GST / HST is a broad - based tax on consumption in Canada, and it's calculated on the final amount charged for a good or service,» said Daniel Lauzon.

But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.

The investment outlook may also depend on how much progress China can make in its efforts to enact fiscal reforms as it works through its historic shift from export - led growth to an economy led by domestic consumption.

Consumer prices as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index jumped 2.0 per cent on a year - on - year basis last month.

Inflation as measured by the core personal consumption expenditures price index jumped to 1.5 percent in the first quarter, government figures showed on Thursday, a jump from 0.4 percent the prior quarter.

It said the synergies would exceed additional costs to the business as a result of new point of consumption taxes on bets being introduced across most states in Australia.

Borrowing costs have never been this low, Canadians have never been as indebted and the nation's economy has never been so reliant on consumption and housing.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

The negative effects of lower oil prices hit the economy right away, and the various positives - more exports because of a stronger U.S. economy and a lower dollar, and more consumption spending as households spend less on fuel - will arrive only gradually, and are of uncertain size.

In the United States, most consumption taxes are levied by states and local governments (as retail sales taxes), although the federal government does levy some selective consumption taxes, called «excise taxes,» on items such as alcohol, tobacco products, and gasoline.

Much of the decline has been self - imposed as communist leaders try to steer China to more sustainable growth driven by domestic consumption following the past decade's explosive expansion based on trade and investment.

In China, we expect a moderation of growth accompanied by a number of policy reforms that we believe could lead to sustainable levels of growth as the economy increasingly relies on rising consumption.

While a VAT, as a tax on consumption, would encourage savings, it would also encourage investment.

In the wake of his victory, the prime minister called on Japanese companies to raise wages by 3 % as part of his efforts to fuel higher consumption and inflation.

As the chart shows, China's trade sensitivity peaked as it started to shift toward growth based on domestic consumptioAs the chart shows, China's trade sensitivity peaked as it started to shift toward growth based on domestic consumptioas it started to shift toward growth based on domestic consumption.

Elsewhere, as I wrote last month, U.S. consumption is likely stronger than headline figures suggest, when you consider that much recent weakness is a result of falling oil prices and the dynamic of new technologies» downward influence on price.

If they cut spending, will it be on consumption items, such as health care for the elderly, or on growth - promoting investments, such as education for the young?

As for the U.S., I'd actually be quite comfortable with a reasonable amount of «helicopter money» provided that the accompanying fiscal stimulus package was focused, not on consumption, but on productive investment at the public, private and individual level (infrastructure, investment and R&D tax credits, workforce training, education, and so forth).