While financial markets have been turbulent, the recent
data on economic activity suggest that the global economy is continuing to recover from the sharp downturn in late 2008 and early 2009.
Admittedly, the latest
numbers on economic activity at the end of 2012 have some wondering whether uncertainty matters all that much after all.
It should also be noted that there have been other factors, outside of Asian development and the associated large increase in commodity prices and the exchange rate, that have had an effect
on economic activity in Australia.
All else equal, the stronger exchange rate would have a dampening
influence on economic activity, although an important offset to this is the related improvement in the terms of trade and stronger global demand.
And yet the Australian economy avoided a major downturn and turned in a
performance on economic activity characterised by no more, and on some metrics slightly less, volatility.
Bad debts have been a
drag on economic activity ever since the financial crisis of 2008, but in recent months, the threat posed by an overhang of bad loans appears to be rising.
In the 1950s a whole gender of literature known as «The Onitsha market Literature of Nigeria»
focused on the economic activities of Ibo women describing them as viragoes, witches and prostitutes or else portraying them as money - loving, adulterous killers.
Through the poignant juxtaposition of citizenship and slavery, young people's protest against
attacks on their economic activity and more broadly against the employment crisis, reflects their efforts to force their way to political recognition, rather than existing a political space that seems to exclude their voices and needs.
«We believe that tariffs can be reduced by 20 percent or by a higher percentage given the negative impact of the existing (high)
tariffs on economic activities and on living standards of consumers.
For ver a year now, quite a significant number of Ghanaians have over billions of cedis locked up and the government think that is not a serious issue that requires immediate resolution then you then begin to wonder, what then is emergency, the situation have had serious repercussions not
only on economic activities but rather have brought several deaths cases in the form of hanging, poisoning, records from hospitals at these areas affirm this.
The mandate is «to protect oil and gas infrastructure, deter and prevent sea robbery, crude oil theft and other criminality within the joint area of operation that could impact
negatively on economic activities in Niger Delta»
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percent on economic activity and business development — 20 percent on local impact and siting factors — 15 percent on workforce and overall societal factors.
The Minister said a ballooning debt stock was one of the challenges the government inherited which in many ways put an undue
pressure on economic activities.
We believe the near - term risks are skewed towards a EUR decline given increasing ECB verbal intervention, rising political risks in both Germany (coalition talks) and Italy (elections), and tightening financial conditions, which may weigh
on economic activity indicators over the coming months
Based on the Kaya identity [a formula
drawing on economic activity, energy use and other factors to determine a country's greenhouse - gas impact], this paper proposes an analytical framework for various energy scenarios that explicitly simulates China ׳ s economic development, with a prospective consideration on the impacts of urbanization and income distribution.
VAT was added to the reference price where the tax is levied on final energy sales, as a proxy for the tax
on economic activities levied across an economy.
Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional energy generation,» «indirect impacts on upstream industries,» and from «the
drain on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»
Endless Economic Growth Isn't Possible Despite what mainstream economists doggedly maintain — even though there is an orgy of evidence to the contrary — there are very genuine ecological
constraints on economic activity.
NAR provides the state - by - state reports on international transactions below to give an overview of the real estate markets on a state - by - state basis as well as
information on economic activity.
«The Toronto Land Transfer Tax is a job killer: economic analyses have shown that about 40,000 Toronto jobs rely
specifically on the economic activity that is generated when people buy and sell homes in the city.»
By pulling in more current industry data (unavailable at the time the original report was drafted), we see that the impact of section 1031
repeal on economic activity supported by the ten most affected industries is greater than initially estimated.»
The bank now believes that «the economic recovery will be slower than originally thought, in part because fiscal austerity measures and tight credit conditions are taking a greater - than - expected
toll on economic activity».
With
data on economic activity and, more importantly, inflationary pressures on the high side of expectations, market interest rates moved up as participants became conscious of the inflation risks and began to price - in the possibility of a further tightening of monetary policy.
«This will immediately be a positive
influence on economic activity — anybody can change their mind, particularly if they're convinced that it's a good idea,» Mr. Rivera said.
On the corporate side of the code, tax expert Bill Gale and his colleagues summarize that «there is virtually no evidence that broad - based [corporate] tax cuts have had a positive effect on [economic] growth... That has been amply demonstrated at the national level, where tax cuts have eroded revenue without discernable
effect on economic activity.»
The big freeze that's gripped much of the country is having another chilling effect —
on economic activity.
Michigan State University researchers Dale Belman, Richard Block and Karen Roberts examined state economies from 1998 through 2000 and concluded in 2009 that right - to - work laws «seem to have no effect
on economic activity.»
Brookings Papers
on Economic Activity, Spring, pp. 301 — 361.