Sentences with phrase «on economic optimism»

The poll also highlights another potential problem for the government — every month the YouGov / Telegraph poll also has a question on economic optimism, which normally glides along without much worthy of comment.

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Now, as ABLAC's Asian and Canadian members prepare to meet in Toronto on March 2nd to discuss ways to strengthen economic connections, concerns remain but we have reason for new optimism.

Stocks got off to a decent start in 2017 on continued optimism that the new administration's fiscal policies will ultimately spur economic growth.

U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index near a record, as investors weighed economic data for clues on the timing of higher interest rates amid optimism that a deal on Greek aid is within reach.

This latest metric should help fuel further optimism on job growth and economic performance going forward.

Despite growing economic optimism, oil prices fell this week on increased US inventories.

Small business optimism has remained elevated in 2018 as business owners look to capitalize on improved economic and market conditions.

In his famous book, «The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,» Keynes writes, «a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic... if the animal spirits are dimmed and the spontaneous optimism falters, leaving us to depend on nothing but a mathematical expectation, enterprise will fade and die; though fears of loss may have a basis no more reasonable than hopes of profit had before.»

Asian stock markets posted gains Friday on optimism over two positive U.S. economic reports despite contentious budget talks in Washington aimed at keeping the economy from going into a tailspin.

Governor Ambode also said that efforts have been intensified towards the completion of the 27 - km Blue Line Light Rail Transit System, from Okokomaiko to Marina, expressing optimism on completion, it would foster greater economic and social integration within West Africa sub region.

The Index of Business Leader Confidence, computed based on interviews with 462 business leaders of companies from Buffalo, the Capital Region, Rochester and Syracuse stands at 97.1, down from 103.8 last year, below the breakeven point of 100 at which overall optimism and pessimism towards the current and future economic conditions are balanced.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday amended his proposed budget to incorporate Medicaid funding cuts and policy changes recommended by a task force that reviewed the program and to reflect some future economic optimism.

Despite the strong economic and social change, particularly in markets of interest such as Russia and China, on the part of Greek entrepreneurs I experienced a great OPTIMISM.

Optimism, test scores on the rise at English High School November 30, 2015 In a fourth - floor classroom, students diligently scrawled notes across lined pages one recent morning as social studies teacher Frank Swoboda explained the role of politics in economic development, peppering his lesson with observations from students... read more.

One persuasive theory proposed by economist Richard Easterlin is that the postwar period witnessed a combination of two basic forces which encouraged optimism and relaxed earlier constraints on marriage and having children: an unprecedented demand for goods and services otherwise known as the postwar economic boom; and an accompanying shortage of labor.

«We have seen some modest backup in Canadian bond yields in recent weeks, amid growing optimism on the global economic outlook — and in particular an improving U.S. outlook,» said Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO.

There was such a swell of optimism that the Bank of England raised rates last fall for the first time in a decade on the back of a rapidly improving economic outlook.

Set primarily in the 1950s, when Haitian cultural export — particularly of what is now referred to as first generation Haitian art — was on the rise and the country was opening itself to tourism, and when Americans were awash with a postwar optimism that celebrated America's political and economic power, it tells us relatively little about Haiti at mid-century and a great deal about the ways Americans saw themselves and the rest of the world.

This new private museum, which focuses on 21st - centruy art practices from Africa and its Diaspora, is viewed as an expression of optimism at a time of economic stagnation and cultural paralysis.

Michael # 29, the classical economists of the 18th and 19th centuries (Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill) all wrestled with the problem of limits to growth and came up with scenarios for the human future ranging from extreme pessimism (Malthus) to optimism (John Stuart Mill's expectation that at a certain stage of economic development human society would cease to grow in material scale and reach a «stationary state» where the emphasis would be on qualitative human, social and cultural development.

However, that optimism is based on the assumption that we are close to the point when it is widely recognized that a policy with an across - the - board rising carbon fee that rapidly phases down carbon emissions also makes good economic sense.

November 29, 2016 — Toronto, ON — Canadian employers are heading into 2017 with considerable economic optimism, however, their buoyancy is muted by the country's declining oil market and worries that mid-level staff turnover is on the risON — Canadian employers are heading into 2017 with considerable economic optimism, however, their buoyancy is muted by the country's declining oil market and worries that mid-level staff turnover is on the rison the rise.

On the one hand, the Industrial Revolution represented optimism and hope for the future in terms of great advances in technology, agriculture and general economic growth.

The Federal Reserve's Report on the Economic Well - Being of U.S. Households in 2014 found that the majority of homeowners express optimism about the trajectory of home prices going forward.

In this week's economic review, nonfarm payrolls grew more than expected and consumers are reporting high optimism in current economic conditions while spending more on revolving credit.

That said, the real estate market is still dependent on other economic factors, so we are cautious in our optimism that we are headed toward a stable, balanced market,» added Arndt.