Sentences with phrase «on economic questions»

I agree that we find ourselves in this situation from time to time, often on economic questions, but this says nothing about whether right answers to such questions exist.»

While Catholic traditionalists are not yet as conservative as white Protestants on economic questions, they appear headed in that direction.

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Jean - Francois Perrault, chief economist for Scotiabank, said the government's plans to focus new spending in the budget on important, long - term goals to address inequality also raise the question of whether it still has room to navigate rough economic waters in the future.

The immigration crisis on the U.S. border isn't just about money — far from it — but it does force the nation to consider an critical economic question: Do undocumented immigrants ultimately contribute more to the U.S. economy than they take out?

Poloz answered questions from MPs as he presented his economic outlook and envisioned a sequence of events that would lead the country on a path to further prosperity.

This was one of the more provocative questions asked at a panel discussion I recently attended, put on by the Economic Club of Canada, called «Canada's Skills Challenge: The Economic Case for Improving Workplace Essential Skills.»

In a study on retirement readiness published in 2011 by the National Bureau of Economic Research, only half the respondents could correctly answer a question on diversification and risk, and only two - thirds appeared to understand compound interest.

However arguments around the «burning question of our time» as Munk Debate moderator Rudyard Griffiths expressed it, was a chance to view champions on both sides of the economic trenches go at it hand to hand.

What small - business groups should advocate comes down to a fundamental question: Do they believe in their own economic analysis enough to risk a recession that could hurt many small - business owners in a game of chicken over taxes on the highest earning Americans?

The conversation was charged as panelists sparred on 421a, with Pinsky — the former head of the city's Economic Development Corporation — raising questions about the cost of lengthy tax abatements.

Perhaps the most important question is what impact a faltering China would have on the United States, which now stands as the world's lone economic bright spot.

Cruz and his wife, Heidi, mingled with the crowd, delivered joint remarks for more than an hour, prayed with the audience for some 90 minutes more and took questions on everything from foreign policy to faith to economic issues.

But as Brazil seeks to keep its economic momentum going, and begins to define its ambitions on the global stage in measure with its new - found clout, some question whether the 62 - year - old Rousseff will be able to handle what's heading her way.

It's now time to move our economy forward and focus on the key economic question before us: How do we create strong middle - class jobs and continue our economic growth?

Hanging on the answer are several billion - dollar economic questions, the biggest of which is ownership of the North Sea oilfields and their associated $ 19 billion in annual tax revenue.

«For a politician who doesn't want to admit that the electorate sent a message that they don't like politicians, it's far easier to scapegoat it on economic issues than it is to address the fundamental question: that there are voters in this country who no longer think their representatives represent them,» said a Democratic strategist involved in 2016.

This begs important questions about the wisdom of state and local economic development strategies and their ability to remain focused on addressing the real challenges American communities face today.

To find the answer to that question I attended a session on leadership at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Today, as companies struggle to come to terms with harsh economic realities, questions are being raised on whether there is any good in doing good, business-wise.

U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in five months Tuesday as a health care bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress, which raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations.

You may disagree with Krugman's analysis, but it's a little disingenuous to try to denigrate and dismiss Thomas Mulcair's economic ideas when they're based on Nobel prize winning work in economics (the intellectual case, that is; the factual case that this phenomenon is occurring today, in Canada, is purely a question of whether the appreciation of our currency is based on the oil and gas boom and whether a high dollar results in lower exports in other sectors, both of which you seem to have admitted are accurate.)

On the data front, labor market information and data products from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis offer tools to explore critical supply and demand questions.

I recently posted a «letter to the Fed» wherein I questioned the rationale for raising interest rates given a variety of economic developments that I argued offer no compelling reasons to tap the brakes on growth.

«Tariffs can push up on prices,» Powell said during a brief question - and - answer session following his address to the Economic Club of Chicago.

Teresa Tritch, editorial writer on economic issues, will respond to a selection of reader questions and comments.

The U.S. dollar is trading in a tight range on Thursday, as investors welcomed a mixed bag of the latest economic data, further calling into question the next moved of the Federal Reserve.

«One important policy question on which most economists appear to agree, however, is that there is very little to be said in favour of taxing corporations.1 Many would agree, for example, that the title of a recent paper — «The Corporate Income Tax and How to Get Rid of It» (Vickrey, 1991)-- adequately conveys the main message of the extensive economic literature on this subject.

There was no question about the biggest draw at a one - day economic «growth summit» put on by the Public Policy Forum last month in Ottawa.

I would be delighted to follow up my appearance on Midpoint: Question Everything with Ed Berliner, in which Ed and I discussed the economic issues around immigration policy, with a few points and references.

This according to Mnuchin's response to a question about bitcoin at the Economic Club of Washington in recent days accessible on Bloomberg.

On August 18th, Mr. Flaherty appeared before the House of Commons Finance Committee to answer questions concerning the worsening international economic situation and what it might mean for Canada.

Between interest rate questions and economic changes, it's more important than ever to be on top of the latest real estate developments.

Yet this isn't the first time in the present campaign that the Conservatives themselves have trespassed on traditional Bank of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policon traditional Bank of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policOn July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policon monetary policy.

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

The final phase on the long - term relationship between the UK and EU, however, presents several important questions about economic integration and free trade that Britain's politicians and citizens have not yet agreed upon.

Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should focus the public's attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»

Hilary Rosen, a political consultant who advises the Democratic National Committee, questioned on CNN Wednesday night whether Ann Romney understands the economic....

The research evidence on this question is hard to deny and right in line with the predictions of the economic models: prohibition of secret abortions cuts both teenage abortion rates and teenage pregnancy rates.

The questions of peace and security over against violence are to be understood on economic, cultural and spiritual levels as well as on social and political levels.

It is a pity that the cardinal's comprehensive address on these questions does not touch on ways to encourage the economic and social development of Mexico.

The notion that firms seek to maximize profits is a cornerstone of economic analysis (and a sound one, as most firms do behave this way), but it begs the question what firms ought to do, based on ethical and moral grounds.

Their probing focuses on two questions that are essentially moral: Can there be freedom without economic and material equality?

These are important questions on which economic theory and spiritual traditions hold different views.

But on the whole, nineteenth century philosophical theology was not particularly interested in the question of original or corporate sin; it was far more involved in various responses to Hegel, the new prominence of biblical study and its corollary «quest for the historical Jesus,» and the implications of economic and psychological developments for Christian faith.

There are deeper questions about the possibility of the application of ethical values to political and economic decisions and about how Christians should interpret the prayer «Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven».

The question of peace and security over against violence is to be understood on the economic, cultural and spiritual levels as well as on the social and political levels.

What the book does is it helps the reader think of large, and sudden moves in the economy in terms of monetary and banking policy and helps correct for narratives of economic events that tend to overwhelmingly focus on questions of taxation, spending and labor regulation.

Surely the truth, for those of us who seek to understand the portents we see multiplying around us, is that we must face the fact that in no sphere, whether economic — political or social, artistic or mystical, can anything stable or enduring be built on Earth until we have found a positive answer to the following question:

In light of both the religious statements on work and of what is happening to us during this economic dislocation of work and the workplace, some critical moral questions begin to emerge.

Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic issues — for example, raising their interest in questions of peace and social justice or, in the case of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.