Sentences with phrase «on policy measures»

It also describes how to develop a sustainable programme based on these policy measures and introduces a broader international framework for industrial energy efficiency.

Future demand for bioenergy will depend largely on the policy measures that will be adopted.

a) Carefully designed public meetings that provide social spaces and incentives for a wider net of citizens to come together to learn, discuss, plan and provide meaningful input on policy measures, government initiatives, and private and non-profit sector planning.

They were provided with unbiased information about climate change and energy and about the international discussions on policy measures to handle these issues.

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He said the central bank will be spending time on investigating whether there is a better way to measure trend inflation than the core rate policy makers follow now.

On Dec. 7, the Bank of Canada endorsed negative interest rates as a viable emergency stimulus measure, a significant shift that demonstrates the extent to which monetary policy has evolved since the Great Recession.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

His comment followed Abe's remarks on Monday that buying foreign bonds, considered an extreme measure by many officials, may be one policy option for the BOJ.

Hammond's team reportedly wanted to focus on macroeconomic measures that will ensure the economy runs as efficiently as possible, while Theresa May wanted the statement to include the sort of microeconomic policies that were a hallmark of former Chancellor George Osborne's statements.

The index measures 500 consumers» attitudes on future economic prospects, in areas such as personal finances, inflation, unemployment, government policies and interest rates.

One CEO expressed caution about drastic policy measures based on high fuel prices.

«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

The jury's still out on whether these measures have been a success or not, but for now, it appears as if banks are hedging against their own policies.

A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China's economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two - day visit, though a package of short - term Chinese measures could delay a U.S. decision to impose tariffs on around $ 50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

That leaves passive income, arguably the most fiercely opposed of Morneau's three measures, and the one on which his policy proposal is least fully developed.

While declining to recommend steps the Trump administration might take to follow up on Obama administration measures to ease this financial burden, Dudley said that anything that «makes college more affordable, especially policies that make it more affordable for lower and moderate - income households, would be beneficial for income mobility over time.»

Gold bugs like Sprott have long warned about the impact of inflation, central bank policy measures and government spending on the value of fiat national currencies.

If these measures go into effect, the impact on the economy and small businesses would be modest, says Thomas Hungerford, senior economist and director of tax and budget policy at the Economic Policy Instpolicy at the Economic Policy InstPolicy Institute.

We score all 50 states on more than 60 measures of competitiveness, developed with input from a broad and diverse array of business and policy experts, official government sources, the CNBC Global CFO Council and the states themselves.

The idea was originally developed in the early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying on shaky indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.

Whether those rate hikes come to fruition will depend in part on the shape of fiscal policy and any stimulus measures — tax cuts, infrastructure spending — enacted by President - elect Trump and the incoming Congress.

Given that our esteemed lawmakers can't seem to agree on anything these days, the entrepreneurship organization is a long way from being able to guarantee that such a measure will ever pass, but on the Hill's Congressional Blog recently, Kauffman's policy director Jason Wiens and Dane Stangler, the organization's vice president of research and policy, did make a strong case regarding why it should.

«While any direct effects of remedial trade measures on steel and aluminum are likely to be limited, the risk to the outlook lies in the response of US trading partners and whether the administration's decision to impose restrictive trade policies is only the first in a series of moves,» they wrote.

And while Japanese society is homogenous and relatively unfriendly to outsiders, desperate circumstances could call for desperate measures and necessitate changing policies on immigration.

Macroprudential and other policy measures, while contributing to more sustainable debt profiles, have yet to have a substantial cooling effect on housing markets.

The President - elect bashed Big Pharma, and failed to provide clarity on the details or timing of policies like infrastructure spending, tax reform and other measures dear to traders» hearts.

From an economic policy perspective, pre-tax income is the measure of the economic effect of additional family income on gross domestic product, or GDP.

Beyond the policy and enforcement measures, some of what Mulvaney has done at the CFPB has been symbolic, and verging on petty.

Much of the debate over Trump's trade policy seems to miss the point that the economic effects of any trade measure depend on how it affects capital.

China on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 vowed to take measures of the «same strength» in response to a proposed U.S. tariff hike on $ 50 billion worth of Chinese goods in a spiraling dispute over technology policy that has fueled fears it might set back a global economic recovery.

Follow up submission to the Department of Finance Canada on the Second Consultation on the Review of the Federal Financial Sector Framework Potential Policy Measures

Submission to the Department of Finance Canada on the Second Consultation on the Review of the Federal Financial Sector Framework Potential Policy Measures

These results come from a survey of 1,848 Canadians conducted December 12 to 14, 2016, by Abacus Data at the request of Clean Energy Canada, measuring Canadians» views of climate and clean energy policy issues, including the new Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.

Sarkeesian said on Twitter that she asked for extra security measures in light of the threat but the university deemed her request was not in keeping with the state's gun policies.

The South China Morning Post has him adding «If there in an over-reliance on government - led and policy driven measures to stimulate growth, not only is this unsustainable, it would even create new problems and risks.»

Measures of negative equity have become a key component in crafting policies to address the foreclosure crisis, as these borrowers are twice as likely to be seriously delinquent or in default on their first - lien mortgage compared with positive equity borrowers.

As a proxy for political uncertainty I used the popular Economic Policy Uncertainty indexes, measures based on real - time news flow.

On April 7th, 2017, the Broadbent Institute released exclusive new polling from Stratcom, looking at Canadian opinion on economic security and levels of support for progressive policy measureOn April 7th, 2017, the Broadbent Institute released exclusive new polling from Stratcom, looking at Canadian opinion on economic security and levels of support for progressive policy measureon economic security and levels of support for progressive policy measures.

The new administration's focus on reducing regulations and cutting taxes were the only salient policy measures, and both were, of course, positive for stocks.

It is a trend that is only set to accelerate as policy measures such as the recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate - related Financial Discosures and new green finance rules from the UK and EU start to take effect and require firms to disclose more information on the climate risks they face.

A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China's economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two days of talks, though a package of short - term Chinese measures could delay Washington's decision to impose tariffs on about $ 50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

The ifo trade expert Gabriel Felbermayr sees the transatlantic tariff dispute as, «the deepest trade policy crisis of the post-war era, regardless of whether US President Donald Trump decides to postpone tariffs on 186 European steel and aluminium products, or postpone this measure again.»

Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, said the following in response: «The Clean Fuel Standard is one of Canada's most important climate change policies, cutting more carbon pollution than any other measure in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and...

Indeed on some measures policy rates now are above neutral.

Seth served on GS» Payment sub-committee, working on efforts to improve payment security, anti-fraud measures, and developing the firm's global payment policy.

The governing council of the European Central Bank next meets on October 4 for non-monetary measures followed by the monetary - policy meeting on October 26.

The measures are stipulated in the 10th economic policy package of the government released in Jakarta on February 11.

Asia Under Pressure to Bolster Growth Amid Regional Export Slump: Economy An Asian export slump exacerbated by Europe's sovereign - debt crisis and an uneven recovery in the U.S. is putting pressure on policy makers to pledge stimulus measures to boost growth.

On Friday, the White House not only defended President Trump's new tariff policy, but underscored the administration's intent to pursue harsher measures unless China adopts fairer trade practices.

Measured across all loan products, and taking into account changes in customer risk margins, however, it seems that interest rates paid on average by small businesses have increased by a little less than the rise in interest rates directly due to the tightening of monetary policy.