Sentences with phrase «others by most measures»

Not exact matches

If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics of an economy like China's that change the nature of the GDP measure: first, economic activity is much less affected by hard - budget constraints than it is in most other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Specifically, the tax measures proposed in Budget 2018 - 19 to limit the tax deferral advantages on passive investment income earned inside private corporations address most of the concerns communicated by the GVBOT and other groups as part of government's consultation in fall 2017.

The launch of a volley of protectionist measures by the Trump administration, which mainly target China but impact entire East Asian regional value chains (not to mention many other US trading partners, most notably Canada), appears to have galvanized negotiations among third parties.

Devaluation is only the most dramatic measure in the World Bank's programme which is accompanied by other physical and financial policy changes.

A criticism of Byrd's study, which also applies to most other studies, is based on the fact that he did not limit prayers by the friends and family of patients, hence it is unclear which prayers may have been measured, if any.

Here are some parts you left out: - A criticism of Byrd's study, which also applies to most other studies, is based on the fact that he did not limit prayers by the friends and family of patients, hence it is unclear which prayers may have been measured, if any

In other words, if passion had been a measure for discerning God's call I would have missed what has been — by far — the most formative work experience I have ever had.

Great question you have on flour, I have done some searching and I discovered that in Italy flour is measured by how finely it is milled, whereas in most of the other countries (United States and Canada included) it is measured by its gluten content.

The positive note is that the lineups featuring him outperformed most other players by a mile in any measures.

So in reality, liquified natural gas would not be available to Europe from the US by most measures 5 years, since other nations have already signed long - term contracts for American gas.

The most recent polling for Gillibrand's own race has her leading opponent Wendy Long by wide margins — 64 to 27 percent, says a September Quinnipiac poll — and so the New York senator has sufficient leeway to throw her time and resources behind other campaigns, an unusual luxury for a politician and a traditional path for New York figures to a measure of national power.

They have since U-turned on both the timing and the scale of the austerity measures; Cable claims he was persuaded of the case for deep and early cuts, «not by other politicians, but by talking to the most senior officials in the government and the central bank [who said] that we had to act».

The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a bill by extending the debate on the measure, but other dilatory tactics exist.

The X11C is smaller than most other cheap quadcopters on our list, measuring only 7.5 by 7.5 by 4 inches.

Dr. Rivera said that because most skeletal growth occurs by ages 18 - 20, physicians should realize the potential threat that ADHD medications pose to maturing bones and consider nutritional counseling and other preventative measures.

Most lead measured from home taps is particulate lead ---- lead that's been released from the pipe and bound by iron, aluminum and other minerals.

I measure most of my food; I know what some things look like now by sight, others I still weigh on my scale.

By that measure, its new trailer, a Game Awards 2017 - exclusive cinematic featuring Norman Reedus, a baby, some alien creatures and a bunch of other nonsensicalities, was the most fun one yet.

In Ohio, and in many other places, the people most resistant to accountability measures are very often employed by the education establishment: They're resistant to having inferences drawn about their effectiveness.

Such measures represent a compromise by making the most of student devices for some features, while reducing their superiority to more inexpensive devices owned by other students.

Think tank 2020health's latest report on obesity, which looks at prevention measures around the world, has shown that school - based measures must be complimented by other local policies to be most effective.

Think tank 2020health's latest report on obesity has shown that school - based measures must be complimented by other local policies to be most effective.

Moreover, the two premises represent a tautology — student test score growth is the most important measure, and we have to choose other teacher evaluation measures based on their correlation with student test score growth because student test score growth is the most important measure... This point, by the way, has already been made about the Gates study, as well as about seniority - based layoffs and about test - based policies in general.

This is one of the two intelligences — the other being logical - mathematical intelligence — that most closely resemble the skills measured by standard IQ tests.

By measuring how much a particular teacher's students learn and coupling these measurements with professional observation of teaching practice and other measures — such as surveys of students» perceptions of the classroom experience — education leaders can pinpoint which teachers are helping students learn the most, and which are struggling.

Most tests in other countries are open - ended measures scored by teachers, usually internal to the classroom or, occasionally, standardized across schools (typically in one or two grade levels).

Educational outcomes are shaped by many factors, but research shows that teacher quality is the most important in - school factor influencing student achievement.59 Of course, other out - of - school factors, which are often caused by poverty, can also influence student outcomes.60 Because teacher quality has been shown to have a measurable impact on standardized test scores, some academics have started trying to directly measure the impact of Act 10 on student outcomes by examining how students fared on standardized tests after its passage.

More specifically, the district and its teachers are not coming to an agreement about how they should be evaluated, rightfully because teachers understand better than most (even some VAM researchers) that these models are grossly imperfect, largely biased by the types of students non-randomly assigned to their classrooms and schools, highly unstable (i.e., grossly fluctuating from one year to the next when they should remain more or less consistent over time, if reliable), invalid (i.e., they do not have face validity in that they often contradict other valid measures of teacher effectiveness), and the like.

By most academic measures — including graduation rates, dropout rates and college attendance — they lag other students in the state.

We all tend to measure ourselves by numbers (ours and others), and while reaching a milestone is cause for celebration, by far the most important part of this indie experiment, for me, has been that I get to publish my work and share it with readers.

Far and away the most successful, best - selling line of e-readers — Amazon doesn't release figures, but it's thought to be between 3 million and 4 million units — the Kindle is the benchmark by which all other e-readers are measured.

This is true whether you measure S&P 500 valuation by the cyclically - adjusted price - to - earnings ratio, the market - capitalization - to - GDP ratio, the price - to - book - value ratio, the average dividend yield, or most other valuation metrics.

For most other non-financials, I like to see steady returns on capital of 20 - 25 % + over the last decade (Value Line measures this by debt plus equity, or total capital including intangibles).

The reason for this is that most are young start - ups or highly volatile companies, and as a result, it can skew some of the other measures that I like to screen by.

Most regional jets operated by other United Express carriers may carry animals, but there are restrictions to some destinations, on flights longer than three hours and on carrying crates larger than the # 400, measuring 36» (91.44 cm) long x 24» (60.96 cm) wide x 26» (66.04 cm) high.

- A MEASURE OF PRIVACY is afforded that is not provided by most other units.

The skill cap is very high, and you're typically measured by how well you perform against other players — the most dangerous game.

Long time online gaming fans will remember that even World of Warcraft, the MMO by which all others are still measured, once designed its endgame content specifically for the most skilled or elite players.

Looking back on the last two decades of denial, delay and obstruction, there have been perhaps two hundred individuals who should be held most culpable, if not by the courts then by history, for failing to prevent harm or of obstructing others from taking measures to prevent harm.

As others have noted, the IPCC Team has gone absolutely feral about Salby's research and the most recent paper by Dr Roy Spencer, at the University of Alabama (On the Misdiagnosis of Surface Temperature Feedbacks from Variations in Earth's Radiant Energy Balance), for one simple reason: both are based on empirical, undoctored satellite observations, which, depending on the measure required, now extend into the past by up to 32 years, i.e. long enough to begin evaluating real climate trends; whereas much of the Team's science in AR4 (2007) is based on primitive climate models generated from primitive and potentially unreliable land measurements and proxies, which have been «filtered» to achieve certain artificial realities (There are other more scathing descriptions of this process I won't use).

«Getting the prices right, by eliminating fossil - fuel subsidies, is the single most effective measure to cut energy demand in countries where they persist, while bringing other immediate economic benefits», said Mr Tanaka.

The statement about most expert climate scientists is unproblematic and true, as just about anyone who reads the literature or goes to the meetings should know — even if they are unaware of the convergent findings from research measuring the degree of agreement through widely different methods by Cook, Anderegg, Doran, Oreskes and others; or of the statements by every major organization of scientists.

Indeed, the most exhaustive research I know on how land use affects travel behavior found that location — measured by, among other things, the distance from the regional center — is by far the most significant determinant of how much household driving will occur, over time, from a given location.

Noting that energy efficiency measures alone could get us to reduce emissions 80 % by 2050 (the amount most scientists say we need to cut in order to avoid the worst of climate change), he pointed out that there's an entire potential workforce ready to be trained to retrofit buildings and do other green jobs — and that it makes perfect economic sense.

Viewers of the station were less likely to agree that «most scientists think global warming is happening» and less likely to think global warming is mostly caused by human activities, among other measures.

She describes, among others, the economic sectors involved, the states» measures most frequently challenged by investors, the outcomes and costs of investment disputes under the SCC Rules.

(Let's clear some irrelevant stuff out of the way first: sad and bad as these killings are, there are fewer of them in Toronto than there are in most other Canadian cities and, measured by murder rates alone, big cities are safer than small cities.)

Acritas: Amongst other things Acritas undertakes detailed market analysis of law firm brand strength based on several measures including top of mind awareness, favourability, consideration for top - level litigation, consideration for top - level M&A, most used for high - value work by domestic buyers and most used for high - value work by international buyers.

AbacusNext is the world's most widely - used practice management system and is the standard by which all others are measured.