Sentences with phrase «own weaker policies»

Its weak policy enforcement left the door open to exploitation of data users gave third - party apps, deepening the perception that Facebook doesn't care about privacy.

For instance, one approach is to use gender diversity as a screen by minimizing exposure to companies with poor gender diversity records including weak policies, poor supply chain safety records or involvement in the adult entertainment industry.

The signatories of this letter warn against the potential for trade agreements like NAFTA to restrict Canada's ability to enforce its own environmental regulations, maintain labour standards, and keep jobs and pollution from leaking to other states with weaker policies.

FTSE4Good assesses companies against their own stated policies, rather than the baby milk marketing requirements they should follow, so the weaker the policies are, the better for Nestlé.

As Jeffery D. Sachs argues in this month's issue of Scientific American, the failure to play a more active role is policy proposals — namely in health care and climate change control — has created weak policies and a suspicious American public.

They think they can control an entire economy through the weak policy lever of affecting the views of people have for calculating what interest rates they should use to capitalize the values of assets.

I see the FOMC tightening, and then abandoning the tightening early, and reverting to a weak policy, accepting more inflation for the sake of growth in the real economy, and leniency to banks that are facing tough market conditions.

While still far from perfect, the new statement is much stronger than its previous iteration, which more closely mirrored the weak policy of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

The federal government's keenly awaited review of Australia's climate policies continues a longstanding bipartisan traditional of weak policy development in this area.

The Dirty Dozen — which I originally named in 2006 and updated in 2009 — are the people who have most effectively denied the science of climate change, lied about its implications, lobbied to water down laws, or provided cover for weak policy.

We will have weaker policies than we'd like to see, but much stronger than we've ever seen before.

Yes, but Labor isn't that committed on this issue and would much rather negotiate with the LibNats to make weaker policy than negotiate with the Greens to make it stronger.

Its weak policy enforcement left the door open to exploitation of data users gave third - party apps, deepening the perception that Facebook doesn't care about privacy.

Not exact matches

The content of the Bank of Canada's July Monetary Policy Report and associated rate cut were indications that the economy is much weaker than the Bank of Canada previously forecast.

The euro, which has been knocked by weaker - than - expected economic data and growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy, fell 0.67 percent against the greenback to $ 1.998.

The parliamentary press corps» coverage of monetary policy is the weakest it's been since the inflation target debuted more than 20 years ago.

«Persistent conflicts and their regional spillovers, security concerns, weaker - than - anticipated public investment (Afghanistan, Jordan), delays in implementation or completion of structural reforms (Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia), and political and policy uncertainty (Lebanon, Pakistan) continue to weigh on growth.

The freefall appears to be at an end, but the time required to rebalance excess supply with weak global demand «will likely take longer than previously anticipated,» the central bank said in its updated Monetary Policy Report.

The country has long enjoyed the economic zone's policies at the expense of its weaker neighbors, says Palvos Eleftheriadis, associate professor of law and fellow of Mansfield College at Oxford University.

Whilst employing a secure password policy seems to be a broken record, a study published by the Global Security Report revealed that weak passwords still present a major threat to IT security.

Looser fiscal policy in the near - term while demand is weak with the major cuts pushed to the back of the forecast when economic growth is likely to improve.»

As long as countries maintain weak - currency policies, the risk of other countries resorting to competitive devaluations will remain.

In currency markets, the euro held at two - year highs following remarks by ECB President Mario Draghi last week, while the dollar remained weak ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week.

As Russia has become increasingly aggressive in its foreign policy while maintaining a weaker military than the US's and NATO's, it may have convinced itself it's time to show its doomsday weapons.

Officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve meet for two days this week, starting Tuesday, to discuss fiscal policy and the trajectory of the U.S. economy in the wake of a weak employment report for the month of May.

«There has been an argument that the Japanese policy might lead the yen to become weaker, but I think the overall understanding gained at this time is that this has not been the case.»

WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a wide - ranging defense Monday of the Federal Reserve's aggressive policies to stimulate the still - weak economy.

But he has left some room to trim that forecast in next month's monetary policy report, noting that some indicators are suggesting the first quarter ending March 31 may be weaker than expected.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

«However, what will matter for Fed policy is not the weak performance in the second quarter, but whether spending reaccelerates or remains stuck in the coming months.»

Trump has inveighed against the group, against what he perceives as Mexico's failure to stop it, and against what he sees as weak US immigration policy that has led to such migration.

Goldman Sachs said in a note last week that factors including weaker economic activity, lower - than - expected headline inflation, continued tightness in liquidity conditions and subdued global activity and dovish central banks around the world could push the RBI to ease its policy.

But significant changes in policies since then — not least, lower primary surpluses and a weak reform effort that will weigh on growth and privatization — are leading to substantial new financing needs.

It adds to the recent spate of weaker data coming out of the eurozone and really underlines the fact that the ECB can afford to be a little bit patient in terms of ramping up its hawkish rhetoric when it comes to its QE policy, said Bipan Rai, director of foreign exchange strategy at CIBC Capital Markets in Toronto.

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.

The maintenance of loose monetary policy in the euro zone could be seen as either positive or negative for gold, depending on whether the metal responds positively to a persistently low opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding metal or more negatively to a weaker euro.

But the euro rose as investors are also wary about Trump's protectionism and immigration policy and his hints that he would prefer a weaker dollar.

«In the presence of uncertainty and the absence of accelerating inflationary pressures, it would be unwise for policy to foreclose on the possibility of making further gains in the labor market,» she said, adding that «disinflation pressure and weak demand from abroad will likely weigh on the U.S. outlook for some time, and fragility in global markets could again pose risks here at home.»

Its monetary policy has no traction because the euro area's weak, undercapitalized and, in many cases, utterly dysfunctional financial system is incapable of funding businesses and households.

«In the wake of Friday's weak U.S. data, Dudley could provide insight into whether the Fed is still poised to continue normalising monetary policy,» said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief forex strategist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo.

«Weak inflation suggests that slack remains in many advanced economies and monetary policy should continue to remain accommodative.

In July, when the Bank of Canada cut its policy to its current setting of 0.5 %, policy makers expressed concern over weak non-energy exports and a deep contraction in business investment brought on by the collapse of commodity prices.

Some analysts said it was because the policy shift by the People's Bank of China showed the Chinese economy was weaker than had been assumed.

«And it serves as a prime example of this administration's ineffective foreign policy that has left America weaker in the eyes of the world.»

«What sparked the rally is a perception of a shift in Canadian government policy toward the dollar,» said Michael Malpede, a currency analyst in Chicago with Refco Inc., adding that Mr. Dodge's comments put an end to the widely held perception in the market that Canada supported a weak currency to help its exporters.

-- Under certain conditions, particularly recessions or weak, demand - constrained recoveries, monetary and fiscal policy are critical complements.

Thus, it is possible that, in a situation of sustained weak aggregate demand, relying primarily on monetary policy to provide stimulus may lead to financial vulnerabilities that macroprudential policy can not, or should not, offset.

My own view is that the weaker trends grow out of some less benign developments, like the deleveraging from the housing bubble, austere fiscal policy, stagnant earnings, and high inequality.

Despite this upbeat outlook, as long as inflation is weak (which consensus forecasts for 2018 indicate is likely), a significant shift in the ECB's policy is hard to envisage.

«Levitational force of policy easing can only temporarily lift asset prices as gravitational forces of weaker fundamentals dominate over time,» he said.