Sentences with phrase «policy interests concern»
His research, teaching and policy interests concern urban education, teacher education, African American literature, and the sociology of education.
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Officials from the government shared their concerns about higher interest rates with a Bloomberg reporter, violating the convention of keeping politics out of the day - to - day handling of monetary policy.
Every few years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.
Specifically, there are concerns about what might happen should the tide turn in the bond markets when 30 years of falling interest rates reverses at a time when the Federal Reserve is preparing to tighten monetary policy by forcing rates higher.
Though the U.S. economy has been performing well and the Federal Reserve has signaled further interest rate hikes, investors have been concerned over when and how this policy will be delivered.
That insight, as obvious as it may seem, conflicts with the Fed's policy of raising interest rates preemptively, even as inflation continues to undershoot its target, essentially on concerns that a 17 - year - low 4.1 % jobless rate may already be beyond what officials consider «full employment.»
Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.
Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.
If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.
This goes beyond the usual concern that since raising interest rates in never popular, monetary policy will always be too loose.
The Fed previously had signaled it plans to raise interest rates two more times this year, but some observers have expressed concerns that the tightening monetary policy would accelerate over fears of inflation.
My mentor Michael Dooley once observed of employee participation in corporate democracy that workers will be indifferent to most corporate decisions that do not bear directly on working conditions and benefits: «As to the majority of managerial policies concerning, for example, dividend and investment policies, product development, and the like, the typical employee has a much interest and as much to offer as the typical purchaser of light bulbs.»
This is precisely why the proposal to align Canada's aid with its foreign policy and commercial interests in an amalgamated department is of great concern.
The dollar was falling 0.2 % against the euro as concerns over China's economy, mixed U.S. data and the latest minutes form the Federal Reserve's policy meeting lowered expectations for a U.S. interest rate hike, Reuters reports.
China's leadership and central bank are ready to cut interest rates again and also loosen lending restrictions, concerned that falling prices could trigger a surge in debt defaults, business failures and job losses, said sources involved in policy - making.
At the same time, signs of emerging inflation pressures may elevate concern among investors that policy makers will have reason to raise interest rates more aggressively than anticipated.
There is no shortage of uncertainty in today's fixed income markets given concerns about rising interest rates, low yields, tight spreads and policy uncertainty.
In addition to expectations about monetary policy, liquidity concerns of banks related to Y2K may have influenced the pattern of short - term interest rates in recent months.
With economic growth returning to the developed world, the end of years of quantitative easing and easy monetary policy is in view; inflation concerns are reviving, guaranteeing rising interest rates along with tightening liquidity.
For a variety of reasons, few of which relate to government policy, and more of which can be attached to market economics, the family farms are being swallowed up by corporate interests, whose MAIN concerns relate more to returns on investment and less on responsible husbanding of the land.
This should either trigger a faster policy response, or raise concerns that the Fed is falling behind the curve; both scenarios should result in a rise in market interest rates.
In order to alleviate liquidity concerns the Bank of Japan first introduced zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) in 1999 and then launched quantitative easing (QE) in March 2001.
Now Bair said she's concerned that inflated bond and stock markets could become volatile unless the Federal Reserve successfully tapers its quantitative easing policy, which is meant to keep interest rates low and stimulate borrowing.
«The Chinese are deeply concerned and we hear now from reliable sources in Beijing who suggest the Chinese government, the Communist Party, are developing lists of U.S. interests against which they could retaliate, commercial interests, and obviously one merely has to look at top U.S. exports to China to get a quick sense of whose heads may be on the chopping block,» said one China trade policy expert who interacts closely with U.S. business.
Although U.S. interest rates could stay lower than in previous rate cycles as Fed policy very slowly normalizes, investors remain concerned about the impact of rate increases on their fixed income returns.
(REUTERS)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged today in a nod to concerns about a weak world economy, but left open the possibility of a modest policy tightening later this year.
Concerns over rising interest rates also factored into the equation after the Federal Reserve gave no indication on Wednesday that it would abandon its approach of gradual policy normalization.
If revisionists manage someday to recapture denominational offices and pulpits in large number, the churches will be less concerned to prescribe and implement theologically correct views and more interested in equipping people to do their own thinking about questions of economic policy.
But while the former Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts is sharply critical of U.S. human rights policy (especially as conducted by Republican Administrations), he shows less concern about UN agencies, and none at all about the financing, motives, and agendas of the very mixed bag of interest groups known as NGOs.
But almost every element of this dynamic of human dissolution has also been aided and abetted by Republican policies, if in different guises: commercial self - interest, disregard for the poor and the survival struggles of economically battered workers, lack of interest in environmental self - discipline and generational concern for the future, disrespect for the Nations.
It is the responsibility not of government to formulate and perpetuate public policy but of the citizenry, who can do so wisely, creatively and effectively only by organizing themselves in voluntary groups around their various shared interests and concerns.
The administration is required to provide information to Congress concerning, among other things, «the nature of the refugee situation,» «an analysis of the conditions within the countries from which [the refugees] come,» «the extent to which other countries will admit and assist the resettlement of such refugees» and — not least — «the impact of the participation of the United States in the resettlement of such refugees on the foreign policy interests of the United States» [emphasis added].
As far as they are concerned, the only standard is whether nor not a certain action or policy promotes the national interest.
Consistent policies of human rights, in alignment with international standards and national laws, are of interest and concern for stakeholders.
IBFAN has expressed concern over the conflict of interest among lead authors of the Lancet child survival series as it has an important influence on health policies.
Some countries have expressed vocal concerns about Russian policy whereas others don't seem to care as much and have other interests at stake.
For this reason its foreign policy, while ruthlessly self - serving, must also be a fine balancing act wherein competing interests are weighed and compromises made, concerning international and domestic actors alike.
Rawls was aware of the moral value of independent economic activity, but he thought that legislatures concerned to make sensible social policy were the proper places to work out the balance between economic rights and other competing interests.
«However, we are concerned that the Conservative party does not have the best interests of the network at heart, as its policy effectively calls for it to be dismantled.»
«Ministers are, of course, fully aware of the concerns of the tourism industry on the issue of a bed tax and will continue to represent the interests of the tourism industry in all cross-government policy areas.»
«I know that they'll [the Bank will] be very worried and concerned and focused on what's happening to London house prices and wider house prices, but I hope that the Monetary Policy Committee will look across the piece, rather than at one indicator, before they decide to move on interest rates.»
«I know that they'll [the Bank] be very worried and concerned and focused on what's happening to London house prices and wider house prices, but I hope that the monetary policy committee will look across the piece, rather than at one indicator, before they decide to move on interest rates.»
Terming the reports as «incorrect,» Mahishini Colonne, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded, saying that «if there arises a requirement for Sri Lanka to procure aircraft of this nature, in keeping with the policy of the Government of Sri Lanka to maintain transparency, expressions of interest will be called for, from all concerned.»
«Our main concern here about these fiscal projections relates to their implications for monetary policy and, in particular, whether the fiscal stance - which is even looser than was first forecast by the Treasury - contributed to increases in interest rates,» the committee's report The Current State of Monetary Policy spolicy and, in particular, whether the fiscal stance - which is even looser than was first forecast by the Treasury - contributed to increases in interest rates,» the committee's report The Current State of Monetary Policy sPolicy states.
«We have worked hard to strengthen our policies concerning sexual harassment and to create a safe working environment, but while we fully thought we were acting in the interests of the victims and their desire for confidentiality, our errors in judgment resulted in the opposite effect,» said Silver.
«We're concerned about the lack of transparency in science... and a possible ethical breach in not disclosing potential conflicts of interest in an area with important public policy implications,» says Kert Davies, Executive Director of CIC in Alexandria, Virginia.
Dr. Connell has a long - standing interest in the development of regulatory policies associated with bio-containment work, and Dual Use Research of Concern.
Catalyzed by the Snowden revelations beginning in June, 2013, international interest and concern about U.S. cyber policies has increased steadily.
As far as politicians interest in the environment is concerned it depends some come to the issue through an understanding of the impacts policies are having on their community, their country the world others come from a religious values perspective that we are custodians of the planet for God and then others through an interest in the issues themselves.
Measurement researchers, as we might expect, are most interested in the assessment components of reform and are particularly concerned with validity issues and with the psychometric qualities of new assessments that are needed for accountability and policy purposes.