Sentences with phrase «productive capacity as»

The most recent data suggest that the vast majority of the world's wild fish stocks either are being overexploited or have reached their maximum productive capacity as fishing fleets have expanded and moved into previously untapped regions of the seas.

Governing Council still believes that investment will be needed to expand productive capacity as both foreign and domestic demand increase.

Not exact matches

Taken as a whole, the «competitiveness» of the United States economy — that is, its productive capacity to generate growth — is very high in comparison with other economies.

In my email, I went on to discuss why this matters so much and why it is incorrect to think of China's GDP growth as growth in China's underlying economy (or in its debt - servicing capacity, or its productive capacity, or however else one prefers to think of GDP).

The uncertainty around potential output remains high because it is not clear how much productive capacity will ultimately be rebuilt as the economy strengthens.

These changes will take time, but must happen as China strives to enhance its productive capacity.

Beyond the reasonably favourable outlook for the next few years, growth in productive capacity and exports in the resources sector over the longer term will depend on future mineral discoveries (though existing reserves could support production and exports of some commodities, such as coal, for a considerable time).

But does real - world evidence support your contention when applied to advanced countries with large unused productive capacities and that issue their own currencies, such as Japan or Canada?

First, historically, and internationally, it's not the rate of money growth per se, but the growth of government spending as a share of GDP (particularly spending that doesn't add to the productive capacity of a nation), that drives inflation pressures.

The strength of resource production of late partly reflects an improvement in labour productivity in the mining sector, which is to be expected as new productive capacity comes on line.

(As a historical explanation it may be pointed out that the consciousness industry in Russia at the time of the October Revolution was extraordinarily backward; their productive capacity has grown enormously since then, but the productive relationships have been artificially preserved, often by force.

This has also aggravated the already disruptive relationship between the land and its owner as exploitation became the standard for increased production, badly affecting the productive capacity of the land.

Economists Harry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison (of Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively) define deindustrialization as «a widespread, systematic disinvestment in the nation's productive capacity.»

Charles Janeway introduces the hypothesis that «components of the innate [immune] system, especially antigen - presenting cells such as DCs, required the microbial stimuli contained in [adjuvants] to become activated and acquire the capacity to induce productive responses from antigen - specific lymphocytes.

To be productive and to be valuable uses of time, PLCs must be teacher - driven and focused on resolving student - learning concerns through teacher capacity (for example, what do I as a teacher need to learn to help students learn better?)

Participants will examine practical, thoroughly tested guidance on building and maintaining a close, productive, and enduring board - superintendent partnership as well as clarifying the role of the superintendent in supporting the board and in developing the board's governing capacity.

The school will enhance the productive contributions and vocational capacities of youth with significant disabilities who have typically not been competitively employed nor been seen as having the ability to be competitively employed upon graduation.

But consider that trailing economic statistics look hopeful for Canada as a whole, with our unemployment rate at all - time lows, and our capacity utilization rate at 12 year highs (signifying a productive economy).

Population aging has wide ranging impacts for our country and while much of the policy debate surrounds the impact on areas such as health care, taxation revenue and our productive capacity, there is little discussion about the impact that it will -LSB-...]

I would describe capacity building as improving human capital rather than changing social capital although capacity building could be argued to be the building of any productive assets of a person which would include some aspects of social capital.

So long as the productive capacity of the US is not expanding, arguing about how it is financed is not a fruitful endeavor.

As such, we build up productive capacity using debt, assuming that high compound growth will make it work, and fall into another bout of debt deflation.

Current Ecological Footprint accounts provide a robust, aggregate estimate of human demand on the biosphere as compared to the biosphere's productive capacity.

For perspective, the Waxman - Markey bill aimed to help achieve the Copenhagen climate treaty goal of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 - equivalent greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 parts per million by 2050.82 A NAAQS requiring states to make a proportionate contribution83 to CO2 stabilization at 350 parts per million and other greenhouse gases at pre-industrial levels in five to ten years would cause the United States to become a single non-attainment area, and the Clean Air Act would function as a no - growth mandate, contradicting a core purpose of the Act: protecting the «productive capacity» of the population.84

And it seems obvious to those who would elevate science as a political institution that science's priorities should be about «risk management» rather than the normal business of science: finding the mechanisms of disease and their cures, understanding the natural world, and improving our productive capacities, and the such like which need no political authority.

On the other hand, as economists, we understand that these numbers are small in relation to the productive capacity of our society.

On top of that, the Bank will also play a part in supporting investment that meets the economy's long - term needs, increases competitiveness, as well as fortifies Europe's productive capacity and infrastructure, with a focus on building a more interlinked single market.

Politicians of ALL persuasions now understand — just as well as do ALL health professionals — that racism is an attack on people's health and well - being, and our capacity to live productive, self - determining lives.

As she says, «Anger is an important emotion» but «when tempers flare our capacity for clear thinking, empathy, and creative problem - solving go down the drain...» Discussions are far more likely to prove productive when both parties are calm enough to be open to hearing the other person's perspective, and to be able to express their own concerns without finger - pointing.