Sentences with phrase «raise economic output»

For decades, Labour has believed that inequalities can be eased by modest redistribution and that the way to persuade the haves to give up a little is to raise economic output.

The campaign plan expected «proposals on trade, regulatory and energy policy would raise economic output and revenues» to offset most of the remaining shortfall, as cited by the Tax Policy Center analysis.

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Singapore downgraded its forecasts on economic growth and exports for 2016 after confirming a contraction in output in the third quarter, raising the risk of a recession amid fresh uncertainty around global trade under U.S. President - elect Donald Trump.

Last fall, confronted with the prospect of global economic stagnation, the G20 recommended a major global infrastructure initiative to raise global output by 2 per cent over the next five years.

For each trading partner, a trade war could raise domestic production costs, broadly reduce economic output, lower corporate revenues, and pressure margins.

During a recent interview, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said that in the late stage of the economic cycle, «investment becomes the principle driver of growth, and that builds more capacity... raising potential output.»

U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July on falling gasoline costs, but solid gains in industrial output and home building suggested a pickup in economic activity that could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.

The possibility of Venezuela's exclusion from the IMF, an international coalition of nations created to promote economic stability, also raised traders» concerns over crude output from the struggling nation, prompting WTI prices to turn slightly higher week to date.

The CEBR report found that if the Government raised the rate of corporation tax from 21 per cent to 26 per cent - the result of equalising the tax rate between big and small business - would cost around 100,000 jobs from the small business sector and reduce economic output by # 4.3 bn, while reducing the public sector deficit by only # 1.6 bn over 10 years.