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Experts said that any potential growth in America's «achievement gap» between advantaged and disadvantaged kids could be the result of recent economic trends.

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«The data can not be used in isolation, but when combined with knowledge of the geographic distribution of economic activity in the US, the data can identify shifts in industrial activity and identify new trends,» Carpenter wrote in a recent note to clients.

«The Complacent Class» focuses on trends like rising segregation, disappointing economic growth and technological progress, and a recent uptick in civil unrest and crime, not to mention the populist backlash that carried Donald Trump to power.

Readers are cautioned that these forward - looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things, that conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, the potential impact on the business of Accompany due to the uncertainty about the acquisition, the retention of employees of Accompany and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate Accompany and to achieve expected benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10 - K and Form 10 - Q.

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

Companies have been stingy about capital expenditures in recent years, but that trend may be poised to turn around, extending the life of this economic cycle — and offering potential surprise upside in the next.

But until or if the economic trend flashes a warning sign, there's room for debate about whether the great bull market of recent vintage is history.

Based on demographic trends, the country should see a stronger rebound in multifamily construction than in single - family construction, Kansas City Fed senior economist Jordan Rappaport wrote in the most recent issue of the bank's Economic Review.

Looking at the historical performance of the MSCI World Value and Growth Indexes, value has lagged growth in recent years but has tended to recover strongly in the aftermath of past periods of sustained weakness.1 We expect the eventual normalization of economic and policy trends to be supportive of value - oriented equities after this pronounced period of underperformance.

They will also assess how recent forecasts fit into our expectations for economic trends and policy changes and provide snapshots of the latest data as well as upcoming market events.

Like other eateries, Carolina Brewery has not been immune to the national trend of consumers cutting back on going out to eat during the country's recent economic recession.

According to him, although recent political trends show the Ashaiman constituency was a stronghold of the NDC, most of the electorates in the area will vote for the NPP in this year's elections due to the untold economic hardship the governing NDC has led the country into.

It could be because of changes in the labour market dampening the effects of recent economic downturns — or it could also be due to trends in crime prevention measures, such as growth in use of burglar alarms, CCTV and car immobilisers.»

While no significant trends have been found in either the annual number of reliably reported tornadoes or of outbreaks, recent studies indicate increased variability in large normalized economic and insured losses from U.S. thunderstorms, increases in the annual number of days on which many tornadoes occur, and increases in the annual mean and variance of the number of tornadoes per outbreak.

CPRE finds a general trend of fewer years in the classroom overall, but with a recent uptick in longevity after the economic downturn.

Looking at the historical performance of the MSCI World Value and Growth Indexes, value has lagged growth in recent years but has tended to recover strongly in the aftermath of past periods of sustained weakness.1 We expect the eventual normalization of economic and policy trends to be supportive of value - oriented equities after this pronounced period of underperformance.

This webinar presentation (which was just under an hour long) offered a very high level view of recent economic developments as well as trends and forces impacting markets and where the data appears to be pointing to opportunities for investors.

Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward - looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next - generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third - party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated.

Well, be it a recent trend or a more gruesomely long - term situation, Nikkei — one of Japan's leading economic newspapers and news sites — has published what appears to cast one hell of a light on the shadowy, unseen day - to - day workings inside the Japanese developer / publisher.

#access #technology #gentrification #class #labor #place The recent election of Mayor Bill de Blasio in New York was hailed by many as a sign that the trend of economic displacement in major American urban centers was coming to an end.

It is estimated, for example, that none of the [Millennium Development Goals] targets will be met in sub-Saharan Africa if current trends continue, and this is before account is taken of the real effects of the recent crises in food and energy, the rapid increase in impacts of climate change, and the major implications of a global economic slowdown.»

In response to criticism of how its Fourth Assessment Report handled the question of recent trends in economic losses from climate - related disasters, the IPCC issued a statement in January, 2010 saying

Click here to view the most recent Carbon Emissions Indicator and Data Though economic growth slowed throughout much of the world during 2001, world carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels continued their relentless upward trend, surpassing 6.5 billion tons.

(02/27/2008) More than half the Amazon rainforest will be damaged or destroyed within 20 years if deforestation, forest fires, and climate trends continue apace, warns a study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Reviewing recent trends in economic, ecological and climatic processes in Amazonia, Daniel Nepstad and colleagues forecast that 55 percent of Amazon forests will be «cleared, logged, damaged by drought, or burned» in the next 20 years.

These trends are combining with economic developments — including the lowering of grain support prices in recent years, the rising wages in off - farm employment that pull labor from agriculture, and the shift to more intensive cropping, such as vegetable production, to reduce China's grain harvest.

His spy novel, The Disciples, was published by Simon and Schuster, as was his most recent book on progressive investing and economic trends, The Blue Way.

In recent years, judicial decisions, social trends, policy agendas and economic upheaval have all contributed to the evolution of key principles of professional negligence law and the emergence of new themes and trends, which have been the subject of stimulating analysis and dispute.

During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour, delays in language / cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.

In addition to the 25 - year look back, this year's Data Book also tracks more recent trends that compare data from 2005 to 2012 and rank states using 16 indicators across four broad areas — Economic Well - Being, Education, Health and Family and Community.

However, recent releases of positive economic data could halt the downward trend of mortgage rates.»

Get the most recent economic, valuation, and supply and demand trends at the 2017 NIC Spring Investment Forum, March 22 — 24 in San Diego.

Sellers are looking at recent pricing trends and prospects for economic growth, and arguing that their prices are justified.

Analyzing recent asset purchases, metro rent growth, population trends and economic health, read more

While real estate may have been the catalyst to the recent economic recession, it is also a leading indicator of strength of economy when it is trending positively.

«This trend appears to be largely demand - driven as economic and job growth fell short of expectations for the first half of the year, and declining business confidence and investment no doubt was a contributing factor as recent uncertainty and global events have left businesses hesitant to make new commitments,» AvalonBay CEO Timothy Naughton said on the company's earnings call this week.