Sentences with phrase «recent policy interest»
In response to recent policy interest in using student achievement data
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The recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.
NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.
I would encourage you to remember that the current low levels of interest rates, while in the first instance a reflection of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, are in a larger sense the result of the recent financial crisis, the worst shock to this nation's financial system since the 1930s.
«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged in today's monetary policy announcement, but firmer inflation in recent months lays the foundation for hikes in the months ahead.
Monetary policies following the 2008 Collapse produced the longest period of sustained low interest rates in recent history.
In the time I have, I will discuss how our thinking on the interactions between monetary policy and financial stability has been evolving, tell you about some interesting recent research by our staff and touch on some questions that have yet to be resolved.
Now it's interesting that Canada's international «Brand» has evolved over recent years to increasingly incorporate the attributes of a strong financial services sector and responsible forward thinking public policy.
The fifth, and most recent, factor is the US Federal Reserve's signals that it might end its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected, and its hints of an eventual exit from zero interest rates, both of which have caused turbulence in emerging economies» financial markets.
A recent report by the Conference Board of Canada estimates that, based on the pace of the Canadian economy (and ignoring factors that are constraining our maneuvering space on monetary policy, such as the situation in Europe and the Fed's interest rate target), our key interest rate right now should be 2.5 per cent.
The policy implication is that had the Fed targeted higher inflation in recent years, a lower real interest rate could have hastened the recovery.
In the recent advancing half - cycle, the speculation intentionally provoked by zero - interest rate policy forced us to elevate the priority of market internals to a far greater degree than was required during the tech and mortgage bubbles.
A recent fear for high yield investors has been the prospect of normalising interest rate policy in developed markets — historically low interest rates have made the high yield market more sensitive to interest rate moves and effectively managing this risk will be important.
In the most recent period, following the tightening of monetary policy in May, market interest rates declined for a time as participants assessed that the cumulative tightening over the previous six months might have been sufficient to reduce the risks on inflation.
The overall strength in demand for credit, combined with the fact that interest rates remain slightly lower than the average of recent years, continues to suggest that the current policy setting is not inhibiting the growth of the economy.
The head of the European Central Bank says recent signs of weakening economic growth are grounds for caution but not worrisome enough yet to consider changing the bank's stimulus and interest rate policy.
With economic conditions in Japan improving in recent months, the Bank of Japan had begun to prime markets for an end to its zero interest rate policy at its 17 July meeting but, in the event, the collapse of a large Japanese retailer, Sogo Co, prompted the Bank to hold off its decision.
Congress has shown increasing interest in tackling marijuana policy issues in recent years, to the extent that there is now an official Congressional Cannabis Caucus.
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.
Notwithstanding the recent increases in interest rates, the stance of monetary policy is not unduly restricting growth at present.
In the U.S. more recent policy driven examples include Paul Volcker's decision in 1980 to force the U.S. into a painful recession by elevating U.S. interest rates above 20 %.
Recent policy actions, including today's rate reduction, coordinated interest rate cuts by central banks, extraordinary liquidity measures, and official steps to strengthen financial systems, should help over time to improve credit conditions and promote a return to moderate economic growth.
NEW YORK The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.
Although it now seems that the «zero lower bound» for nominal interest rates wasn't actually zero, it is not clear that the recent negative rates implemented by a handful of central banks in Europe offer some new vista of policy effectiveness.
Recent formal policy statements have said Fed officials anticipate «it likely will be appropriate» to keep the interest rate near zero «well past the time that the unemployment rate declines below 6.5 %.»
The Swiss Nation Bank is widely expected to keep its policy unchanged but it will be interesting to see if the bank will make any new comments over the recent strengthening of the franc.
Perhaps best known for his text on the sociology of religion, The Sacred Canopy, Berger has also shown a keen interest in issues of development and public policy and in the nature of religious belief in the modern world, as evident in A Far Glory: The Question of Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992) and in his most recent book, Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience.
It's been my recent New Year's tradition to see which posts most interested you in the prior year, and in 2017, the topics were all pretty weighty: Trump's child nutrition policies,... [Continue reading]
The American Academy of Pediatrics, in their most recent Circumcision Policy Statement, concluded that «data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision» and that «parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child».
It's been my recent New Year's tradition to see which posts most interested you in the prior year, and in 2017, the topics were all pretty weighty: Trump's child nutrition policies, worries about school food, a science scandal, even a natural disaster.
Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY, noted that «Hydraulic fracturing has been one of the most polarizing issues in recent history, with no shortage of political money invested by pro-fracking interests to achieve a favorable outcome... New York State needs comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying reform to assure New Yorkers that public policy is based on their interest, not the special interests.»
The Hedge Clippers analysis argues that the massive sums from the hedge fund industry have helped create a system where wealthy individuals pay «nowhere near their fair share» due to tax policies that favor the rich, including a low tax bracket on upper - income earners and on «carried interest» profits, as well as the recent elimination of the «alternative minimum tax.»
Secondly, it would also be far harder to ignore because it would have been government initiated, sprung from Lib Dem party policy and of huge public interest, like the recent banking review.
A look at China's recent progress on climate and energy shows that China has indeed made strides in both — policies its officials here say are in the country's own national interest.
I was reading today that a recent survey done by Public Policy Polling has really uncovered some interesting issues down south.
Education's prominent role in the recent congressional elections did not translate into interest in working on the House committee that deals with federal school policy.
The quantification of differences has generated a flurry of policy proposals to promote teacher quality over the past decade, and the Obama administration's recent Race to the Top program only accelerated interest.
The results of three recent polls on education policy should provide interesting fodder for the winners of state and national elections.
With the significant policy changes over recent years, passing the management of the school to the senior management team in schools, it is interesting to see whether schools leave procurement decisions to the head teacher.
His recent research and publication interests have focused on the relationship between English language proficiency and content assessments, standards alignment, policy issues associated with Title III accountability, and applying growth modeling techniques to address key educational questions for English language learners.
The causes are numerous, from a national decline in interest in the teaching profession to frustrations with North Carolina's low teacher pay and recent policy changes from the state legislature.
A recent PDK poll found «little support for standardized testing in contrast to the deep interest in testing by policy makers over the last two decades.»
We believe the report's recommendations mirror the recent policy statement released by the National Education Association and further highlight the organization's ties to union interests rather than its commitment to students of color.
Thus far, there have been four total books written about value - added models (VAMs) in education: one (2005) scholarly, edited book that was published prior to our heightened policy interest in VAMs; one (2012) that is less scholarly but more of a field guide on how to use VAM - based data; my recent (2014) scholarly book; and another recent (2011) scholarly book written by Doug Harris.
In recent years, the monetary easing policy has suppressed interest rates and increased the money supply in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.
The topic today is about a recent announcement from Citibank about its credit card usage and interest rate policy.
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says risks from household debt and the housing market will be better addressed by the government's recent policy moves than by adjusting interest rates.
Recent policy actions, including today's rate reduction, coordinated interest rate cuts by central banks, extraordinary liquidity measures, and official steps to strengthen financial systems, should help over time to improve credit conditions and promote a return to moderate economic growth.
«Although interest rates have fallen in recent months, median family incomes are still lagging behind price gains, and mortgage rates will inevitably rise with the upcoming changes in monetary policy,» he said.