Sentences with phrase «recent years these policies»

In recent years these policies have become so popular that the insurance companies made some of them insurance for a much longer period of time without a premium increase.

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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.

Given what central banks have been asked to do in recent years, it could be the most important economic policy decision the new government makes.

«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

«We expect the stagnation trend to continue and potentially accelerate next year, exacerbated by lower oil prices, tighter monetary policy and continued uncertainty on the geopolitical front,» noted Barclays economist Eldar Vakhitov in a recent report.

A push by Washington for more business - friendly regulation and fiscal support for the economy could improve America's mix of policies which in recent years have relied too much on the Federal Reserve, Fed Governor Jerome Powell said.

In a recent speech to the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said, «I think it will be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal - funds rate target and begin the process of normalizing monetary policy.»

The data «explains the recent policy tightening as policy makers are getting more and more comfortable with reaching the growth target this year and have shifted towards risk management,» wrote Goldman Sachs analysts led by Maggie Wei in Hong Kong today.

But groups lobbying to eliminate it have an uphill battle — polls in recent years show a majority of Americans still support the policy, even if it costs them sleep once a year.

While the CCA declares on its website that it doesn't lobby for policies that determine «the basis for or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention,» the Justice Policy Institute has documented several pieces of federal legislation the CCA lobbied on in recent years, including funding related to private prisons and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.

According to Druckenmiller, the Fed's policies in recent years have made no sense from a risk / reward perspective.

But it has failed to recover in recent years because of a series of policies that increase the burden on small - business owners — higher taxes, increases to health - care costs, more costly regulations, and now the minimum wage increase proposal

Demand for change favors Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who represents a fundamental break with the investor - friendly economic policies of recent years, particularly for the newly opened energy sector.

In that scenario, I would expect no more than one Fed policy rate hike this year, as labor market strength has been the highlight of recent economic performance.

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.

If Fed officials view it as a ceiling, as their statements sometimes suggest, they'll likely tighten monetary policy once they hit it even if they've been missing 2 percent for years and tightening means slowing job and wage growth that has eluded too many workers in recent recoveries.

If 2 percent really was consistent with a neutral monetary policy, then the very low real rates of recent years — buttressed by our large - scale asset purchases — should have been extraordinarily accommodative.

Canada's image on the world stage has grown considerably in recent years and our actions in specific aspects of economic policy are considered by many non-Canadians to be a role model for other nations.

Wherever governments and central banks unleashed aggressive stimulus policies in recent years, a toxic debt hangover has followed.

The attempted raids on McDonalds and other companies in recent years provide object lessons in this destructive financial policy of «shareholder activists.»

With that discussion, you can see already, I expect, the outlines of the way Australian policy - makers have analysed and reacted to the trends in commodity prices over recent years.

Because the higher standard deduction will exceed the value of itemized deductions for many taxpayers, the Tax Policy Center estimates that more than 25 million families will stop itemizing in 2018 — that's more than half the number of people who have itemized in recent years.

But Powell said that the government's fiscal policy was now «more stimulative,» which would help to boost inflation, which has been chronically low in recent years.

The policy implication is that had the Fed targeted higher inflation in recent years, a lower real interest rate could have hastened the recovery.

Roper and other consumer advocates argue that conflicted advice is deeply engrained in the brokerage business model, echoing the concerns outlined in a recent leaked White House policy memo in which officials concluded that «the current regulatory environment creates perverse incentives that ultimately cost investors billions of dollars a year» in the form of unnecessary rollovers of 401 (k) plans into costly IRAs, and «excessive churning (repeated buying and selling) of retirement assets.»

«It's just an electoral tool,» said the Opposition leader, who also accused the PQ of re-announcing policies already implemented in recent years by previous Liberal governments.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote in a report Wednesday that «China has appeared to be moving further away from market principles in recent years» and that «as a sovereign nation, China is free to pursue whatever trade policy it prefers.»

This rapid increase in exports to developing countries in recent years has gained the attention of Israeli policy - makers.

Business associations have been generally very supportive of the policy changes under Bill C - 49, saying it goes much further than earlier amendments proposed in recent years.

Investors have all but priced out the chance of a rate hike at the end of the Fed's two - day policy meeting on Wednesday, particularly given its adherence in recent years to only raising rates at meetings that are followed by press conferences.

The primary effect of the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing in recent years was to disrupt that sequence by intentionally encouraging continued yield - seeking speculation despite persistent overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions.

But in their most recent policy meeting, Fed officials stated they could raise the federal funds benchmark sometime this year, possibly during the second quarter.

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.

Since the final year of the recession, which spanned 2007 to 2009, the 3 - month Treasury Bill rate, a proxy for monetary policy, has put upward pressure on mortgage rates in recent years while the yield curve has put downward pressure on mortgage rates.

While recent years have held our position to a fairly defensive position, this is a function of the level of valuation and the quality of market action, not a general policy.

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.

While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.

Using history as a guide, all - out trade wars prove to be devastating and this recent shift is a clear departure from trade policy that has held precedent for over 80 years.

In a survey conducted by Bloomberg earlier this month, 38 of 47 economists said that the Federal Reserve's recent policy shift would cause 30 - year mortgage rates to rise next year.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy has helped spur the U.S. housing market in recent years, because it has indirectly held long - term mortgage rates near record - low levels.

In recent years, we see a pressing need to more clearly articulate Asia's policy priorities as it is clear that «one - size - fits - all» solutions may not work well in all situations.

Fiscal policy, which has taken a back seat to monetary policy in recent years, also seems to favor the U.S. economy in the coming year.

The stance of U.S. fiscal policy in recent years constituted a significant drag on growth as the large budget deficit was reduced.

It should be obvious from the performance of monetary policy over recent years that there is no basis for such suspicions.

But in the face of monetary policy that has intentionally encouraged yield - seeking speculation in recent years, what's needed in the chart above?

From a global policy perspective, we think the Fed's recent hikes are the first stage in a cycle that will later this year see the European Central Bank (ECB) discuss a more normalized rate policy, and then lastly Japan's BoJ may at least expand its 10 - year Japanese government bond (JGB) yield target range.

Obama's economic policies are what forced rates so low in recent years.

Global monetary policy has been too easy in recent years and that is why we have seen such a major run - up in a wide range of industrial commodity prices.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

Nonetheless, we would not read too much more into the Fed tightening, and, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions that the US economy will soon break out of the pattern of modest growth seen in recent years.