Sentences with phrase «record high government»

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It then surged to a record in March, and generally has stayed above the highest levels reached during Barack Obama's presidency, a period that featured the rise of the Tea Party and a government shutdown, among other things.

That's already visible in U.S. government forecasts, which say U.S. crude oil production will rise from an average of 9.2 million barrels a day this year to 9.9 million barrels a day in 2018, a new all - time high beating a record set in 1970.

«I'd like to set the record straight: Neither I nor anyone in my office has spoken with the president or any high - level member of the Trump administration, including Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, regarding government business since August.»

In absolute terms, the deficit will be at an all time record high, thereby exposing the federal government to interest rate fluctuations.

Passage of tax reform, a brief government shutdown, and the cryptocurrency craze have dominated much of the headlines, yet companies continuing to register strong earnings have been the primary driver pushing stocks to record highs.

Interest in bitcoin trade is soaring in Zimbabwe and so is the price of the crypto - currency, which hit new record highs of nearly $ 10 000 earlier this month in a worsening economy that the government is struggling to turn around.

«He doesn't want to leave any question about the independence of the Governor of the Bank of Canada, but we have a situation under the Conservative government that has allowed record household debt... and the bank is really caught between a rock and a hard place, because these high debt levels create pressure for higher interest rates, but inflation is very low.

But the operating earnings in the denominator include money that's actually due to bondholders and the government (the sum of which currently represents a record high share of «operating earnings»).

Yields on high - yield corporate bonds narrowed (centre panel) and record low government bond yields pushed up valuations of risky assets (right - hand panel).

The continued record highs have attracted the attention of the media, the public, governments, banks, and many more.

Sergei Guriev, a former advisor to the Russian government, told CNBC that, should oil prices stay at their near - record lows of around $ 82 a barrel, Russia, which is basing its economic forecasts on a much higher oil price, would face a «serious problem.»

These low rates have encouraged investors in recent months to pile on risk, taking U.S. equities markets to record highs earlier this year despite an economy that's still being slowed by relatively high unemployment, huge debt levels, and tighter government spending.

Chinese refineries processed a record of more than 12.1 million b / d in March, boosted by higher government import quotas and steady margins.

Government debt is already approaching 106 percent of GDP, a record high with the exception of a brief period during World War II.

That record was then dwarfed Thursday when shares reached a new all - time high at $ 385, undoubtedly spurred by the EV company confirming it is in fact in talks with the Shanghai municipal government to build a Gigafactory and manufacture cars in the city's tech sector.

Many of the largest banks in the Middle East posted record earnings in 2012, as they continued to pursue conservative lending policies in a region that is growing faster than most, thanks to high oil prices and extravagant government spending.

Record High Debt The most recent number for global debt is at $ 233 trillion, and about $ 63 trillion of that is central government debt.

In response, the Refugee Council said: «With the number of refugees at a record high, we urge the Government to go further and commit to resettling people from around the world, at least at current numbers, for as long as it is needed.»

The latest study from the Pew Research Center found that government restrictions and social hostilities regarding religion in 2015 (the latest year with data available) were actually down a bit from record highs in 2012, although up significantly from 2007 when Pew began keeping track.

We have a president that received no vetting from CNN or those who voted for him and look what we got... a partisan ideologue who has brought the number of Americans who need food stamps to a record high, embraced policies that have resulted in 23 million Americans unemployed or under - employed, decreased household incomes by $ 4000 annually, increased the number of Americans dependent on the federal government to nearly 50 % and appointed dozens of «czars» who we know nothing about and who were also never vetted.

No Christian writer of the New Testament, so far as our records reveal, ever faced the responsibility of applying high moral principles to preserving the institutions of society, administering governments, handling international relationships, prosecuting social reforms, or even mitigating by public measures the inequities of an economic system.1

Fergus Ewing, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, comments: «Scottish food and drink exports are at an all - time high — with world - renowned Scottish goods like salmon and whisky being consumed across the globe at record levels.

All of the high chairs in this review have solid safety records with only one receiving mention in the government recall database at cspc.gov - The Mima Moon.

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

Ride - share companies in the last several years have assembled a team of high - profile and politically connected lobbying and consulting organizations to influence city and state government in New York, records at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics show.

We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.

Following five years of policies designed to reduce immigration, quarterly statistics released at the end of August showed net migration reaching the highest level on record, taking the government ever further from its goal of reducing net flows «from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.»

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

At a special state hearing in Oswego County Tuesday, government officials admitted that there is effectively no way to prevent Lake Ontario from once again reaching the record high levels seen this year.

Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington.

Cameron's old mate robustly defended the government's track record on supporting teachers by paying off some of their student debt in bursaries and pointing out that teachers repay their debt more slowly than higher earners.

County Executive Steve Bellone (D - Babylon) has proposed a record - high budget for Suffolk County government for 2017 — $ 2.96 billion, 1.5 percent higher than this year's.

«The ABI has an unparalleled record of delivering complex, industry - led projects in partnership with Government, such as FloodRe to ensure affordable flood insurance for households at high risk, and MedCo, to protect customers against unscrupulous claims management companies.

He however noted that government has been able to steer the economy to some of the highest growth rates on record.

The government published research today showing that income inequality is at its highest in Britain since records began in 1961.

In David Cameron's Britain, hospital admissions linked to alcohol problems have reached a record high so the government urgently needs to get a grip.

Prof. Funmi Para-Mallum, its National Coordinator, who disclosed this at a High Level Advocacy and Policy Dialogue initiated by the Plateau government, said that the cases were recorded from 2015 to early 2017 by CWEENs» Observatory Steering Committee (OBSTEC).

With youth unemployment hitting a record high and the total number of people out of work the highest since the Tories were last in office, the Public and Commercial Services union says the government must take urgent action to reverse the damage it is doing to our economy.

«Private sector employment has jumped by 1.3 million to a record high of 24.1 million under the Coalition Government — while public sector employment has fallen by 423,000.

At a time when fuel prices are at record high, and the Government is punishing drivers with sky high VED increases, Mrs Kelly is now going to hit low income earners in Greater Manchester with a 8 per cent tax on getting into work.

HOUSING With New York's record high homeless population hitting 60,000, the city will need help from the federal government to make a dent even with the ambitious affordable housing plan from the de Blasio administration, experts said.

He also described the Ohaji / Egbema and Oguta local government areas of the state as recording the highest activities of cult - related acts in the state.

Labour made a mistake by «playing tough» on crime and allowing the prison population to soar to record levels during its time in government, instead of tackling sky - high reoffending rates, the shadow justice secretary, Sadiq Khan, is to acknowledge for the first time on Monday.

After studying high - resolution satellite imagery and compiling records from local and regional government agencies, the authors concluded that all land leased for palm oil production in Indonesia added up to an area the size of Greece.

U.S. government agencies said on Wednesday that world temperatures in 2016 hit a record high for the third year in a row.

Onac is worried about how the government will fill the new council, because it asked universities, and not a broad array of scientists, for nominations: «Our experience is that the universities will always propose people who are high in their structures but not necessarily scientists with good publication records,» he says.

Worldwide obesity levels are peaking at record breaking highs, life expectancies are decreasing rather than increasing, and obesity is costing governments all around the world billions upon billions every single year.

Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney's film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold.

In what will be seen as a sharp rebuke to the government, Sir Michael Wilshaw will criticise the UK's record on youth unemployment, blaming the failure to provide high quality vocational training for teenagers who don't go into higher education.

Labour's shadow minister for schools Nic Dakin said:» There is a teacher shortage crisis in this country with the highest number of teachers quitting the profession since records began and the government is regularly missing their targets on teacher recruitment.