Sentences with phrase «rising standards of living»

In one sense, this is a positive indication of rising standards of living, and an expanding middle class, unfolding across the developing world.

Adding moral complexity to this fact are the rising standards of living in developing countries, which are largely attributable to the availability and exploitation of cheap, CO2 emitting sources of power like coal.

The global market's main source of expected growth over the next few years is projected to be emerging markets, spurred by rising standards of living and growing government spending on health care.

Vladimir Putin's approval rating, which has fluctuated between 80 % and 90 % since the start of Russia's meddling in Ukraine, could suffer, since apart from belligerent foreign adventures, the other thing that his popularity has historically depended on is rising standards of living for the population.

In a recent speech to the St. John's Board of Trade, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge made a strong case that Canada should concentrate on increasing productivity, so that we can have sustainable economic growth and rising standards of living in the future.

But that economic growth has come with a rising standard of living, and workers are demanding more pay.

Throughout our history, we have successfully relied on our exports and imports, particularly during the vast expansion of global trade in the decades following the Second World War, to support our rising standard of living.

This assumption seems to have paid off in some ways, in the proliferation of time saving technology and the rising standard of living in the West.

During the 1950s the basic elements of the American dream were recovered with compelling force — family stability, a rising standard of living, and seemingly unlimited career opportunities.

As a country develops, initially its death rate declines because of a rising standard of living and better medical care.

We know that the population of the world (and of the United States) will grow, and that people will expect an ever - rising standard of living.

Not exact matches

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

Standard Life Aberdeen rose 1.7 percent after the completion of the merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

The others were the explosive growth of renewable energy sources, especially solar photo - voltaic energy; China's increasing prioritization of cleaner energy; and the huge long - term rise in global electricity demand, reflecting higher living standards in the emerging world — notably in the shape of demand for air conditioning.

«The key point here is that this investment then supports transfers of technology (as well as intangible benefits such as transfers of knowledge, know - how, management techniques, et cetera), which raises productivity and allows for a sustainable rise in incomes and living standards.»

It is one of the most important drivers of Canada's growth potential, which, in turn, underpins rising living standards for Canadians.

But these trophies of wealth do not promote rising production, consumption or living standards.

Author Charles Steindel explains that when the U.S. personal saving rate took a negative turn in second - quarter 2005, it raised concerns that Americans may have to curtail spending and accept a lower standard of living as they pay off rising debts.

The creation of transitory and fragile asset - price bubbles is not built on labor nor do they bring rising living standards in their wake.

There, it is true that the arbitrage gains arising from free trade between economic zones of vastly different living standards without trade balance equilibrium and being captured by a small minority are correctly viewed as un-earned gains and giving rise to social tensions which could easily degenerate into political tensions.

We then take your income and we adjust it by the Average Wage Index (AWI), to account for the rise in the standard of living during your working years

For the past several decades, Asia Pacific has been a region of remarkable growth, economic dynamism and rising living standards.

This means that a sustained rise in its living standards will require spending much of the international savings it has built up.

The 47 % stuff is filling the vacuum where there should be a Republican message of broadly rising living standards.

Making translated Bibles available in Europe lead to increased literacy, to the rise of the middle class and standards of living, and to the return of Christianity to its sacred mission.

That is why economic problems do not diminish as the standard of living rises.

In the U.K. during the nineteenth century, standards of living for the working class rose by 1,600 percent.

Added to this is the materialism stimulated by the rapid rise of living standards.

All religions demand a standard of living that makes it's followers believe they are rising above everyone else and that they, personally, will be rewarded for their efforts.

Whether inflation rises or the Federal Reserve Bank uses its power over interest rates to limit the potential inflationary impact of the falling dollar, the ultimate outcome of our recent overdependence on foreign saving will be a lower standard of living (or slower increases in living standards), such that decent levels of retirement income (private and public) can not be maintained.

Nevertheless, as the general standard of living rises among those with whom we associate, our notion of a «modest» level of consumption rises.

Certainly, such a bankruptcy would mean a drastic lowering of our standard of living, a further loss of control over international affairs, a sudden need to adjust to the rise of other powers, including China and India, and a further discrediting of the notion that the United States is somehow exceptional compared to other nations.

«With rising inflation, it is time to reconsider this policy in order to protect the living standards of the poorest families.»

These philosophers also believed that people were basically virtuous; they supposed that improved standards of living, and habits rationally modified by knowledge, would lead to gradually rising moral standards in society.

The «have nots» are rising to challenge the «haves,» usually with scarcely any conception of the necessary economic, political, and demographic conditions required to produce a high standard of living.

To proclaim the criteria by which the Coming King will judge persons and nations, to exemplify those standards in the church as the new society, and to work for their recognition by the world — these are irreducible aspects of the Christian summons to the forgiveness of sins and new life, and to the lordship of the risen and returning King.

Thus the rapid decline in the standard of living of U.S. workers will not be compensated by a significant rise in the standard of living of Mexican workers.

The worldwide market for savory flavors is growing due to the rise in standard of living and lifestyle along with changes in consumer habits leading to higher demand for processed and convenience foods, both in home consumption and eating out.

«As the standard of living rises in those countries, our high - quality food exports are in even higher demand, and that puts pressure on prices,» it said.

The aim of a progressive political economy ought to be forging a resilient and balanced economy where people and businesses can plan ahead; delivering more egalitarian outcomes that narrow the inequalities of wealth and ownership which characterise modern capitalist economies; and sustaining growth that is necessary both for rising living standards and improvements in public services.

The Industrial Revolution saw both wages and living standards rise, which lowered the pressure for revolutionary change and served as a counterweight to the process of accumulation of private capital.

So, despite persistently high employment in these periods (seen as a «price worth paying» for low inflation), living standards rose for the majority of the populations in the 1930s and 1980s.

SLF believes that future governments must be careful not to sacrifice a dynamic economy with rising living standards for the sake of balanced budgets by a set date — especially if this means spending cuts that effect the most vulnerable.

A future shortage of labor in Europe due to a declining and aging population means that the EU will need an influx of immigrants to keep the workforce stable as well as to finance living standards and rising costs for healthcare.

Criticising the coalition government, he said: «Having failed in their promise to make Britain a safe haven, they now say that there is no alternative to rising joblessness and years of falling living standards for working people.

The Tories were thrashed, despite having presided over four years of vigorous growth, declining unemployment, rising living standards, low inflation and cheap mortgages.

By 1978 the economy had started to show signs of recovery, with inflation falling to single digits, unemployment falling, and living standards starting to rise during the year.

He tells us «It was to integrate educational, industrial and agricultural programmes to bring full employment, and to make possible the achievement of economic independence and a big rise in our standard of living.

If you were to believe the government, we are living in a time of plenty, with zero inflation, low unemployment and wage rises combining to boost living standards.

Meanwhile, back on planet earth, unemployment rose by 80,000 in three months and the IFS warned that living standards were dropping like one of those animated bombs in the Road Runner cartoon.