Not exact matches
Achievement of these
goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest
economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer
shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.
The impact of the changing world related to the Internet, social technologies, global
economic uncertainty, and
shifting marketplaces is having a direct impact on buyer values as they relate to buyer
goals.
But this does not justify the
shift of power from the political system which can express the concerns of people for their grandchildren and for the nonhuman world to
economic institutions for which these considerations are typically felt as interfering with their primary
goals.
In my analysis, the coming of industrial prosperity has led to a great
shift in the appropriate
goal of
economic activity, at least at the social level.
The Club of Rome called for «a Copernican revolution of the mind», which abandoned the commitment to endless
economic growth and set instead as its
goals zero population growth, a leveling - off of industrial production, increased pollution control, and a
shift from consumerism to a more service - based economy.
Surely it is time for us to
shift our shared national
goal from increasing
economic activity to enhancing the common good.
Regenerative Finance has the
goal of
shifting the economy by control of capital to communities most affected by racial, climate, and
economic injustice, and you can read about their work, philosophy, and action on their blog.
A more hopeful scenario would see the SDGs
shift the agenda away from growth towards an
economic model where the
goal is sustainable and equitable human well - being.
Our
goal as a group is to provide insight, advice and counsel on trends,
economic forces and cultural
shifts that impact career opportunities.
Without these policy
shifts, native title will continue to provide native title holders with only hollow rights to land with little scope for realising the social and
economic development
goals of traditional owners development opportunities that non-Indigenous title holders take for granted.
The Native Title Report 2003 emphasises the need to
shift the focus of native title negotiations and agreements towards the
economic and social development
goals of the native title claim group.