Sentences with phrase «term economic reform»

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Furthermore, it is important that we not get too distracted by the stimulus debate and work together to promote an agenda for long - term economic growth for the country, which should include reform of a tax system that has grown out of control, finalizing trade agreements, kickstart a lagging regulatory harmonization agenda and ensuring young Canadians have the skills to compete in a global market place.

In the U.S. presidential race, Hillary Clinton has proposed tax reforms to curb what she calls «quarterly capital,» the focus by public companies and investors on rapid returns instead of long - term profitability and economic growth.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

She's right — FDR, the only president to be elected to four terms, led the country through economic reform.

In terms of sector benefits, the firm upgraded industrials to overweight «as the sector benefits from solid capex trends, anticipated tax reform, and strong global economic growth.»

Like most reforms, the economic reforms announced by Beijing may produce sustainable long - term growth, but they will almost certainly dampen growth in the short term.

In practical terms, setting the target too high would signal to the market that the government is prepared to sacrifice economic reform to maintain growth.

They include upwards revisions in economic forecasts, expectation of monetary tightening, rising real and nominal long - term interest rates, fiscal stimulus on a huge scale in a full employment economy, rising protectionism that should choke off import flows, and tax reform directed at reducing capital outflows and increasing capital inflows.

In his speech, Yifei emphasized the importance of 2018 for China's long - term economic strategy, and discussed how the central bank's gold and silver department used problem - oriented, market - oriented, and livelihood - oriented «philosophy, style and methods» to promote reform and innovation in «key areas» of «currency bullion» as well as «currency gold and silver business.»

The historical precedents indicate that however effectively the reforms are designed and implemented, if China's economic adjustment is excessively costly or economically or socially disruptive, they won't even matter in the long term.

IMF: Greek debt load could become «explosive» If Greece does not vigorously enact economic reforms, and if short - term debt relief is not granted, its debt load could become explosive by 2030, the International Monetary Fund warned this week.

Furthermore, China's emphasis on consumption over government investment and India's ongoing structural reform efforts may create conditions for continued economic and corporate earnings growth over both the short and longer terms.

Today's economic risks can be minimized only with reforms that must form part of a long - term policy agenda.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

There is an item in today's Australian by David Crowe and Lauren Wilson (Economic gurus issue MPs with call to arms on reform)- but still no clues on when we're likely to see the final terms of reference.

There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

Acknowledging that negotiations with his country's creditors were not a one - off event and that Greece needed a positive relationship with these partner institutions in the long - term, PM Samaras and his negotiators did not resist impactful, sensible reforms that would actually facilitate economic growth (privatizations).

He called for a «shared national economic purpose», saying he wanted to work with business to meet «all long - term challenges by making the reforms you need and the modernisation you require and the country requires for economic success».

It is notable that the most important issue of the moment - economic stability - features lowest in the ranking of contested bills, while the most irrelevant issue in terms of voters» priorities, constitutional reform, is expected to be the most heavily fought - over.

«The governor has phenomenal track record of success here in New York, in terms of on - time budgets, investment in economic development, reforming the criminal justice system, ushering into law the passage of marriage equality.

A Labour government will drive forward the economic and industrial policy that Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna have been developing to create more high quality jobs in every region of the country by reforming our banking sector, modernising our infrastructure, and working with businesses to get the long - term investment we need in growing SMEs and the high productivity, growth industries of the future.

«I see education reform as the long - term solution to many of the economic and social problems.

«Through our welfare reforms — a key element in our long - term economic plan — we are eliminating wasteful spending and restoring fairness to the benefits system.»

He confirmed that major reforms, including term limits or limits to outside income, have receded in talks, and said he was seeking action on «economic development, workforce development, job training, business regulations.»

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put in place short - term measures to cushion the effect of the current economic crisis on the Nigerian masses or risk the lives of the people before he completes his reforms.

Subsidy reform boosts revenue in India, Indonesia Phil Sharp, a former 10 - term congressman from Indiana and current president of the economic think tank Resources for the Future, said such critical examinations of energy subsidies and their broad societal effects are helpful in keeping the issue «out front» with policymakers.

But it points out the dangers of reforms which only take short - term economic purposes into consideration.

AAU, APLU and ACE cite need for long - term economic growth, call for tax and entitlement reform to address broader budget issues.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

This necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this next phase of education reform, but I submit that the current state of and prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

As long as we reform our schools with unquestioned adherence to purely economic values, we may unintentionally ignore our impact on the skills and understanding that produce a just and equitable society in terms of class and race.

This necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this next phase of education reform, but the current state of and prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

The necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this new phase of education reform, but the prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

«Now we have an «irrational exuberance» for reform,» Pinkston contends, using the term Alan Greenspan coined for describing the economic speculation in the country that led to the stock market run - up in the 1990s.

The impetus this time was the famous A Nation at Risk report, which framed the educational problem in dire economic terms and launched an avalanche of state - level efforts at reform.

By comparing fourth - grade literacy outcomes against the experiences and inputs that produced these results — including indicators of health - care and preschool access, family economic well - being, mental - health and child - welfare services, nutrition, and comprehensive school quality — we can identify gaps in how we are serving children and target investments and reforms to those areas with the greatest potential to improve children's long - term life outcomes.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch increased its target price for gold to $ 1,400 an ounce by early 2018, citing lower long - term interest rates and lack of progress by President Trump in delivering economic reforms as reasons.

Proceedings: Friday 4 May Opening remarks Welcome by Mr, Sefa Sadık AYTEKIN, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey Keynote address by H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Workplan of WEO - 2012 Iraq Energy Outlook by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA Session 1: Energy in Iraq — fuelling Iraq's reconstruction and development Chair: Mr. Simon STOLP, World Bank Introductory interventions: H.E. Martin KOBLER, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq Dr. Usama KARIM, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Iraq Dr. Kamal AL - BASRI, Chairman of the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform Open discussion Session 2: Iraq's electricity sector — short term needs and long - term interests Chair: Mr. Hamish MCNINCH, International Expert Introductory interventions: Dr. Majeed ABDUL - HUSSAIN, Parsons Brinckerhoff Dr. Abdul Qader AHMED, Mass Global Open discussion Special address: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Session 3: Iraq's oil and gas supply — managing the development of a huge resource Chair: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Dr. Ali AL - MASHAT, Advisor, Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Ms. Ruba HUSARI, Managing Director, Iraq Insight Open discussion Session 4: Iraq and international markets — impacts on regional and global balances Chair: H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Introductory interventions: Dr. Mussab AL - DUJAYLI, former Director General, State Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA

«We are encouraged that a growing number of states — New York, Illinois and Ohio among them — have initiated legislative reforms to ensure that their flagship nuclear plants continue to provide carbon - free electricity along inherent economic benefits in terms of jobs and economical power,» Blee said.

Speaking in Tokyo last week, President Obama extended this problem to its logical conclusion, calling for rebalanced growth and a new U.S. economic strategy based on exports: «One of the important lessons this recession has taught us is the limits of depending primarily on American consumers and Asian exports to drive growth... [our] new strategy will mean that we save more and spend less, reform our financial systems, reduce our long - term deficit and borrowing.

«Subsidy reform can lead to a more efficient allocation of resources, which will help spur higher economic growth over the longer term,» the IMF says — a strong argument in the ongoing climate of economic uncertainty that surrounds us.

To make any sort of headway, the report will have to convince policy makers not of the moral or qualitative arguments of internalizing coal's external costs (such arguments are plain for everyone to see), but that its numbers make sense, i.e. that the short term economic and social costs of coal reforms will indeed be minimal, or at least manageable. Any policy that has the potential to negatively affect GDP is sensitive in China, as the recent demise of China's «Green GDP» project illustrates.

Finally, at a special afternoon plenary session that day, Dr. McClellan, director of the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform and senior fellow, Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution will address «The Future Funding of Long - Term Care.»

«Given the significant role that housing plays in the economy, policymakers need to take a long - term, holistic approach to housing finance reform and carefully gauge how it affects other efforts under way to get the nation's fiscal house in order and achieve long - term economic growth.»