And then today Harman went on the attack, thanking a Tory prime minister for listening to his magistrate mother rather
than the policies of fellow progressives Lib Dems.
Not exact matches
A pro tip for public
policy advocacy groups: If you're looking for attention, it helps if your problem appears massively huge and your solution impossibly cheap — preferably less
than a cup
of coffee a week.
The statements provide less detail
than would an official record
of the
policy meeting, but they may accomplish the same thing — so long as the governor continues to be forthcoming.
If a Desjardins customer's driving data shows they are a less risky driver
than most (driving less
than 15,000 km per year, for example, or driving primarily between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.) they can qualify for a discount on their insurance
policy of up to 25 %.
«Marco is — has more
of an allegiance to Chuck Schumer and to the liberals
than he does to conservative
policy,» Paul said.
That meant
policy makers had to move sooner
than expected to stay ahead
of inflation.
«Major tax increases or
policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm
than good,» says Dahlby
of the sort
of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.
Trump's name shows up in filings
of less
than 14 %
of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana
policy.
«Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position
of having to fire productive employees for no other reason
than an arbitrary change in federal
policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees, or their broader community,» the report reads.
The content
of the Bank
of Canada's July Monetary
Policy Report and associated rate cut were indications that the economy is much weaker
than the Bank
of Canada previously forecast.
«Teva will have to align with the pricing dynamics
of the prior two launches rather
than lead the pricing
policy with payers,» Meitav Dash Investments analyst Jonathan Kreizman said.
More
than 56 %
of American workers — about 60 million — are subject to mandatory arbitration clauses that cover all kinds
of claims, including sexual harassment, according to the Economic
Policy Institute's survey
of nonunion private - sector employers.
The
policy was not met with much delight by bitcoin companies, and in August, more
than 10
of them went so far as to leave the state
of New York, either cutting off service to the state or packing up and relocating if they were headquartered there.
The parliamentary press corps» coverage
of monetary
policy is the weakest it's been since the inflation target debuted more
than 20 years ago.
Rather
than putting pressure on the businesspeople
of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy &
Policy Forum, I am ending both.
«Persistent conflicts and their regional spillovers, security concerns, weaker -
than - anticipated public investment (Afghanistan, Jordan), delays in implementation or completion
of structural reforms (Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia), and political and
policy uncertainty (Lebanon, Pakistan) continue to weigh on growth.
Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary
policy over to a computer, rather
than continue to let Fed
policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range
of data and economic trends.»
The Bank
of Canada couldn't ignore an annual growth rate
of 4.5 percent in the second quarter, which was much faster
than expected: «That's kind
of what data dependent looks like,» Lane said, repeating Governor Stephen Poloz's mantra that the newest information will guide
policy.
To the Fed's credit, the majority
of FOMC members in January 2008 based their
policy decisions on the mounting dysfunctional behavior
of the financial markets rather
than ephemeral coincident indicators such as real GDP growth.
Her decision to leave the church comes the same week the U.S. 5th Circuit Court
of Appeals upheld an injunction barring the Obama administration from implementing a
policy of deferring deportation actions against more
than 4 million undocumented immigrants.
In summary, the Federal Reserve has more
than enough information to conduct a proper monetary
policy in the absence
of official federal government economic data.
If you have an international version
of the card, rather
than the US version, be sure to double check the guest
policy for your card's Priority Pass benefit.
Rather
than the Fed pursuing a
policy resulting in some steady rate
of growth in the money supply, I would suggest that the Fed attempt to produce a steady rate
of growth in the sum
of the credit it creates and the credit created by depository institutions, i.e., commercial banks, savings associations and credit unions.
The CEO and CFO are part
of the team and do much more
than simply boast an open - door
policy; the CEO actually ditched his office and sits on the floor with the rest
of the team.
Gordon is curious about an untested
policy called «price - level targeting,» which would refocus monetary
policy on achieving an absolute increase in prices over time, rather
than the current emphasis on the rate
of change.
Nonetheless, the judge declared «consumer harm is not relevant» to competition
policy; Sears broke the rules by selling tires at a lower price
than its competitor most
of the time.
An adviser who earns a flat fee - such an hourly rate or a set percentage
of your portfolio value - is much better aligned with you
than an adviser who earns commissions for selling you particular mutual funds, insurance
policies, or other products.
Guests who believe they have experienced racism while using Airbnb may report instances
of discrimination to the company or accept Instant Booking listings at a higher price
than normal, but there's currently no
policy in place to put them on a level playing field with other white guests.
Shirakawa's doubts kept the BOJ firmly focused on interest rates, rather
than the size
of its balance sheet, even after it had driven its
policy rate down close to zero after the global financial crisis.
«We think there's a great combination
of policy, there's growth, Europe is very open and the stocks in the (Euro Stoxx 50 benchmark) are representative
of global growth more
than in the U.S.,» Francesco Garzarelli, co-head
of global macro and markets research at Goldman Sachs, told CNBC on Monday at the bank's global strategy conference in London.
Home sales across the country have dropped in the wake
of several government
policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers with a down payment
of more
than 20 per cent, that were implemented to cool the country's hot housing market.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic
Policy estimates that the richest 5 %
of Americans will receive more
than half
of the benefits
of the new federal tax law in 2019, and the richest 1 %
of Americans will receive more
than a quarter
of the benefits.
«The commercialization
of LEO (low Earth orbit) is an exciting prospect, but it will be an exercise in determining what ideas are more real
than others,» said Phil Larson, a former space
policy adviser to President Barack Obama who worked for Elon Musk's SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp..
Donald Trump tweeted, «Rather
than putting pressure on the businesspeople
of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy &
Policy Forum, I am ending both.
«EU leaders hoping for a significant change
of policy (rather
than tone) are likely to be disappointed,» he added.
Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser
policies would now lead to more
than tripling
of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank
of Japan is promising?
The former Exxon Mobil CEO's departure caps more
than a year
of policy clashes, sometimes public, with his boss.
Harvard's Czeisler recommends developing corporate
policies around sleep, with scheduled work limited to no more
than 12 hours a day, and at least 11 consecutive hours
of rest in every 24 - hour period.
«As well, yesterday's FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting was less dovish
than expected as the Fed kept its
policy forecasts unchanged despite clear deceleration in inflation and a couple
of bad data points yesterday.»
Axel Riedel, head
of SPDR ETFs Germany at State Street Global Advisors, told CNBC that Draghi's speech at the Jackson Hole meeting Friday was much more on regulation and reforms rather
than on monetary
policy.
Tom Mulcair's recent article for the Institute for Research on Public
Policy (IRPP) raises perhaps more questions
than it answers about the NDP's positions on the economics
of energy and the environment.
Jessica Vaughan, director
of policy studies for the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start - up Visas
than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both
of which are included in the larger reform bill.
But at that point, the Fed chair Janet Yellen and the other members
of the interest rate - setting committee seemed to side with the idea that Trump's
policies would do more to help the economy
than hurt it.
If we came to learn that excessive household debt posed a bigger threat to economic growth
than does a certain level
of government debt, then
policy makers would want to take that into account when setting interest rates.
The National Foundation for American
Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, found in March that immigrants had started more
than half
of the current crop
of U.S start - ups whose values topped $ 1 billion.
Under Trump's tax proposal, top earners — taking in more
than $ 699,000 a year — would see average annual tax reductions
of about $ 215,000, according to an analysis by the non-partisan Tax
Policy Center.
But rather
than politics, Darby, in a Dec. 3 report, wrote it's the country's monetary
policy — the Bank
of Thailand surprised analysts with an interest rate cut last month to boost growth — that «ought to be setting the alarm bells ringing in investors ears.»
In a span
of one minute, 21,256 gold futures contracts, equal to more
than 2 million ounces, traded just before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addressed a gathering
of policy makers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The Governing Council left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at its ultra-low setting
of 0.5 %, but
policy makers were less
than enthusiastic about the Canada's prospects.
On tax reform, the most significant legislative achievement
of Trump's first year, it's probably not fair to point just at Trump for a
policy that tends to pose more harm to Democratic constituencies
than Republican.