Sentences with phrase «thing about the economy»

Earlier in the year there was definitely a sense that the stock market was saying one thing about the economy and the bond market was saying another.

Economists are able to tell us many things about the economy that we need to know and they are continuing to press back the boundaries of ignorance.

Not exact matches

Most of the intelligent things that were said about the economy came out of her mouth.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

About the only time interest rates pose a substantial risk of precipitating a crash is when central banks become concerned about overheating in the economy and are willing to provoke a recession to cool thingsAbout the only time interest rates pose a substantial risk of precipitating a crash is when central banks become concerned about overheating in the economy and are willing to provoke a recession to cool thingsabout overheating in the economy and are willing to provoke a recession to cool things off.

«We guess about where the economy and markets will go, but things we never thought possible can happen.»

Host Chuck Todd pressed Trump a second time on the issue, but the businessman dodged again, insisting he wanted to talk about things like the economy.

As increasingly fast - paced change grips our economy and society, it's clear that it's time for unions to think about doing things in a new way.

The Bank of Canada didn't need to talk specifically about the prospects for non-energy exports; it provided an assessment of the U.S. economy, which is essentially the same thing.

And being perhaps the world's most comprehensive aggregator of economic data for the largest and most advanced economies on the planet — and having tracked such data for the last five decades — one might suggest that the OECD knows a thing or two about improving productivity and making an economy grow.

«Cooling off» is the best thing you can say about the U.S. economy, says a recent commentary by David Rosenberg, chief economist with Toronto wealth manager Gluskin Sheff.

Here's the thing about the Fortune 500, a list designed to show the industrial and financial might of the American economy: Most of the companies on it make money.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

Now, if you think the economy is about to fall off the rails, either it «s going to go into recession, or it «s — there «s going to be a tick off in inflation, that might be a signal things are going to get worse.

But here's the thing: It's all downhill from here, raising questions about the timing of Trudeau's boasts about his ability to direct the course of a $ 2.1 trillion economy.

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When it comes to the most basic things that British Columbians care about, the environment and the economy, most share Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's view that the two go together.

Perhaps the most exciting thing about this development is that it could lead to higher productivity growth for the entire economy.

Now, however, the reverse is occurring. Because of a narrow, perverse political calculation, Conservatives have decided that it is to their advantage for Canadians to be as worried about the economy as possible. And so they are actively playing up the risks. The call to Poloz was part of that strategy:  Things must be bad. Why, the Prime Minister even had to call the central bank governor!

And meanwhile Berlusconi and the the Northern League and Fivestar who are not very enamoured with the ECB nor with Brussels are all pushing for various things about the Italian economy.

One of the things I've been thinking about is the political economy of bubbles.

Academic textbooks pretend that the economy is all about production and consumption — factories producing the things their workers buy.

For one thing, they're optimistic about the strength of the recovery and point to the booming stock market as a sign that investors expect the economy to get a lot better over the next three years or so.

Cryptocurrency supporters today are saying the same thing I heard about the Internet in the late 1990s: There is a new economy and traditional valuation methods don't apply any more.

The stock market is not the same thing as the economy, but this gives you an idea about how much room some of these markets may have to run in the years ahead if they can get their act together and make their equity markets more appealing to foreign or domestic investors.

In the longer run, two things make me particularly bullish about Mastercard: its intent focus on technology, and the massive global opportunities as cash economies like India turn cashless.

Yes our quality of life is still quite good relative to SOME other countries... that not really what people are thinking though when they use the term «3rd world country» — they are talking about the trending that they see — and the media reflects a perception out there that things are trending in a negative direction... look, if you read my original posts, you will see that they have much less to do with our economy as they have to do with WHY we are involved in the middle east and the SOCIAL impact of that.

Covering contraception in cases like that which Fluke testified about, ie the ovarian cyst case where contraception was truly a medically necessary thing, would not bring down the economy and might even result in net savings, assuming that the cost of removing the ovary WAS covered, as one would hope it was.

Here, the spiritually and politically minded speakers talk to RELEVANT about the economy, helping the poor and how the apocalypse - type language going on now can be seen as a good thing.

So, having said these things, I will still vote for President Obama not so much for the other issues I agree with him (immigration and especially economy), but because of the facts you Baptist Minister also mentioned about Bishop Romney (he was indeed a Mormon priest in Boston and a Mormon missionary in France).

«Finally, in free - market economies, destructuring is brought about by a strange law of journalism and the media that dictates that the only interesting things are those that depart from the norm.»

The last thing we need is «pastors» putting their two cents in about the economy.

The easiest thing to grasp about the City of God is that it is not the City of Man — that is to say, that all existing moral - political authority is all - too - human, and that every individual represents some promise, some meaning, some destiny far beyond anything that can be represented in the economy of an actual political - cultural world.

Obama is the first president in my lifetime who has been about the American people and not about wasting 8 years accomplishing nothing (or accomplishing the wrong thing: letting the economy tank, starting a war in the wrong country, making America an international embarrassment).

Data like this is likely why presidential hopefuls have taken to talking about the «rigged» economy and what they'll do to equalize things — of course the two major candidates approach the solution from vastly different perspectives.

Why, just today I heard that there's been an increase in the number of cosmetic surgeries being done - a sign that people are feeling more confident about the economy and are willing to spend some money on things they want, not just things they need.

Its a bad thing for a politician to more concerned about ABOUT THE ECONOMY than friggin the Earth'sabout ABOUT THE ECONOMY than friggin the Earth'sABOUT THE ECONOMY than friggin the Earth's age.

When asked how she felt about the position of candidates on things like health care, jobs, the economy, the wars, the debt, etc. she replied:

Mugabe: Oops, sorry about the whole, murdering my own citizens, destroying my economy, using donated food as leverage, destroying my country thing.

In kicking off La Mistura, Peru's annual culinary festival, Chef Gaston Acurio talked about the state of the economy, and how food is the one sector that is growing in this country — because the emotional connection Peruvians have with their food is the last thing they're willing to let go.

With the changes in the economy Heather realized there were things about her business that she wanted to change to meet the needs of the moms she was selling her items to.

At the rate things are going, the Western economy should shudder to a halt in, oh, about six months as we all stop doing anything but writing for blogs and...

Another «quote - back» against Wharton, then - the Tory MP talking about the need to concentrate on the things that matter - «jobs and the economy».

The African average growth rate predicted by the world bank and IMF is 3 per cent and for Ghana they predict 3.3 per cent, I'm more bullish, I believe that Ghana will grow closer to 4 per cent, maybe between 3.8 and 4 per cent, and we predict that in 2017, Ghana's economy is going to grow by about 6 per cent, and, so, this country is doing well, we have resolved the power crisis, we've been able to match demand to supply and so the electricity crisis that hit us is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

«In talking about putting people first, you must run your economy and distribute things such that everybody matters and you matter.

I also foresee challenges in the economy of Saudi Arabia and the League of Arabs will be concerned about things that will be coming up in Saudi Arabia.

Asked about his plans to prevent devastating future flooding, he replied that things would be okay because: «We've got a strong economy and a strong country.»

At the rate things are going, the Western economy should shudder to a halt in, oh, about six months as we all stop doing anything but writing for blogs and reading what other people are saying about us — done in by our own reflexive narcissism.

Sometimes the way we talk about the Nigerian economy it does appear as if it is the economy of say Norway or somewhere where all things are equal.

«The widespread belief now in the Labour party that whilst Jeremy is a good man with great Labour values who has done a lot for this party and I think changed the debate in this country about our economy, he's been right about lots of things,» he said.