Sentences with phrase «while economic forces»

The Conservative Party is torn between a desire to return to past national certainties (now impossible) and a move towards an outdated idea of a United States of Europe, while economic forces push towards a Europe of regions, where what is really important is whether the Welsh can make a better bid for a Japanese factory than the Catalans.

The conventional wisdom, then, has it backwards: cultural affinities constitute the long - term basis of electoral alignments, introducing fundamental values into politics and structuring the debate over them, while economic forces generate temporary disruptions of these culturally defined alignments.

Not exact matches

Together — against forces of nature — we gradually developed to become the leading economic nation as we spread across the country, while simultaneously retaining a sense of community.

While it's too soon to know what economic effect the strike might have, significant participation could make an impact — after all, women make up nearly half of the U.S. labor force and influence about 73 % of all household spending.

Given current demographic trends, Canada like many developed economies, is facing the challenge of ensuring future economic growth while its domestic labour force ages and its...

The concerted weakening in commodity prices already suggests a global force to this economic downturn, while further weakness in the U.S. dollar would suggest that demand for U.S. goods and securities was softening even more sharply than internationally.

While economic necessity may force the government to take a strong stance on immigration, work still needs to be done to protect diversity in the country.

But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

I can't figure out the next step, though — I'm guessing this simply forces the global imbalances onto the commodity - exporting countries, which would presumably experience a temporary economic boom eve while the rest of the world enters recession?

Of the other MINTs: Indonesia is in a stable recovery, but the importance of commodities like coal and palm oil means it will not return to previous growth levels soon; Nigeria's economy remains overdependent on oil, though Phylaktis sees its «fast - growing population and labor force feeding faster economic growth over the medium term»; and while «Turkey has a lot of potential,» Lau says, «its political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.»

While the corridor's economic force is impressive, Young added that the network is what's vital to its success.

While agreeing with the Latin American bishops that the new churches were supported by «powerful ideological forces as well as economic and political interests [in the United States],» the document admitted that the evangelicals were fulfilling «needs and aspirations which are seemingly not being met in the mainline churches.

In the labor force as a whole, 32 percent say it is possible to make many significant changes, and 44 percent say a few significant changes are possible, while only 18 percent believe economic forces are pretty much beyond control.

While great attention therefore needs to be paid to the manipulation of power and the management of economic and political forces, we know that the primary mode by which a community reconstitutes itself is by its interpretation, by its reflection on ancient memory and tradition, and by its recasting of that memory and tradition in new ways that are resonant with the new situation.

We are almost six years into our economic recovery and the unemployment rate for our lowest - skill workers is still 8.4 percent, while the labor force participation rate for that population is 46.3 percent.

PETER RYAN: And while changing economic forces are hurting Australian dairy farmers with plunging commodity prices, Gao Yingxin says China can't get enough dairy products and will want more as its demographics continue to change.

But while fast food customers can vote with their dollars, our nation's school children, particularly those whose lower economic status forces them to rely on federal school meals, lack any voice in the matter.

To contain the spate of insurgency in Nigeria, the Federal government has adopted a multi-sectoral approach, involving relevant government agencies to address the socio - economic and political dimensions while the Armed Forces of Nigeria assist the civil authorities to provide security and maintain law and order.

The panel had submitted its first interim report in November 2015 while it presented the second report in January 2016 following which President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate some serving and retired military officers, mainly from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

Women without college educations are dramatically less economically dependent upon their husbands than they used to be, while the economic dependence of women with college educations on their husbands remains high because although both men and women with college degrees have seen surging incomes since the 1970s, most women with college degrees experience large income penalties for leaving the work force for a while to raise children, while women without college degrees don't face those kinds of income penalties in their far less skilled jobs.

«To contain insurgency in Nigeria, the Federal Government has adopted a multi-sectoral approach involving relevant government agencies to address the socio - economic and political dimensions, while the Armed Forces of Nigeria would assist the civil authority to provide security and maintain law and order.

While today's economic conditions are brutal, the forces shaping the drug industry's downsizing and restructuring have been at play for some time.

• Nine of 10 district officials reported economic challenges were forcing change, while two - thirds reported low student achievement were resulting in change.

While no apologist for the man who became synonymous with the Great Depression, Whyte details how Hoover was up against worldwide economic forces that he had no way of controlling and points out that the hard times continued long into Roosevelt's presidency.

The company is seen by many as a tax - avoiding bogeyman that is destroying not only publishers and wholesalers but independent bookstores in particular and Main Street in general, and while there are major economic forces at work here that would probably lead to the same conclusion without Amazon at the head of march, Amazon has to realize that it should do everything possible to avoid being seen as the online version of Walmart.

If interest rates were to shoot up in the midst of an economic setback and rising unemployment, it would force more buyers out of the market, while forcing many others to cut their house - buying budget.

While Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and the Bank of Canada have stood their ground — committing to the 2 % inflation target, as opposed to following the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead — it's only a matter of time before the Canadian economy is forced to respond to U.S. economic pressures.

For his first solo exhibition with the gallery, Intimate Material Systems, Rodriguez - Casanova continues to explore the formal relationships with the intimate materials of domestic environments while initiating his response to the economic forces that dictate his production.

But sometimes spreading out a little is just what a big city needs.In already massive metropolises like Mexico City and Istanbul, the built area sprawls over a vast acreage, while much commercial and economic activity still takes place in the center, forcing residents to commute long distances on a daily basis.

So we find ourselves in the situation where an economic brain - lock prevents us from spending the money we need for remediation while at the same time, we are forced to spend the money anyway to clean up the damage....

I think I wrote this earlier, but again, reflect on the fact that economic necessity forces the majority of people in this country to live crammed into cities and suburbs, without access to fresh air, open space, or anything but the merest vestige of a natural landscape (and conditions are worse in much of the rest of the world), while lack of exercise & a diet of processed foods has created an epidemic of obesity and its consequent diseases.

On the other hand, the percentage of Americans suggesting prices are increasing as a result of the economic forces of supply and demand increased from 10 % to 15 %, while 6 % now point to speculators and 4 % to the shrinking value of the dollar and the poor U.S. economy — both new reasons not even mentioned a year ago.

While serving as a Colorado state representative, unknown to most of his constituents, Glenn Vaad was also serving as the Chair of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development task force during 2011 and 2012.

They include: reliance on industry innovation that has been the driving force behind America's energy renaissance — innovation that launched the surge in shale energy production, prompting increased natural gas use and resulting in lower carbon emissions; embracing the successful, free - market approach to energy and economic growth while lowering emissions by basing decisions on sound science; and allowing more opportunities for energy exploration and development.

While mayors and local governments can not comprehensively tackle climate change alone, their sizeable political and economic clout may make them an important force in national and global sustainability initiatives.

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The new framework now emerging will succeed to the degree to which it prioritizes agreements that promise near - term economic, geopolitical, and environmental benefits to political economies around the world, while simultaneously reducing climate forcings, developing clean and affordable energy technologies, and improving societal resilience to climate impacts.

While government ministers and opposition politicians increasingly join forces with work - life balance campaigners and IT businesses to extol the economic, social, and environmental benefits of teleworking it is important not to hype the potential for growth in this kind of flexible work pattern.

Beck said that while big firms historically have been able to leverage their longstanding relationships with major companies to earn additional business, economic pressures have forced companies to realize they can achieve the same quality of service at a cheaper price from smaller firms.

When push comes to shove, as they did in California a few years back when it couldn't make payroll, it forced its employees and creditors to accept IOUs in lieu of cash payments, and while they may not have the legal right to do so, they have the economic power to force people to ignore that right.

Refusing accreditation to the school, the decision states, «does not, in fact, preclude TWU from opening a law school,» despite TWU's argument that it would not open the school without accreditation from LSUC, and «while... there is a degree of interference with religious beliefs, should that result occur... the motivating force not to open the law school appears to be more economic than it is religious.

While the city hosts a variety of businesses operating in a number of industries, the meat packing industry is its primary economic force.

North Korea's Nascent Cryptocurrency Industry While the United States looks to cut off North Korea's income and force Pyongyang to play ball in regards to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the dictatorial country is reportedly using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to skirt economic barriers.

Le Maire stated that the task force will be led by the Governor of the French Central Bank in an effort to minimize negative effects of cryptocurrencies on the economy and to fight cryptocurrency - related crime, while at the same time enhancing, supporting, and pushing blockchain innovation forward to further improve economic growth and develop ICO - powered businesses.

While that only has a direct impact on the short end of the yield curve, global and domestic economic forces, which have been keeping downward pressure on long - term rates, may be starting to loosen.

While economic growth and housing markets will determine the future of some retailers and retail platforms, it is becoming clear that brick - and - mortar retailers will be forced to change their business models, incorporating e-commerce into their marketing and physical space portfolios.

It is disdainful that government repeatedly gives lip service to the notion that «information» is the vital core of our economic future while a renegade branch of same discredits any such value by forcing industries to give it away free with no regard for the time, effort, knowledge and expense those who produce the information have invested.