Sentences with phrase «year at a time of crisis»

«But «some progress» two - and - a half months into the fiscal year at a time of crisis is totally unacceptable.

Not exact matches

In 2009, Canada's exports fell 28 % from the year before because of the crisis in the U.S., yet at the same time our exports to China actually rose 7 %.

years ago, but the financial crisis hit, and a deal didn't work for either of us at that time.

Sundt (left) defined «crisis alpha» as the ability to generate returns at a time of crisis, and cited 20 years worth of data from his firm's Altegris 40 index of top commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to prove the point.

The 10 - year swap spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis points, to a level higher than at the time of disruptions in markets during the LTCM crisis in 1998.

Think about it, if you start investing at the age of 55 and want to use the money 10 years later for your retirement but the market has a huge crisis during these ten years, there will be no time left to recover.

Crude oil prices have been more volatile this year than at any time since the financial crisis of 2008/09 and before that 1991, according to standard measures of price variability.

The 30 - year - old also demonstrated his versatility by performing at centre - back for a short time during Arsenal's injury crisis in the first half of last season, and all the signs suggested that Arsenal had acquired a valuable squad option.

The United States National Guard might even be less demanding as they require one weekend a month and two weeks a year (though they can further mobilize in times of crisis at the state governor's discretion or be federalized and shipped to a battlefield during war time).

Syracuse, NY - In a State of the City Address that included the word «crisis» at least six times, Mayor Stephanie Miner laid out her vision tonight for making city government smaller, smarter and more effective during her second year in office.

Sadly, some people can't seem to put partisan instincts to one side — as this report commissioned by the Yes campaign just before Christmas showed - you may also like to read this blog from the very same author who, a year ago, wisely said: «At a time of economic crisis, when people are calling for clear leadership and direction, it would be foolish to abolish a [voting] system that carries out these functions.»

She helped write a bill this year aimed at stopping the opoid crisis by expanding access to Narcan and restricting the length of first - time painkiller prescriptions given to patients.

Part of his New Year's message invoked the spirit of the Blitz, suggesting that he yearns to emerge as a Churchillian figure who can lead a government of national unity at this time of economic crisis.

And his supporters are right to say that last year's shambolic coup attempt damaged the party: it was both outrageous and the mark of a farcical absence of political strategy to cripple the opposition at a time of national crisis immediately after the Brexit vote.

With Ghana's debt levels at almost 60 % of GDP and interest payments in 2014 amounting to more than four times Ghana's oil revenue for the year, it is not clear how adding to the debt burden is going to get us out of the current crisis.

«In reviewing the crisis that has engulfed our party since the loss of the 2015 general elections after 15 years of uninterrupted leadership at the centre, it became obvious to both of us as principal actors that it is time to heal the wounds and bring about a united, focused and constructive opposition party that can bring sanity to our democratic process.»

At a time when hundreds of billions of dollars each year veer to war rather than peaceful development, and when media attention is riveted on the U.S. financial crises, it is hard to raise even a few billion dollars for desperately hungry people.

The year is 2022, and for the fourth time the Navy was the last contingent to arrive at the scene of a humanitarian crisis in the Pacific Ocean.

Three independent movies from this year deserve a special mention... Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time, the socio - political history of a gold rush town, illustrated with film stock recovered from beneath an abandoned ice rink... Oxide Ghosts, director Michael Cumming's assemblage of VHS outtakes from the influential, more relevant than ever TV news satire Brass Eye... and Dispossession, a restrained documentary about the housing crisis that's provoked fiercely energetic audience discussions up and down the land, culminating in a panel discussion at Curzon Chelsea with director Paul Sng, author Anna Minton and Jeremy Corbyn MP.

With reference to the migrant crisis and the quest to feed the world in challenging circumstances this presentation will make audiences think about the true meaning of Christmas and what issues should really be at the forefront of our minds at this time of year.

At the same time, we are in the midst of a «teaching crisis» that has a critical effect on how prepared our students are to be successful in the sciences and how prepared our teachers are to get them there: Half of all teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and this rate is highest for math and science positions and in high poverty schools [iii].

Grandpa, probably in the midst of a mid-life crisis at the time, pulls up to my parents» small starter house in a Fox Body Mustang convertible and gives four - year - old me a ride.

Think about it, if you start investing at the age of 55 and want to use the money 10 years later for your retirement but the market has a huge crisis during these ten years, there will be no time left to recover.

«HARP was designed at a very specific moment in time in the worst years of the housing crisis,» Terrazas said.

We know about an investing strategy that beats Buy - and - Hold in 102 out of 110 time - periods, an investing strategy that permits us to obtain far higher returns at dramatically less risk, an investing strategy that permits us all to retire years sooner and that would bring us out of this economic crisis if we could share it with millions of middle - class investors (if people could switch to an investment strategy that would put their retirement plans back on track, they would feel free to start spending again and businesses could start hiring again), and our first reaction is to come up with convoluted arguments as to why the best thing to do is to AVOID learning more about it and to AVOID getting the word out to the millions of middle - class people whose lives we have destroyed with our promotion of Buy - and - Hold.

At the same time, our ability to make effective monetary policy and to promote financial stability depends vitally on the information, expertise and authorities we gain as bank supervisors, as demonstrated in episodes such as the 1987 stock market crash and the financial disruptions of Sept. 11, 2001, as well as by the crisis of the past two years.

i) Client numbers, Total AUME & Passive Hedging AUME are all at / near all - time highs & all have been growing steadily over the last year / 3 years / 5 years, and ii) Passive fee rates have increased steadily since the financial crisis (in comparison to non-passive fee rate declines in the wake of the crisis).

Pets reduce loneliness, stress, and blood pressure, give us support in times of crisis, and when they go crazy in your hair to help you tease it for a New Year's Eve Party — or use every option available at the litter box — they make you laugh out loud.

While heavily inspired by social issues, specifically the economic crisis in his home country of Puerto Rico that has unfolded over the past 11 years, the artist claims that the works are a not a direct view of the island, but make subtle references to «our history, specifically in the context of being in the Greater Antilles, being Caribbean, but being part of the United States at the same time.»

Only a year ago a similar and perhaps better one fetched $ 10 million at auction, a price that seemed awfully high at the time, so how can it be that a 79 - year - old artist's work has doubled in a year of financial crisis?

Saunders» health crisis comes three years after the high - profile murder of her older sister, Loretta, a masters student in Halifax who was working on a thesis about missing and murdered Indigenous women at the time.

At that time, the bitcoin community was in crisis after almost 3 years of difficult discussions.

• Secured procurement of $ 2,500,000 materiel handling equipment for new 240,000 square foot warehouse distribution centers at Joint Repair Parts Command and General Depot Command • Succinctly managed 71 deployment taskings for Eighth Air Force personnel; always 100 % on - time Deployment Requirement Manning Document delivery to base Installation Deployment Officer • Coordinated with Air Force Global Strike Command on tasking verifications — slashed deployment shortfalls by 50 % • Co-lead with item manager on critical B - 52 brake mission capable issues; production up over 60 % — kept 76 B - 52s combat primed • Spearheaded transfer of 439 Headquarters Eighth Air Force weapons to 2 BW — vital assets valued at $ 290,000 available for redistribution • Remarkable leadership; revamped Eighth Air Force deployment process — slashed late responses by 65 % and reclamas by 25 % • Prepped 175 9MMs and 266 M16s for Combat Arms Training and Maintenance inspection — 100 % compliant for 1st time in 2 years; reorganized annex space — 40 % more • Oversaw 2 peninsula wide Staff Assistance Visits; assessed 5 sites and $ 1,800,000,000 War Reserve Materiel program; 497 findings 98.4 % fixed — Air Support Group prepped to ace Unit Compliance Inspection • Launched premier vehicular support to NASA and FEMA teams during Space Shuttle Columbia crisis • Quickly transitioned flight from Strategic Command exercise to wartime status in aftermath of September 11th attacks — 27,000 gallons of JP - 8 issued to Air Force One and escort aircraft; base efforts lauded by President

I am writing this article at a time when after a period of absence from my work to attend to a health crisis of my husband of 48 years Yumi, I am back in the saddle doing my beloved life's work: Teaching couples and therapists about the art and power of connection.

We seem to be on the «crisis of the year» plan at our house, something is always draining us of our time and energy!