Lowering
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Most would make the tax system more progressive, by, for example,
lowering
the effective marginal tax rate for low-income workers – what US President Barack Obama has called “making work pay.”
We should stress that a positive correlation between a CEO’s pay slice and governance problems does not imply that every firm with a high CEO pay slice has governance problems, much less that such firms would necessarily be made better off by
lowering
it.
Previously, emphasis had been placed on boosting aggregate demand – primarily by
lowering
the cost of borrowing, but also by spurring wealth effects from appreciating financial assets.
These policies did succeed in
lowering
long-term interest rates.
The resulting price hikes impede the adoption and use of ICT,
lowering
tax revenues from purchases of goods and services.
For, by taking the steps called for in the Nuclear Posture Review--specifically, developing "new capabilities...to defeat emerging threats," including "extensive research and timely fielding of new systems to address these challenges"--the Bush administration is
lowering
the threshold for the possible use of nuclear weapons by the US or other countries.
Despite doubling financial aid and
lowering
interest rates, the agreement will neither end the Greek debt crisis and that of other countries on the European periphery, nor stop the EU’s associated existential crisis.
But instead of rethinking its strategy, the ECB is considering doubling down: buying even more bonds and
lowering
its benchmark interest rate even further into negative territory.
Shorter- and longer-term bond yields in core and periphery countries – and spreads in the periphery – may decline further,
lowering
the cost of capital for the public and private sectors.
With the euro’s introduction boosting intra-European trade and
lowering
inflation in many member states, fiscal obligations were simply ignored.
Not only would this reduce hunger by increasing food production and
lowering
food prices; it would also protect biodiversity, because higher crop productivity would mean less deforestation.
But US Republicans have long pushed to lower taxes on the rich, arguing that
lowering
marginal tax rates will promote investment, employment, and economic growth, which will cause the wealth to “trickle down” to the rest of society.
And if I buy a bigger home or just increase the size of my mortgage, I receive a larger deduction that reduces my taxable income,
lowering
my tax bill.
The exception is China, where a large-scale construction plan is showing evidence of
lowering
costs.
Similarly, Italy promised various reforms in exchange for support by the European Central Bank, which agreed to purchase Italian government debt in the secondary market, thereby
lowering
the country’s long-term interest rates.
An alphabet soup of measures has been served up: ZIRP (zero-interest-rate policy);QE (quantitative easing, or purchases of government bonds to reduce long-term rates when short-term policy rates are zero);CE (credit easing, or purchases of private assets aimed at
lowering
the private sector’s cost of capital); and FG (forward guidance, or the commitment to maintain QE or ZIRP until, say, the unemployment rate reaches a certain target).
Building on heavy investments in public infrastructure, such as ports, airports, roads, rail, and telecommunications, the Internet is now expanding rapidly the range of choices available to Chinese consumers, while
lowering
costs and accelerating delivery.
China’s lengthy negotiations with the US and the European Union over WTO membership largely focused on vexatious economic issues, such as
lowering
tariffs, ending quotas on exports to China, opening its market to key imports where access has hitherto been excluded or limited, and permitting foreign investment in industries such as telecommunications.
If the US dollar needs to devalue because of fundamental disequilibrium in the US economy, the problems cannot be fixed by
lowering
the dollar’s value alone.
It is vital that Trump upholds America’s Clean Power Plan, which establishes state-by-state targets for carbon-emissions reductions, with the goal of
lowering
national emissions from electricity generation by one-third relative to their 2005 level by 2030.
Productivity improvements, by
lowering
costs, allow firms to pay their workers and suppliers better, reduce prices for consumers, pay more in taxes, and still make more money for their shareholders.
But
lowering
interest rates and easing monetary conditions to support the exchange rate is not a wise course of action when confidence in the currency and the economy is faltering, foreign investors are pulling their money out of the country, and domestic residents are trying to do the same.
Having begun, ever so carefully, to politically open his country, the King knows that he needs regional peace and a
lowering
of Islamic holy rage.
These forces boosted growth while
lowering
inflation.
For the first time in decades, Brazil has been able to take advantage of good economic times to reduce its external debt, thereby
lowering
the risk to lenders.
In July, Germany jettisoned 40% of its immigration rules,
lowering
barriers for mid-skilled workers like train drivers and machinists.
By cutting the top income-tax rate, doubling the threshold at which inheritances are taxed, and
lowering
taxes on pass-through businesses, the legislation amounts to a handout for the wealthy, paid for by the middle class and future generations.
Lowering
personal and corporate taxes will primarily help richer Americans.
Lowering
taxes for the rich: under the Bush administration's original proposal, a family of four earning $50,000 would have received zero - yes zero - benefits over four years, while a $5 million dollar a year family of four "struggling to make ends meet" would have received a whopping $500,000!
Lowering
import duties lead to a surge of imports.
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