Raise
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In the late summer, farmers in the Western Hemisphere brought their crops to traders for export, and demanded cash payment, which the traders needed to
raise
from their banks.
A revenue-neutral reform of business taxes, for example, could
raise
the level of output with no meaningful impact on the distribution of income.
During Saddam’s reign, no effort was made to
raise
living standards for the poor.
Some of the most egregious examples included Obama’s claims that Romney was planning to
raise
taxes by $2,000 on middle-income taxpayers and/or cut taxes by $5 trillion, and that Romney backed a law that would outlaw “all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.”
Romney went even further, claiming that Obama planned to
raise
taxes by $4,000 on middle-income taxpayers; that Obama planned “to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements”; and that Chrysler, bailed out by the Obama administration, was moving all of its Jeep production to China.
But it also raises critical questions about how best to deploy the new funds and
raise
public capital in the future.
Nearly 200 years and three revolutions later, from the pedestal installed in the center of the square that bears his name, Pushkin’s bronze effigy gazed over throngs of his modern compatriots in mock paper crowns still working to
raise
Russia from its “age-old slumber” – and at their whip-brandishing detractors in Cossack uniforms.
In cooperation with the international community, we will help North Korea
raise
its annual per capita income to US$3,000.
Countries like Germany that reformed labor laws to create more flexibility for employers, and did not
raise
wages rapidly, seem to be in better economic shape than countries like France and Spain, where labor was better protected.
And Russia has already announced plans to send a nuclear-armed submarine to
raise
the national flag on the North Pole this summer – a measure designed to intimidate Canada and undermine its claims to the Arctic’s vast natural resources.
That change would
raise
revenue equal to about 1% of GDP, enough to pay for very substantial reductions in individual tax rates.
Extra-regional terrorist groups could also
raise
funds and collaborate operationally with local militants.
In the process, we may understand that we vote because that is what citizens ought to do, and we excel at our jobs because we strive for respect and self-realization, not just a
raise.
New research shows that vaccines improve cognitive development in children,
raise
labor productivity, and contribute to a country’s overall economic growth.
The plan works hand in hand with our overall efforts to
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immunization coverage against other diseases like measles, pneumonia, and rotavirus.
This is not a sound industrial or economic policy, and it will do nothing to help
raise
wages or create good jobs across the country.
Trump has argued that the Fed should
raise
interest rates.
First, the falling price level would
raise
the real value of the debts that households and firms owe, making them poorer and reducing their willingness to spend.
The Peterson Institute for International Economics, which published the pro-TPP study, inexplicably states in its brief: “The agreement will
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US wages but is not projected to change US employment levels…” The result on wages is a conclusion of the study, whereas the employment “projection” could have been made before the computer crunched a single number.
The result will be to
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the prices of China’s exports and fuel demand for imports.
The Fed’s leaders have repeatedly said that they plan to
raise
interest rates much more slowly than in previous periods of monetary tightening.
They see how countries like Denmark that maintained their own currencies have been forced to
raise
interest rates to defend their exchange rates when the United States Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are cutting interest rates.
The electorate’s desire for change and fear of continuing slow growth, which pushed the Republicans to their victory in this week’s mid-term congressional election, will invariably prompt discussion about new policy options designed to
raise
growth, employment, and incomes.
Indeed, to counteract the mindset forged in the recent financial crisis, spending measures will need to be longer-lasting if they are to
raise
expectations of future growth and thus stimulate current investment and hiring.
The assembled countries will consider how to
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the resources necessary to achieve the ambitious Aichi Biodiversity Targets, adopted two years ago at the last such meeting in Japan.
This new approach stressed three major components: a shift to services to boost job creation; accelerated urbanization to
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real wages; and a more robust social safety net to provide Chinese families with the security needed to channel their newfound income from fear-driven precautionary saving into discretionary consumption.
Kim, after all, was the first to
raise
the idea of a historic bilateral summit with the United States, and he has now had his overture rejected – after first being accepted – by Trump.
It can’t
raise
taxes, declare war, or sack a government (even though in theory it can dismiss all the members of the European Commission en masse, the so-called “nuclear option” that is unlikely ever to be used).
In January, the US is scheduled to
raise
recently imposed tariffs from 10% to 25% on Chinese imports worth $250 billion.
In short, when girls are educated, safe, healthy, and empowered, they
raise
healthier and more productive families, earn higher wages to invest in their children’s futures, and contribute to economic growth in their countries.
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