The number of days a fan stays in San Antonio during his visit to the Alamo Bowl game is important to the economic impact generated by the game, because lodging expenditures are the item that generates the greatest amount of economic impact of anything attendees spend money on.
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In the past few years the anecdotal evidence has been backed up by studies that measure the economic impact of mobile phones directly.
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The move had been anticipated since July 2010 and yet there had been a degree of though that the move might have been delayed whilst the economic impact caused by the severe flooding was evaluated.
The legislation averted much of the fiscal cliff's negative near-term economic impact by extending the Bush-era tax cuts for the majority of Americans.
By cushioning the first-round economic impact of the financial stress, we hoped also to minimize the risks of a so-called adverse feedback loop in which economic weakness exacerbates financial stress, which, in turn, further damages economic prospects.
The important point, for today however, is that these downgrades have been anticipated and discounted by the market for some time, so their real economic impact on the affected banks should be negligible.
The briefing also included a presentation by Fatima Pashei, Program Analyst in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy.
Factors outside of the expected amounts generated by ticket sales and in-game concessions exist to drive the economic impact a bowl game has on the location in which it is held.
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This is too bad, since a state whose unemployment rate still lags the national average could really use the thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact that would be generated by development of the portion of the prolific Marcellus Shale formation that underlies much of the southwestern quarter of the state.
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Spending is projected to be cut by a meager 1%, so the economic impact should be minimal.
Oxford Economics consultancy was commissioned by Lloyds Banking Group to look into the economic impact of the Games.
In the ensuing months, our investigation disclosed that Texas Comptroller Susan Combs had padded the economic impact study prepared by her agency for Formula One.
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An economic impact assessment commissioned by the Stonehaven Town Partnership (STP) has said re-opening the road to light vehicles could be worth millions of pounds each year.
This was truly bizarre, since, from the CBO baseline, increasing economic growth by 0.1 percentage points has 27 times the financial impact (on a present value basis) as cutting spending by 0.1% of GDP.
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But it remains true that the symbolic value of sanctions is lost if America's policy is criticised by its own allies, and their economic impact is lost if other countries do the deals that America withdraws from.
As Congress found, the total incidence of these economic decisions has a substantial impact on the national market for health care by collectively shifting billions of dollars on to other market participants and driving up the prices of insurance policies.
Let the policy be designed by the Alan Krueger, the head of his Council of Economic Advisors, and one of the pioneering researchers on the impact of the minimum wage.
Making existing energy production more efficient, and reducing waste in the use of energy by consumers, would have a big economic and environmental impact.
Its members have been asked to reflect on and reinvent the construction of peace founded on justice, respect for human rights, gender equality and solidarity in the context of globalization, and the challenges its poses, such as climate change, management of resources and ethical and economic issues, to which we must respond by consistently using the strength and impact of dialogue.
But collectively, these factors might reduce overall economic impact by 1-3% this year, as opposed to the 5-10% it may have fallen if Tiger was on top of his game physically and mentally AND if the timing of the announcement pre-dated the event by several months.
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Here are some brief excerpts from a recent study by two Swedish economists, including a critically important observation about the impact of bigger government on economic performance.
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Additionally, lower disposable income and high unemployment rates brought on by weak global economic growth have prevented LCD shipments from rising to levels which could offset the impact from lower prices.
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By sharing its economic pain with the rest of the world, America has been able to cushion the impact on jobs and consumer spending at home.
Stocks were hobbled a bit on Friday by a soft reading on consumer confidence, but several analysts said recent consumer spending suggested that the economic impact of that confidence reading would be minor.
Moreover, the wealth effect may be asymmetric: a fall in share prices could reduce economic activity by more than a rise in prices boosts it, because of the greater adverse impact on confidence.
Hotel costs significantly drive the economic impact of a bowl game, as this is generally the highest cost assumed by bowl attendees.
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The package he will put forward will absolutely be judged by independent economic analysts to, if passed, have a direct, quick and positive impact on the economy and job creation.
The inflationary impact of sterling's slide will be countered by the collapse in commodity prices and the contraction in economic activity.
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There is much uncertainty about the economic impact of fiscal tightening, not least because some temporary measures will also have run their course by next year.
Sullivan continues to explain how headcount freezes can negatively impact revenue and cripple the future sustainability of a corporation by reducing its capacity to innovate (see The Economic Downturn Means That Hiring Freezes Will Soon Decimate Recruiting).
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