In his 2008 book, A Question of Balance, Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies, Professor Nordhaus provided the computed discounted costs and benefits for a variety of policies, assuming the IPCC central value for warming due to increased atmospheric CO2 (3 degrees C for doubling of CO2).
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People in such high-profile jobs at public companies have a "responsibility to the public" to disclose their condition because they are so "central to the strategic value of the business, " Mr. Sonnenfeld said.
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Perhaps the most damning statistic is that the dollar has lost 95 percent of its value since the central bank was created.
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Were donor agencies fully to comply with this requirement and transact their aid at the official rate, around 90% of the value of their aid would be captured by the central bank, which would be purchasing the aid dollars at around a tenth of their value.
The Chinese government is gradually allowing the yuan, or renmimbi, to appreciate against the dollar and Wen said the Central Bank will continue to adjust the value of the renminbi in the same, steady way.
The central bank diluted the value of one dollar and gave the carpenter more of them.
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He is now richer, the apple grower is now poorer, and the economy is worse off due to the central bank having distorted the natural allocation of value created through free interactions in the market.
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It was fairly easy for the central bank to manipulate the value of the currency in the good old days when Iran was exporting up to 2.5 million barrels of crude oil at prices that climbed ever higher.
Moreover Russia's continued intransigence on Syria, says Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group, has value merely by giving the Kremlin a central part in resolving the crisis.
Although the currency has appreciated since mid-March, renewed weakness is possible, and the effect of a collapse in the value of the rupiah (not our central forecast) would be to lower the spending power of most Indonesians.
Regulators also need to bear in mind that one of the central assumptions of the fair-value regime has not worked out quite as planned.
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In Africa, it is clear from the meetings I have with political leaders, central-bank governors and businesses that they value the contribution the financial-services industry makes to a growing economy.
Because the lesson of history appears to be that once widespread doubts begin to arise about the commitment of the authorities - the central bank, or government, or both - to maintain the intrinsic value of the currency, it is not long before we are all bumping along in that infamous handcart to hell.
With the bipartisan confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Senate has recognized in John the qualities I value so much his determination to keep America safe, his commitment to working with Congress, his ability to build relationships with foreign partners, and his fidelity to the values that define us as a nation.
The dominant question being pondered by the market ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday is whether the current EUR value is too high.
Thus, the demand for existing fiat currencies would decline, accelerating their decline in value in the face of general neglect by central banks.
The model can determine the marginal value of hiring ten new drivers who live in central Illinois, say, based on the number of times that freight departs from the Midwest.
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There are bound to be questions about the value of Vaughan's central contract as well.
Moreover, the steps the central government has been taking to stimulate exports like holding down the value of the renminbi inevitably discourage consumer spending.
Recognizing that it would probably face a numerically superior adversary on the plains of Central Europe, service leaders developed a doctrine called Airland Battle that stressed the value of advanced technology, especially air power, in prosecuting successful ground campaigns.
His thoughts that raising the capital gains tax to 20% or 28% is no big deal is the epitome of economic illiteracy, a glaring example of the ignorance of the central role that risk-taking plays in growth and that taxes play in the value of hard and financial assets.
This time the central planners wear corporate suits and preach the value of markets and competition while refusing to adhere to those practices themselves.
His comments came as Russia's central bank stepped in to support the value of the rouble, which fell on Monday morning following the weekend resignation of bank chief Viktor Geraschenko.
Performance targets may be better than no controls at all, and the desire of the Treasury to get value for money is sincere, but remember that if central planning and targets worked, the Soviet economy would by now have left the United States far behind.
Even though the Peso lost about 75% of its value and caused a brief bout with high inflation, the Argentine central bank did not have to monetize its debt.
This month, the People's bank of China, the country's central bank, engineered a one-day fall of almost 1% of the value of the renminbi, apparently a warning that Beijing would resume its efforts to cheapen its currency.
Given its location in the Central Business District, Ice House is excellent value.
The central bank now insists that 80% of the value of new letters of credit must be paid up front.
The knock-on effect was a major drop in the rial's value as Iran's central bank fell short on US dollars, before finding alternative routes for bringing its petrodollars home.
As the value of the dollar falls, their reserves of the currency also reduce in value, as do the yields on the US Treasury bonds held by many of their central banks.
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