Monday, December 30, 2013

New Normal Agriculture

AgriNews: New agriculture normal positive but challenging: " . . . issues on food safety, animal welfare, traceability, sustainability and environmental regulations are not only going to expand, they’re going to go global, as well as domestic,” he said. “That’s probably going to add to your cost structure. . . . Barr expects major tax code changes in the future, and new rules on depreciation, 1031-like exchanges, accounting options, estate taxes will alter previously optimal business structures and strategies. . . . Investments in equipment, land ownership and rental commitments will need to be reassessed in a new market environment. “Agriculture is used to this — but that doesn’t mean it’s not disruptive, at least in the short term. But we will have to realign kind of where that new normal is as it begins to emerge,” Barr said. . . ." (read more at link above)

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Friday, December 27, 2013

New Normal Demography, Abnormally Low Economic Growth

A New ‘New Normal’ In Demography And Economic Growth - JOI Articles: " . . . In studying past and future demographic trends, we discover that the coming head winds may be more serious and nuanced than previously thought. Our findings show that we'll first experience a strong "demographic tax" as our senior citizen support ratios soar. Until we reach a new—and highly speculative—"steady state," with births equaling deaths and with fertility ratios matching the "replacement rate" of about 2.1, economic growth rates are likely to be abnormally low. . . ."

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

New Normal, Slow Growth, Expectations Gap

A New ‘New Normal’ In Demography And Economic Growth - JOI Articles: "The danger is not in the slower growth. Slow growth is not a bad thing; it's still growth. The danger is in an expectations gap, in which slower growth is believed to be unacceptable. If we expect our policy elite to deliver implausible growth, in an environment in which a demographic tail wind has become a demographic head wind, if we resist the necessary policy changes that can moderate these head winds, we risk magnifying their impact." (read more at link above)

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Sub-New Normal Growth Possible

JPMorgan Sub-New Normal Growth Seen
Businessweek
The next chairman of the Federal Reserve faces an alarming possibility: the new normal for the economy is even worse than advertised. The long-run potential ...

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Friday, December 20, 2013

El Erian, New Normal, New Look

'Time running short' for 'new normal': El-Erian
CNBC.com
There's about to be a new look for the "new normal," and investors ought to be prepared, according to the expert who coined the term. At the height of the Great ...

CNBC.com

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

New Normal, Part-Time Work, Part-Time Lawyers

Is part-time work the new normal?
Battle Creek Enquirer
Derrick George . . .  is an attorney and the owner of an energy drink business in Birmingham, photographed at his office. He has many people working for him, but mostly as part-time attorneys, which he says is kind of the new normal for companies today. He stands with a few of his part-time employees who are all practicing attorneys with other jobs as well.  ...

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Lack of Curiosity in Youth, New Normal

Lack of Curiosity in Youth Is Becoming the New Normal, But Why?
Decoded Science
As teenagers cross from childhood to adulthood, learning to think critically is a skill they must master for success later in life. The times ...

Decoded Science

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Friday, December 13, 2013

Global Economy, New Normal

The global economy's long climb back to the new normal
The Globe and Mail
There is perhaps no more potent symbol of the post-Lehman Brothers global collapse than what happened in Detroit. A bankrupt city. A crippled auto industry....


PwC prepares for new normal as revenues rise
CITY A.M.
ACCOUNTANCY giant PwC has said it is adjusting to a “new normal”, where the economy grows more slowly and the group faces the prospect of losing out on ...

CITY A.M.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

New normal, 4 hours to get through US airport customs

New normal: 4 hours to get through airport customs
MarketWatch
...To accommodate these delays, airports and airlines have had to make concessions to travelers. Earlier this year, the Miami airport had to put cots in an auditorium so people could sleep and began handing out water to travelers waiting in those lines. American Airlines had to rearrange its Miami flight schedule to increase connection time between flights....

MarketWatch

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Monday, December 9, 2013

China New Normal, Slow Growth

Slow growth inevitable for China, 7% GDP rate the new normal: S&P
Economic Times
Slow growth inevitable for China, 7% GDP rate the new normal: S&P ...just 7%-7.5% for 2013 and beyond, a level that it believes will become the "new normal."...

Economic Times

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Friday, December 6, 2013

New Normal 72 hour Work Week

Why a 72-Hour Work Week is the New Normal
The Fiscal Times
A new study, Always on Never Done, by the Center for Creative Leadership finds that workers who use a smartphone for work are connected to the office an ...

The Fiscal Times

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The New Normal, Crowded Uncomfortable Skies

The New Normal: Crowded, Uncomfortable Skies
SmarterTravel.com (blog)
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics yesterday released performance data for the U.S. airlines through the first month of ...

SmarterTravel.com (blog)

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Monday, December 2, 2013

New Normal, Gun Violence

The 'new normal' in gun violence
Sentinel and Enterprise
We know some people will say it's wrong to draw parallels between the mass shooting ... at Washington's Navy Yard and those in Aurora, Columbine, ...

Washington Post

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New Normal - Google News

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