David Sanders, an Essex University academic who studies the relationship between economic variables and voting intentions, finds his equations ever less trustworthy.
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This contains certain assumptions about what is likely to happen to important economic variables, such as inflation and passenger numbers, over the contract period.
As I pointed out above, for some (although not all) economic variables the new normal offers a good description of the current state of play.
For some economic variables, this is certainly an accurate description.
No wonder: Many of the macro-economic variables are benevolent.
Now that the dust is settling from the debt ceiling debate in Washington, economic variables have been thrust back into center stage, with employment and ISM numbers out on Wednesday showing an economy that continues to move barely above stall speed.
Some economists argue plausibly that signs of slowing consumer spending are already apparent: Simon Briscoe, an economist at Nikko Europe, a securities firm, points out that a whole host of economic variables, from car registrations to retail sales, are weaker than they were six months ago.
In emerging markets, you cannot ignore the macro-economic and political variables that drive particular countries.
Throw in some other variables for economic risks and the odds go to 100%, even stocks are assumed to return 9% a year.
The Knight Frank survey, scheduled for release Wednesday, ranks global cities based on a number of variables: economic activity, political power, quality of life, education and influence.
The three first rank macroeconomic variables critical to economic growth are monetary, tax, and regulatory policy.
What we like to do, when we think about which countries we want to be positioned in, is to look at about a dozen economic, financial and political variables.
This is why one of the most vital projects of this new century, defined by climate change and growing energy and resource scarcity, is to figure out a way to build these variables back into our economic system.
Finally, Applied slaps a decay factor on each company's earnings that it calculates with variables like firm size and the magnitude of the economic margin.
However, the current environment is quite different and most variables now are far superior in comparison to those prevailing at that time, The Economic Times reported.
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