This need has served as a strong stimulus for the sustainability reporting software market, which sits at the top of the enterprise to aggregate carbon, energy and resource information from various data sources.
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The report makes a strong case for broadband as a driver of economic growth and new jobs, citing country case studies and reports by leading consultancies that point to increased employment opportunities, higher labour productivity and a strong stimulus to GDP.
That means structural reforms to raise productivity, fiscal reforms to boost growth and a strong monetary stimulus, all at once, to shock the economy back to life.
Democrats like Paul Krugman continue to complain about government not giving a strong enough financial stimulus to the private sector.
The national conversation has shifted to austerity politics and deficit spending in spite of a strong case for stimulus and expanded monetary policy.
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For the first time in this recovery, the underlying economy looks independently strong, unaided by government stimulus or cyclical factors.
Asian markets were mostly higher on the back of hopes for more aggressive stimulus out of Japan and strong data out of China.
Also supporting sentiment were comments from the president of the New York Federal Reserve on Thursday that helped spur hopes of more stimulus and investors also welcomed lower borrowing costs in Europe and strong lending data from China.
The strong results raise questions about the eventual tapering off of the Federal Reserve's stimulus, tempering enthusiasm about the report, Mr. Kleintop said.
The difference is that a stimulus plan in China was done in an underlying atmosphere where there was pretty strong demand anyway.
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The strong jobs report for March has expectations rising that the Fed will dial back its QE2 stimulus right away, and begin raising interest rates soon.
Vale said in a conference call with investors that it expects some European trading partners to potentially slide into a recession, but believed that while Chinese economic activity is set to moderate, they expect the property market to remain strong thanks to a low income housing build-out in the country, and further fiscal stimulus by the government.
But the market is worried that the strong jobs report on Friday may influence the Fed to wait longer than it might have if another round of stimulus becomes necessary.
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