The chancellor probably realises that he cannot keep whacking up petrol tax without balancing it with other measures.
Mantega has said recently that if they did not increase taxes on foreign bond investors, along with other measures, the dollar would be around BRL1.40 today.
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When used in conjunction with other measures, the Sharpe ratio can help investors develop a strategy that matches both their return needs and risk tolerance, advisers say.
Studies also find that the ability to secure repayment is closely correlated with other measures of public-sector health, such as the control of corruption and tax compliance.
Financial services are so globalised that it probably requires the International Monetary Fund to make new taxes on bonuses and financial transactions effective, along with other measures to curb excessive risk-taking.
This makes them consistent with other measures to relax restrictions on the capital account such as the expansion of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme, which allows foreigners to bring portfolio investment capital into China but only in a carefully regulated manner.
The problem with other margin measures is that all of them omit some or all capital costs.
The chart shows that this survey, along with two other measures of their economy, turned up sharply in late 2012.
There was another pleasant surprise for liberal idealists on February 26th, when the UN Security Council unanimously agreed (along with other punitive measures) to tell the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the Libyan crisis.
Some have said a stand-off would lead to further safe-haven buying of the metal, as occurred during a protracted dispute on how to deal with other fiscal measures late in the summer of 2011 when gold ran to its record high.
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Changing to posters stating how many patients had attended their appointments in the previous month, in combination with the other two measures, cut DNAs by 31%.
Correspondents say the scheme, together with some other populist measures announced by the Congress party-led government, helped the coalition return to power in the 2009 elections.
On the other hand, answers to surveys are inevitably subjective (although the authors have taken trouble to check them, where possible, for consistency with other more objective measures).
In a company-funded study published last year in the Journal of Sleep Research, the Zeo predicted the same sleep cycle as professional sleep equipment in a lab about 75% of the time, compared with 86% agreement for two independent professional lab measures with each other.
The "sequester" was originally due to take effect on 1 January, along with a series of other measures known as the fiscal cliff.
It later dropped as the Bank of Japan moved into the market with bond purchases and other measures, and as investors switched away from stocks.
He told lawmakers on Feb. 5 he would "shred" the bank's self-serving culture by improving ethics, and start linking employee pay with customer satisfaction and other measures.
There are a series of other pieces of his revenue proposal that deal with some reform measures, like capping deductions and other issues, and then there would be a separate or additional tax reform process that is something that both sides have sought in a so-called two-stage deal.
Other measures deal with water costs, political contributions, car insurance and local legislative boundaries.
He also said the ECB had "decided to start consultations with other European institutions" on measures to promote non-bank lending to companies by trying to revive that side of the asset-backed securities market.
When Republicans blocked that and the Senate Democrats crafted a separate payroll tax cut extension with UI extension and some other measures, and tried to move it and have it paid for by asking the 300, 000 wealthiest Americans, millionaires and billionaires, to pay a little extra, Republicans blocked that.
"Unless we deal with global warming, all other protective measures for coral reefs will be rendered meaningless, " he said.
But he has demonstrated, as he did with the Affordable Care Act and other measures he has taken, his understanding that we need to address some of the drivers of these long-term debt issues.
But the UK still measures up poorly compared with other countries - it ranked 12 out of the 19 countries in the Lancet study.
Along with similar measures previously enacted in 23 other states, the legislation prohibits contracts that make payment of union dues a condition of employment.
Unprecedented efforts by central bankers around the world to stabilize financial systems with easy money policies and other untested policy measures have fueled strong rebounds.
In addition to such steps which will, if adopted, will serve to underpin our national security, these should be complemented by other measures more traditionally associated with prudent defense policies.
The onslaught of media reports about high-living politicians contrasts with the struggles of many Italian voters who are straining to cope with tax increases, pension cuts and other austerity measures introduced to fight the crisis.
So he will -- he has done, and will continue to take the kinds of actions he can, as President, without Congress, to help Americans, to help them deal with this economy, to help them deal with their debt, deal with their mortgages, through a variety of other measures that he has taken and will take.
Civil rights and police reform advocates said they were pleased with the pact but continuing to press for the other measures.
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