Sentences with phrase «business investment company]»

Additionally, business investment saw an 8.2 - percent drop, marking the ninth consecutive quarter in which a contraction was recorded in that sector.

Business investment has picked up considerably over the past two years, rising by over 30 per cent.

Viewed from the expenditure side, the main reason for the slower growth was a moderation in the pace of gross fixed capital formation, especially business investment which had been accelerating in 2103 - 14, but slowed in 2015.

It now accounts for 16 per cent of estimated business investment, compared with 11 per cent three years ago.

Banks should, he argues, be pushed to support real business investment as opposed to highly leveraged financial speculation and household consumption.

Surveys of investment intentions point to continued growth in business investment in real terms, albeit at lower rates than the robust growth seen through 2003.

As for business investment, durable goods orders for July significantly exceeded consensus expectations.

The continued strength in corporate profits has provided ample internal funds for business investment.

The overall strength of business conditions shown in these surveys has for some time appeared at odds with a weakening of actual and intended business investment.

The U.K.'s Office of National Statistics on Thursday said the economy grew 0.3 per cent in the second quarter, after 0.2 per cent in the first, the lowest growth for any major advanced economy since the start of 2017, according to Reuters, which also reported flat business investment and little growth in household spending.

Solid growth in the quarter reflected a strong increase in household spending and the continued upswing in business investment, while net external demand again subtracted from growth, reflecting a fall in exports and continued rapid import growth.

It also noted household spending has grown «a bit more quickly» but cautioned that business investment was softening.

With business investment and profits growing strongly and business confidence high, the US recovery has now broadened well beyond its initial reliance on consumer spending.

They confirmed, at that point, a picture of very strong business investment; declining government investment, as earlier fiscal stimulus is unwound; relatively flat dwelling investment; and weak commercial construction.

The latest capital expenditure (Capex) survey continues to point to solid growth in business investment in 2004/05, concentrated in the manufacturing, mining and property & business services sectors.

Domestic demand was up by 6.8 per cent over the year, with household consumption, residential investment and business investment all growing rapidly.

The Capex survey points to contrasting prospects for the two main components of business investment.

Consider that from 2014 to 2016 (the latest year of available data), the level of non-residential business investment declined by nearly a fifth (after accounting for inflation).

Orders excluding aircraft & parts, a measure of «core» business investment, gained 1.1 % (3.2 % y / y), the third consecutive month of a similar increase.

The third component of business investment, which includes investment in livestock, investment in intangible fixed assets, such as computer software, and mineral exploration expenditure, has grown very strongly over the past few years.

Growth in consumer spending and business investment were significantly reduced, but residential investment growth was raised.

Unless credit is tightened unexpectedly and the yield curve becomes inverted, business investment and consumer spending will continue to regain momentum.

Although investment has been weak, the investment intentions data imply that most of the decline in business investment has already occurred.

Much of the strength reflects ongoing growth in business investment and exports, which have been keying off strong corporate profitability and robust external demand, particularly from China.

A potent mix of rising exports, consumer spending and business investment helped the U.S. economy end the year on solid footing.

Growth continued to be driven by domestic demand, with strong growth in consumption and public demand, moderate growth in business investment, but subtractions from dwelling investment and inventories.

The outlook for business investment remains positive, supported by high levels of capacity utilisation and profitability.

Together with ready access to low - cost financing, this has underpinned a brisk pick - up in business investment.

In France growth in business investment slowed sharply while consumer spending — the traditional motor of France's economy — grew at an unchanged, but modest pace.

The deceleration reflected sharp cutbacks in government spending and weaker business investment and came despite an unusually warm winter, which many economists said likely provided a mild economic boost.

It creates more jobs, spurs more business investment, and encourages more household saving.

European PMI sector data meanwhile add to signs that business investment is rising strongly in the second quarter.

Overall, Canadians are evenly divided as to whether the changes will make the tax system fairer or harm business investment.

Growth in household consumption was subdued with business investment and net trade contributing to the annual GDP numbers, in line with the MPC's November Inflation Report.

They other half (50 %) see them as harming business investment.

He's made a career out of defying the odds, and his «Trumponomics» recipe of cutting taxes and hiking spending is meant to spur so much additional business investment that productivity can hit record levels.

Trump is counting on much of the tax savings going toward business investment.

(Oddly enough, growth would end up surprising to the upside of that lowered bar, though business investment continued to leave something to be desired.)

Second, fluctuations in business investment can drive the business cycle — roughly 50 per cent of the movements in quarterly GDP during the Great Recession and its aftermath were due to shifts in business investment.

The other group I would like to talk about today is companies and, specifically, their decisions about business investment.

Higher borrowing costs would discourage business investment and raise the cost of servicing government debt to unhealthy levels.

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If they were to continue to strengthen, this would improve Canada's terms of trade, wealth, and hence household spending and business investment.

The current elevated level of geopolitical uncertainty, and the related prevailing uncertainties around the economic outlook, are likely contributing importantly to this continued underperformance in business investment.

First, the decline in oil and other commodity prices since mid-2014 has dramatically altered the paths of business investment in Canada and the United States.

The second cyclical factor that has had a major impact on our exports and business investment is the protracted recovery of the US economy — the slowest in the postwar period.10 When oil and other commodity prices rose in the years before the 2014 oil price shock, so did our dollar, making our non-commodity exports to the United States less competitive and reinforcing the ongoing shift from manufacturing to services.

Global trends around big data and analytics with business investment in database and cloud - based applications helped to drive Oracle's top - line growth.»

Now, let's look at the structural factors that affected business investment during this period.

Although business investment represents a relatively small share of GDP — about 12 per cent, on average — it is a key economic indicator that we track closely for three main reasons.

2016.03.11 Canadian Economy Faces Challenges and Opportunities in 2016: RBC Economics 2015 marked a difficult year for the Canadian economy and the challenges are expected to continue in 2016, as energy companies retrench and business investment...