Sentences with phrase «for weaker economies»

For weaker economies in the euro zone that are seeing subdued domestic demand as a result of austerity programs, there were also encouraging signs in the trade figures for August.

Mexico is picked for the maximum visual, with its heavy dependence on the US for trade and cash repatriation, for its weak economy and currency, for its limited currency reserves,... Mexico is the mostly likely country to capitulate in a trade way with the US.

No one is for a weak economy.

Not exact matches

While former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders are expected to duke it out in an intensifying battle for the party nomination, themes of the weak economy and the struggles of the middle class are likely to take center stage.

Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that has been growing at an annual rate of around three per cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.

The 0.4 per cent growth rate for the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the weakest quarterly performance in almost two years and followed a much faster 3.1 per cent increase in the third quarter.

But given the weak odds of a broader regional arrangement working, Barton and his fellow advisers recommend targeting the three big Asian economies for preferential trade deals: China, Japan, and India.

That's important because the majority of exporters are small, and as the economy experiences sluggish growth and weak job gains, they are generally seen as a bright spot for their reach beyond domestic markets.

An ageing population and weak consumption is gradually hollowing out much of the manufacturing base that provided the foundation for Japan's modern economy.

The economy is really being supported — this isn't just in the United States, it's in Japan, the ECB and Britain — the economy is being supported by quantitative easing that is allowing for a massive budget deficit and money printing exercises to go on... As you address the fiscal problems, you are going to have weak economic growth.

In his speech Monday, Bernanke sought to reassure investors that the Fed's timetable for keeping its short - term rate ultra-low «doesn't mean we expect the economy to be weak through 2015.»

Officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve meet for two days this week, starting Tuesday, to discuss fiscal policy and the trajectory of the U.S. economy in the wake of a weak employment report for the month of May.

The split decision reflects dissent from the MPC's «doves» who fear that the economy is still too weak for a rate hike.

Inhibitions, ignorance and a weak economy had caused a lack of popularity of sorts for fashion shows.

It says the U.S. economy is weaker than the headline numbers indicate because the sharp recession of 2008 - 2009 has thrown seasonal - adjustment factors out of whack and they are inflating the smoothed, annualized growth numbers for output, employment, income and sales.

Goyer said her research has shown that some grandparents did cut back on spending for their grandchildren as a result of the weak economy.

But just how much of the decline is due to natural forces and how much is because the economy is still weak and unable to provide good - paying jobs is open for debate.

While safeguarding the bottom - line for the prevention of financial risks, China will step up credit support for weak links in the economy, including small firms and the rural sector.

The central bank said it expected the economy to stagnate for the rest of 2016 and suffer weak growth throughout next year.

Wall Street stock futures are lower this morning over renewed fears for the global economy after some weak Japanese economic data and some routine gloom from the Bank of England, which is worried, among other things, by the potential impact of the U.K.'s vote on whether to leave the E.U..

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.

That's significant because weak international sales have been a drag on the Canadian economy for years.

He was searching for $ 12.5 million last year, when the economy was weak, the private - equity market had largely dried up, and investor enthusiasm for broadband had simply evaporated.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it will likely have to keep interest rates low for longer than it expected in the face of a surprisingly weak economy.

In 2013, small - business owners will once again face a weak economy that will have them longing for the good old days of 2006.

Still, German analyst and investor sentiment rose sharply in December for a second month running, as a decline in the euro and oil prices boosted hopes for a pickup although a composite PMI covering Europe's largest economy showed weaker growth.

With its warnings of depleted bank reserves, weak governance, and political uncertainty, the IMF's account reads more like the analysis of a war - ravaged economic basket - case than the prospects for a developed economy in one of the richest economic zones in the world.

Business investment is weak except for mergers that create economies of scale, less jobs, less competition, less money available for R&D and improved productivity.

If we assume that Beijing has been reluctant to do this in the past, and is only doing so in response to weaker expected growth numbers, then it would suggest the latter explanation, which implies a higher, not a lower, discount rate, and so a lower «multiple» for the Chinese economy.

In net terms, the outlook for the non-resources economy in the near term is weaker than it looked a few months ago, and the recovery of flood - affected mining in Queensland is taking longer than earlier thought.

Nonetheless, it seems fairly clear that the US economy is at its weakest for a decade, and it is too early to be able to say with confidence which way things will move in the short term.

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Thus the wage gains are from a one time energy glut brought about by increased supply from fracking, lower demand from a weak global economy, and some producers increasing production to make up for lower prices (not entirely self defeating as consumer nations expand inventories while prices are low).

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government reined in new spending in a wait - and - see budget that touts support for ordinary Canadians but hedged its bets in the face of a still weak global economy and unpredictable fallout from the Donald Trump administration.

If this strong correlation continues, exit opportunities for venture - backed IT companies would as a result decline in a weak economy.

If anything should be clear from the bubbles of recent years, the greatest risks are not when prices are depressed, the economy is weak, and investors are frightened, but rather when prices are elevated and an unendingly positive outlook for technology, or housing, or global growth, or private equity, or emerging markets, or commodities seems all but certain.

Thus, the period where the Australian economy was experiencing a contractionary impact from abroad and where the outlook was for weaker growth and sub-2 per cent inflation has now well and truly passed.

Though the second - quarter bounce back is dampening wage pressure for now, the weak trend in productivity suggests the economy's growth potential could be lower than the 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent pace that economists have been estimating.

This is based on a simple economic model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.

Some years ago Mundell, looking at economy sizes, growth rates, percent invested overseas, etc., concluded that a dollar / euro relationship between $ 1.20 and $ 1.30 could be considered normal, or neither to strong nor too weak for either country.

In today's environment of weak global demand, there has been little appetite among any major economies for the excess production and savings of these major surplus nations, but the absence of capital controls has made the United States the default adjustment for global capital imbalances.

Beijing probably needed to do this for good political reasons — I suspect that there are many who would have strongly opposed a very weak ending for the Hu - Wen period of government — but the longer they keep this up, the worse the overall adjustment will be, and it will be politics that determines how quickly they can return to a real rebalancing of the economy.

Nevertheless I do worry that the fall in exports from a strong dollar is a bit stronger than the rise in exports from a weak dollar: I suspect because there is a hysteresis effect: Once a factory is shut down, it stays shut down — and if firms don't continuously invest to stay at the cutting edge of technology, it can be hard for a high - wage advanced economy to stay globally competitive.

Investors worried about the possibility of a weaker global economy and tried to anticipate the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates.

This economic impact works in opposition to the interest rate risk they face: rising rates, which are bad for bonds generally, usually accompany a strong economy, which is good for high - yield bonds; falling rates, which are good for bonds overall, usually accompany a weak economy, which is bad for high - yield bonds.

The euro held at the day's highs on Thursday after ECB President Mario Draghi presented a relatively confident outlook for the euro zone economy, contrary to some expectations that he would take a more cautious stance after recent weak data.

Markets were also affected by the IMF's bleak forecast for the global economy that identified other weak spots, including Japan, China and major emerging market economies (EMEs).

Brick - and - mortar store sales have been pretty weak in Q4 and many thought that online sales would save the day for the economy.

European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said Monday that it's too soon to declare victory over weak inflation — indicating it would be premature to set a definite end date for the bank's money - printing stimulus despite a strengthening economy...