Sentences with phrase «if economic decline»

This could change if the economic decline continues with no hope or glimmers of recovery visible for the next few years.

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If, in contrast, the Fed were to raise rates now, before the economic recovery is fully entrenched, house prices might resume declines, the values of businesses large and small would drop, and, critically, unemployment would likely start to rise again.

That kind of growth would cause problems within the country, especially if job losses mount or growth remains slow for the long term, but Dollar said a steep decline economic expansion may be just what the country needs.

Discussing the topic on s lightly more political / economic scope, I wonder if the decline you see in America can be linked to the opening of China's economy, where marginal producers in America have been replaced by high performing Chinese producers (because of lower wages) the result has been to see the average wages of «more profitable» producers be eroded to take this production shift to China — thinking of the Chinese labor pool as an addition to the American labor pool bringing down wages across the board.

However, as we noted in our Financial System Review, financial vulnerabilities would usually translate into full - blown risks — with attendant consequences for the economy — only if there was a trigger, such as a widespread and sharp decline in economic activity and employment.

Officials should wind down the stock market support program even if prices continue to decline, according to a front - page commentary in the state - run Economic Information Daily on Tuesday.

If monetary policymakers are as focused on the labour market as they say they are, and the decline in oil prices hasn't shown up in economic data yet, I wonder what they are waiting for.

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If Trump gets his way — and let's be clear, it's going to be an uphill fight — U.S. corporate taxes will decline from being the highest among fellow Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) economies to just a few degrees north of Ireland's highly favorable 12.5 percent.

Hold debt levels static, and that rate of economic decline would force Italy's debt to GDP ratio to rise to 122 % from 118 % - clearly the wrong direction if the hope is to ease long - term solvency concerns.

If Lowry is right on this, it implies a flip to risk on, with better economic prospects, and declining bonds and rising equities.

Since credit spreads are one of the best indicators of economic confidence, with generally - widening credit spreads signifying declining confidence and generally - narrowing credit spreads signifying rising confidence, it would be logical if there were a positive correlation between the gold / commodity ratio and credit spreads.

Rapid declines in asset values might evoke a monetary policy response if they were thought likely to have a significant economic effect.

«Strong action on the part of the Reserve Bank of reversing the policy will be called for only if inflation shows very strong signs of decline,» C. Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, told CNBC - TV18 Thursday.

Perhaps, as some argue, Trump channels the anxieties of a class whose economic and social standing is in demonstrable decline as a cynical ploy to win popularity — this is a man who once called the poor «morons» — while winking at the «establishment,» who can take comfort in knowing that this reality - television caricature of themselves actually shares their political opportunism, if not their economic values.

But if the need for meeting space has declined, the claims placed on church members by movements for social, political and economic justice have not diminished.

If the world continues to accept disappearing tree - cover, land degradation, the expansion of deserts, the loss of plant and animal species, air and water pollution, and the changing chemistry of the atmosphere it will also have to accept economic decline and social disintegration... such disintegration would bring human suffering on a scale that has no precedent...» 7

If we draw a broader picture of what is important to human beings, the leveling off of sustainable welfare in economic terms would be replaced by a definite decline in overall human terms.

On the other hand, if we redirected our efforts we could make genuine economic progress, even if it would be slow, and social and psychological progress could replace the present decline.

This indicated a marked decline in the usefulness of GNP figures, if the goal is improved economic welfare.

Even if continuing growth is accompanied by a decline in economic well - being, it is argued, a cessation of growth would have much worse effects.

If economic stagnation were the cause of the increase in death rates, then one would expect that self - destructive death rates for women should have continued to decline while the death rates for men increased.

If this is not done swiftly and convincingly we will see a worsening of the credit crunch that Spanish consumers and inverstors are currently suffering, leading, in turn, to further economic decline.

Kinderhook, NY — April 5, 2016... Citing New York's outrageous property taxes as a major cause of Upstate's economic decline, Congressional candidate John Faso (R - Kinderhook) today announced that, if elected, he will introduce legislation amending federal law (42 USC 1396a) to eliminate a state's ability to impose a local government share of Medicaid costs.

In a sign of how effectively the coalition has blamed Labour for the economic malaise, many voters would still blame the party even if there was economic decline over the next 12 months - a full year after it lost power.

BOLTON LANDING — In a pitch for the endorsement of the state's largest business group, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino chided the state's top executives for failing to speak up as its economic climate has declined and promised that he would authorize natural gas hydrofracking and immediately repeal hundreds of state regulations if elected.

«If ecotourism declines significantly because access to preserves has been impeded, there may be negative economic impacts on the region,» the letter states.

«Because a mussel is highly dependent on its fish host and these are in decline, particular attention should be paid to the fish stocks,» says the TUM scientist, «even if some of these fish species do not have any particular economic value.»

Our current economic ranking of 16th may only decline further if action isn't taken.

«If we don't make the progress that we need to make in narrowing the achievement gap then that's a recipe for social instability and economic decline,» Ferguson said.

For example, if an organization faces a sudden decline in business or revenue due to political, economic or any other reasons, the authorities responsible for assigning bond investment - grade scores won't be able to pick the downfall and may be late in updating their investment grade.

These companies are considered «speculative grade» and are vulnerable to changing economic conditions and could face big challenges if economic conditions decline.

To review, these two economic indicators are important because they show that if investors are simply watching economic reports, then they will be selling their mutual fund shares after the market has declined a significant amount.

The reason why an inverted yield curve is predictive of economic weakness is that long - term bond investors will settle for lower yields if they start to believe the economy will slow or decline in the future.

Imagine if, in 2008 and 2009, you saw Royal Dutch Shell price's decline into the $ 30s as the price of oil got cheap and the backdrop of an economic crisis made the stock cheaper than long - term projection of oil fundamentals warrant.

If an economic report is released and it's below expectations, then the broad market declines.

The first thing one wondered was if Breechen had read through the proposed regulations; the second was if pinning his hopes on this declining industry is the best he can come up with to further economic development in southern Oklahoma.

And if industrializing countries seek an economic advantage by evading those standards, I would work with the European Union and other like - minded governments that plan to address the global warming problem to develop a cost equalization mechanism to apply to those countries that decline to enact a similar cap.

If high net energy sources are in decline, and no reasonable replacements are available, the result may be a painful restructuring as society rearranges economic activity to fit a diminishing energy supply.

«If we have not succeeded by 2030,» says Lester Brown, president of Worldwatch, «environmental deterioration and economic decline will be feeding on each other, causing social structures to disintegrate.»

(I wonder if the Hubbert models could be generalized to the growth and decline in production of economic «resources» like Credit Default Swaps?

A «decline in the availability of cheap energy» — i.e. peak oil, and more generally peak fossil fuels, could — if we handle it very stupidly — cause some very serious economic and social disruptions to human society.

Tragically, the net effect on the global atmospheric commons will be negligible, because if enough consumers respond to non-price incentives to reduce their consumption, the direct price of fossil fuels will decline, making it economic for others to increase their consumption.

The Fed said it was ready to halt the disinvestment process if there were «a material deterioration in the economic outlook that would require a significant decline in interest rates.»

Buyers who are still waiting on the sidelines must learn a basic economic fact of life: if fundamentals aren't supporting a market decline, then it's not going to decline for very long.

If prices stay high, economic growth will slow, and demand for office and warehouse space will decline.»

If your home's net worth declines over time due to an economic downturn such as a recession, your home equity can end up being a negative number.