Sentences with phrase «if economic expansion»

If economic expansion continues, we could easily see 5 % rates in 2018.

She said that if economic expansion were to exceed the modest rates that have prevailed in recent years, «we will be delighted to support that.

If economic expansion continues, we could easily see 5 % rates in 2018.

Not exact matches

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.

If the consumer doesn't believe that the economic and employment expansion we are seeing is built to last, it could become a self fulfilling prophecy driven by sluggish consumer spending.

Growing earnings and a new growth phase of the economic expansion can carry stocks higher still, even if the «peak happiness» point occurred in January.

The current economic expansion is the third - longest in the nation's history and, if it continues, would be the longest by the middle of 2019.

Our aim was to see whether the economic expansion that was already under way actually accelerated after passage of the bill, or whether it simply continued the existing expansion (or even if it slowed down).

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the B.C. government's attempt to get court backing in a bid to thwart the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would put Canada in «economic gridlock» if it succeeds.

If you look at most inflation gauges, including the Cleveland Fed's trimmed mean and median CPIs, you see a bit of upward drift, as you'd expect in year eight of an economic expansion wherein inflation has heretofore been uniquely low.

If anything, my expectation is that the policies of the incoming administration are more likely to result in constrained economic growth rather than expansion.

We see tax cuts and public spending driving faster growth, but that could hasten the economic expansion's expiration date if it does not come with productivity gains.

This is not conducive to much positive valuation expansion, especially if accompanied by rising inflation expectations which, normally, follow economic acceleration.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Even if market volatility picks up, this long but moderate economic expansion that began in June 2009 has fuel to go further, which is good news for investors.

The fear: If the long economic expansion takes a turn for the worse, investors could jettison the debt of more leveraged borrowers such as triple - B issuers.

If Taylor is correct, then low short - term interest rates have not contributed to the economic expansion and raising them will not slow economic growth.

If you go back to 2009, we had a one - trillion - dollar stimulus package that was said to be inflationary and was going to boost economic growth, but yet we still had this very poor expansion and little inflation except for intermittent bouts here and there, largely from highly - priced inelastic goods.

This would test the resilience of the economic expansion, and if the economy keeps growing as long bonds rise in yield, then match the rises in long yields with rises in the Fed Funds rate.

In other words, even if we succeed in having good economic growth and sustaining it for a longer period than in earlier expansions, it will not solve all our unemployment problems.

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

It presents the Kerala model as something from which the Union Government and other Indian states like UP and Bihar have to learn their lesson that without a basis in social development like literacy, health and women's education and social security there can be no participatory economic expansion which is necessary if economic growth has to serve society.

If Hillary had been elected, we'd be fighting over how to pay for expanded Obamacare rather than looking forward to a massive economic expansion.

Mr. Bishop says if re-elected his legislative priorities will include job creation and economic expansion, protecting the environment, working for seniors and the middle class, providing access to affordable health care and supporting veterans.

«If New York approves Uber's expansion without a ban on driverless cars, our state will be caught in an economic trap that turns new jobs into lost jobs.

As central banks move away from ultra-loose monetary policy, and the global economic expansion matures, bond fund managers will need to ensure their portfolios draw on a truly diverse range of sources of return and carefully consider portfolio risk if they are to generate yield in the current market environment.

If U.S. economic expansion as well as gross world product were actually succeeding, why is Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury (EDV) the envy of capital appreciation seekers?

If we don't see a corresponding move higher in long - term rates from economic expansion, a few more short - term rate hikes, and we may see an inverted yield curve.

Given the near - term and enduring benefits of electric power expansion in developing countries, the other long - term effect of expanded coal - powered generation is accrued wealth and economic growth (along with health costs if they are dirty plants, of course).

And if a practical technique is ever found, its primary economic benefit will not come from enabling windmills and solar farms, but from allowing the expansion of base - load fossil fuel generators, making it possible to reduce the fleet of peak - load facilities.

They differ because they will only support nuclear energy expansion if and when industry and regulators address what they see as serious economic and safety issues.

«If a new corporate offence of failing to prevent economic crime is introduced in the UK, it will represent a huge expansion in corporate criminal liability,» said Terry FitzGerald, Head of Commercial D&O and Financial Institutions, UK at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty.

The global PC market will stabilize in the long run if there's an economic uptick, as PCs «are still a mission - critical device in the enterprise, and there's material room for total available market expansion in education as schools catch up to one - to - one initiatives,» he told the E-Commerce Times.

The global PC market will stabilize in the long run if there's an economic uptick, as PCs «are still a mission - critical device in the enterprise, and there's material room for total available market expansion in education as schools catch up to one - to - one initiatives,» he told the E-Commerce...