Sentences with phrase «lower world economic growth»

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Asia and Latin America are not risk - free, but «there seems to be sense in buying equities in these regions on similar or lower valuations than their counterparts in the developed world given that dividend growth is likely to be superior, given higher economic growth potential.»

With oil prices now above the long - term average, oil consumption is no longer getting a boost from low prices and is increasingly reliant on strong economic growth around the world.

He said world economic growth is looking lower at a time when the Fed appears to be ready to raise interest rates while most other central banks are easing.

Eventually, economic fundamentals will reassert themselves: high corporate profits, positive industrial growth, lower unemployment and improved consumer sentiment in the United States; lower inflation and a transition to easier, expansionary money policies in Brazil, Australia, India and most significant of all, China, the world's second - largest economy.

In January, expensive commodities led to inflation, higher interest rates in developing markets, riots in the Arab world, and lower economic growth.

In its October 2014 World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reduced its forecast for global economic growth to 3.3 percent for 2014, 0.4 percentage points lower than in the April 2Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reduced its forecast for global economic growth to 3.3 percent for 2014, 0.4 percentage points lower than in the April 2economic growth to 3.3 percent for 2014, 0.4 percentage points lower than in the April 2014 WEO.

In a low - growth world, these three initiatives taken together could have a significant impact on economic growth, year after year.

So, as a trading example, if a major world economy lowers interest rates, it is a sign that economic growth will rise in that area.

Global growth for this year is seen at 3.4 percent, up from a 3.1 percent forecast for 2015, but 0.2 percent lower than previously forecast, the IMF's World Economic Outlook report said.

It's interesting to note that on the same day the International Monetary Fund released their annual World Economic Outlook which lowered expectations for global growth in 2015 to 3.8 % from 4 %, that several potentially large mining deals were either launched or mooted.

Over time, the stock market has reached new records, powered by economic and earnings growth.2 We expect both to continue: The domestic economy is picking up a little speed, helped by improving growth in the rest of the world, and company earnings have benefited from better sales, the weaker dollar and still - low interest rates.

Government is hopeful that this year economic activities will rebound with a projected real GDP growth of 5.4 percent — despite the International Monetary Fund, which is helping in management of the economy under a three - year Extended Credit Facility programme, lowering Ghana's economic growth in 2016 to 4.5 percent as a result of the continued fall in prices of commodities on the world market.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com

A United Nations report released Sunday said that governments must act faster to keep global warming in check and that a radical shift from fossil fuels to low - carbon energy such as wind, solar or nuclear power would shave only about 0.06 of a percentage point a year off world economic growth.

In addition, there is very clear evidence that investing in the transition to a low - carbon economy will not only allow the world to avoid the worst risks of climate change, but could also drive decades of economic growth.

A slowdown in economic growth around the world, particularly in China, as well as a slowdown in productivity, lower population growth, aging baby boomers, higher taxes and lower government spending will lead to an increase in stock - market volatility.

Those folks will say valuation is irrelevant when interest rates are low, when economic growth is modest and when central banks around the world implement / maintain stimulative monetary policies.

We must help countries in the developing world gain access to the technologies, as well as financing that will enable them to take a lower carbon path to economic growth.

considers a future world of very rapid economic growth, low population growth and rapid introduction of new and more efficient technology.

The World Resources Institute has announced an initiative that it says will focus on business and finance models for sustainable, low - carbon economic growth in major markets like the U.S., China, Mexico, India and Brazil.

In addition, there is very clear evidence that investing in the transition to a low - carbon economy will not only allow the world to avoid the worst risks of climate change, but could also drive decades of economic growth.

About We Mean Business — We Mean Business is a coalition of organizations working with thousands of the world's most influential businesses and investors who recognise that the transition to a low carbon economy is the only way to secure sustainable economic growth and prosperity for all.

The three scenarios developed are Modern Jazz, which represents a «digitally disrupted,» innovative, and market - driven world, Unfinished Symphony, a world in which more «intelligent» and sustainable economic growth models emerge as the world drives to a low carbon future, and a more fragmented scenario called Hard Rock, which explores the consequences of weaker and unsustainable economic growth with inward - looking policies.

In short, Modi is trying to create a world - class renewable - energy industry while reforming a corrupt and bankrupt utility sector, growing the country's manufacturing sector, keeping deficits low, and sustaining economic growth at around 8 percent a year.

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The solution that will succeed is the opposite of what you advocate: maximise economic growth for the whole world — especially the poorest countries and remove the mass of impediments that are preventing them from getting cheap low emissions energy to replace fossil fuels.

With a young and growing population, low per capita electricity consumption, rapid urbanization and — until recently — strong economic growth, Turkey for nearly two decades has been one of the fastest growing power markets in the world.

This trend of rapid decoupling of emissions from economic output was driven firstly by improvements in energy efficiency and secondly by lower carbon intensities, including reduced coal use in China and the United States and growth in low - carbon renewables such as wind and solar in many parts of the world (Peters et al 2017).

Further, renewable energy sources, especially if paired with needed energy storage technologies, tend to have a lower (some say much lower) EROEI than fossil fuels offered during the glory days of world economic growth after World Waworld economic growth after World WaWorld War II.

«Whether China moves onto an innovative, sustainable and low - carbon growth path this decade will more or less determine both China's longer - term economic prospects in a natural resource - constrained world,... and the world's prospects of cutting greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to manage the grave risks of climate change.»

The Princeton group's multi-stage formula estimates individual emissions based on lifestyle and income rather than per capita national income — a departure from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which set no specific goals or timetables for emission reductions by developing nations until the developed world had found a model for low - carbon economic growth.

If some policy maker (who could well be a British treasury official) thinks that the Business as Usual scenario is too pessimistic (read, too optimistic regarding developing world economic growth), he or she is free to choose one of the lower emission scenarios, of which there are many.

They think that lower economic growth will increase joblessness in the rich world and condemn much of the poor world to decades of poverty, which in turn will increase inequality — a big enough problem already.

Wall Street Journal — Low oil prices and economic growth have helped drive up consumer demand for energy across the world in 2015, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, a phenomenon seen from U.S. gasoline stations to Chinese auto dealerships.