Sentences with phrase «us economic slowdown»

Wall Street stock futures are sharply higher Friday after China's currency hit its highest level this year, helping to dispel fears about its economic slowdown.

It can become a depression — meaning the economic slowdown can deepen and go on for a longer time.

The company is dominant in one of the world's biggest markets, and he says the West's concern over China's economic slowdown is an «overreaction.»

Economic slowdowns in China, South Africa and Brazil threw curveballs at formerly bullish investors.

«In our experience, geopolitical shocks tend to provide a buying opportunity, unless there is: an underlying economic slowdown... clear cut overvaluation; or a monetary tightening,» Andrew Garthwaite, an equity strategist at Credit Suisse, wrote in a note reported by CNBC.

Unilever reported lower - than - expected fourth - quarter sales on Thursday, hurt by demonetization in India and an economic slowdown in Brazil.

A global economic slowdown hasn't had much impact on this resilient market as people continue to turn to alcohol in good times and bad.

With an increase in interest rates looming in the United States and an expected economic slowdown, an increasing number of investment banks are expecting the city's home prices to come under downward pressure.

Ironically, the selloff of U.S. stocks began a few weeks ago because of weakness in the Chinese economy, the devaluation of the yuan, and stock market turmoil in the Asian nation, which led to serious concerns about a global economic slowdown.

Mainland Chinese high rollers are staying away amid a persistent economic slowdown and President Xi Jinping's continuing crackdown on corruption, both of which are crimping lavish spending.

If the Fed is indeed putting off raising short - term interest rates — perhaps because of an economic slowdown overseas, economic turmoil in Russia, or because of lower oil prices — then that's potentially good news for the stock market.

There was a depressing story in the The Globe and Mail the other day about how toy retailers aren't stocking as much product this year because of the economic slowdown.

A prolonged economic slowdown in the nation's economy has put pressure on big consumer brands like Anheuser - Busch InBev, which has long depended on Brazil as an engine of growth.

Ma said the environmental damage of the high rate of growth has been severe, and there are other advantages to embracing the economic slowdown.

The report found that where there is greater workforce participation by women, including in their own businesses, there is also greater economic resilience, and fewer economic slowdowns.

Doing more with less is common practice for most businesses in an economic slowdown and the state's architects are no different, with many adapting and evolving their services to win work.

«Recently, signals of China's economic slowdown have triggered widespread concern and, I believe, overreaction around the world,» wrote Ma.

However, the mainland's economic slowdown hasn't necessarily hurt the the legacy hotel chain much.

My belief is that we will continue to see significant economic slowdown, but no recession in 2016.

The economic slowdown that still grips much of the globe is keeping a damper on many industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom, real estate and consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.

Then last week, the government announced a depreciation of the country's currency, stoking fear that the economic slowdown there was even worse than it had let on.

In case of a serious default, one in which the U.S. postpones or suspends any debt payments, «Canadian yields could actually drop as a result of both the economic slowdown and safe - haven flows,» Shenfeld wrote in a recent research note.

Already in Brazil, the region's biggest economy, President Dilma Rousseff is starting to roll out a more conservative message of austerity, including cuts in unemployment and welfare benefits, to tame a record budget deficit widened by the biggest economic slowdown in 25 years.

As for the global economic slowdown, the big economies are now finally gaining steam (thanks to the hugely stimulative policies of previous years).

The Economic Cycle Research Institute's Lakshman Achuthan spots a trend in the unemployment rate that backs up his economic slowdown forecast.

In 2012 and early 2013, economic slowdowns in China, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. reduced demand for the commodity exports of emerging countries.

Ray Dalio says in a LinkedIn blog post that the Fed's response to better - than - expected economic data may lead to an economic slowdown.

While immigrant - led entrepreneur activity peaked in 2010 during the economic slowdown and has since fallen to 0.43 percent, activity among native - born entrepreneurs essentially has been flat at 0.3 percent or below during the past decade.

The Fed raised its key overnight lending rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but it has backed away from further monetary policy tightening this year largely due to a global economic slowdown and financial market volatility.

American multinational companies could also see their earnings take a hit if China's economic slowdown spreads throughout Asia.

But there's also China, where a housing and financial bubble could pop and turn the current economic slowdown into a hard landing.

Both Abu Dhabi and Dubai are encouraging the development of theme parks to help boost foreign tourist arrivals as oil prices slump, causing an economic slowdown in the region.

Those numbers are similar to what we've seen most of 2012, but in addition the Scorecard survey also found that 80 % of small business owners are now concerned about an economic slowdown because of turmoil in Europe and slow growth in the U.S.

The brand encountered financial difficulties in recent years thanks to the economic slowdown.

Starbucks plans to add over 10,000 new jobs a year in China over the next five years as part of the U.S. coffee giant's big bet on the nation of tea drinkers, where coffee culture is flourishing amid a booming middle class despite an economic slowdown.

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That could be a hint that the labor market might have had a rough start to 2016, amid the recent stock volatility and economic slowdown.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

We had a bunch of countries with pegged currencies who were experiencing trade imbalances, foreign denominated debt crises, ultimately leading to economic slowdown, foreign currency turmoil, commodity turmoil and economic turmoil.

A flattening yield curve is often a feature of a rising rate environment and can spur worries about an economic slowdown.

Starbucks has had great success in China as consumers view drinking lattes as a status symbol — it's also a trip that may become less frequent due to the economic slowdown.

Similarly, many investors do not anticipate how governments and central bankers will react to fear of an economic slowdown.

An economic slowdown, a freezing up in trade and plunging markets and currencies are casting a shadow across Asia — and the globe.

Wright's research seems to have been influential in Fed Chair Ben Bernanke's recent assessment that the current very flat yield curve does not signify a coming significant economic slowdown.

Since June, oil has receded 30 % on fears China's economic slowdown would lead to reduced oil consumption from a country that accounts for 15 % of the world's economic output.

«The bank's president, Mario Draghi, conceded Thursday that the eurozone's debt crisis had led to a generalized economic slowdown, hitting even the strongest countries in the region,» The Wall Street Journal reported.

But the Brics, as well as many other emerging - market economies — have recently experienced a sharp economic slowdown.

Bank of America reported a slide in profit as concerns about an economic slowdown and uncertainty about the pace of rate increases dampened trading.

Additionally, the Chinese economic slowdown had a negative impact on commodities prices towards the end of 2015 and into 2016.

Green said those worried about China's economic slowdown are overreacting, as the differences in economic development between China's regions could provide a strong engine for economic growth.