Sentences with phrase «us economic weakness»

Typically, inflation of one per cent signals economic weakness because there is too little demand to force prices higher.

One reason to proceed with such an obvious indiscretion would be to send a message that future economic weakness would be the Bank of Canada's fault, not the prime minister's.

is the latest question coming from Ottawa, but given the continued economic weakness that question is now out - of - date.

But for the last few days, global markets have been in a rout, based on economic weakness in emerging markets.

Global economic weakness remains the biggest threat to the U.S. economic recovery, followed by tax and regulatory policies.

LONDON, Nov 1 - European shares rose on Thursday, bolstered by relatively robust earnings reports despite economic weakness, while the euro was flat as uncertainty over how the euro zone will handle crises in Spain and Greece dragged on.

While short - term funding costs are rising and financial conditions tightening from very loose levels, corporate - credit spreads suggest no serious economic weakness or financial contagion is stressing the system yet.

The following 12 months brought market volatility linked to China's economic weakness and later concerns about the fallout from Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

China seems ominously eager to hide any economic weaknesses.

American companies also have relatively little exposure to European economic weakness.

There are other reasons to be pessimistic, most notably the ongoing economic weakness in China and lagging business investment in Canada.

He said the central bank's rate rise talk could restart the negative feedback loop that took place this year, when a strong dollar leaned on emerging markets currencies, including the Chinese yuan, and commodities prices, creating tight financial conditions and economic weakness.

The banks demonstrated that their personal and commercial loans businesses are still solid, even as expectations point to consumer lending growth slowing in the coming quarters amid persistent economic weakness.

Prices for credit assets tied to the Bank of Canada's target imply traders think there is a 60 % chance that Poloz will once again be moved to respond to persistent economic weakness.

China's surprise devaluation of its currency is an admission of economic weakness and could delay the timing of the Federal Reserve's expected U.S. interest rate hike, strategist Boris Schlossberg told CNBC on Tuesday.

Global bond yields have declined significantly in recent months, but at a pace and uniformity that suggests either a climax in yield - seeking or growing concerns about economic weakness.

In response to economic weakness, central banks often enact policy that increases the money supply, promotes inflation and reduces interest rates.

With the emerging weakness in consumer and retail related securities, it's also a trap that suggests more economic weakness than expected by the consensus.

At present, valuations are elevated, market action is relatively neutral with a deteriorating bias, and a variety of additional considerations suggest the potential for a combination of inflation, economic weakness and credit defaults.

In crafting any policy response to near - term economic weakness, this is a key point.

These accelerated periods coincided with recessions and economic weakness, during which expansionary monetary policy was deployed by the central bank.

I suspect the Yellen Fed (correctly) has a much higher tolerance for stock market losses than Bernanke, and that interventions in the case of market losses and economic weakness will take a different form than quantitative easing.

Should the Fed demure and recent seasonal patterns persist, i.e. first - quarter economic weakness, it's entirely possible that an initial hike gets pushed out until the second quarter of next year.

The president views trade deficits as a sign of economic weakness that can be brought down by more aggressive trade policies.

While leading measures and our Recession Warning Composite do not currently provide enough evidence to anticipate an oncoming recession with confidence, they do suggest much greater prospects for economic weakness than the Wall Street consensus suggests.

The initiation of QE4 would be likely only in the face of even deeper economic weakness.

An about - face by the Fed driven by economic weakness would more likely — after a brief celebration — contribute to panic that the Fed had lost credibility and control.

Admittedly, a more conventional approach might have seen the Board ease policy more slowly, waiting for more evidence of economic weakness and moderation of inflation.

As I noted last week, a strong decline in Treasury yields would actually be a bad omen here, because it would signal a rush to quality in the face of rising default risks and possibly fresh economic weakness.

Many of Bolivia's economic weaknesses relate to its extraordinary geographical situation as a landlocked [5] Andean country divided between the extreme highlands (4,000 meters) and tropical rainforest lowlands.

Moreover, some of our wholesale and retail distributors may have insufficient financial resources and may not be able to withstand changes in business conditions, including economic weakness and industry consolidation.

It is highly unusual for both to occur together, so a simultaneous drop in both Treasury yields and the dollar would be a very powerful signal of impending economic weakness.

Markets remain volatile, global economic weakness continues to persist and, of course, China has shown great signs of a weakening economy over the past several months.

Of course, the Fed's very recent caution has been warranted, given the first quarter's market volatility and economic weakness as well the ongoing risks to global financial stability, particularly out of China.

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the past few weeks we have reported on the economic weakness in Europe.

With the bear market that started in 2011 likely being over, further hints on economic weakness could cause a sustainable rally gold, even without a clear signal from the central banks that, in fact, interest rates will remain depressed for the foreseeable future.

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve's statement added another contrary indicator suggesting the end of the expansionary cycle; their avoidance of economic weakness.

In my view, the most likely accompaniment to economic weakness would not be a decline in nominal rates, but somewhat accelerated inflation (meaning that real interest rates might very well fall to negative levels), and possibly substantial weakness in the U.S. dollar.

From the perspective of the people pulling the monetary levers, it provides carte blanche for more money - conjuring in response to economic weakness.

Central banks will continue to create money in response to economic weakness until blatant «price inflation» stops them.

Though the underlying reason for that Treasury price strength was concern about economic weakness and credit defaults, falling bond yields do allow us to take a more constructive stance once market internals show evidence of improvement.

Needless to say, unanticipated economic weakness could force a downward adjustment in expectations for future earnings and is inconsistent with highly valued financial assets.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged during the first quarter, and we think it is likely to remain on hold unless economic weakness and an energy price swoon return.

Perhaps the true contrarian is neutral right now, refusing to play either the economic weakness or the markets»...

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.

Normally, the prospect of economic weakness would provide some support for a longer duration, but the evidence on inflation is not benign.

Global economic weakness has hurt the company's results, but we are encouraged by management's ability to innovate, cut costs and allocate capital wisely.

Even if we do observe economic weakness, it's not likely in my view that the Fed will have much leeway to cut rates, due to persistent inflation pressures (which have historically been associated with profligate government spending of precisely the sort that has been revived in the past few years).

Lingering economic weakness could increase caution among policy makers.

The signs of economic weakness in China contributed to a steep drop in the prices of global commodities as well.