Sentences with phrase «as big an economy»

Lagos stands on a threshold of history as the biggest economy in the country right now.

China, a distant second, will never have as big an economy as the U.S., according to ITR's forecasts.

As the biggest economy by far, the United States» effort to bring the continent's average up to 50 percent will be tested most rigorously.

Not exact matches

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

As the agreement involves 40 percent of the world's competing economies, it's a big deal for business owners.

But as it and other digital «cryptocurrencies» have evolved, along with the public ledger system that makes up the blockchain, much of the bitcoin economy has been increasingly overtaken by big money — or by entrepreneurial prospectors who want to grab a piece of the bubblicious ICO phenomenon.

We targeted current leaders, since they exert direct, measurable sway beyond their own boardrooms as they steer their companies to respond to big - picture external conditions: the economy, politics, technology, markets and customers.

Opened as an experiment in 1912 near the company's most profitable location in Jersey City, N.J., the first A&P economy store was operated by a single man, who moved big volumes at warehouse prices.

In case you haven't heard, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education is incredibly important to maintaining America's historical role as the world's biggest and most innovative economy.

In 2010, as the dust from the financial crisis settled, three women working in disparate parts of the economy noticed that startups in «hard science» (think biology or chemistry rather than tech) weren't getting the attention they deserved from big investors.

There's something very prideful about wanting to build our own world - beating businesses and not wanting to be a simple branch - plant economy, but in a globalized era there are many roadblocks — such as access to the big bucks needed for expansion — to doing so.

GM Korea's future is important for South Korea as it accounts for some 13 percent of the nation's auto industry jobs and 16 percent of auto exports in Asia's fourth - biggest economy.

TORONTO — The slowdown in the oilpatch is again showing its effects on the wider economy, this time with Telus Corp. citing the struggling Alberta economy along with a very competitive market as factors that took a big bite out of fourth - quarter profits.

Indeed, the broader inflation trends shown in Friday's data confirm recent signs of a more sure - footed recovery in the world's second - biggest economy, allowing authorities to resist any fresh monetary easing as they move to curb an unsustainable build up of credit in the financial system.

«As the whole cryptocurrency economy gets bigger the volatility should reduce.»

The comments follow those of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who Thursday criticized the U.S.'s decision to brand the country as a «strategic competitor» and dismissed the notion that it poses a threat to the world's biggest economy.

In June 2008, as the price of gas went above $ 4, Buffett said «exploding» inflation was the biggest risk to the economy.

It's attempting to look at the tech industry not as a silo of big tech firms such as Google and Facebook, both of which have offices in New York City, but as a diverse ecosystem stretching throughout the city's economy.

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.

Possibly, hopefully, the next big idea may come from our new Southern partner as relations open, policies relax and economies begin to mingle.

Last year, the central bank sounded an alarm, ranking the expansion of personal credit as the biggest threat to the economy, which is why everyone was shocked when Poloz suddenly cut interest rates in January.

Even as corporate earnings continue to soar and big companies appear to be very profitable, I've remained cautiously optimistic about the economy, because the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard data doesn't reveal the uptick in hiring we've wanted to see.

As one of the company's biggest markets, greater China has been been a sore spot for Apple as that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward serviceAs one of the company's biggest markets, greater China has been been a sore spot for Apple as that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward serviceas that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward services.

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos, a sort of brain spa for the world's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world economy.

The deal was part of a broader trend of Chinese resource companies making foreign acquisitions as part of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China's economy, the world's second biggest.

Just as baby boomers took over business, politics, and the consumer economy during the 1980s and»90s, millennials currently in their mid-20s will make up the majority of jobs and big - ticket purchases such as houses and cars, Slok wrote in a recent brief, which was first reported by Axios.

Rural economies in particular have cratered as young people cluster in big cities.

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

A White House official pointed to trade as part of a «bigger picture» for the economy, with cabinet - level discussions described as «deliberative» and the President focused on doing right by American workers.

LONDON, April 30 - Government bond yields in the euro area nudged higher on Monday as focus turned to preliminary inflation data from Germany and Italy, two of the bloc's biggest economies.

And the developed economies of Europe and North America saw the biggest benefits in connectivity as telecom operators upgraded networks and consumers upgraded smartphones to take advantage of having their social network wherever they go.

This year, all of the Big Six banks are likely to be designated systemically important to the domestic economy and face higher capital requirements as a result.

E-commerce will eventually play a bigger role in the overall retail economy due to its rapid growth, but for now, it can't be blamed as the main source for retailers» troubles.

The «new» economy, then, is a digital one, as characterized by the big five in 2016: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook.

The push to return to the vanguard comes at a time of growing nostalgia for the heyday of Japan «s technological prowess, which has dwindled since China overtook it as the world's second - biggest economy.

U.S. government debt prices were higher on Tuesday morning, as investors looked ahead to fresh economic data and monitored tense trade talks between the world's two biggest economies.

«The big portfolio managers who buy stocks in bulk have collectively decided that as oil goes, so goes the economy.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

Today President Obama took a big step forward in his goal to strengthen the economy and strengthen the middle class with the nomination of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Western Australia's status as a powerhouse in the supply of LNG — the preferred low - pollution fuel in fast - growing Asian economies — is assured, according to a study of the global LNG business by JP Morgan, one of the biggest banks in the US.

They see flat inflation and wage stagnation as signals that the economy still has a ways to go before needing a big shift in monetary policy.

But the big prize for Canada, say government officials, is in the deal's potential and the sheer size and wealth of the European market — 500 million people and an economy approaching $ 17 trillion — that will now be open to Canadian manufacturers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and even professionals, such as engineers, under improved conditions and mostly duty - free.

HNA and other big Chinese players like Anbang Insurance Group and Dalian Wanda Group are under pressure at home and abroad, as the authorities and investors worry about the risk these highly indebted companies pose to the broader economy.

A solid set of earnings from the world's biggest tech companies has global stocks on the march again Friday, while the U.S. dollar tests 2018 highs as the world's biggest economy continues to expand.

As a big importer, China imposing their own tariffs — or buying from other countries instead — could hurt the U.S. economy.

Richard Trumka mentioned no names as he vowed recently that labor would not endorse yet another presidential candidate who talks big about confronting inequality but offers an agenda that merely fiddles around the edges of the economy, meeting Wall...

For all the headlines devoted to the event, you'd think this was a really big deal — either a signal that our economy has zoomed past the lingering aftereffects of the Great Recession, or evidence of a bubble about to pop, as CNBC wondered a little while ago.

As the chart below shows, we see the shift to bigger fiscal spending among G7 economies now making a small contribution to global growth rather than subtracting from it, as the IMF still forecastAs the chart below shows, we see the shift to bigger fiscal spending among G7 economies now making a small contribution to global growth rather than subtracting from it, as the IMF still forecastas the IMF still forecasts.

When President Donald J. Trump put his name to the first bill to repeal an Obama - era federal regulation four months ago, he framed the «big signing» as part of a broader push to improve the economy and slash burdensome rules for the energy sector.

Gaebler lauded the law's language allowing the SBA to raise its loan guarantee from current levels to as much as 90 percent for some loans, but said «this latest, new rule negates some of those provisions and... doesn't offer much respect to the small business economy, especially when you consider the big role that small business plays in an economic recovery.»