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Strategists who spoke to CNBC said it will only take another disappointing report from China — or a significant drop in the yuan — for global investors to once again put the world's second - biggest economy at the top of their worry list.

Not exact matches

«These are not sexy markets, but they are representative of large parts of the economy where everyone else isn't climbing over themselves to throw cash at the next big thing.»

CNBC takes a look at the economies and politics of the big election battlegrounds of France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany

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.

Though Portugal is one of the fastest growing euro zone economies, problems with non-performing loans and high debt among businesses, individuals and government are a big hurdle - mainly at a time when the government's strategy is focused on consumer spending.

The difference between the two approaches is a subtle one in that the central bank's current policy tool - a 101 trillion yen ($ 1 trillion) program of asset buying and lending - also expands the BOJ's balance sheet, which at a third of GDP is a bigger proportion of the economy compared with those of the U.S. and European Union's central banks.

In his paper «Mega-Events: The effect of the world's biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies,» he writes: «A local resident who goes to an All - Star Game when it is in town is spending money at the game that likely would have been spent locally elsewhere in the absence of the game.

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.

Some industry and academic leaders say the country's entrepreneurs, companies and the wider economy have been at a disadvantage, particularly when compared to big IP players like the United States and China.

If I was a CEO of some big company, I would look into the future and see some pretty heavy waves coming at me, and start taking very seriously the idea that the future doesn't compute, that this $ 1 trillion sloshing around the global economy each day has turned it into a casino that needs to be dismantled.

Absent these bigger - picture policy changes for now, however, business owners like Fisher of TripShock expect the economy to motor on, at least in the short term.

Trade is a big part of many states» economies, and billions of dollars of exports could be at stake in the ongoing NAFTA talks.

It's got all this stuff in the news, with ghost cities and real estate markets crashing, but when we think about it, if the U.S. economy is forecast to grow somewhere between 2.75 % and 3 % for 2015, and China is growing at 6.5 % or 7 %, we're still looking at essentially twice the U.S. [growth rate] on a much bigger base than 10 years ago,» she says.

At the same time, January retail sales fell unexpectedly in their biggest drop since last February, declining 0.3 percent, raising new concerns about the economy.

I get it: Hiring and firing at big private firms is a better indicator of the overall health of the economy.

The Minneapolis Fed proposed a set of sweeping new regulations Wednesday aimed at reducing the risk big banks pose to the economy.

These mega-projects are fraught with challenges ranging from new engineering demands to public opposition.But to look at any one pipeline or container - port controversy in isolation is to miss the big picture of inexorable change in the world economy and Canada's place within it.

China is the biggest export market for Canadian soybeans and while it might be true that Canada might stand to benefit from tariffs on U.S. soybeans, the ambassador told CNBC's Martin Soong that a trade war in general will still have a negative impact on Canada, and the global economy at large.

The central bank said the measures, which will make it harder for first - time buyers to obtain loans big enough to buy a decent house at current prices, might hurt the economy in the short term.

If you put a lot of fiscal stimulus — particularly big personal income - tax cuts — if you put that on an economy that's already at full employment, that's like putting a well - done steak on broil.»

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.

If you look at our economy, big business is doing great, and big business is getting better, but small business is not.

Me: If you look at the world, and you look at languages, and you look at economies... if you were to try to target those parts of the world that in 15 years, 20 years will have taken a bigger step than other parts of the world, where would you go?

The city, like the rest of the U.S., was stuck in a decades - long entrepreneurial slump that had left its economy dependent on a handful of big, staid corporations — corporations that were pulling up stakes to head overseas at a rate that alarmed local leaders.

These banks are under intense pressure from provincial political bosses to keep lending and help sustain big employers like state - owned enterprises, at a time when the entire country's economy is slowing.

But, «At the margin, what has changed over last six months is really not the change in direction in the U.S. economy, it's just that the stimulus - driven growth in China has manifested itself in a big way,» Memani said.

Problems in China, the world's second largest economy, can crimp global growth, a big concern at a time when weak oil prices and geopolitical concerns are also clouding the outlook.

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.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble announced at a joint news conference with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai that Germany, Europe's biggest economy and a major trade partner of Beijing, would be a founding member of the AIIB.

In other words, for the most part, the big five tech companies exist at their current size and scale only because they serve a larger underlying economy of profitable companies.

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If one assumes Mr. Rosengren allows the economy to hum along at the current levels (a big if since he wants to raise rates), a average 2.5 % wage gain less 2 % inflation makes you wait three more years to get back to 2007 (a lost decade plus two) and five years to party likes it's 1999 (two lost decades, plus one).

These economies are growing at a faster pace than the developed world, which can mean bigger profit possibilities for their companies and higher yields for their bonds.

Thanks to the billionaire's surprise election win, investors around the world have been frantically trying to do just that — look beyond the present and peer into the future, trying to get a handle on just how financial markets might behave with Trump at the reins of the world's biggest economy.

Fed officials agreed that the tax cuts and spending bill are likely to boost economic growth but it «s unusual for the economy to receive such a big fiscal stimulus at a time when it «s already operating either at or near its potential.

Bluford Putnam, managing director and chief economist at CME Group, the world's biggest futures market operator, agreed that the Fed's near - zero interest rates and bond purchases helped stabilize financial markets and bolstered the economy — but only for a while.

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's efforts to weaken the yen in a bid to stimulate economic growth and inflation in the world's third - biggest economy are likely to be relentless and successful, macro investment manager Mark Yusko told attendees today at ETF.com's second annual

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The easier way to compare this tax bill to the tax cuts under past presidents is to look at how big the cut is as a size of the economy, which is measured by gross domestic product.

Marianne Lake, CFO at JPMorgan, also considered the reforms as a step forward and «a big win for the economy».

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It's partly the consequence of an arguably bigger surprise: the softening of the U.S. economy, at least relative to expectations, as U.S. companies feel the impact of the strong dollar.

And now the big push by Washington to boost an economy that's been growing for nearly nine years is adding to the worries, especially with new Chairman Jay Powell taking over at the Federal Reserve.

Todd Tucker, a trade scholar at the Roosevelt Institute, told me that the other countries in the TPP have a very real interest in having the US rejoin the agreement since it has such a big economy.

With a world economy of approximately $ 80 trillion, gold currently sits at 12.5 % of the global economy, but at times, the size of the gold asset class has gotten significantly bigger.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said the officials with the biggest influence over the short - term fate of the economy are in Europe, struggling with a debt crisis and in China, struggling with a slowdown.

I even find myself a little mystified by why it was such a big deal back in the day, telling myself, «Well, of course they were going to reconcile at some point, and in certain strategic and economy terms they already had, so why the big fuss?

well they didn't reinvest the money, (at least not in America) they didn't create jobs (at least not in America) and the economy blows... tax cuts to the top percents... like paying more in taxes should be their biggest problem.

a very thin skinned religious person who basically focuses all of his energy on worshiping on himself... What do you call it when the President disregards the definition of radical islamic muslims... wolf in sheep clothing... The bigger issue at hand is the economy, job creation, national debt, and maintaining a good middle class... all of which over the last 4 years has been failing..

This is another way of saying what was asserted above: the crucial issues before us lie at the intersection of The Big Economy and the Great Economy.