Sentences with phrase «by economic slumps»

The near future sees Japan wracked by economic slumps and the attacks of no - good commie terrorists known as the Red May.

But it's struggling to turn a profit, lacks some advantages of traditional banks and has yet to be tested by an economic slump.

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But by the end of 1982, sales had slumped to $ 7.7 million annually, owing mainly to economic troubles in the Oil Patch.

Automatic stabilizers: Features of government tax and transfer systems that temper the economy when it overheats and provide economic stimulus when the economy slumps, without direct intervention by policymakers.

Automatic stabilizers are features of the tax and transfer systems that temper the economy when it overheats and provide economic stimulus when the economy slumps, without direct intervention by policymakers.

Tractor Supply slumped 16.9 percent after the farming and hardware goods retailer said its business is being hurt by poor economic conditions in rural, energy - producing areas where it does most of its business, and other factors.

Economic growth fell to a five - year low of 7.3 percent last quarter but investor sentiment was recharged by Beijing's surprise interest rate cut Nov. 22 that is expected to put a floor under the slump.

Economic growth fell to a five - year low of 7.3 percent in the latest quarter but investor sentiment was recharged by Beijing's surprise interest rate cut Nov. 22 that is expected to put a floor under the slump.

Over the first six weeks of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 10 %, as the prospect of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, a slump in oil prices, and concerns about economic conditions in Europe and China caused the long - running bull market to stumble.

Banks and other financial companies slumped as investors speculated that the global economic uncertainty caused by Britain's decision to leave the EU will prompt the Federal Reserve to hold off on raising its benchmark interest rate.

In the minutes of their December meeting, Fed officials signaled stronger economic growth and improving labor markets would likely offset any inflation slowdown caused by oil's slump.

A report by a policy think tank finds that 500,000 job opportunities were lost in New York in the three year long economic slump, representing a total income loss of $ 31 billion dollars a year.

By June 2011, as the UK economy headed for recession, Balls had largely set aside the issue of Labour's economic legacy and was locked in battle with George Osborne over how to lift the economy out of a deepening slump.

The bellwether S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat, and major foreign indexes were all down (some sharply) during the same period, after a volatile year marked by weak global economic growth, slumping U.S. corporate profits and uncertainty about the outlook for the China and the European union.

Mary Poppins Returns, directed by Rob Marshall (Into the Woods), picks up 25 years after the events of the first film, fast - forwarding to London's mid-1930s economic slump, the actual time period of Travers» books.

Utah's per - pupil spending fell by more than all but a dozen states during the latest economic slump, dropping the Beehive State — which already spends less per student than any other state — even further behind the national average, according to a new analysis.

ICv2 attributed the slump to the overall economic environment as well as the downturn in retail store environment as represented by the bankruptcy of the Borders bookstore chain.

Requests to adopt a cat via the charity's national helpline have also slumped by around 40 per cent this year compared to 2012, which the charity says is due to people putting off adopting a pet in the current economic climate.

He was exhibiting with the Impressionists by 1879, but it was only when he lost his job in 1883 in an economic slump that he started painting full time.

Suffering economic slumps in the 60s and 70s, Bushwick was finally eviscerated by widespread looting and arson after the 1977 power outage in the New York City area, resulting in blocks of abandoned buildings, empty lots, and open - air drug supermarkets.

UNITED NATIONS — Aid to poor nations has slumped even as higher food and energy prices and slowing global economic growth have made such assistance more urgent, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki - moon.

Wild swings are bad for the U.S. economy because it has become a major oil producer, but this production requires enormous effort (I think the current economic slump is caused in part by the huge slow down in economic activity in oil producing states as well as those supplying services and materials to the industry).

New analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan debt and the onset of the housing slump, and offers yet another example of how lower home values have hurt millions of middle class households and threatens the fragile economic recovery.