Sentences with phrase «by economic weakness»

The end of the bipolar world with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 made to materialize the hegemonic situation exerted by the United States in the world that is threatened today by its economic weakness and the economic and military rise of China that has highlighted in the geopolitical world by great political influence, military and economic in the Asian and international scene thanks to the great extension of its territory (ranked third in territorial dimension on the planet), high number of inhabitants (about 1.3 billion, most populous in the world) and the dynamism of its economy (the economy is currently showing the highest growth rates on the planet).

The author argues that the GCC governments, driven by economic weakness and future aspirations, started to invest in alternative sources to feed their economies, for example, partnerships with prestigious Western academic institutions.

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.

Not exact matches

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

Once heralded as the voice for emerging markets, the BRICS group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is now plagued by economic and political weaknesses.

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.

Once heralded as the voice for emerging markets, the BRICS group is plagued by economic and political weaknesses.

Market analysts blamed the destabilizing influence of leverage in the market for the enduring weakness, aggravated by a lack of economic data to support a rally that had seen major indexes rise as much as 150 percent by early June.

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.

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

Beijing is more likely to believe that the economic slowdown was caused by been weakness in domestic real estate and infrastructure construction, and not because exports are weak, and the latest trade dataconfirms the relatively strong export performance.

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

On the surface, you really can't argue it — economic growth contracted by more than the Bank anticipated in Q1, and that weakness (again, a 0.065 % monthly decline) stretched into the start of Q2.

While the decision to leave the EU has caused notable market upheaval, global market declines were actually more extreme in the first few months of 2016 due to significant commodity price weakness, concerns regarding slowed economic growth in the U.S. and China, and monetary decisions by major central banks.

Market volatility increased dramatically during the third quarter, driven by global economic softness, interest rate uncertainty and commodity weakness.

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.

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.

The data released today by the BEA show pretty clearly that the arguments we make in House of Debt remain relevant for thinking about economic weakness today.

We concur with recent comments by Fed policymakers that US economic weakness seen in first - quarter data is likely to be transitory, and that activity should pick up over the rest of the year.

«Heightened global economic uncertainty and ongoing energy price weakness continues to weigh on the Canadian manufacturing sector, as indicated by October's record - low reading of 48.0,» said Craig Wright, senior vice-president and chief economist, RBC.

A lower neutral rate also makes it more likely that interest rates will be constrained by the effective lower bound, meaning monetary policy will have less scope to support income growth during periods of economic weakness.

I'm not sure what it means to «serve Marx,» but if what you mean by that is «understand the inherent weaknesses of unfettered capitalism in economic terms and not be surprised when economies come violently crashing to a halt when capital and risk is valued too highly relative to labor and thus produces an unsustainable state of economic affairs,» then yes — in that case a Christian can certainly «serve Marx.»

The third strand is an economic meliorism represented by a careful listing of the strengths and weaknesses of market economics.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

More tellingly, in an era of labor mobility and global competition, our national economic well - being is threatened by the weakness of many state education systems.

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However, currency strength / weakness is driven by relative economic performance not absolute.

Rising Global Equity Markets Pressure Dollar Overnight Stronger global equity markets are contributing to the weakness in the Dollar as traders are once again increasing demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.

Stronger global equity markets contributed to the weakness in the Dollar early in the trading session as traders once again increased demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.This morning, traders drove equities higher after taking a look at the U.S. em...

Stronger global equity markets contributed to the earlier weakness in the Dollar as traders once again increased demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.

Companies with a large share of global sales have outperformed other groups of stocks this year based on the uncertain prospects for the US economy, U.S. dollar weakness, and high hopes for a global economic recovery, spurred by developing economies.

Tchernobyl is mainly caused by the encounter of stalinian lack of respect for security, with modern «management by profitability»... after decennies of pure soviet management, the mix of management pressure with soviet terror, cooked with economic weakness lead to the drama... then soviet hiding, occidental cowardness, NGO fear mongering, crony capitalism son of Washington Consensus, finish the dirty job... and most of the dead and poor are not linked to radioactivity, but to crony capitalism and fear mongers.

The Federal Reserve in September hinted at yet another rate cut to offset economic weakness marked by stagnant job growth.