Sentences with phrase «by weak export»

The outlook for manufacturing employment is not as positive as the rest of the economy, affected by weak export markets, the continuing downturns in steel, oil and gas — and by skills shortages.

These developments, accompanied by a weak export performance, led to a marked slowing in output growth.

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Aided by a weaker dollar, they started breaking export records, even as domestic consumption continued to languish.

The affluent city - state's economy has been hobbled by dwindling exports amid stubbornly weak global demand, while domestic consumption has also remained anemic with entire floors at some central shopping malls empty.

That would be bad news for the torrid earnings growth being enjoyed by US companies, since the large multinational corporations with heavy weighting in stock indexes have had exports boosted by a weak currency.

The economy has been hobbled by a strong dollar and weak global demand, which have undermined exports.

Poloz insisted the trend he anticipated in 2013 — a steady increase in non-commodity exports buttressed by stronger demand in the U.S. and a weaker dollar — was now entrenched.

The recent move in the currency has also been welcomed by Japan's exporters, which have suffered from strength in the yen which they had blamed for weak exports.

In July, when the Bank of Canada cut its policy to its current setting of 0.5 %, policy makers expressed concern over weak non-energy exports and a deep contraction in business investment brought on by the collapse of commodity prices.

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.

Normally the contraction impact of much weaker iron ore export prices should be partially mitigated by the expansion impact of a weaker Australian dollar, as iron - related inflows drop sharply.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

If these inflows however are counterbalanced by rising private inflows from Chinese businesses and wealthy individuals taking money out of China, either because of weaker domestic growth prospects of because of rising nervousness and uncertainty, asset prices might not fall as much as we would have expected, but Australia will be caught in a vice a little like that of, for example, Spain, in which export weakness can not be partially counterbalanced by a weaker currency.

A closer look at the decomposition of nominal non-energy exports shows that the sectors that have performed reasonably well are driven by a weaker currency while those tied more to the level of foreign demand have struggled to gain traction.

Economic growth in the UK was broadly supported by consumer confidence and exports reinforced by a weaker pound sterling, with the easing of credit conditions leading to credit growth, loose fiscal policy and global economic growth.

Exports grew by an unexpectedly weak 4.7 percent, down from October's 10.6 percent rate.

Otherwise devaluation or exchange rate depreciation is supposed to help a weak economy dampen unemployment by lowering real wages or by stimulating real growth through greater real exports.

Buoyant conditions in domestically oriented industries, particularly construction, offset weaker conditions faced by export - oriented firms, including some parts of manufacturing.

As with rural exports, proceeds from resource exports have been weak over recent quarters, with export earnings falling by around 3 per cent in the September quarter and by around 12 1/2 per cent over the past year.

Without increases in real wages or asset prices to drive consumer spending growth, and business profits damped by high input prices, the only bright spot I can envisage will be the US export sector, which benefits from a weak US dollar.

The report does contain some good news for Ontario, which will see an export - led revival to 2.3 per cent growth this year — the second - highest rate in the country — after advancing by a weak 1.3 per cent the previous two years.

The move followed data showing China's exports rose by a weaker - than - expected 4.7 per cent, down from October's 10.6 per cent.