Sentences with phrase «cent of the economy»

Even though housing is typically only about 5 per cent of the economy, falls of this magnitude are a significant drag on growth.

A map from the pro-market American Enterprise Institute shows international trade counts for more than 10 per cent of the economy in numerous states with Senate races this fall including: Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Indiana, Tennessee, Michigan, Washington, Montana and North Dakota, among others.

Starting in 2017, Alberta will apply a $ 20 - a-tonne price on carbon emissions that will cover about 90 per cent of the economy, including essentials such as gasoline and home heating fuel.

There we can see the sharp drop in oil and gas output, which constitutes 10 per cent of our economy, and the slowdown in non-energy commodity production, which represents a further 8 per cent.

It may seem improbable that a sector accounting for only 5 per cent of the economy should bulk so large in this story.

With the country's resource industry in retreat amid the oil - price rout, real estate and financial services now account for about 20 per cent of the economy, levels not seen in the data since the early 1960s.

Back then, total taxes and fees as a percentage of GDP never rose above 38.1 per cent of the economy.

«How can you ask the Murrumbidgee to sign up to the basin plan not knowing whether it's going to cost them 20, 50 or 100 per cent of their economy?»

«Tourism accounts for 10 per cent of our economy and employs three million people, with nearly half of those jobs taken up by young people.

Back then, total taxes and fees as a percentage of GDP never rose above 38.1 per cent of the economy.

The organisation went on to add that tourism in Greece makes up 18 per cent of the economy, accounting for one in five jobs.