But it remains at bay in part due to slack in the economy: high unemployment and
continuing excess capacity with regard to business productivity.
Not exact matches
«The big point you have to really have to consider is if you can withstand the
excess capacity and for how long will this
excess capacity will
continue to be there,» Hsu added.
Li (and others) have
continued to drive supply side reforms in these smokestack industries in an effort to reduce
excess capacity.
The Bank's three measures of core inflation, taken together,
continue to point to material
excess capacity in the economy.
Measures of core inflation remain close to 2 per cent as the effects of past exchange rate depreciation and
excess capacity continue to offset each other.
This supports the view that the economy
continues to have significant
excess capacity.
All of this matters because persistent
excess capacity puts downward pressure on inflation, raising the risk that we will
continue to fall short of our inflation target.
While construction investment
continues to be weighed down by the ongoing weakness in property markets throughout the region, the strength in the region's exports has led to the need for increased equipment investment in export - focused industries, despite the existence of
excess capacity in other sectors.
While we have no idea where oil prices will settle in the short run, it remains our view that oil prices can not stay down at today's depressed prices for too long, largely due to what we believe to be the relatively modest current level of
excess capacity, our expectations of
continued growth in demand over time, and the high marginal costs for finding and developing new sources of supply.
Poloz then specified that these uncertainties comprise: inflation, the degree of
excess capacity,
continued softness in wage growth, and the elevated level of household debt.
Core inflation
continues to be near the 2.0 % target as the past decline in the Canadian dollar puts upward pressure on imported products, which has been largely offset by the deflationary effect of
excess capacity.
«As a result, ocean waters deeper than 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) have a large but still unrealized absorption
capacity... As emissions slow in the future, the oceans will
continue to absorb
excess CO2... into ever - deeper layers... eventually, 50 to 80 percent of CO2 cumulative emissions will likely reside in the oceans»
We now have the situation where we are committed to
continue heavily subsidising renewable - energy projects at a time when
excess capacity is increasing and prices to non-subsidised power stations (but not to users) are falling.
Some of the
excess milk can be donated, as was done by the Michigan Milk Producers Association that gave 83,000 gallons of extra milk to a local food bank; but transportation
continues to be a problem when there's no spare
capacity in any tankers.
Many firms
continue to suffer from
excess capacity and are often indistinguishable from each other.
«We have
excess capacity that will
continue to put pressure on rents.»