Sentences with phrase «dip recession in»

A double - dip recession in the UK has put only a minor dent in business confidence at major law firms, with four out of five partners predicting income growth over the next 12 months.

Shiller worried about a double - dip recession in the summers of 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Summers surprised some lawmakers Wednesday when he warned Congress that not supporting the legislation could lead to a double - dip recession in 2011.

At the same time, senior White House economic adviser Larry Summers warned Congress that failing to approve the agreement could lead to a double - dip recession in 2011.

Mr Williamson warned that although the likelihood of a double - dip recession in terms of economic growth was low, trends that the labour market is retreating to recession - like characteristics was «already becoming evident».

By way of comfort, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says there is no double - dip recession in sight.

Britain's economy shrank by an unexpectedly bad 0.7 % in 2012's second quarter, making this the worst double - dip recession in over half a century.

After a double - dip recession in 2012, Europe is mired in low growth, with growing divergences in competitiveness between Germany and the rest, and large swathes of the eurozone suffering high unemployment and crumbling infrastructure.

There are concerns over a triple - dip recession in the United Kingdom, Greece has a 27 % unemployment rate, and France «will have a day of reckoning as well,» he says.

Not exact matches

Drummond suggests that no matter how the Americans deal with the debt, it could throw Canada into a double - dip recession: «It could be a lose - lose, because if they deal with it in a draconian fashion, then they'll kill off the recovery, but if they don't deal with it at all, they're going to see lower U.S. growth, drive down the U.S. dollar, raise the bond premiums — and that would be a disaster for Canada.»

Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.

After all, the European debt situation, the U.S. gridlock, and the worries about a double - dip recession haven't disappeared from reality the way they have disappeared from the news and many investors» minds in the last four weeks.

The incentives led to a record $ 145 million in production in 2008 and, after a recession - related dip, $ 90 million last year.

There is a question as to how accurate the yield curve would be in forecasting a double - dip recession but the jury is still out on that.

If, in fact, we do dip or tumble head over heels into another recession, all bets are off.

This dip in the markets does not mean another big recession is coming.

However, the country has dipped in and out of recession during Abe's administration, and many economists called for a stronger policy response.

When the economy took a dip, the smart, forward - thinking produce companies began to stand apart from the ones that did not have best business practices in place to react accordingly in the event of a recession, Gates says.

But with the UK trapped in double dip recession, this is nowhere near enough to deal with the scale of our economic crisis.

The number of households in which no one works rose dramatically during the recessions of the early 1980s and 1990s, rising from seven per cent in 1975 to almost 20 % today, never having dipped significantly throughout the long boom.

Economists are questioning whether Britain is really in a double - dip recession, as Labour makes the most of yesterday's news.

Not since quarterly records began in 1955 has a double - dip recession lasted for nine months, underlining the bleakness of Britain's current position.

The longest double dip recession since the second world war now followed by the slowest recovery in the last hundred years.

The UK economy shrunk by 0.2 % in the first quarter of 2012, meaning the much - feared double - dip recession is now a reality.

Britain's economy shrunk more quickly than expected in the first quarter of 2011, in a setback to pundits who had doubted whether the UK really was suffering a double - dip recession.

Britain faces the possibility of an unprecedented triple - dip recession after the economy shrank 0.3 % in the final three months of 2012.

[We've got] a double - dip recession made in Downing Street.»

It said the UK would avoid a double - dip recession by registering positive growth of 0.2 % in the first and second quarters, before seeing further improvements in the second half of the year.

Or that their growth figures are pure fantasy, the cuts reduce output but also actually result in increased spending, the debt goes up instead of down, and that we end up in a double - dip recession (or worse)?

Ed Balls, though an accomplished economist and journalist, never succeeded in explaining how immediate deficit reduction might defeat itself by causing double - dip recession.

Politicians from all parties still squabble and shout at each other across the floor in the House of Commons, they still publicly bash each other's ideas without putting forward real alternatives and, even as we slide into the double dip of recession, the parties can't stop themselves from hurling scripted insults and blaming current problems on past policies.

On the subject of the economy, which officially entered a double - dip recession when official figures showed it shrank by 0.2 % in the first quarter of the year, Mr Miliband demanded the prime minister not offer another «excuse».

«Investment in jobs, education and training should be the priority, to avert a double dip recession and to continue to build the knowledge, skills and enthusiasm of today's young people.

Balls: «The longest double - dip recession since the second world war, now followed by the slowest recovery in the last hundred years.»

A bad Budget, a double dip recession, and allegations that he's a «posh boy» who «doesn't know the price of milk» all tend to stick to you in a bad way.

To a world where a fascinating Conservative - Liberal Democrat clash in shire local elections are now as close as the week after next, and the prospect of a triple - dip recession is looming horribly in next Thursday's GDP update, and the Lords prepares to vote on secondary legislation which basically amounts to the privatisation of the NHS.

This week we learned that the double - dip recession was the worst since they started counting these things in 1955.

Official figures provided bad news for the country: the economy slipped back into negative growth in the final three months of 2011, setting up the very real possibility of a double - dip recession.

Britain faced the very real prospect of a double dip recession today, after official figures showed growth slowed by 0.2 % in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Mr Clarke said it could prompt a double - dip recession, while Mr Cameron said it would result in politicians haggling instead of concrete change.

«No move for a failing chancellor in charge of a failing economic plan that has delivered a double - dip recession, who gave a tax cut for millionaires and who refuses to tax bank bonuses.»

When countries like France and Germany have avoided recession, despite the eurozone's problems, it's clear Britain's double - dip recession was made in Downing Street.»

High April 23rd: Economy escapes double - dip recession - This is a dubious «high», because - although staying positive - GDP growth at 0.2 % in the first quarter of 2009 was a step backwards from the previous 0.4 % figure.

«With Britain in a double - dip recession because of the chancellor's failed policies anything which helps to get the economy moving again is welcome.

While Britain was holding a hugely successful Olympic Games, and Prince William was impregnating the royal body of his wife, and the UK ground its way through a painful double - dip recession, Britain's political parties were quietly filling in their accounting details carefully, on time and, most importantly, correctly.

2012 saw the double - dip recession begun in October 2011 continue for the first half of the year, before the three months to the end of September 2012 registered growth of 0.9 % boosted by the Olympic Games.

Miliband then used his speech to launch a powerful assault on the government's claim that Britain has entered a double dip recession as a result of the troubles in the eurozone.

May I suggest that it would be much better to provide a whole week of Back - Bench business, so that all the matters that I am sure Government Members would like to debate, such as why the European Commission is demanding an increase of 7 % in its budget, and all the issues that Opposition Members would like to discuss, such as the double - dip recession, can be put not only to Ministers, but to the Prime Minister, who will be avoiding Prime Minister's questions for another two weeks?

Back in July, after a torrid few months for the government following their budget for millionaires and with Britain in a double - dip recession, David Cameron and Nick Clegg responded the way they always do: they organised another press re-launch.

WASHINGTON — In perhaps his most sober remarks about the economy this year, President Obama on Thursday described the weakening economy as «an emergency» and made the case for his jobs bill as «an insurance policy against a possible double - dip recession.»