Sentences with phrase «drag on economic growth»

It expects declining investment will be a substantial drag on economic growth in 2014 and 2015 and exports will only pick up with a lag.

There is a debate between those who believe that the OIL supply disruption is inflationary as energy prices create a rising price environment and those who believe that high energy prices are a tremendous drag on economic growth.

Poor sanitation can demand high environmental cleanup costs, and are a major drag on economic growth, notes Jaehyang So, manager of the Water and Sanitation Program at the World Bank.

There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.

The heads of big companies disagreed with this strategy, seeing it as a cause of reduced consumer confidence and a drag on economic growth.

The National Academy of Economic Strategy, a part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), warned in a report dated Nov. 30 that an «overcorrecting» property market would drag on economic growth and impair financial stability.

«The theory is that if new industries that are not competitive are subsidized they will eventually mature and be able to function on their own,» said University of Guelph economist Glenn Fox at a conference last June, citing studies suggesting clean energy policies in Denmark, Germany and Spain are a drag on economic growth.

Additionally, any imposition of trade barriers or labeling China a currency manipulator may lead to a trade war or, at the least, be a drag on economic growth, as noted by Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs.

The International Monetary Fund is the latest voice to suggest high household debt will act as a drag on economic growth in the years ahead.

It is in fact a drag on economic growth.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that rising student loan debt could be a drag on economic growth going forward.

Another challenge is China's negative demographic trend, where a rapidly aging population is a drag on economic growth.

A trade war could act as a drag on economic growth, forcing the Fed to be even more cautious.

In Canada, the government will become a drag on economic growth as the temporary stimulus in the Economic Action Plan is withdrawn.

Floss noted the proposal for FY2015 is contractionary, since it cuts $ 2 billion in expenditures and only reduces taxes by $ 480 and will therefore be a drag on economic growth in New York State.

A federal document says the rising amount that households owe could be a drag on economic growth

The common view — and the driver behind the legislation — is that financial reforms are restricting lending and creating a drag on economic growth.

«The silver lining for this one is when the government deficit is falling, the government is a drag on the economic growth.