Sentences with phrase «drag on growth in»

But for Kapoor, the main ongoing drag on growth in the sector is insufficient luxury retail infrastructure — a long - term issue that has still not been satisfactorily addressed.

Investment, which accounts for about half of China's economic output, was a major drag on growth in the fourth quarter, a result of monetary authorities making credit more expensive.

3) The fiscal cliff would amount to a 4.5 % - of - GDP drag on growth in 2013 if all tax cuts and transfer payments were allowed to expire and draconian spending cuts were triggered.

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Spending by oil companies fell sharply as oil plunged below $ 30 a barrel in 2016, dragging on U.S. economic growth.

In a recent note to clients, Madani wrote that housing investment may continue to assist GDP growth throughout the rest of 2013, «but there are still tentative signs that a day of reckoning lies around the corner, with housing likely to become a significant drag on growth next year.»

«Our view has been that the boost to real incomes from lower energy prices — and its positive impact on consumer spending — would offset the drag from energy - related investment, resulting in gains for US GDP growth on net,» Hui Shan and Zach Pandl said in their report.

«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.

A sharp sell off in the equity market «exerts a significant drag on world growth» in the period that follows, according to Deutsche Bank, with real GDP reduced by about 0.5 percentage points.

«The lower shipments suggest that Apple's Greater China revenues should be at the very least a significant drag on our overall estimate of 18 percent iPhone revenue growth in the second fiscal quarter,» Kvaal added.

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.

Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag on employment growth just as state and local governments are beginning to recover (blue is the federal government; green is state government; red means local government; and private sector employment, excluding farm employees, is orange).

In the second quarter, though, these drags on growth were offset by strong consumer spending, resulting in a solid pace of PDFP growtIn the second quarter, though, these drags on growth were offset by strong consumer spending, resulting in a solid pace of PDFP growtin a solid pace of PDFP growth.

Investment by the energy sector, for years a drag on growth, has in recent quarters begun to add to it, U.S. government figures show.

It is in fact a drag on economic growth.

They will need to cope with increasing drag from the advanced economies and moderating growth in the emerging markets, shifting risk preferences on the part of investors and a surge in inflation that has brought headline rates well above targets globally.

Together, those drags on the economy of the 19 - country eurozone are a reason the bloc's unemployment rate is more than double that of the United States, and why eurozone growth has lagged the American rebound in recent years.

Fears that the country's economy is slowing have weighed heavily on global markets in recent months because a weak China can drag down growth globally.

To see why this is so important, in 2009 residential investment exerted a 0.4 percentage point drag on GDP growth, while in 2013 it is likely to provide a boost to growth on the order of 0.5 percentage point — a swing of nearly a full percentage point.

In a world awash with excess capital and insufficient demand, the U.S. current account deficit is a drag on growth.

Morgan Stanley U.S. chief economist Ellen Zentner estimates that a 20 % broad - based tariff increase could, after four quarters, result in a 1 percentage point drag on real U.S. GDP growth.

In contrast, net exports have been a significant drag on growth, largely because of weak merchandise exports.

These problems will continue to act as a drag on global growth in 2016 and into 2017.

In his article «The Age of Secular Stagnation,» Larry Summers argued that excess of saving over investment is acting as a drag on demand to weigh on growth and inflation, and current monetary stimulus should be expanded to accelerate investments and pull demand forward, such as raising the inflation target or to conduct nominal GDP targeting.

Consumer spending in particular exerted a -0.5 % drag on GDP growth, and appears to have continued into the new year with a -0.2 % fall of consumer spending in January despite better employment growth (+1.4 % yoy) and lower unemployment (3.2 % in January).

Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.

The stance of U.S. fiscal policy in recent years constituted a significant drag on growth as the large budget deficit was reduced.

Since weak investment has been identified as a potential drag on productivity growth since the global financial crisis, this shift in incentives could have strong and long - lived benefits.»

In contrast to strong domestic demand, net exports have acted as a substantial drag on GDP growth over the past couple of years, although this drag has begun to diminish.

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

My thesis going into May is that the SPOOS are struggling in spite of enhanced earnings as short - term interest rates in the U.S. are perceived to be a drag on future earnings and possibly economic growth.

Durable goods spending fell 2.5 % sequentially (SAAR), with motor vehicles accounting for a 45 basis - point drag on overall quarterly GDP growth in Q1, underscoring the deceleration of fundamentals in the auto industry.

An intensive growth week or weekend on the trail, in a workcamp, or in an isolated spot can stimulate relating and reflection on life issues, and remotivate a dragging youth group.

While Coles has been sharply ahead of Woolworths in sales and profit growth from the core supermarkets business over the past few years, liquor has been a drag on that business ever since Wesfarmers acquired Coles Group in 2007 in a $ 19 billion takeover.

The Club for Growth's first ad in the special election in New York's 23rd district hammers state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R) and businessman Bill Owens (D) for their alleged similarities to Gov. David Paterson — a move sure to stoke concerns within the Democratic establishment about the drag the Empire State's chief executive could have on downballot contests in 2010.

The uncertainty is likely to be a drag on job growth in medical genetics.

Some of these countries are now even challenging the emissions trading scheme in court because they claim its demands constitute a drag on economic growth.

Poorly educated men and women, on the other hand, are left out of the growth, and also drag down economic growth even for those who are better - educated, because they must subsist in order to survive.

But the effect is the same whether they act as a drag on the fund's capital growth or speed the shrinkage in its value.

Because home equity typically makes up a substantial portion of a retiree's net worth, it can arguably serve as a drag on income, net worth growth and overall quality of life in retirement.

Due to an expected additional drag on global investment connected to U.S. trade policy uncertainty, the report included slightly lower projections for export growth in 2017 and 2018 compared to the bank's earlier predictions.

Everything we discussed previously in this series, «Compound Growth», «The Importance of Avoiding Large Losses», and «Volatility is a Drag», culminates with this post on the shape of the distribution of returns.

The study declared one of the «biggest drags» on the housing market was high joblessness, and «the strength and sustainability of the housing recovery will depend most on the bounceback in employment growth.

As operations in the middle East wind down, this should create a drag on overall revenue growth at Exelis.

However, net trade was likely an even bigger drag on GDP growth in Q1, which supports the consensus for a weaker rate of expansion in Q1 2018.

They act as a drag on the capital growth in an ETF, or speed the shrinkage in its value.

It would be cool to see a wide collection of maps covering many different issues, not just climate and food production, but, for instance, poverty and wealth, arms production and war, clothing production and leisure time, education levels, consumption, production, health, population growth and decline, movement of immigrants, human rights, animal populations, housing ownership, housing starts, anything basically which can be measured in a visual map... not just for the US but as global maps, collected on pages where you could drag them around to sit on top of each other and try and make sense of the various impacts...

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Corporate spending on equipment decreased at a 4.5 percent annualized pace in the third quarter, compared with the 4.8 percent drag previously estimated, and subtracted 0.3 percentage point from growth, the report showed.

While home building is still expected to be a drag on second - quarter growth, analysts said it could add to growth in the third quarter, although it now represents only about 2.4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.