Sentences with phrase «economic confidence among»

Thanksgiving weekend retail sales in particular increased 0.9 percent over 2013, which MasterCard has attributed to the increasing levels of economic confidence among consumers.

According to Discover Card's Small Business Watch, «Economic confidence among small business owners saw its largest jump in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operations.»

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«The relationship of Italians with the EU, over the last year since we've seen some economic growth, it's not been sufficient and satisfactory enough to create confidence among the majority of the population.

The eurozone's cyclical recovery should continue, in our view, with increasing confidence among consumers and businesses in the region boosting spending, and a further lift from a healthy global economic environment.

Even though confidence among US businesses and consumers has been lifted by the advent of a new administration, the question of whether this buoyant mood could translate into a significant pickup in US economic growth remains unanswered, in our view.

Other evidence included a European Commission survey of economic sentiment among eurozone businesses and consumers, which climbed to its highest level since 2000, and a measure of French business confidence, which registered a 10 - year high.

Even though confidence among US businesses and consumers has been lifted by the advent of a new administration, the question of whether this buoyant mood is likely to translate into a significant pickup in US economic growth remains unanswered, in our view.

Its economic woes aside, the horse racing industry has reached a critical state in regard to public confidence — that is, among the millions who watch it more for pleasure than for profit — and it has reached that point over the last few years because of the near carnage that has been taking place during some of the game's most celebrated events, most notably in the nationally televised Breeders» Cup itself and the Triple Crown.

It also represents a new confidence in the Lib Dems to push for a more centrist economic position and suggests a nervousness among Conservative ministers at the relentlessly depressing economic forecast.

Buoyed by a surge in transactional activity and a stronger economic outlook, business confidence among partners at the top law firms is at its highest point for several years.

Despite a strong year - end performance by the stock market and a post-election jump in confidence among consumers and businesses, limited information on the new Administration's potential economic policies led to a conservative 2017 growth projection of 2.0 %, according to the Fannie Mae Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group's January 2017 Economic and Housing economic policies led to a conservative 2017 growth projection of 2.0 %, according to the Fannie Mae Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group's January 2017 Economic and Housing Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group's January 2017 Economic and Housing Economic and Housing Outlook.

While by no means immune to the economic challenges, the Cape continues to stand out in terms of market confidence for a variety of reasons, the coastal location and sound administration being chief among these.

Faster economic growth and a labor market that's approaching «full employment» (according to the Federal Reserve) are aiding in that rise in confidence among first - time home buyers.

Buoyant economic conditions and confidence in the market going forward have ignited a growing passion for investing in luxury property among an increasing number of Canadian families.