Sentences with phrase «economic growth rates below»

All 12 of the metro areas in New York State had economic growth rates below the national average last year.

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The logic against raising rates, as the IMF and others have outlined, is that inflation remains tame and that economic growth is still below potential.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

«We think growth in these three countries will gradually revert toward their meager potential economic growth rates,» the analysts highlighted, suggesting GDP will fall to below 1 percent in Italy and below 1.5 percent in Spain and Portugal.

The economic growth promises to drop the nationwide unemployment rate below 4 percent, CBO predicts.

Barring an economic miracle, GDP growth will be modest, coming in at or below the rate predicted by the IMF.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economicEconomic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economiceconomic future.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

One of the biggest disappointments of this economic expansion has been its below - trend growth rate.

In a policy statement last month, Fed officials said they expect inflation «will remain subdued» and that the Fed «sees some risk that inflation could persist for a time below rates that best foster economic growth and price stability in the longer term.»

Similarly, we don't presently observe a year - over-year decline in industrial production, but note that the current rate of growth is already below the level that prevailed at the beginning of prior U.S. economic recessions.

The government is hoping that economic growth will recover from its current anemic level, and that the unemployment rate will fall below 7 per cent before the 2015 election.

Below is a breakdown of the lesson objectives: * All students will know the main measures of an economy * Most students will have an idea of what the UK economy is currently like * Some students will know how different factors can effect the UK economy The lesson looks at the basics of the following macroeconomic concepts with definition, examples and valid video links: * Inflation * Unemployment * Economic growth * Gross domestic product (GDP) * Balance of payments * Exchange rates The lesson concludes with a nice multiple choice quiz to test students on the lessons theory.

Eric S. Rosengren, who believes that, with the unemployment rate still elevated and the inflation rate well below the target, changes in the purchase program are premature until incoming data more clearly indicate that economic growth is likely to be sustained above its potential rate.

So provided that investors actually expect future economic growth to match historical rates of growth, investors expecting interest rates to remain say, 2 - 3 % below historical norms even another decade would still only be «justified» in bidding stock valuations 20 - 30 % above their historical norms.

Voting against the action was Eric S. Rosengren, who believes that, with the unemployment rate still elevated and the inflation rate well below the target, changes in the purchase program are premature until incoming data more clearly indicate that economic growth is likely to be sustained above its potential rate.

Moreover, the Committee sees some risk that inflation could persist for a time below rates that best foster economic growth and price stability in the longer term.

That partly reflects government bond yields in Japan and Western Europe that are far below U.S. yields, as rates there remain low amid slower economic growth.

Historically, a declining growth rate in the inventories - to - sales ratio has coincided with increased economic output, as we see in the chart below.

Capping world CO2 production would by definition cap world economic growth at the rate of energy efficiency growth, a number at least two points below projected real economic growth.

We can also expect economic growth in the 2.5 to 3.0 percent range, more than 0.5 percentage points better than was projected for 2013, with the unemployment rate falling below 7 percent, perhaps by mid-2014.