Sentences with phrase «economic signals in»

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In addition to the aforementioned concerns, Golub noted fears about whether economic growth won't meet lofty expectations and signals being sent from the bond market, where a narrower gap between government bond yields is kindling fears that a recession is looming.

An 11 - week election campaign will be the longest in decades, and begins amid mixed economic signals

The money paid back to Americans in tax refunds so far this year is now roughly equal to cumulative outlays at this time in the past few years, and just slightly below last year's year - to - date total, alleviating any worrying economic signals coming from the data.

This week, Federal Reserve officials signaled further interest rate increases in 2018 based on evidence of steady U.S. growth, while the heads of the ECB and the Bank of England seemed in no rush to push rates higher in the wake of disappointing economic data out of Britain and Europe.

Carpenter noted that this county - level data provides a strong signal about a bigger macroeconomic phenomenon: «Using the four maps in succession identifies both the timing of the economic ups and downs in the energy sector and the regions where that stress was occurring.

Ongoing economic trouble in Europe, including a «bank jog» on Greek banks, this week could signal a third round of quantitative easing on this side of the Atlantic.

U.S. President Donald Trump is due to speak Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and investors are concerned he will use the speech to signal a more protectionist policy stance.

China's uneven economic recovery signals a looming dilemma for policymakers as official data released at the weekend showed inflation at a 10 - month high in February while factory output and consumer spending were weaker than forecast.

The Liberal government has signalled that next Tuesday's budget will include initiatives to promote gender equality, improve the economic success of women, ensure more gender equality in boardrooms and ease access to capital for female entrepreneurs.

Just five months later, the company raised another $ 16 million in a Series A funding round, which included Highland Capital Partners, Fontinalis Partners — the VC firm co-founded by Bill Ford — Signal Ventures, EDBI, the dedicated corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, and Samsung Ventures.

The ECB chief said Monday: «while the exchange rate was not a policy target it was important to growth,» adding that economic indicators signaled further weakness in the euro zone.

In practical terms, setting the target too high would signal to the market that the government is prepared to sacrifice economic reform to maintain growth.

Commentary: «Despite signals of slower economic growth, we expect positive organic growth to continue the rest of this year and into 2012... These repositioning tailwinds, combined with our great positions in good industries, execution track record, and disciplined playbook, will be keys to our continued outperformance.»

In both cases, the statements are intended to send a clear signal to financial - market participants that they should expect interest rates to remain low for quite a while — and this expectation is then supposed to drive a faster economic recovery.

Economic activity accelerated in March, signaling stabilization after weaker performance earlier in the year.

Given these positive surprises, and because monetary policy must be forward - looking to achieve our inflation target, Governing Council's discussions focused on three main issues: first, the extent to which recent strength is signalling stronger economic momentum in Canada and globally; second, how heightened levels of uncertainty, particularly about US tax and trade policies, should be incorporated in our outlook; and third, how much excess capacity the economy currently has, and the growth rate of potential output going forward.

That in turn helped euro zone stocks rise 4.4 percent in April, outperforming Wall Street for the second straight month, and shrug off slower earnings growth and weeks of disappointing data that signaled slowing economic growth.

But a variety of signs and signals indicate that this malaise, while relatively inconsequential in the near term, could hamper Canada's mid to long - term economic competitiveness.

It's often the case in reading economic data that we get conflicting signals that make it hard to judge the overall pace of the economy.

We view this correction as more technical, and sentiment - driven, and we do not believe that it signals a material change in the economic fundamentals.

The nation's first major economic indicator for August signaled a further deterioration as a private manufacturing index fell to the lowest level in six years.

Mortgage rates have settled in, undeterred by conflicting economic data, global political and economic concerns, and recent Federal Reserve signals.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

As I noted last week, a strong decline in Treasury yields would actually be a bad omen here, because it would signal a rush to quality in the face of rising default risks and possibly fresh economic weakness.

It is highly unusual for both to occur together, so a simultaneous drop in both Treasury yields and the dollar would be a very powerful signal of impending economic weakness.

Investors who look at a rally in stocks as a signal of impending economic rebound are engaging not in analysis, but in wishful thinking and superstition.

So an economic recovery, in and of itself, is not a bullish signal.

Fears of a sharp slowdown in China receded somewhat and the country's new leadership signaled a more assertive posture on economic and financial reform.

The Harper government's response to the humanitarian disaster in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, and the announcement on November 22nd of the Canada - United States Asia Pacific Defence Policy Cooperation Framework, signal that its policy towards Asia is developing a greater security dimension to accompany its single - minded emphasis to date on economic objectives.

With the bear market that started in 2011 likely being over, further hints on economic weakness could cause a sustainable rally gold, even without a clear signal from the central banks that, in fact, interest rates will remain depressed for the foreseeable future.

The S&P 500 had its biggest weekly gain since April in the period ended Friday after the Federal Reserve signaled it won't be raising rates quickly as officials hold out for more decisive evidence of an economic rebound.

The Bundesbank, the most hawkish of central banks, has signalled it would accept higher inflation in Germany as part of an economic rebalancing in the eurozone that would boost the international competitiveness of countries worst - hit by the region's debt crisis.

A deficit can signal economic health because it suggests consumers are benefiting from cheaper goods and companies are investing in stuff they can't purchase at home.

The BlackRock GPS — which combines traditional economic indicators with big data signals such as web searches and text mining of corporate conference calls — suggests a higher growth rate over the coming 12 months than currently reflected in consensus estimates.

As with Fed funds, reverse repo rates, Interest on excess reserves, and LIBOR, the price of gold pings an important signal as to risk, the cost of capital, the state of the financial markets, and economic well - being in general.

This inability to adapt to economic reality is a signal of the impossibility, in the United States, of pragmatic, sensible tax reform.

The Ninth Circuit took a similar approach in Berson v. Applied Signal Technology, Inc., and ultimately fashioned a standard for loss causation in Nuveen v. City of Alameda when it held that a plaintiff can establish loss causation «by showing that the defendant misrepresented or omitted the very facts that were a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's economic loss.»

Key monetary indicators in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China are flashing signals of an economic slowdown later this year, raising fears of a global recession in 2019 and a stock market slump without a shift in policy.

Generally speaking, joint market action in Treasury yields, credit spreads, commodities, and market internals provide the earliest signal of potential economic strains, followed by the new orders and production components of regional purchasing managers indices and Fed surveys, followed by real sales, followed by real production, followed by real income, followed by new claims for unemployment, and confirmed much later by payroll employment.

In light of this expectation and their assessment of the risks to the economic outlook, several expressed the view that a cautious approach to raising rates would be prudent or noted their concern that raising the target range as soon as April would signal a sense of urgency they did not think appropriate.»

In brief, what happens is this: Central banks put downward pressure on interest rates (by creating new money) in an effort to promote economic growth, but the economy's prospects can not be improved by falsifying the most important price signalIn brief, what happens is this: Central banks put downward pressure on interest rates (by creating new money) in an effort to promote economic growth, but the economy's prospects can not be improved by falsifying the most important price signalin an effort to promote economic growth, but the economy's prospects can not be improved by falsifying the most important price signals.

Currently, in combination with other economic signals, the yield curve is not yet a major concern.

In essence, the bifurcated U.S. housing market signaled that the economic engine has not been firing on all cylinders; to make matters worse — some segments of the economy are overheating from excess stimulus, while others are sputtering along:

Copper fell, extending declines from a four - year low, while aluminum languished near the weakest in seven months on fears oil's slump signals a slowdown in economic growth and weaker commodities demand.

They signaled three in their summary of economic projections.

In the minutes of their December meeting, Fed officials signaled stronger economic growth and improving labor markets would likely offset any inflation slowdown caused by oil's slump.

Norway's central bank kept its signal intact to start raising interest rates in the second half of this year, undeterred by a cooling economic...

China signals slightly lower growth ahead At its annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China announced it had trimmed its official economic growth target to 6.5 % for 2017 from a range of 6.5 % — 7 % in 2016.

In our equity portfolios, we will therefore continue to steer clear of European companies that are exposed to both further dollar depreciation and the growth - trend reversal signalled by any number of leading economic indicators.

When the yield curve flattens, it usually reflects expectations of lower short - term interest rates in the future, a signal of weaker economic growth or lower inflation.