Sentences with phrase «economy contracts»

Revised data today showed a bigger gain in consumer spending helped the world's largest economy contract less than previously estimated.

When those people stay home, the entire economy contracts.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy contracted in March for a second consecutive month as real gross domestic product grew at a slower - than - expected pace for the first three months of the year.

Growth figures out this week are expected to show that the UK economy contracted for a third successive quarter in succession.

As economies contract, debt burdens will become heavier, more bankruptcies will occur, at the individual and organizational level.

The world's third - largest economy contracted at a 1.6...

France, the Eurozone's second - largest economy, returned to growth with a 0.3 % gain after flatlining in the second quarter, and there was an eye - catching positive surprise from Greece, whose economy contracted «only» 0.5 %, even though the quarter marked the peak of its fight with the rest of the Eurozone over a new bailout agreement.

If the US economy contracts, the chances that Canada will follow suit are high» [1].

The Canadian economy contracted in May by 0.2 percent, the fifth consecutive monthly decline.

Japan's economy contracted again in the final three months of last year, highlighting that the world's third biggest economy remains in recession.

By now, it's old news that the first quarter (Q1) represented another quarter in which the U.S. economy contracted, the third such quarter since the recovery began.

Though they might not care to admit it, investors in what was one of 2009's fastest growing economies — GDP increased 9.3 % in a year most other economies contracted — are probably breathing a sigh of relief.

Germany's economy contracted slightly in the second quarter but avoided recession with meager 0.1 percent growth in the third quarter.

Japan's economy contracted more than expected at the start of this year, breaking the longest run of growth seen for decades, in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflationary «Abenomics» polices.

Spain's economy contracted for the second quarter in a row and the country's banking sector suffered a widespread credit downgrade, piling further pressure on the government.

According to Bloomberg, analysts estimate that Brazil's economy contracted by 3.71 % in 2015, and will contract another 2.95 % in 2016.

Canada's economy expanded by 1.3 per cent in 2016, as strong growth in British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba and P.E.I. was offset by Alberta and Saskatchewan, whose economies contracted...

If the US economy contracts, the chances that Canada will follow suit are high».

The economy contracted for a third consecutive quarter over October - December, shrinking 0.1 percent from the previous quarter and missing analysts» forecast of a 0.1 percent expansion.

But these stocks have also underperformed when the economy contracts or grows slowly, says Barwikowski.

The government forecasts the economy will grow 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low end of the range, in danger of its slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.

The government forecasts growth of 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low end of the range, putting Malaysia in danger of its slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.

The economy contracted 1.4 % in July 1981 and another 0.5 % in August, the two months covered in that initial report.

Their models were true: the economy contracted in the first half of 2015, as commodity wealth evaporated and business investment retreated.

After an extended period in which the economy contracted in nominal terms, nominal GDP also rose slightly over the year (Graph 4).

The three leaders offered sharp differences of opinion on the economic way forward after the agency reported on Tuesday that the economy contracted for a second straight quarter — the technical definition of a recession.

As the economy contracted in the 1980s, inflation levels (consumer price inflation) fell, remaining between 6 and 12 % from 1982 to 1986.

Thus a succession of Tory ministers were allowed to describe the global banking crisis as «Labour's recession» and to refer (as Jeremy Hunt did) to the economy contracting.

Under Gordon Brown's government, when the economy contracted, Labour lost a further one million votes.

[4] During the post-Civil War years, industry and agriculture suffered losses as the economy contracted.

What the figures from the Office for National Statistics show is that the economy contracted by 0.1 % in the last 12 months.

YouGov's latest survey for the Sunday Times was conducted following the news that Britain's economy contracted by 0.7 % in the second quarter of this year — a worse figure than most economists had predicted.

They expressed a real desire for Ed Balls to firmly reject policies which could see the economy contract further and called on him to borrow for investment in key services.

In 2009, for example, the economy contracted by 5 %, some 7.5 percentage points below its trend.

City forecasts of 0.5 % growth for the last three months have been trimmed back by most economists to around 0.1 % or 0.2 %, and some have even predicted the Office for National Statistics figures could show the economy contracting.

The case is becoming ever - more urgent as our economy contracts and, potentially, heads into a depression as our public spending spirals out of control; there are not enough jobs to go around as it is, and Jacqui Smith's plan to let in thousands of Zimbabwean refugees begs the question: where the hell are we supposed to put them?

«It makes me think that the recession is making people go to extreme measures,» one bystander told the New York Times, summing up the commonly held viewpoint that as the economy contracts, crime will swell to fill the void.

However, as a charity, CRUK is seeing a fall in donations as the economy contracts, Vincent says.

As the economy contracts and it becomes harder to find gainful employment, fewer Colorado teachers leave their jobs.

The economy contracted 1.7 percent in 2012.

For the Japanese Yen, the economy contracted for the first time in 4 years in the 1st quarter, bringing to an end the longest stretch of growth since the 1980s, the contraction widely expected following some lacklustre stats, with domestic consumption continuing to weigh on growth.

Quarter - on - quarter, the economy contracted by 0.2 % in the 1st quarter following a downwardly revised 0.1 % growth in the 4th, while year - on - year, the economy contracted by 0.6 % following the 4th quarter's downwardly revised 0.6 % growth.

Conversely, when the economy contracts, defensive stocks will likely fare better than growth stocks with lower - realised volatilities.

But despite that growth, which was buoyed by a strong January, the economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in March, following a 0.1 per cent decline in February.

In its monetary policy report, the Bank of Canada forecast the economy contracted at an annual pace of 0.5 per cent in the second quarter compared with its April forecast for growth at a pace of 1.8 per cent.

However, the economy contracted in each of the first four months of the year, leading to speculation that Canada slipped into a recession in the first half of the year.

Cyclical Stocks tend to rise quickly when the economy does well and fall quickly when the economy contracts.

It is worth noting that, after the yield curve inverts, the average length of time until the economy contracts is 11 months.