Sentences with phrase «economy during the past year»

Strong growth in business investment has occurred in most sectors of the economy during the past year.

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The slowing of China's growth and manufacturing sector during the past year has hit investor sentiment towards the world's second - largest economy, causing volatility in its capital flows, putting pressure on its yuan currency and forcing the central bank to intervene in currency markets.

As a stagnant global economy has hit Unilever's growth during the past two years, Deboo says, some investors have begun to question whether the strategy should trump other factors.

My conclusion is that developments in the global economy during the past 50 years have greatly reduced the economic disadvantages of small nations enumerated for his time by Hamilton.

Based on other measures of economic activity there have almost certainly been 12 - month periods over the past 10 years when China's economy shrank in real terms, but during these periods China's government still reported growth of around 7 %.

During these past 15 years, the Anglo - American economies (US, UK and Canada) have experienced episodes of weak growth in broad money (M2 or M3) with moderate inflation (in the early - 1990s) and episodes of strong monetary growth with little measured inflation of consumer prices, as now.

Increases in global commodity prices, combined with strong demand conditions domestically and capacity constraints in some parts of the economy, have contributed to significant upstream price pressures in Australia during the past year.

Indonesia's economy posted its lowest growth rate during the first quarter of 2013 in over the past two years despite having topped FDI records, exhibiting a mostly declining expansion trend since the last quarter of 2010.

State Assemblywoman Ann - Margaret Carrozza (D - Bayside) said the struggling economy has not prevented residents in her district from being generous after a Veterans Day gift drive she organizes annually brought in more donations during the past few months than it had the past few years.

Together we will reform Washington, improve the economy by helping small businesses expand, and repair the damage that has been done during the past eight years under President Obama.»

At Friday's event, the REDC honored several firms and individuals for their outstanding contributing to the community and economy of Rockland County during the past year.

He wrote that, while «much progress has been made during the past few years as stronger regulations have benefited the industry,» further changes, such as the implementation of floating net asset values, «could do irreparable damage to portfolios that have served savers and the U.S. economy well over the past 25 years.»

We believe that the poor economy, high unemployment, tight credit markets, and heightened uncertainty in financial markets during the past two years have adversely impacted discretionary consumer spending, including spending on the types of electronic devices that are accessorized by our products.

«61 Minutes» is presented annually during the business program as an overview of the past year in the areas of the economy, veterinary student challenges and opportunities, new grad affairs and technology.

Passengers originating in the UK will now pay slightly more for Economy Class awards on routes to destinations outside the East Coast during peak dates when compared to how much they would have paid at a similar time of year in the past.

Passengers originating in the US will now pay significantly less for Economy Class awards to the UK / Europe from all US destinations (during peak dates) as compared to how much they would have paid at a similar time of year in the past.

TS: Saudi Arabia is the Gulf's largest economy, and has attracted US$ 141 billion in foreign direct investments during the past five years - the highest in the entire Middle East.

That's because, while the technical efficiency of vehicles, buildings and industry increased significantly over the past seven years, the structural adjustment of the economy from manufacturing (more energy - intensive) to service sector activity (less energy - intensive) was slower than during the 1990 - 2005 period.

The Inc. 5000's aggregate revenue is $ 200 billion, and the companies on the list collectively generated 640,000 jobs over the past three years, or about 8 % of all jobs created in the entire economy during that period.

With the demand for skilled workers increasingly over the past ten years, even during periods where the economy began to decline.

«Compared to the previous year, our economy continues to improve and attract homebuyers who may have been on the sidelines during the past few years.

The number of tech talent workers in the labor force increased 27.0 percent during the past five years, adding more than one million jobs to the national economy, at more than three times the national average for all occupations.

Among those surveyed, nearly two - thirds believe the economy is on the wrong track while the share expecting their personal finances to worsen during the next year has increased during the past few months to 22 percent.

The great suppression in household formation during the past four years was unsustainable, and a pent - up demand could burst forth from the improving economy.»

My primary mortgage has a balance of $ 35,000 left of my original $ 182,000 loan I got 5 years ago.I made a lot the past few years during the down economy and was able to pay off my house debt rapidly.