Sentences with phrase «economy shrinking»

With the International Monetary Fund warning of the possibility of the global economy shrinking for the first time since World War 11, the chance of the US agreeing to a 25 per cent reduction in 2000 emissions by 2020 seems remote.

Greece for now is in a downward spiral — its economy shrinking, its social fabric tearing, its political system in disarray and decline.

A group of well - known economists for the Survey of Professional Forecasters assigned just a 3 % chance of the economy shrinking by any margin in 2008.

And they placed only a 1 - in - 500 chance of the economy shrinking by at least 2 %, which of course it did.

The economy shrank 2.0 % in the July - September period from the previous three months on an annualized and seasonally adjusted basis, the ministry said.

Despite positive GDP growth in 2011, the economy shrank again this year.

But that result is actually a little bit better than what happened during the fourth quarter of last year when the economy shrank 6.3 percent.

While the U.S. economy shrank a surprisingly sharp 2.9 % in the first quarter of 2014, the worst quarterly performance since the first quarter of 2009, the economy is expected to improve drastically in the second quarter helped by better weather conditions, some pent - up demand after a harsh winter, and job growth.

Not only does the Last Frontier have the last - place economy — the only state whose economy shrank last year — it is also the fifth - most - expensive state to live in.

Earlier this month, Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos claimed that Catalonia could see its economy shrink by 25 to 30 percent and its unemployment double if it splits to form a separate state.

However, fresh data released Friday showed the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter, contracting at an annual rate of 0.7 per cent.

The latest economic indicator showed that the Greek economy shrank by 0.4 % in the last three months of 2016.

The way to get rich is to borrow money to buy a property that's going up in value and make the economy shrink and grab property from the public domain.

No doubt this polarization is widening as the economy shrinks under the weight of its debt overhead.

But in the end the economy shrinks precisely because this «faux wealth» serves as a distraction, drawing savings away from direct investment in tangible capital formation.

Tonight: The economy shrinks sharply in the first quarter.

And the Western banks are demanding that Latvia and the Baltics pay by squeezing out even more of an economic surplus with even more neoliberal «reforms» that threaten to drive even more of their labor abroad as their economies shrink and poverty spreads.

Brazil's economy shrank 1.7 % in the third quarter last year, on top of a 2.1 % contraction in the preceding quarter and a 0.8 % dip in the first quarter.

SAO PAULO (AP)-- Brazil's economy shrank 3.8 percent last year and is expected to shrink another 3.3 percent this year.

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 %.

When economies shrink, prices decline for real estate and other assets.

  It increased as a share of GDP during the recession as the underlying economy itself shrank, but has declined since then and was 4.26 % of GDP in 2012 â $ «a drop of 23 % since 1991.

Why are stocks at or near record highs after the economy shrank for the first time in three years last quarter?

The economy shrank by 2.3 % last year, the cost of two - year government debt tripled in a week, and 10 - year yields rose above 6 %.

Latvia's economy shrank by more than a fifth in 2008 and 2009 when the country was led by Valdis Dombrovskis, now vice president of the European Commission and a participant in the Friday meeting.

I am making proposals as to how to make the economy shrink without reducing the quality of life.

The last 10 years have shown that once you get to the top you are not safe, like say in the US, but are simply a large asset to be purged as the Russian economy shrinks and Putin is able to pay off less and less of the oligarchs to keep him in power.

If progress stalls, an economy shrinks and prices go up (which would probably lead to something of a vicious cycle, as the UBI would have to increase, resulting in hitting progress even more)

The UK economy shrunk by 0.2 % in the first quarter of 2012, meaning the much - feared double - dip recession is now a reality.

Britain's economy shrunk more quickly than expected in the first quarter of 2011, in a setback to pundits who had doubted whether the UK really was suffering a double - dip recession.

Britain faces the possibility of an unprecedented triple - dip recession after the economy shrank 0.3 % in the final three months of 2012.

Britain's economy shrank by an unexpectedly bad 0.7 % in 2012's second quarter, making this the worst double - dip recession in over half a century.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the economy shrank by more than expected, a contraction of 0.2 % between October and December.

If Britain is so well - prepared why will our economy shrink faster than all our major competitors according to the IMF and the EU?

Disappointing retail sales over the Christmas period suggest the economy shrank in that period.

Pre-released data revealed that the worldwide wellness industry grew an impressive 10.6 %, to $ 3.72 trillion, from 2013 - 2015 (while the global economy shrank -3.6 %)- making it one of the world's fastest - growing, most resilient markets.

The offers vanished when the economy shrunk, credit tightened and consumers cut back dramatically on card use.

News # 2: Saudi Arabia announced today that its economy shrank for the first time in 8 years thanks to low oil prices.

Argentina defaulted on all of its foreign bonds in 2002, at the end of a depression that saw its economy shrink by 28 percent, its currency devalue enormously, and millions of its citizens lose their

During the quarter, the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 2.1 percent retail sales fell at a1 percent rate — probably due to harsher - than - usual winter weather in much of the country.

So did the world economy shrink by 2/3 in 1999?

Under the Category I+II scenario, the global economy shrinks by 0.5 % per annum to 2030.

District of Columbia, where the population decreased by -5 % and the economy shrunk by 12 % between 1990 and 2001, had a -7 % fall in carbon dioxide emissions to 4.1 million metric tons.

North Dakota, where the population decreased by 0 % and the economy shrunk by 32 % between 1990 and 2001, had a 17 % rise in carbon dioxide emissions to 51.8 million metric tons.

It's hardly surprising that America's economy shrank by 1 % the first quarter of 2014, our labor participation rate is a miserable 63 % and real unemployment stands at 14 % (and much worse for blacks and Hispanics).

Not exact matches

Brexits don't happen in thriving economies; they only happen when the pie is shrinking,» he writes, adding:

In its latest forecast, it predicted the German economy will shrink at an annualized rate of 0.5 % in the third quarter, and by another 0.8 % in the fourth.

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.

That should ensure that borrowing costs will remain low, but in the longer - run trade deficits and shrinking current account surpluses could threaten Japan's ability to finance a debt pile that is twice the size of its economy, the highest ratio in the developed world.

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