Sentences with phrase «fragile economy»

Despite a widespread fear that regulatory interventions would damage already fragile economies in a time of significant market insecurity, the actual result was the opposite — green - innovation and growth.

Sir John issued a stark warning that any disruption to the already fragile economy of Europe could have devastating consequences.

Meanwhile, US investment - grade bonds have come somewhat into vogue among European and Asian investors seeking exposure to the seemingly unstoppable dollar and respite from their own fragile economies, Deutsche Bank reports.

Yet Europe's fragile economy makes ending asset purchases a treacherous task that he will want to postpone as long as possible.

«We realize we're in a very fragile economy and while wine is a wonderful product, we understand it's a luxury for many people.

«Such strike could return the nation's fragile economy into recession that will further exacerbate the suffering of the masses,» he added.

Africa, with the most fragile economies and agriculture, will likely be hit first and hardest by climate change.)

The UN sanctions have really hurt their already - fragile economy as the sanctions impacted a full third of their exports (such as coal, seafood, iron ore, and iron).

Respondents also cited issues such as the reduction in the size and number of stores by larger retailers, a slow - down in a still fragile economy and changing consumer behavior.

With nine days remaining in the General Assembly's annual session, business groups made a last - minute push Monday to block legislation they characterize as a flurry of new mandates that would slow Connecticut's already fragile economy.

Greenland is hoping rising commodity prices can help attract foreign investment and get its fragile economy up to speed to...

At US urging, and with backing from Britain, France and Germany, a global financial watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), last month decided to place Pakistan back on its watchlist of countries with inadequate terrorist - financing controls, potentially hurting Pakistan's fragile economy.

Italy's fragile economy was also a feature in the run - up to the election with somewhat lackluster growth and an unemployment rate of 11.1 percent dominating the debate.

It's the latest twist in a saga involving troubled fund 1MDB that has fueled concerns about the already - fragile economy.

A number of provincial governments are understandably reluctant to do anything that might significantly increase the cost of labour and therefore weaken an already - fragile economy.

Inflation remains modest and should not deter the Bank of Canada from keeping interest rates low, and perhaps reducing them, to support our fragile economy and labour market.

Hadley Gamble tells us what Europe's migrant crisis may mean for that region's fragile economies.

And, despite the rate - hike today - seemingly reaffirming this commitment to battle a plunge into hyperinflation, as Bloomberg reports today, Argentina's central bank (BCRA) seems cornered between a rush for dollars and a fragile economy, as spot sales and surprise rate hikes fail to arrest the peso's depreciation and may lead officials to eye a different angle.

If Romney is elected, watch many of the freedoms that we currently have get flushed down the toilet, more wars started, and devastation to our already fragile economy (excepting the upper 1 %, of course).

The union is calling for a price cap on energy companies to stop them from abusing their social responsibilities and threatening the fragile economy.

Meanwhile we are promised a better NHS and Swedish - style schools with an emergency budget in which the axe will fall on a fragile economy and in ways that will make Swedish levels of spending more distant than ever.

With all that's left to be done — bringing stability back to our fragile economy and creating good jobs for New Yorkers — we need her on the front lines to keep fighting for progress and reform.

«Especially to upstate New York, which has a fragile economy,» Cuomo said.

The Minority in Parliament has said Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia revealed classified information to the public when warned in 2016 that eight banks in Ghana risked collapse due to the continuous hikes of bad loans on their books and the fragile economy.

If you shut down Indian Point, you are not shutting down just one plant, you are shutting down a lot of businesses and crippling a fragile economy.

«Like the Governor, who noted last year that 6,000 of our bridges and 60 percent of our roads are in need of repair, we know upstaters and their fragile economy,» Elmendorf said in a statement.

«We need jobs in this district and we need to reverse Washington's tax and spend and regulatory culture so that we can add jobs and spur Upstate's fragile economy.»

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) called the plan «irresponsible and will short - change middle class New Yorkers, seniors and students alike while doing harm to a fragile economy.»

«The Bank is therefore caught between hiking rates to anchor inflation expectations, or leaving rates on hold to help prop up a fragile economy which faces the ramping - up of government spending cuts in coming months,» Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson said.

We also demand that Government immediately stops all the corruption - induced procurements in the energy sector that has only short - term benefits but places huge, long - term costs on an already fragile economy.

Our Senator Kirsten Gillibrand commented on the Senate version of the American Health Care Act, saying the Senate bill would fundamentally harm Americans young and old, do severe damage to a fragile economy, and bankrupt state governments across the country.

«The Senate bill presented today, which was crafted behind closed doors by 13 men, would fundamentally harm Americans young and old, do severe damage to a fragile economy, and bankrupt state governments across the country,» Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement.

In June it gave CNOOC and Icelandic firm Eykon Energy a further license as it seeks boost its fragile economy.

But with Republican opponents railing against «job - killing» EPA regulations, the Obama administration was cautious about using this power in the run - up to an election dominated by job prospects in a fragile economy.

There are worries about a resurgent Taliban, the fragile economy and the future of women's rights.

«Failure to pass a clean extension bill is needlessly putting Americans out of work in a fragile economy.»

«An expiration in the higher loan limits could have done great harm to our fragile economy nationwide.

And when you combine that with a fragile economy, the outlook only worsens.

This is in part because record - low interest rates have made it difficult to earn enough to keep up with inflation, and in part because today's fragile economy has made building principal a challenge for many.

In buying traditional crafts such as silks and carvings, tourists are invariably helping to support a still - growing and fragile economy.

According to the report, «Global Gaps in Clean Energy RD&D,» the recent burst of spending on research as part of various countries» efforts to stimulate their fragile economies has helped provide a substantial boost after decades of diminishing investment on the frontiers of energy inquiry.

Given that the RPS mandates have not received enough study and that they appear to be posing risks to a fragile economy, the prudent course of action is to put the state programs on hold.

This will further damage the fragile economy by reducing the working days in offices.

There has been no warming for 17 years and yet he is going to raise energy costs in this fragile economy which will kill jobs and raise the cost of everything.

Some of the poorest countries in the world are so dependent on oil imports that their already fragile economies have been hit 10 times as hard as the U.S. economy by the oil price shocks of the past years.

Australia had argued that fragile economies in the Pacific could be destabilised by climate change but China and India balked at the idea.