Sentences with phrase «fragile economy of»

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«At a time when the global economy is fragile and market sentiment is sensitive, unbalanced and unjustified rating decisions such as Moody's today can initiate damaging self - fulfilling prophecies and certainly strengthen the arguments for tighter regulation of the rating agencies themselves.»

With Trump's Nov. 8 election victory and his campaign promise to tear up international trade deals threatening to shatter a fragile global recovery, Singapore «s open economy remains among some of the most vulnerable markets to U.S. protectionism.

The global economy has recovered strongly in recent months, but rising oil prices not only put the squeeze on fragile consumers, they also raise the spectre of inflation and fan the flames of political unrest.

Maintaining loose credit is meant to support the fragile recovery of the British economy.

Neither of the rival plans offered by Boehner in the House and Reid in the Senate seemed to have the necessary votes in Congress amid a bitter stalemate that could have far - reaching repercussions for the fragile U.S. economy as well as global markets.

«This data shows that the economy is in the process of a mild recovery and that it is still fragile,» Xu Gao, chief macro-economic analyst at Everbright Securities in Beijing, told Reuters.

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.

The few problems affecting the overall health of the Chinese economy include local government and corporate debts, bloated state sector and a fragile property market, among others.

The Fed is acting now because hiring has weakened; GDP growth expectations have come down; and the economy, under pressure from the evolving recession encompassing much of the euro zone, is just too fragile for the status quo.

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.

The IMF, in its World Economic Outlook released last week, concluded that «the global recovery remains fragile» and the world economy is faced with a «recovery that is neither strong nor balanced and runs the risk of not being sustained.»

The collapsing economy has created an expanding pile of bad debts that have further burned through Greek banks fragile capital cushion.

An expansion of the Suez Canal could mean a smoother passage for the shipping industry and aid the fragile Egyptian economy.

The Minister of State for Finance has rejected consideration of these proposals, arguing that the economy is still too fragile and that higher contribution rates would kill jobs and result in lower disposable income for workers.

That now leaves room for the market / economy to determine the proper rate of interest; and, he notes, given the patchy economic recovery, the fragile level of confidence and the low levels of inflation, Citi questions whether asset prices belong where they are today.

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.

Via Reihan Salam, Jed Graham argues that the labor market faces some serious downside risks in the coming year as a result of Obamacare regulations and taxes coming on line in the while the economy remains fragile.

The burden of debt on fragile economies is also a situation which calls for citizen solidarity movements across the world to say «No!

Indeed, it misses almost everything essential about the actual workings of the modern industrial economy: the cooperation and trust of millions of total strangers required for efficient industry to replace self - sufficiency; the inevitable centrality of government in the complex human construction of a national or global economy; large corporations with their hierarchies, multiple and shifting purposes and fragile but definite unity.

The emerging global economy is fragile and vulnerable, simply because of its size and complexity.

• The complexity of our growing interdependence in the global village makes the global economy exceedingly fragile.

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).

Mr Kenneth Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance Company has described Ghana's economy as fragile and bedevilled with huge challenges.

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.

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.

All this will be undertaken in the name of «equity,» even if it does threaten existing jobs, and future growth, in a now - vigorous, but fragile, municipal economy.

Change of government Most worryingly for Brown, 58 per cent of voters believe it is time for a change in government, whilst only 36 per cent believe the economy is too fragile at the moment to have a change now.

The economy is fragile partly because of Brexit.

«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.

Former Tory Cabinet minister Ken Clarke has questioned the strength of the recovery, claiming the economy is still «fragile».

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.

Although the economy formally grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, in line with expectations, this was widely regarded by analysts as confirmation that the underlying recovery is fragile at best, and that the economy has escaped a relapse into a «double - dip» recession only by the narrowest of margins.

The pundits» description of the national economy as «still fragile» fits the local one as well.

The fragile signs of renewed growth in the economy?

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

Former Tory Cabinet minister Ken Clarke has questioned the strength of the recovery, claiming the economy is still «fragile» and prone to shocks.

For the small fraction of what we spent at war in Iraq, we could support institutions so that fragile states don't collapse in the first place, and invest in emerging economies that become markets for our goods.»

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

Every day, headlines bring us troubling news of our increasingly fragile and faltering economy.

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

Its five - speed manual is old and seemingly fragile, and its fuel economy isn't exactly all that and a bag of chips.

The Bad Its five - speed manual is old and seemingly fragile, and its fuel economy isn't exactly all that and a bag of chips.

The interior was actually inspired by an egg carton: «with remarkable economy of material, it protects very fragile items.»

Considering the fragile condition of the global economy, the Global e paper display market professional survey report 2016 is expected to exhibit a mixed performance over the coming years.

Student loans are becoming a noose around the neck of consumers and poise a risk of stalling a fragile future economy.

Aren't the «fragile five» economies facing an impending rout of their currencies?

The Year 2010 can be summarized as continued optimism, scams, change of guard at IPL, food rotting in warehouses, revolutions in middle - east, deflection from fragile European economy, etc..

While the pain from an imploding subprime auto loan market would be much less than what ensued from the housing crisis, the economy is still on relatively fragile footing, and losses could ultimately stall the broader recovery for millions of Americans.

The faltering economy - not the fragile environment - is the biggest motivator for frequent travelers who have become «more conscious of waste» according to a survey commissioned by Element Hotels, which is launching The Element Eco-Travel Index, an annual index of green travel habits among frequent travelers.