As long as the world suffers
from weak global demand, if China's current account surplus declines relative to global GDP, China is adding net demand to a world that needs it.
Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005935) turned in a lackluster quarter as competiton from mid - and low - end smarphone manfacturers hurt sales of the Galaxy s5, and tablet sales suffered
from weaker global demand.
Not exact matches
The export bounce is, at face value, a sign that China's modest economic revival is intact and suggestive of
global demand being on the mend, but imports were surprisingly
weak, falling 15.2 percent
from a year earlier to 13 - month lows and highlighting vulnerability lurking in the domestic economy.
«In the presence of uncertainty and the absence of accelerating inflationary pressures, it would be unwise for policy to foreclose on the possibility of making further gains in the labor market,» she said, adding that «disinflation pressure and
weak demand from abroad will likely weigh on the U.S. outlook for some time, and fragility in
global markets could again pose risks here at home.»
Last week I had drinks with one of my former Peking University students and we discussed some of the ways the
global economy might react to a world adjusting
from a
global crisis with
weak demand and excess liquidity.
Thus the wage gains are
from a one time energy glut brought about by increased supply
from fracking, lower
demand from a
weak global economy, and some producers increasing production to make up for lower prices (not entirely self defeating as consumer nations expand inventories while prices are low).
Growth in Australia's export volumes has remained
weak over the past year or so, despite strong growth in
global demand and world commodity prices, with total exports virtually unchanged
from four years ago (Graph 31).
Global dairy prices have fallen around 60 per cent since early 2014, mainly because of
weaker demand from China after it stockpiled milk powder, and most analysts expect milk prices to stay low for some time.
In its Australian 2018 Beef Cattle Seasonal Outlook, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank said a combination of increased supply, reduced producer
demand and
weaker global prices will see domestic cattle prices ease
from the highs of 2017 to stabilise at just above five - year averages.
Global dairy prices have fallen around 60 per cent since early 2014, mainly due to
weaker demand from China after it stockpiled milk powder, and most analysts expect milk prices to stay low for some time.
The industry's plan B, to export production to assumed perennial growth markets in Asia, has also floundered amid a
global market awash with supply
from other countries and
weak demand; Chinese coal consumption fell nearly 3 % in 2014 while India, the world's third largest buyer, says it may stop imports of thermal coal in the next three years With domestic markets collapsing and no lifeline
from abroad, 264 [1] US mines were closed between 2011 and 2013.
From the article:... U.S. crude oil fell on Friday, on track for its fourth daily decline on continued concerns about ample supply at a time of
weak global economic data and fragile
demand.
The supplier of the camera module, LG Innotek apparently suffered an operating loss of $ 30.98 million in the second quarter of 2016 due to a
weak demand for components resulting
from a
global slowdown of smartphones sales.