With a slowdown
in global economic activity, financial market volatility and a contentious presidential campaign, commercial real estate investors have taken a step back in the early months of 2016.
But collectively, its 27 member states still represent the world's largest single market, accounting for one - fifth
of global economic activity.
After a long and stuttering recovery from the global financial crisis, the forecast in association with Oxford Economics, predicts an uptick in transactional activity, based
on global economic activity increasing to an average growth rate of 2.9 % per year over the next three years, compared to an annualized 2.5 % since 2012.
If true, expect more fuel to be added to the commodities fire, further increasing drag on
global economic activity while adding to the already worrisome upward pressure on inflation.
Looking at the global economy, the Fund noted that «
global economic activity continues to firm up» and is estimated to have grown by 3.7 percent in 2017, which is 0.1 percentage points faster than projected in the fall.
Companies and economists have expressed concern
improved global economic activity might sputter if other governments are prompted to raise their own import barriers.
The Bank estimates that QE3 will lift the level of U.S. GDP by 1.3 per cent by 2014 and, more broadly,
boost global economic activity, increasing the demand for Canadian exports and supporting commodity prices.
The report by Caterpillar, which serves as a proxy
for global economic activity, of its quarterly results on April 24 set off the broader concerns that industrial companies» financial results may have already reached peak levels.
Importantly, were there to be a renewed turn to lower oil prices on concerns about
weaker global economic activity, there would likely be a corresponding move lower in Canadian equities — even if gold continues to shine.
For the industrial era, Lovejoy's analysis uses carbon - dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels as a proxy for all man - made climate influences - a simplification justified by the tight relationship
between global economic activity and the emission of greenhouse gases and particulate pollution, he says.
By
allowing global economic activity to run its current course, come what may, we could unintentionally threaten the lives of our children, biodiversity, global ecosystems and the integrity of Earth.
The determination
of global economic activity in recent years has been influenced importantly by capital gains on various types of assets, and the liabilities that finance them.
Notwithstanding the slowdown
in global economic activity, prices for oil and other commodities produced in Canada have, on average, increased in recent months -LRB-...)
Notwithstanding the slow pace of
global economic activity, we expect enough strength in the US to drive earnings higher.
He pointed out that
global economic activity is increasing, a tax cut could boost growth and the European Central Bank is implementing «absurd» stimulus policies in the euro zone.
«The combination of widening credit spreads, deteriorating market internals, plunging commodity prices, and collapsing yields on Treasury debt continues to be most consistent with an abrupt slowing in
global economic activity.
First,
global economic activity is weaker than it was two years ago.
They ignore the fact that the EU's 28 member countries comprise the world's largest single market, equal to about one - fifth of
global economic activity.
Additionally, earnings outside of Canada tend to me more sensitive than Canadian earnings to
global economic activity (see the chart below).
«The economic outlook in the region is closely linked to global developments, primarily through the impact of
global economic activity on oil prices,» Beyhum says.
WPP was a phenomenal barometer of
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We need to rearticulate our national covenant in a time of
global economic activity and civic fracture.
The tropics also have outperformed the rest of the world in economic growth over the past 30 years; it now represents approximately 18.7 % of
global economic activity, up from 14.5 % in 1980.
Additionally, earnings outside of Canada tend to me more sensitive than Canadian earnings to
global economic activity (see the chart below).
Conversely, if the BDI is dropping, that could suggest a deceleration in
global economic activity, favoring an underweight position in equities and overweight developed market sovereign bonds.
Some popular South American funds rely heavily on oil and metals that are tied to the level of
global economic activity, such as iron and copper, but the region has more than that to offer.
Using a detailed computer simulation of
global economic activity and climate processes, they ran the model 400 times with possible tweaks.
With a general slow - down in
global economic activity, plus the rise of more rightwing, inward - looking political parties in many developed countries, there are doubts about how quickly funds will be mobilised for the developing world to fight climate change.
If absolute decoupling isn't a thing, then ultimately we're going to have to scale down
global economic activity.
In the weeks leading up to COP21, IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol noted that «the fact that over 150 countries — representing 90 % of
global economic activity and nearly 90 % of global energy - related greenhouse gas emissions — have submitted pledges to reduce emissions is, in itself, remarkable».
If these pledges are met, then countries currently accounting for more than half of
global economic activity will see their energy - related greenhouse gas emissions either plateau or be in decline by 2030.
Trucks are a key enabler of
global economic activity and play an essential role in delivering goods or commodities across every point of the economic value chain, from production to sale.
With a slowdown in
global economic activity, financial market volatility and a contentious...
Global economic activity is rebounding from its sluggish performance and growing, especially in major markets like Brazil and Canada, Villamil noted.
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