The reason Gibbs cites the transition from most of forest clearing being done by small - scale farmers (as was the case in the 80s) to agribusiness (from the 1990s onward), is that «Big agribusiness tends to be more responsive to
global economic signals as well as pressure campaigns from advocacy organizations and consumer groups than individual small farmers.»
Not exact matches
Not only did we see smoking demand for oil, the preponderance of
economic data is
signaling even stronger U.S. and
global energy demand.
And our BlackRock GPS, which combines traditional
economic indicators with big data
signals such as Internet searches, still points to above - trend growth as the
global economy transitions from catchup to steady expansion.
Mortgage rates have settled in, undeterred by conflicting
economic data,
global political and
economic concerns, and recent Federal Reserve
signals.
«It stands to reason that the decline that we've seen over recent weeks is a reasonable
signal that the pace of
economic activity has flipped,» said Nick Chamie,
global head of emerging markets research at RBC Dominion Securities Inc..
Copper also responds fairly directly to the level of
economic activity, and it too
signals a sluggish
global economy.
The Bank of England governor might have sent mixed
signals on rate rises, but the
global economic forecast is so harsh that we can't really b...
Key monetary indicators in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China are flashing
signals of an
economic slowdown later this year, raising fears of a
global recession in 2019 and a stock market slump without a shift in policy.
While some investors fear this may
signal an
economic global retrenchment, the GIC believes it is more due to excess supply.
Investors began to focus once more on the positive domestic
economic backdrop, along with the increasingly encouraging
signals coming from many other parts of the
global economy.
On Thursday, however, Brainard spoke out against the moves, saying rising asset prices and leverage
signaled it was too early in the
economic cycle to review these core rules introduced following the 2007 - 2009
global financial crisis.
These market fluctuations may, of course, represent an over-reaction to short - term movements in the
economic data, but it is possible that they are
signalling some genuine easing in the pace of
global expansion since the March quarter.
Osborne will deliver his budget next Wednesday and has
signalled that he could be forced to announce fresh spending cuts to reflect the deterioration in the
global economic outlook.
The election of Donald Trump in the US, Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the rise of right - wing nationalist parties across Europe
signal a sharp shift away from the political and
economic liberalism that have underpinned Western policy for decades, sowing widespread uncertainty and threatening to slow the integration of
global markets with new curbs on the free movement of both people and products.
Within the noisy chaos and bustle of our fast - paced
global economy are
signals of a transformation, a fruitful rethinking of the principles of
economic life.
In July, BNEF projected that «electric cars will outsell fossil fuel - powered vehicles within two decades as battery prices plunge, turning the
global auto industry upside down and
signaling economic turmoil for oil - exporting countries.»
This universal and ambitious agreement sends a clear
signal to governments, businesses, and investors everywhere: the transformation of our
global economy from one fueled by dirty energy to one fueled by sustainable
economic growth is now firmly and inevitably underway.
BlackRock CEO
signals he's seeing better
global economic growth, reports Reuters.