With
the global economy in recession, fuel prices still high and ever - tighter emissions laws ahead, you might imagine that they too would be heading at full tilt towards an economical, low - carbon future.
Not exact matches
Eight years after a devastating
recession opened an era of loose U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve was set on Wednesday to raise rates for the first time since 2006,
in a sign the world's largest
economy had overcome most of the wounds of the
global financial crisis.
«Trade wars, a
recession, any notion of any weakness
in global economies are going to cut into,» oil prices, Kloza said.
Global demand has increased as
economies in Europe and North America lift out of
recession.
Canada was able to eliminate its deficit
in three years without plunging into
recession, he says, because it was largely alone
in pursuing austerity, which meant a big lift from a strong
global economy.
«The 2017 stress test shows the UK banking system is resilient to deep simultaneous
recessions in the UK and
global economies, large falls
in asset prices and a separate stress of misconduct costs,» the BoE said.
With headaches like natural disasters, rising wages
in China, and a financial domino effect gripping
economies around the world — not to mention
recession - induced protectionism like U.S. President Barack Obama's jobs bills with their Buy American clauses — have we reached the limits of the
global integration that has propelled the world
economy since the end of the Cold War?
«Our government has been consistently clear that we must remain focused as our
economy emerges from the effects of the great
global recession,» Sousa said
in a statement.
Five years after the onset of the
global recession of 2008 — 2009, the sluggish pace of recovery and worries over employment and financial security continue to weigh heavily on consumer sentiment
in developed
economies.
When disaster struck the world
economy, our Government's decisive and pragmatic leadership navigated Canada through the worst
global recession in a generation.
The WEO concludes «that there is now a 1
in 6 chance of
global growth falling below 2 percent, which would be consistent with a
recession in advanced
economies, and low growth
in emerging market and developing
economies.»
A decade ago we had the
global financial crisis and the worst
recession in many advanced
economies since the 1930s.
Global economic forces — the sharp movement of commodity prices; the Great Recession and the lacklustre global economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply c
Global economic forces — the sharp movement of commodity prices; the Great
Recession and the lacklustre
global economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply c
global economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply chains.
There is only a «New Normal»
economy at best and a
global recession at worst to look forward to, PIMCO Chairman Bill Gross writes
in his monthly commentary for October.
«There is only a «New Normal»
economy at best and a
global recession at worst to look forward to
in future years,» he says.
Rodriguez argues that we are entering a new time of danger
in the
global economy and that the Great
Recession of 2007 to 2009 was merely Phase 1.
In other words after almost six years the
global economy has not only not recovered from the so - called great
recession it appears to be entering a potentially long period of stagnating growth.
The paper says the
global economy is now «almost certainly headed for a deep and prolonged
recession,» and notes that
global markets have already fallen as far as they did
in the Great Crash of 1929.
In that context, it's far from obvious what economic levers governments have left to pull to fight the next round of
recessions that are threatening the
global economy.
The Canadian
economy continues to work its way back from the post-crisis
global recession and the associated collapse
in our exports while, at the same time, is adjusting to lower prices for oil and other commodities as well as a much lower exchange rate.
While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world)
economy during and after the
recession that followed the
global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of
global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen
in recent weeks.
Given the broad, and
in many cases accelerating, strength
in the
global economy, it seems unlikely that the recent downturn
in prices is pointing toward an imminent
recession.
This finding is consistent with the broader macroeconomic picture
in 2008 - 2009, which shows that Asian
economies were far less affected by the
global recession than were industrialized
economies.
International investors expect the world
economy to relapse into a
recession, with more than one
in three forecasting a
global economic meltdown within the next year.
In an election year, in a national recession, and in a global economy whose rules seem to shift like tectonic plates, maybe we need to know mor
In an election year,
in a national recession, and in a global economy whose rules seem to shift like tectonic plates, maybe we need to know mor
in a national
recession, and
in a global economy whose rules seem to shift like tectonic plates, maybe we need to know mor
in a
global economy whose rules seem to shift like tectonic plates, maybe we need to know more.
That's despite New Zealand heading into the
global financial crisis with an
economy in recession and massive public spending and debt levels.
Entering 2009, Portugal was strongly hit by the effects of the financial crisis that was shaking the
global economy, and, therefore, the country entered
in a
recession.
Of the slightly more than 11 million jobs created since the Great
Recession, all but 100,000 of them have gone to workers with at least some college education.4 We live
in a
global, technology - dependent, rapidly changing
economy in which reading and math skills are not enough to compete for today's jobs.
He raised taxes at a time when the average family was near or
in starvation mode, he confiscated all of the nation's privately - owned gold and then promptly devalued the dollar by 40 % (reducing the buying power of any saved dollars by almost half overnight), he raised bank reserve requirements numerous times (taking yet more cash out of the real
economy so it could be hoarded
in vaults), he actively supported a trade war with tariffs that created massive
global imbalances (some would argue ushering
in the rise to power of fascist regimes that would have had no chance
in times of prosperity), and perhaps most damning, rather than plowing most of those raised tax dollars back into the stalled
economy, he instead bought gold on the
global markets for the government and sequestered it, keeping it from backing new dollars (monetary expansion, which most understand is required to turn a
recession around) and instead further crushing the
economy — and not just the US
economy.
Weak credit growth
in the US is one of the main reasons the
global economy is moving rapidly back into
recession.
The onset of the 2008
global recession was the bursting of the real estate bubble
in the U.S. and experts fear a similar situation
in China could prove catastrophic for still struggling
economies and banking systems.
These funds all show a strong tilt toward value stocks â $» which could come
in handy if the
global economy lurches into
recession.
In this scenario, the
global economy manages to avoid a
recession, but growth slows down.
The U.S.
economy is clearly not
in recession, even though the
global economy is teetering on the brink.
I don't see the
global economy heading into
recession; I do see price inflation ticking up globally, and also asset inflation
in some countries (China being a leading example).
As one of the premier leisure travel destinations
in Europe, Spain's
economy suffered from the decline of both inbound and domestic travel amidst the
global recession.
Following the
recession that began
in the
global economy in 2008, a multitude of billboards were left partially vacant, without advertisements.
We seek sweeping but necessary change
in the midst of a
global recession, where every nation's most immediate priority is reviving their
economy and putting their people back to work.
These price changes now appear to be affecting the
global economy, and may result
in a
global recession as oil and gas producers reduce their exploration and development efforts for oil and gas and countries dependent on oil and gas revenue from large reservoirs are forced to retrench and rethink their lifestyles.
Despite a
global recession the green
economy is booming, with renewable technologies, energy efficiency and investment
in innovation increasing wherever you look.
Meanwhile a housing and financial bubble bursting
in China, and the inflationary bubble
in the US funded by the magic money of the Fed are both set to burst into undeniable reality any time soon, will at least drive down fossil fuel use during the looming new
global recession about to hit from the two biggest
economies on the world going someways down the toilet.....
Eight years after the
global recession, Portugal's
economy remained 4 per cent smaller
in 2016 than at the peak reached
in 2008.
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«We may not necessarily be
in a double - dip
recession but, individuals have embraced social networking as a means to actively manage their personal visibility
in the
global economy,» says Daina Middleton, CEO of Performics.
A critical geopolitical event elsewhere, deteriorating debt conditions
in Europe, an increasing debt - to - GDP ratio
in the United States, or further downgrading of our nation's credit rating could all push the U.S. and
global economy into a
recession.
The world seems like a volatile and risky place with the massive daily swings
in the stock market, rising energy prices, approaching fiscal cliff, slump
in commodities, ongoing European Union debt crisis and omnipresent geopolitical risks flaming up and pushing already weak U.S. and
global economies into
recession once again.
In fact, it's possible that the dip in the global economy after last year's Brexit vote qualified as a mild recessio
In fact, it's possible that the dip
in the global economy after last year's Brexit vote qualified as a mild recessio
in the
global economy after last year's Brexit vote qualified as a mild
recession.