Sentences with phrase «growth remains low»

Notwithstanding the improving labour market, wages growth remains low.

Despite the success that a number of countries have had in generating jobs, wage growth remains low.

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Growth is expected to remain too low to provide enough jobs for the expanding labor force, the fund warned.

Valuations remain incredibly low, and there's still plenty of growth — at home and in emerging markets — to come.

«But if you ask us, a weaker Canadian dollar and low rates remain critical ingredients when it comes to driving future growth — perhaps even more so considering the incoming president's vows to bolster American competitiveness and blunt access to the key US market.»

«While economic growth remains robust, business investment is in decline, retail sales are low and forward employment indicators are subdued.

Whether that growth will be through something like Microsoft's new Office365 service (now in beta) or something more profound remains an open question, although one possibility is the evolution of hybrid cloud models that combine the scalability and low - cost benefits of cloud computing with the uptime and security benefits of dedicated hosting.

If nothing changes, the memo to Morneau estimates potential growth will «remain low» over the next 15 years at 1.7 per cent.

«We believe the bias for stock prices in general remains to the upside, underpinned by a growing economy, low interest rates and increasingly, cheaper oil... With operating margins at elevated levels, top line growth is poised to more quickly bleed through to the bottom line, thus supporting earnings.»

In Latin America, despite a modest acceleration in activity, growth is expected to remain in a lower gear — rising from 2 1/2 percent in 2014 to 3 percent in 2015.

Obviously, it matters a great deal whether productivity growth is likely to remain low or recover as the world economy gains traction, and that depends on how you explain slowing productivity growth.

If the flow of capital continues, then the production surplus and lower oil prices will also continue, assuming that OPEC is able to maintain higher production levels and that demand growth remains relatively low.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

This parched patch of land, under which lies the largest oil - producing rock formations in the United States, is the epicenter of a growth binge that shows just how tight the link remains between low unemployment, rising wages, and upward pricing pressure.

It will take time for the elimination of these transfers to work themselves fully though the economy, but we are already seeing their very obvious initial impacts in the much lower GDP growth numbers, even as credit creation remains high.

World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.

Core inflation has been lower than expected in recent months... Core inflation is expected to increase gradually over coming quarters, reaching 2 per cent by the middle of 2013 as the economy gradually absorbs the current small degree of slack, the growth of labour compensation remains moderate and inflation expectations stay well anchored.

Labor market reforms have expanded the workforce in Japan, helping explain why wage growth remains limited even with the country's unemployment rate at three - decade lows.

Our BlackRock Macro GPS economic indicator implies consensus gross domestic product forecasts for the G7 appear too low, even if the growth outlook remains sluggish.

My energy team thinks the market has been valuing E&P companies as if oil prices will remain low perpetually, and also as if these companies will not achieve any production growth going forward.

«However, historically high levels of household debt and low wage growth will offset some of the positive impact of recent strong employment data, so consumers are likely to remain cautious.»

But it remains one of our preferred markets in the emerging world due to its strong growth outlook and relatively low dependence on global trade.

Trump's budget assumes borrowing rates for the 10 - year Treasury bonds will remain low, even as growth picks up and unemployment falls further.

Although we continue to monitor the market, we remain optimistic about Macau's long - term prospects, given low penetration of Chinese visitors, continued wealth creation of Chinese citizens and large infrastructure projects, which should help facilitate the growth of Macau.

The overall strength in demand for credit, combined with the fact that interest rates remain slightly lower than the average of recent years, continues to suggest that the current policy setting is not inhibiting the growth of the economy.

The overall picture is one in which both growth and inflation will remain subdued against the backdrop of very low money and credit growth during the past few years.

We regard the greater stability in commodity prices, along with a lessening of volatility in financial markets, as welcome, and believe it should provide a more stable platform for the global economy, where growth remains acceptable, if lower than desirable.

We remain very encouraged about the growth prospects and low indebtedness in many emerging markets.

But the demographic profile of 50 years ago isn't coming back, which means inflation and growth will likely remain low for some time.

However, further regional policy divergence, slow emerging markets growth and global liquidity risks are likely to keep market volatility higher, meaning effectively navigating a low - return world will remain a challenge.

«China ($ 46.6 billion) remains the largest source country for approved proposed investment in 2014 - 15 although this growth remains from a low base.

Other factors driving rates lower — low nominal global growth, an older population, lower fixed income supply and the disinflationary pressure of technology — will likely remain in place.

Despite the headline news on India's high deficits and low economic growth, the Indian bonds remain very popular among investors who hunt for yields.

Even though the S&P 500 is less than 3 points above its March peak, and the index remains lower than its level of 5 years ago, and has underperformed T - bills for the past 7 years, I realize that the chatter about «4 year highs» can make it seem frustrating that the Strategic Growth Fund is well hedged here.

Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

Inflation certainly remains low in Europe but it is at least on a positive trajectory and growth is being led for the most part by domestic consumption.

The Greenback bounced back after Friday's CPI surprise, but it remains near its long - term lows, as the «weak - US - growth» trade is still on, underlined by the strength in US Treasuries.

However, the growth of economy's potential remains above its 2010 low.

Growth in average wages has remained subdued, however, and this is often taken as evidence that inflation will remain extremely low.

Growth of non-farm GDP over the latest four quarters for which we have data was just over 4 per cent; domestic demand, while slowing a little from its most recent peak, expanded by 5 1/2 per cent over that period; employment growth over the past year has been around trend, though lower in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained close to the lower end of the range in which it has fluctuated over the past two deGrowth of non-farm GDP over the latest four quarters for which we have data was just over 4 per cent; domestic demand, while slowing a little from its most recent peak, expanded by 5 1/2 per cent over that period; employment growth over the past year has been around trend, though lower in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained close to the lower end of the range in which it has fluctuated over the past two degrowth over the past year has been around trend, though lower in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained close to the lower end of the range in which it has fluctuated over the past two decades.

On the other side of intermediaries» balance sheets, growth in the broader monetary aggregates has remained fairly strong in recent months, to be running at an annualised rate of 11.8 per cent over the six months to June, slightly lower than growth in total credit (Graph 60).

US hiring growth pace slowed more than forecasts in March, while unemployment rate remained unexpectedly steady at 17 - year low

Available indicators of rental rates and vacancies of residential property are volatile and vary considerably across capital cities but, in general, they provide tentative signs of a mild easing of growth in rents; vacancy rates have picked up a little in some cities, but they remain low.

In general, job growth is expected to slow down as unemployment remains very low.

In our view, the underlying fundamentals of global economic and earnings growth remain positive, meaning pullbacks like the current one may be an opportunity to add stocks at lower prices if appropriate for your situation.

Assuming that approvals remain at their new lower level, housing credit growth would be expected to slow from a three - month - annualised rate of 25 per cent to a still rapid rate of around 18 per cent by mid 2005 (Graph C4).

The Fed rate statement also noted that «market - based measures of inflation compensation remain low», a reference to soft wage growth, which is at 2.7 %, lower than the 3 % rate that the Fed would like to see.

Housing inventories are near historic lows and median home prices are near historic highs, yet supply growth in starter homes remains insufficient to lure young buyers.

Not only do Wall Street and investors look to faster growing stocks to lead the stock market higher during bull markets, but the current low interest rate environment remains conducive to borrowing, which should allow high - growth stocks to outpace their competition.

As long as interest rates remain relatively low, growth stocks have a good chance of performing well.