Because the high - savings model results
in weak domestic demand, especially once investment needs have been largely met, countries that pursue the high - savings model almost always require large trade surpluses to resolve the economy's inability to absorb all that it produces.
Not exact matches
In the days to come the Fed will have to prove that a new set of tools for managing interest rates will work as expected; see how higher U.S. rates affect
domestic and global financial conditions; and hope that
weak world
demand and commodity prices do not lead to an overall bout of deflation and force the Fed to reverse course.
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.
However,
domestic demand in Europe and Japan — important export markets for the United States — remains very
weak.
For me the main information coming out of CPI inflation data is that consumer
demand relative to total production continues to be too
weak to drive up prices, something confirmed earlier this week by the August trade numbers, which failed to suggest strong growth
in domestic demand.
So, we have to rely more on
domestic demand, and
in a
weak or falling economy, that is unstable.
Domestic demand growth was noticeably
weaker in the quarter, following very strong growth through 1999, while the contribution to growth from net exports picked up.
For
weaker economies
in the euro zone that are seeing subdued
domestic demand as a result of austerity programs, there were also encouraging signs
in the trade figures for August.
Domestic demand has been held back by
weak consumption, which fell by 2.6 per cent over the year to the December quarter
in response to restrictive measures introduced
in 2002, aimed at slowing the previously very strong rates of growth
in consumer credit.
In contrast, the Bank of Korea reduced interest rates by 25 basis points in November, for the second time in six months, reflecting continued weak domestic demand and a rising exchange rat
In contrast, the Bank of Korea reduced interest rates by 25 basis points
in November, for the second time in six months, reflecting continued weak domestic demand and a rising exchange rat
in November, for the second time
in six months, reflecting continued weak domestic demand and a rising exchange rat
in six months, reflecting continued
weak domestic demand and a rising exchange rate.
Despite a strong dollar and
weak exports, manufacturing activity will benefit from improved
domestic demand, and further gains
in construction activity will aid the recovery of states such as California and Arizona.
The sharp contrast between the strength of
domestic demand and
weak external
demand is expected to diminish gradually
in the year ahead.
The December quarter national accounts continued the pattern of previous quarters, showing
weak growth
in GDP alongside above - trend growth
in domestic demand.
BEIJING (AP)-- China's manufacturing growth decelerated
in August due to
weaker global
demand and a slowdown
in domestic investment, two surveys showed Monday.
The combined effects of falling commodity prices,
weak global
demand for exports and soft internal
demand have led to year - over-year (YOY) declines
in the gross
domestic products (GDPs) of the largest Asian economies.
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.
LATAM continues to closely monitor
weak demand conditions
in Brazil and to adjust capacity accordingly on both
domestic and international operations
in that market.
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.