Sentences with phrase «lackluster economic»

A lackluster economic recovery in conjunction with falling home values and rising gas and food prices is only accelerating the online buying trend, says Peter Muoio, senior principal of New York - based Maximus Advisors.

Amidst this lackluster economic news, housing data continue to be positive.

Investors have been confronted with the European debt crisis, the fiscal cliff, debt - ceiling fights, fears about a double - dip recession, lackluster economic growth and a market correction.

In the US, the Fed accomplished this goal as equities levitated despite lackluster economic and corporate earnings growth.

That suggests they see no reason to lavish their excess cash on capital spending, perhaps viewing it as unnecessary, given today's lackluster economic growth and tepid consumer demand.

But since that December increase of a quarter of a percentage point, the Fed has held off pushing the fed funds rate any higher because of concerns about lackluster economic growth.

Additionally, this cycle stands out for its divergence between the lackluster economic growth — average real GDP is 1.3 % since 2009 — and the stock market, which, thanks in part to unprecedented monetary stimulus, is up nearly fourfold since its 2009 low.

ECB UNCERTAINTY: Another factor holding back momentum relates to uncertainty over whether the ECB will boost its monetary stimulus on Thursday following some lackluster economic data.

In the US, the Fed accomplished this goal as equities levitated despite lackluster economic and corporate earnings growth.

Home values in the area are still 30 percent below their 2006 peak, according to the Global Real Estate Bubble Index for 2017, published by UBS Wealth Management's chief investment office, which blamed sluggish employment and lackluster economic and income growth.

Since the end of the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis, lackluster economic growth and deflationary pressures have forced many central banks to confront the limitations of conventional monetary policy.

They included lackluster economic data and fears that the state may be removing some support for share prices.

The yield curve, which normally slopes upward, has extended its tightening trend as lackluster economic data have pushed down long - dated yields even as senior Fed officials» backing for a gradual - but - sustained hiking trajectory have lifted long - dated yields.

If we want to break past lackluster economic growth rates and make meaningful change in lives and livelihoods, we need to move beyond incremental innovation (think slightly - better iPhones) toward revolutionary innovation (think new energy systems, next - generation electronics, and cures for Cancer and Alzheimer's).

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Since then, the unemployment rate has fallen to a 16 - year low of 4.3 % and economic growth appears to have reaccelerated following a lackluster first quarter.

These are not a surprise in the context of multiple structural headwinds including lackluster real wage growth, rising healthcare expenditures and unequal distribution of economic gains.»

In spite of record low interest rates over the past 20 years, overall economic expansion has been lackluster at best.

Since the end of quantitative easing in the U.S. in October 2014, lackluster global economic growth and a marked divergence among central bank policies has led to a difference in the real and forecast interest rates in one country versus another.

Lackluster global economic growth in 2014 and 2015 correspondingly reduced the demand for a wide range of commodities, including oil.

This lack of enthusiasm on the part of global investors reflects a rather lackluster domestic economic environment and is reflected in the loonie and Canadian stocks.

Trump and many Republicans in Congress contended that the stricter regulations were too burdensome for financial institutions and were a key reason why economic growth since the Great Recession ended in 2009 had been lackluster.

Industrials are likely to provide lackluster returns over the coming years given the dour economic outlook for global growth.

We see the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) interest rate hikes being put on hold for now amid lackluster growth and economic uncertainty, while the European Central Bank (ECB) looks to be running into diminishing returns from negative rates.

During a recent visit to Buffalo, Governor Cuomo sparred with reporters over his economic development programs and their lackluster performance in creating jobs.

Andrew Kennedy, who heads the board and also serves as a senior economic development aide for Governor Andrew Cuomo, defended the report against the harsh criticism of columnists and lawmakers who derided the 76 jobs created in Start - UP's first year as lackluster.

Democrats initially seemed ready to unite behind Secretary of State Chet Culver, but a lackluster start to his campaign has some in the party looking elsewhere — with former Vilsack chief economic development officer Mike Blouin receiving the most attention.

Continued lackluster U.S. economic activity right up until today's slower personal consumption expenditures (PCE) report may have pushed rates lower during the last week of the month and into June's start.

I've been away for the past couple of months, but even if I hadn't been there wasn't much to write about; the equity markets have continued their slow climb despite lackluster US economic growth.

In a meeting Monday night with the broader Cooper Union community, Mark Epstein, the chairperson of the school's board of trustees, said that although no final decision has been made, lackluster fundraising and the economic downturn that began in 2008 may push the school to reverse its century - old practice and start charging students tuition.

The retail real estate industry holds high expectations for this year's RECon convention, taking place in Las Vegas from May 19 through May 22, in spite of lingering concerns about the pace of the country's economic growth and lackluster consumer confidence.