Sentences with phrase «last big economy»

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Trade talks between the world's biggest economies broke down last week after the Trump administration demanded that China curtail support for high - technology industries, a person familiar with the situation said, signaling that a resolution may be some ways off.

Mexico's economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo said last week that big tariffs on Mexico would return the United States to «an isolationist, xenophobic and protectionist vision.»

Japan's economy contracted again in the final three months of last year, highlighting that the world's third biggest economy remains in recession.

But, with the games lasting just over two weeks - how big of a boost can it really provide to the local economy?

Last year, the central bank sounded an alarm, ranking the expansion of personal credit as the biggest threat to the economy, which is why everyone was shocked when Poloz suddenly cut interest rates in January.

One of President Donald Trump's biggest foils on the campaign trail last year and in his first year in office is vitally important to the economies of many states.

At the same time, January retail sales fell unexpectedly in their biggest drop since last February, declining 0.3 percent, raising new concerns about the economy.

Last quarter, Canada's five biggest banks earned more than $ 10 - billion in collective profits on the surprising strength of the domestic economy.

The biggest factor in Texas» slippage is its economy, which plummets to No. 25 this year from No. 1 last year.

The biggest move in the other direction is Wyoming, which plunges 14 spots to No. 27 after the state's resource - rich economy practically ground to a halt last year amid low commodity prices.

But, «At the margin, what has changed over last six months is really not the change in direction in the U.S. economy, it's just that the stimulus - driven growth in China has manifested itself in a big way,» Memani said.

While the numbers underscored the persistent weakness in the world's second biggest economy, they also fuelled investor hopes of more stimulus after a surprise interest rate cut last month.

Elections on the calendar for developing economies around the world in 2018 may bring more volatility to emerging - market funds, which were some of last year's biggest winners.

Today's big economic news is that the U-S economy added 162,000 new non-farm jobs last month.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

One big reason that the economy stabilized last summer and fall is the stimulus; the Congressional Budget Office estimates that without the stimulus, growth would have been anywhere from 1.2 to 3.2 percentage points lower in the third quarter of 2009.

To end the inequality crisis, we must build an economy for ordinary working people, not the rich and powerful... Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days.

a very thin skinned religious person who basically focuses all of his energy on worshiping on himself... What do you call it when the President disregards the definition of radical islamic muslims... wolf in sheep clothing... The bigger issue at hand is the economy, job creation, national debt, and maintaining a good middle class... all of which over the last 4 years has been failing..

Even in the bonus pool era, you might draft an economy sign in round 5, and then through last second negotiations sign and big bonus guy in round 25.

So when they released a report last month suggesting that claims by the Leave campaign were misleading and that Brexit would probably cause a big hit to the UK economy, lots of people paid attention.

Last year, when load - shedding reached its peak over a three - year period, the economy recorded its lowest growth in 15 years: expanding by 3.9 percent mainly, on due to a slump in commodities prices and energy supply deficit, which affected the manufacturing, industries and services sectors... the biggest contributors to the country's GDP.

And we can make these big decisions because our economy is strong and because of the fiscal discipline we have shown over the last six years.

The Deputy Government Statistician, Baah Wadieh, at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday said that the economy's biggest growth period was recorded in the last three months of 2015, following improvement in the erratic energy supply challenges which forced businesses to cut production output.

Bloomberg vowed to fight the living wage bill in court, adding: «The last time we really had a big managed economy was the USSR, and that didn't work out so well.»

His speech also saw him deliver a troubled assessment of the «big problems» facing Britain's economy, which has struggled to begin a convincing recovery from recession in the last 12 months.

Last week's local elections decided who will make most of the most important decisions in English cities over the next few years — decisions that will have a big impact on local economic growth across the country, as well as the national economy.

«The last time we really had a big managed economy was the USSR and that didn't work out so well,» he said.

When the issue of the economy does come up we are subjected to the big lie that we are in this mess because the last Labour government spent and borrowed too much.

Most economists believe the economy ground to a halt in the three months to the end of June after a big slowdown in the manufacturing sector, which has been instrumental in preventing the economy sinking back into recession over the last 18 months.

And while last year saw the biggest ever annual surge in global greenhouse gas emissions (see «Huge rise in emissions as world economy de-greens»), even Germany is planning to shut down its nuclear power stations.

Fischetti: For the last 200 years the [trend has always been] towards bigger centralized economies, and there is no more room for bigger, as evidenced by the sort of shocking realization that are, we have more and more institutions that are «too big to fail».

At the opening ceremony of China's 19th Party Congress last fall, Xi said smart cities were part of a «deep integration of the internet, big data, and artificial intelligence with the real economy.»

For microfiber, I like these because they are naturally antibacterial and seem to last forever (I've had mine over a year), but even the big economy packs in the auto section at stores like Sam's and Costco work great for kitchen messes.

White labeling is the last big opportunity in internet dating because it allows mega-affiliates, and entrepreneurs, and online media of all types, to build their own brands and utilize the economies of scale of working in a network.

WASHINGTON — The number of schools participating in the federal school - breakfast program jumped 8.9 percent this fiscal year — the biggest increase in 13 years — due to a sluggish economy and stepped - up efforts to sign up schools, a research and advocacy group reported last week.

The split was highlighted by the lawsuit, but has its roots in the souring economy in the county, a one - time manufacturing hub that saw several big companies pack up and leave during the last few years of the Great Recession.

«It's been a big struggle the last couple of years of my career since the economy tightened up and a number of drivers were left in the cold.

I am expecting all of the TV personalities to be wrong and the US recession to be much worse than they all think it is going to be and Canada's economy will be dragged through the mud as the USA is still our biggest trading partner, consuming over 75 % of our exports since I last saw the statistic, which was over a year ago.

Perhaps one of the biggest points Obama drove home last night was the fact that too many families with solid credit aren't allowed to purchase homes, and that is holding the economy back.

The last big program the Fed has been using to help the economy recover is a historically low Fed Funds rate.

And you told us that in some of the big centres, you've actually seen prices go up like 300 % over the last 10 years because of the booming economy.

Delta will be the second of the big 3 US legacy airlines to offer a true Premium Economy cabin following American's introduction of the cabin on its 787 - 9 Dreamliners last month.

Beware bargain - hunters: American Airlines has become the last of the Big Three legacy carriers to unveil a new, cheap but highly restricted Basic Economy fare category.

Thankfully, in the last fifteen years the country has seen big changes developed by the left - wing government in the areas of culture, economy and education.

The lack of a shared long - term goal for cutting emissions represents a mixed result for President Bush, who had pledged last year to bring together most of the world's biggest economic powers — later called «major economies» by the White House — and produce a shared long - term goal for curbing greenhouse - gas emissions by the end of 2008.

Last year, half of solar panels installed worldwide were installed in Europe's biggest economy, although solar power accounts for just two percent of national electricity generation.

A sign that China's economy is on the verge of collapse New figures reveal that China's big banks wrote off 10 billion dollars in bad debts last year, double the amount recorded in 2012.

For example: when gas prices went up to $ 3 - per - gallon (and beyond) over the last couple of years, many consumers began clamoring to get out of their big gas - guzzling SUVs and sedans, flocking to smaller cars that delivered better fuel economy.

And the economy was also consuming a relatively intact continent and all the big fish in the ocean while burning fossil fuels during the last few centuries, so you're not even comparing different things.

Deadlock last month centered on how far big emerging economies should follow the industrialized world and enforce binding actions to fight climate change.