Sentences with phrase «lesser business spending»

Greater personal spending is offset by lesser business spending.

Less business spending can slow the growth of a company; it might curtail expansion plans or new ventures, or even induce cutbacks.

Not exact matches

The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per cent from 29 per cent in the summer and 35 per cent at the start of the year.

A noted decrease in job growth is less of a concern if it's accompanied by signs «that manufacturing activity is starting to rebound, that businesses are spending more on investment, and that consumers are continuing to spend,» he said.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

What's not in doubt is that the business sector is spending less and less on machinery, manufacturing facilities and R&D.

The update will have large implications for Facebook — Zuckerberg expects people to spend less time on the platform — but businesses and publishers will bear the brunt of the change.

Pair these with managed security services so you can spend less time worrying about your network and more time focusing on your business.

According to a study by Michael Norton of Harvard Business School and two colleagues from the University of British Columbia, the amount of money people earn has less influence on their happiness than how they spend it, and those who spend at least some of their money on others are happier than those who do not.

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In the next 12 months, small business owners said they would have less revenue, forecasted more layoffs, and indicated they expected capital spending and cash flow to become more constrained.

There's more time and energy for the things that grow the business and inspire workers and leaders and less time spent on those things that are old, stagnant habits.

Tools like online dashboards and online strategic planning tools allow your accountant to spend more time strategizing for your business and less time running reports and crunching numbers on a moment's notice.

The SBA has estimated that the sequester will result in $ 4 billion less revenue for small - business contractors as a result of reduced federal spending.

For midsize businesses (those with more than 50 employees and less than 1,000) getting their arms around their total cost of ownership (TCO) in human resources — what they are actually spending on employees and the cost of managing them — can be easily overlooked.

And that means, people will be spending less in your business and in other businesses more than likely.

Less than two thirds of the costs are spent on vet visits, leaving the remaining two - thirds up to retailers and service businesses.

You'll be happy you've spent less time fixing problems and more time growing your business.

Time spent capturing or retaining a high - value client, for example, is more valuable to your bottom line than spending an exorbitant amount of time with a client whose business adds less value to your enterprise.

So, the government will be spending less and consumers will be spending less, which really means that businesses will be spending less, which means you should expect less spending in your business and you got ta operate for a slow - down going forward.

Entrepreneurs need to spend much less time at their computer imagining their new business and more time out engaging with real, live customers.

Among the lesser known discoveries during the early days at Google was the realization that business could grow faster if customers didn't have to spend weeks studying an unduly complicated contract.

Entrepreneurs need to spend less time at their computer imagining their new business and more time with real, live customers.

But I understood that I needed to devote more of my time to accomplishing this task, so I nixed other lower priority items instead of spending less time in my pursuit of new business.

As FUBU started to grow, he spent more hours working on his business and less on his job as a waiter.

Business investment has been declining since the end of 2014, and companies haven't spent less on intellectual property since the early 2000s.

According to Alexandre Lebrun of Facebook's artificial intelligence division, quoted by Business Insider, «The better we get [at artificial intelligence], the less time you spend talking to customer service.

A 2013 Deloitte study found one - third of business executives and owners felt they were spending equal to or more than their peers on R&D, when actually they were spending far less.

Entrepreneurs living in the Paris of the Plains can focus more time on business and spend less time worrying about paying the rent, considering housing is 59 percent less than the national average.

In the October report, there were five: stronger - than - expected U.S. growth; higher - than - expected oil prices; the possibility that weak business investment had altered the economy's potential; slower growth in less advanced economies such as China; and a tilt to saving from spending by Canada's heavily indebted households.

But Americans are increasingly spending less on clothes and home furnishings, a trend that could hurt the companies» businesses for years to come.

From software that forecasts how profitable a business will be next month to time - saving collaboration tools that allow for spending less time on administrative tasks and updating systems, technology is increasingly helping professionals automate their businesses so there's less chaos and more fun at work.

Uncle Sam is spending less, and that means that businesses are having to fight harder to win business contracts with the U.S. government.

The bigger the business, the less spent on inbound strategies.

Investor comments, as noted on the feedback sheets of Goldman's sales force, included «Good magazine, but the rest of the business is less compelling» and «Will need more spending discipline as a public company.»

Their plan proved difficult to execute: less than two cents of every dollar spent by blacks in the U.S. goes to black - owned businesses, and it's hard to say what's cause and what is eff ect.

Raising larger amounts from fewer investors means you spend less time on selling your business to prospective investors, who may have deeper pockets, better contacts and vast business knowledge, he says.

The less you spend on overhead, the more you can invest in your business.

If the Fed increases interest rates rapidly, this chokes off the flow of credit available and makes businesses less likely to spend.

When he ran the numbers for one client, Tallal calculated that putting away money early would result in significant savings: «By starting when his two children were infants and setting aside about $ 6,500 a year for each child, the business owner would wind up spending nearly $ 400,000 less.»

This means that businesses need to spend far more time building trust and far less time just pushing products.

But once you get them all setup and integrated into your workflow, you'll be able to spend less time on the administration side of your business, and more time on the money - making side... and who doesn't love that?

Less consumer - friendly Business cards are typically laden with features — such as detailed expense tracking and spending reports — that may be overkill for the average consumer.

If this ratio is less than 1.0 x, this means you are spending more to acquire customers than they are worth (Hint: You won't be in business long...).

They tend to spend more with the business, stay with it for longer and often cost less to serve.

These include difficulties in complying with KYC and AML rules when dealing with digital assets; losing business to less risk - averse companies that are willing to «engage in business or offer products in areas we deem speculative or risky, such as cryptocurrencies;» and (like J.P. Morgan) the potential need to spend large sums while attempting to keep up with shifting technological norms.

When you partner with Engage, spend more time growing your business and less time worrying about HR.

The report suggests that manufacturers continue to struggle as businesses spend less on machinery, computers and other large equipment.

Since the financial crisis, several trends have kept it in check, including a surge in business models which are less asset heavy, a shift in focus toward consumer - facing technologies, and passive investing strategies that reward companies for spending free cash on stock buybacks rather than capital goods.

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