Sentences with phrase «major slowdown in its growth»

Environmental factors similar to those affecting the present day Great Barrier Reef have been linked to a major slowdown in its growth eight thousand years ago, research led by the University of Sydney shows.

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In his first earnings call as CEO, Thompson had the awkward responsibility to report a slowdown in sales growth in most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environmenIn his first earnings call as CEO, Thompson had the awkward responsibility to report a slowdown in sales growth in most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environmenin sales growth in most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environmenin most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environment.

The worst case scenario is that the country will experience what economists call a «hard landing,» essentially a major slowdown in GDP growth, to less than 5 % or the approximate rate of inflation.

Marriott, however, could compensate for a U.S. slowdown with gigantic growth in what will, over the next decade, be the world's fastest - growing major hotel market: China.

This is evident in their being very aggressive about becoming a major player in what will be the main growth market for chips in the coming years, with the slowdown of the pc desktop segment.

You could even take a few minutes to review instances in recent years (Brexit, the Greek debt crisis, fears of a slowdown in China's growth rate) when many investors were convinced a market drop would lead to a major selloff but stocks recovered.

I'd question the realism of this «high side» estimate by IPCC, since it assumes that the exponential rate of increase in CO2 concentration will jump from the current rate of 0.5 % per year to 0.74 % per year, despite a projected major slowdown in human population growth rate.

And even in the very unlikely case that we saw CO2 continuing to grow at the same exponential rate as in the past, despite a major slowdown in population growth, we would see a maximum warming by 2100 of 1.8 °C.

«We can't predict whether a major slowdown in crop growth will actually happen, and the odds are still fairly low,» said Tebaldi.

«Apple's 2013 iPad shipment growth is shaping up to be comparatively modest and the shift in launch cycles has played a major role in the slowdown.»

Positive underlying fundamentals continue to support all of the major commercial real estate sectors, but a slowdown in job creation and ongoing tight loan availability has tempered growth in some areas.