Sentences with phrase «more uncertainty in the economy»

Consumer confidence is a key component of the housing recovery, and while rising home prices have helped, more uncertainty in the economy can only hurt.

Not exact matches

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

With its warnings of depleted bank reserves, weak governance, and political uncertainty, the IMF's account reads more like the analysis of a war - ravaged economic basket - case than the prospects for a developed economy in one of the richest economic zones in the world.

«While we are pleased the industry continues growing at faster rates than other sectors of the economy, we could be growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.

Certainly, there are signs of renewed uncertainty — or at least of an approaching bear market — but it's a far better, more hopeful economy than what the nation faced in 2008 - 2009 when unemployment was growing like an epidemic and no one knew exactly where the bottom might be found.

The monthlong reprieve prolongs the state of uncertainty hanging over the global economy, making it difficult for businesses to plan and discouraging them from investing in new factories or hiring more workers.

This uncertainty should gradually decline — for better or for worse — over the coming months, as the sequester's impact takes hold and more economic data come in, giving us a clearer picture of the forward momentum of the economy.

There are hotspots globally, and there is policy uncertainty in the United States, but again, we've been focused on the emerging market theme because we have found that economies that we used to think of as politically unstable have actually proved to be less so as they pursue more orthodox types of policies.

Get ready for more years of gridlock and uncertainty in the world's most important economy, all because Republicans wanted to secure a big corporate tax cut before an arbitrary deadline of Christmas 2017.

Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should focus the public's attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»

The biggest uncertainty in what will happen to climate in the future (say 30 years or more) is the course that the global economy will take and the changes in technology that may accompany that.

Uncertainty in housing markets and the economy are forcing financial institutions to mark mortgage securities at fire - sale prices, rather than their value if held to maturity, effectively creating a vicious circle of more write - downs that further depress asset values, Mr. Bernanke explained.

Additional risks of emerging markets securities may include: greater social, economic and political uncertainty and instability; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; less governmental supervision and regulation; unavailability of currency hedging techniques; companies that are newly organized and small; differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers; and less developed legal systems.

Maybe too simplistic a methodology, but given the continued uncertainties around the operations and governance at WCG, the economy in general and healthcare in particular, I don'think any complex analysis will provide more insight.

Despite the political uncertainty in one of the world's most important economies, it appears that rising markets are trumping «Trump» and drawing more folks into the market faster than the rhetoric and prospect of instability are pushing them away.

Which puts me in mind of one of the more egregious contradictions of the «yes, but uncertainty» crowd: the absolute certainty that implementing any form of carbon mitigation will lead to the collapse of the global economy, pensioners freezing in dark, unheated flats, wailing and gnashing of teeth, dogs and cats living together, etc..

While Brexit — the impending departure of the UK from the European Union — looms, bringing uncertainty into the country's economy and international relationships, the role energy storage will play in a decentralised, low (er) carbon and more flexible energy system at least seems a little more assured than it did before.

Another major, practical, issue relates to the costs and uncertainties when undertaking a pilot in the real world, even more so in the context of a developing economy.

Overall, product introductions at this year's CES were generally more subdued than in past years, likely reflecting the pervasive uncertainty of a sour economy.