Sentences with phrase «much of the economic recovery»

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«In a nutshell, the analysis shows that small business lending continues to have a difficult time emerging from the recession, which results in a much slower pace of economic recovery.»

Citigroup's Economic Surprise Index, a measure of how much recent economic stats have been above or below expectations, is now at the third - highest level since the financial rEconomic Surprise Index, a measure of how much recent economic stats have been above or below expectations, is now at the third - highest level since the financial reconomic stats have been above or below expectations, is now at the third - highest level since the financial recovery.

At this point, pretty much any economic data report is of interest to U.S. markets, with the Federal Reserve watching closely for evidence of a sustained economic recovery before it finally implements its long - awaited interest rate hike.

Gaebler lauded the law's language allowing the SBA to raise its loan guarantee from current levels to as much as 90 percent for some loans, but said «this latest, new rule negates some of those provisions and... doesn't offer much respect to the small business economy, especially when you consider the big role that small business plays in an economic recovery.»

Except for the 1992 recovery, the last seven economic recoveries were much stronger than this one, and each of them, corresponded with the usual amounts of job creation.

Additionally, the Tax Policy Center has argued that many businesses with too little income or are losing money don't benefit from bonus depreciation, especially in times of economic recovery, and that it may not have much of an impact on long - term investment.

But he wrote that one reason to believe they were effective is that the U.S. economic recovery was much stronger than that of the Eurozone's, where monetary and fiscal policies were much tighter than in the U.S.

MH: The problem of inadequate consumer demand to fuel an economic recovery does not lie with the cost of labor so much as with the fact that it is now normal for families to pay a quarter or even a third of their income for debt service.

In other words, for two years of economic recovery, the labor market in the U.S. has been doing only slightly better than treading water, and much of the improvement in the unemployment rate can be attributed to people dropping out of the labor force either because they've given up looking for work or because they've retired.

Right now, investors and traders from Wall Street to Main Street, whether optimists or pessimists, are assuming an economic recovery that's much faster and much more robust than that... A period of lower - than - average economic growth would lead to lower - than - average earnings growth.

While Greece's troubles are far from over, Philippe Brugere - Trelat, executive vice president and portfolio manager for Franklin Mutual Series ®, says it's important not to lose sight of the fact that in much of Europe, the story is one of economic recovery — not collapse.

The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third - longest on record, has also been the weakest economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.

A recovery in the value of dairy products, New Zealand's biggest export, may bolster the nation's economic growth and make the central bank wary of cutting interest rates much further to boost weak inflation.

I truly believe that fostering female entrepreneurship is part of the lifeblood of economic recovery — it is only once we truly support women in business that we will see just how much potential the female economy has.

The Economic Recovery Programme, the Structural Adjustment Programme, the Financial Adjustment Programme and the introduction of the Value Added Tax were tough but bold decisions taken to tighten our belts while offering the country the much - needed turnaround in economic and infrastructural deveEconomic Recovery Programme, the Structural Adjustment Programme, the Financial Adjustment Programme and the introduction of the Value Added Tax were tough but bold decisions taken to tighten our belts while offering the country the much - needed turnaround in economic and infrastructural deveeconomic and infrastructural development.

If by next autumn, the recovery is well under way, people will look back on today's balancing act as a political masterstroke, in much the same way as the widely derided Geoffrey Howe Budget of 1981 is now seen as laying the foundations of the Thatcher economic miracle.

Bulging class sizes, stagnant salaries, fewer teachers and limited supplies of everything from books to copy paper: That is what the reduction in per - pupil state funding looks like in thousands of classrooms around the country since the Great Recession — despite a much vaunted economic recovery.

But the impact has been much more concentrated in the later years of the economic recovery, as austerity cuts bite, and education salaries actually found a safe haven in the immediate aftermath of the crash — lessening the impact we see today.»

The grim economic news for states has yet to show much sign of getting better, even as some national indicators are beginning to suggest recovery from the recession that officially began in December 2007.

This comes after Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. from a AAA to AA + in early August, a move that drew rebuke from politicians and pundits alike and removed much credibility of any touted economic recovery since the recession began in 2008.

The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third - longest on record, has also been the weakest economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.

The speed of the economic recovery has not yet reached a pace which would give investors much confidence that the possibility of a backwards slide has passed.

Granted, they are also mostly operating in Europe, where the economic recovery has only recently begun, but there are limits to how much portfolio exposure we want to these types of businesses.

Those who desire to stay invested in this industry could take their proceeds and invest in direct competitors in the steel industry which we believe are much better managed and better situated to take advantage of any possible economic recovery than Commercial Metals.

Recent reports indicate that there is much more gas and oil around the UK (more than we have used already) now that higher oil prices make recovery of it more economic We are also getting better day by day at producing energy from other sources and reducing the energy we need for specific functions.

A key reason why the Democrats didn't put a price on carbon when they were in control of the Congress in 2009 and 2010 was that Obamacare was much more important to them as an issue to be spending their political capital on, plus they could spend money on subsidizing the renewables as part of their economic recovery program.

As many believe that recovery from the 2008 recession remains one of this past century's most difficult, how much more complicated would that make any further economic instability?

«Much of this is dependent upon economic recovery, but if this happens you will see a flattening of the yield curve and the advantage in floating rate shift to fixed rate,» he concurs.

The state's government has been wrestling with an underfunded pension system and chronic budget deficits, in part because the national economic recovery has passed much of Connecticut by, leaving it with fewer jobs than it had a decade ago.

«Homes in this year's first quarter were more affordable than they have been at any time in more than 20 years, yet many potential sales are not happening because of overly tight lending conditions that are keeping hardworking families from obtaining a suitable mortgage,» says Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «Without this significant hurdle, the housing and economic recovery could be proceeding at a much stronger pace.»

Housing Markets in Transition The economic recovery began more than two years ago, but it doesn't feel like much of a recovery for many Americans — certainly for those of you who depend on the housing sector for your living, as well as for the millions of others who have seen their home values plummet or lost their homes through foreclosure.