Sentences with phrase «much weaker economy»

When oil prices go up, that means the global economy is better, and when oil goes down, supposedly that's a reflection of a much weaker economy.

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The content of the Bank of Canada's July Monetary Policy Report and associated rate cut were indications that the economy is much weaker than the Bank of Canada previously forecast.

The 0.4 per cent growth rate for the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the weakest quarterly performance in almost two years and followed a much faster 3.1 per cent increase in the third quarter.

Too many investors saw something else: a return to the bad old days of aggressive currency manipulation, evidence that the Chinese economy was much weaker than thought, or both.

An ageing population and weak consumption is gradually hollowing out much of the manufacturing base that provided the foundation for Japan's modern economy.

Everyone loves a deal, and when there is so much talk about a weak economy, a sweetheart of an offer can help turn undecided clients into buyers.

The ECRI is looking at year - over-year growth rates (not impacted by seasonal - adjustment formulas) and seeing a much weaker picture of the U.S. economy.

But just how much of the decline is due to natural forces and how much is because the economy is still weak and unable to provide good - paying jobs is open for debate.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz stressed at his January 18 press conference that Canada's economy is much weaker than that of the U.S..

The economy is much weaker than the narrative promoted aggressively by Wall Street, DC and the financial media.

It is an economic problem that the Fed's tools would be particularly ill suited to solve; the Fed can help address weak demand in the economy but can't do much about a negative supply shock, which is what a trade war would be.

As I mentioned earlier, business investment collapsed during the Great Recession, and its much - weaker - than - expected recovery since, despite historically low financing rates, has been a major source of disappointment in advanced economies.8

The pickup was spread across the currency area, with sales up 1.5 % in low - unemployment Germany, but up an even stronger 2.1 % in France, where the unemployment rate is much higher and the economy weaker.

The answer can be found in a weak U.S. dollar (the dollar index has wallowed around the 90 mark for much of 2018, after a stunning free fall in 2017), an immense fiscal expansion in the last decade pushing the economy toward overheating, a tight labor market, and recent (albeit modest) price pressure in the wake of trade war possibilities and tariff talk, Slok said.

The Canadian economy did not decline as much as other G8 economies during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis and our recovery, while weak, has been better than most.

On top of the existing internal problems of «lowflation,» shorthand for ultra-low inflation, weak demand and anemic credit growth, the deterioration in the external backdrop over much of 2014 — rising geopolitical tensions with Russia, and the slowdown of the Chinese economy and many other emerging markets — has made a rapid return to meaningful growth across the eurozone unlikely, in our view, despite some positive signs, including the stabilization of many peripheral economies and the boost in competitiveness from the weaker euro.

One question is whether current policies are imposing too much suffering and hardship, and if given high unemployment rates and weak economies (and, for some countries, low borrowing costs) new short term, Keynesian stimulative measures should be taken to kick start growth.

While New Labour took a much weaker line on reforming the economy, on the side of political reform, New Labour of course adopted and delivered on a number of the pluralists» commitments.

There is simply too much political risk in that sub-sector, and a weaker economy may lead some policy holders to stop paying their premiums.

The Bank of Canada has abandoned 18 months of warnings that interest rates will one day have to rise, saying on Wednesday that a soft economy and persistently weak inflation mean there is as much chance of a rate cut as a rate hike.

The U.S. economy in particular has shown resilience compared to a much weaker global economic environment.

If the yield of the long bond moves down, or even stays even, the FOMC probably won't persist in raising rates much, as the economy is too weak.

Much of that decline is due to the weak economy, but there's also an important (and probably rising) role for energy efficiency programs.

If successful, the CIC's efforts will make the next ice age worse than it otherwise would be, the economies of countries they influence much weaker, the citizens of such countries much poorer, and the poor everywhere much poorer than they otherwise would have been.

An emissions target is countercyclical since it imposes a relatively high cost when the economy is strong, and a much smaller cost when the economy is weak.