Sentences with phrase «of overall economic activity»

«Moreover, with consumer spending accounting for a significant portion of overall economic activity, the improving consumer sentiment is likely to bolster the growth performance of the economy even further if it translates into increased consumer spending.

FDA - regulated products now account for an estimated one - fifth of overall economic activity in the U.S..

Gross National Happiness It's often been noted that there is nothing wrong with GDP in and of itself, it's just that it has been elevated from a simple measure of overall economic activity into something it was never intended to be — a proxy metric for our collective well - being.

The costs are minimal in terms of overall economic activity.

Carney also pointed out that residential investment — which includes new home construction and renovations — has consistently exceeded the long - term average share of the overall economic activity for more than seven years.

The criteria that the grants promote economic development stress job growth or retention, expansion of the property tax base or improvement of the overall economic activity in an area.

While services are stable and account for a growing share of overall economic activity, manufacturing is struggling in most countries, including the United States, as the chart below shows.

Not exact matches

Unions and opposition politicians decried the deal, arguing it shuts citizens out of job opportunities, while supporters contend free trade will boost economic activity overall.

«Overall lending activity remains solid and we are optimistic that our growing market presence and continued economic growth in Western Canada will support another year of double - digit loan growth,» president and chief operating office Chris Fowler said.

Our future capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned and will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending on research and development efforts and other business initiatives, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing of new product introductions, market acceptance of our products and overall economic conditions.

Comments from respondents include: «Business is picking up» and «Overall level of economic activity is driving our business volumes to record levels.»

But the overall size of the downturn in economic activity also proved to be considerably smaller than thought likely a year ago.

Employment growth has lagged behind the overall pace of economic activity.

«A satisfactory conclusion of this process will pave the way for improving overall credit conditions, the investment climate and economic activity in the Emirate of Dubai and the UAE,» the IMF said in a statement.

Overall, trading activity has been rather subdued at the end of the trading week, due to the lack of U.S. economic data.

Second, we can seek to restore the dominance of the political order over the economic one, so that other community values besides overall wealth can set the ground - rules for economic activity.

There were also small but statistically significant overall reductions in intakes of confectionery, crisps and savoury snacks, energy and NMES and saturated fat as a percentage of food energy, but no statistically significant change in socio - economic gradients in diet or activity between the two surveys.

«Yes this is an investment of public dollars but that investment is going to be met with a huge influx of private sector development and overall economic activity in Staten Island.»

Every # 1 billion increase in infrastructure investment sees a corresponding # 1.3 billion rises in UK - wide GDP, and every # 1 billion of infrastructure construction increases overall economic activity by # 2.842 billion.

A project's ability to reduce energy consumption, improve the efficiency of a region's overall transportation network, and generate sustained economic activity along the corridor are among the selection criteria.

Overall, my impression is that the near - term dynamics of the market are likely to be dominated by this sort of speculative trend following activity - primarily because it will probably still take another 4 - 8 weeks until sensitive coincident economic measures (such as ISM figures and new claims for unemployment) begin to predictably reflect the deterioration we've seen in various composites of leading indicators.

In turn, this is expected to determine spending activities and therefore can serve as an indication of overall economic standings.

Studies have shown that the overall pattern of interest rate movements can provide an indication of the direction of future economic activity, as well as the markets themselves.

The Markets Telling Curves: What Bond Yields Reveal About the Markets Studies have shown that the overall pattern of interest rate movements can provide an indication of the direction of future economic activity, as well as the markets themselves.

This is a focal point of political and economic activity and one of the fastest growing and safest overall cities in the region.

Overall characteristics of societies and economies, such as population size, economic activity, and land use, are highly dynamic.

The biggest concern is the potential impact on consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity... Economists estimate that every additional penny at the pump takes roughly $ 1 billion out of overall spending.

The latter part is more original stuff, as I (i) make the case for how China's clean energy push is in fact consistent with its overall economic reform, e.g. Scientific Development, reduction of excess industrial capacity, natural resource price reform, western development, boosting domestic consumption, and Going Out strategy; (ii) describe China's activities in innovation and R&D and its desire to create, not just produce, energy technologies of the 21st century; (iii) address criticisms that China's «indigenous innovation» policies are protectionist in nature by pointing out the myopia of such observations from a US (or EU for that matter) policymakers point of view; (iv) provide thoughts about what the proper U.S. policy response should be.

The larger the base of existing economic activity, the less likely these conditions are to prevail in equivalent proportion to overall economic activity, and the more likely the negative drag of complexity.

For the measures with wider deviations, many factors contribute to differences between the AEO Reference case projections and realized outcomes, but two primary contributors are the initial projections of future oil prices and overall economic activity that are used in NEMS.5 These projections can greatly influence the other projections made by the model, which is why each recent AEO includes alternative cases exploring differences in economic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Priceeconomic activity that are used in NEMS.5 These projections can greatly influence the other projections made by the model, which is why each recent AEO includes alternative cases exploring differences in economic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Priceeconomic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil PriceEconomic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Price cases).

Port Authority of New York • NJ 1994 — 1997 Chief Operating Officer Managed overall operations and coordination of activities for the major line operating departments for the Port Authority which handles PATH commuter and transit systems to John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark, and Teterboro Airports, four interstate toll bridges and two interstate toll tunnels, the bus terminal, Newark, Elizabeth, Howland Hook, Red Hook, and the Auto Marine Terminal port facilities, World Trade Center, and a number of economic development projects

These fantastic figures highlight Northampton's strong overall economic activity, with 75 % of the working age population being employed.

Overall, these are good signs to start off 2015 and are consistent with our expectation that strengthening employment and economic activity will boost the speed of the housing recovery.»

Speculative construction is once again taking place on a very modest scale, and a combination of tightening market conditions and sustained economic growth are expected to support healthy leasing activity, incremental gains in rental rates and a continued decline in overall vacancy.

Overall housing and economic activity in metro markets across the nation remained on a gradual, upward trend in the fourth quarter of 2017 even as permit activity remained a stubbornly lagging indicator, according to the NAHB / First American Leading Markets Index (LMI) released today.

Job creation and overall economic growth are necessary to continue fueling the market, which, as current activity indicates, we anticipate seeing more of in the year ahead.