Sentences with phrase «of robust economic growth»

NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters)- The S&P 500 index rose above 2,700 for the first time on Wednesday and other major indexes hit record highs as technology stocks climbed amid indications of robust economic growth in the United States and overseas.

Not exact matches

Growth in consumer spending, representing two - thirds of U.S. economic activity, slid to 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2013 and following the fourth quarter's robust 4.0 percent growthGrowth in consumer spending, representing two - thirds of U.S. economic activity, slid to 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2013 and following the fourth quarter's robust 4.0 percent growthgrowth rate.

So, the statistics are unanimous: Not only was the Clinton presidency after the bill's passage a time of vigorous economic growth, but that growth was also demonstrably more robust than what occurred during the first two and a half years of the recovery.

Treasury yields on Friday book a weekly drop as geopolitical instability keeps investors pouring into the perceived safety of government paper, but for the day, rates of government paper rise as a robust raft of economic data suggested U.S. growth would maintain its steady clip, ahead of a key monetary - policy update on Wednesday.

Prices for copper, a key industrial metal and a strong leading indicator of economic growth, have remained robust at above $ 4 a pound.

Landslide election victory of Prime Minister Abe sets stage for strong economic growth and robust corporate profits.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

That's a good plan in theory, but the complication facing Europe, and indeed the rest of the world, is that it takes a lot of energy to fuel robust economic growth.

A robust SAID community is a key component of the investment industry, and also for Canada's economic growth.

It said the spending was «tempered by strong revenue growth of 8.6 per cent, reflecting robust economic conditions».

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.

Reflecting indications that US economic growth remains robust and concerns that inflationary pressures may be building, markets are now expecting the federal funds rate to reach 3 1/4 per cent by August, which implies 25 basis point increases at three of the next four FOMC meetings (Graph 17).

The negative investment thesis seems to rest upon confidence that central bankers, and the Fed in particular, will steer a course away from radical monetary experimentation that will return to a normal structure of interest rates and robust economic growth.

Today's economic growth is not particularly robust, but even in the midst of the Great Recession and -LSB-...]

Investors have also been bouyed by some robust economic numbers coming out of the bloc this week, raising hopes of further growth and higher consumer prices.

While South Korea's democratic transition came with robust economic growth, Indonesia's took place on the throes of a severe economic downturn.

The recently published minute of the Fed's meeting last month showed some members of the policy committee have argued for raising interest rates more quickly in coming months because of strong economic growth, a robust job market and rising inflation, which last month exceeded the Fed's target of 2 percent.

Reflecting concerns that the robust pace of world economic growth may not be sustained, global equity markets have fallen in recent weeks (Graph 19, Table 3).

The robust growth in the Philippines is widely attributed to President Benigno Aquino III's economic reforms, favourable fiscal management and strict anti-corruption campaign which earned the country several rating upgrades by major credit rating agencies to investment grade last year and kicked off a remarkable inflow of foreign direct investment.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published very robust research involving more than 140 countries around the world which demonstrates that countries with extreme levels of inequality (1) tend to experience much slower rates of economic growth; and (2) are far more susceptible to the kind of severe financial / banking / credit crisis that America just went through five years ago.

The right liberalizing economic policies — still more freedom — will «encourage robust economic growth by unlocking the potential of the private sector.»

Both are poised to foster robust economic growth as a result of their hard work and collaboration.

Government says it has returned Ghana to a robust economic growth in the first year of the Akufo - Addo administration despite...

Government says it has returned Ghana to a robust economic growth in the first year of the Akufo - Addo administration despite the huge challenges it inherited.

Indian emissions grew at 5.1 %, due to robust economic growth and a continued increase in the carbon intensity of the economy

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Wages are essentially flat after inflation, and experts believe that the robust economic growth that the United States achieved over the past century is a thing of the past.

The building blocks of economic growth are not robust, with an aging population in the Western world, weak productivity gains and governments and consumers constrained by heavy debt loads.

The financial markets were robust across the board during the second quarter, as stocks and bonds alike responded to the «Goldilocks» combination of economic growth being «not too hot and not too cold, but just

«We have shown that the world can have safe, robust renewable energy, that we can achieve the efficiencies needed and we can do all of this while enjoying global economic growth,» he said.

Economic growth in China is still robust — China's gross domestic product grew an estimated 7.8 % in the first half of 2012 — but its growth is slower than in recent years, as is its growth in energy consumption.

Mexico's energy reform is set to revitalise an ailing sector and boost the economy, IEA report says Mexico's wide - ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country's declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency.

This document is an outcome of a study carried out in West Africa, providing a coherent sub regional platform for the development of a robust policy framework for an enhanced and sustainable provision of electricity services to support socio economic growth.

In parallel, both countries have maintained robust annual economic growth of 6.8 percent (India) and 7.1 percent (China).

Also, while I think that science and technological progress and capitalism have done a pretty good job of avoiding permanent resource scarcity so far (eg, the Simon / Ehrlich bet), I don't think we should assume that they can do so forever, or that economic growth will continue at the current several percent rate forever - they might, betting against human ingenuity is always dangerous, but a good, robust strategy would take into account the possibility that there might be limits to growth even if it is difficult to pinpoint any one given constraint.

While this covers a lot of ground, it basically says that a robust strategy to produce more U.S. oil and natural gas has benefited and will keep benefiting the manufacturing sector — and along with it, job creation and economic growth.

My conclusion is that in spite of many opposite statements the very robust relationship between CO2 emissions and the rate of economic growth can't be disputed, at least in a relevant and meaningful time horizon.

Although Pielke accepts that the evidence for human influence on the climate system is robust, he stresses that the goal of cutting global carbon emissions is incompatible with economic growth for the world's poorest 1.5 billion people.

Earlier AEOs systematically under - projected economic growth, largely because of the robust 3.9 % average growth in real GDP during the period of 1993 — 2000.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

The deVere CEO concludes: «Robust regulation that is devised, implemented and enforced by international financial regulators will mean further protection for the growing number of people using cryptocurrencies, the less likely it will be that criminals will use these digital payment methods, the less potential risk there will be for the disruption of global financial stability, and the more potential opportunities there will be for higher economic growth and activity in those countries which introduce it.»

When considering changes to labour and employment standards legislation, BC policy - makers need to be mindful of the cost impact on employers, pay attention to developments in other jurisdictions, and avoid taking actions that could jeopardize the strong economic growth and robust job creation the province has enjoyed in recent years.

Robust economic and population growth are fueling an influx of new - to - market retailers, particularly grocers and new restaurant concepts.