Sentences with phrase «of weak investment»

Research done at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere, including conversations with business leaders, suggests that the main cause of weak investment is the high level of uncertainty that companies are facing, particularly about future demand prospects.

So when economic growth slows because of weak investment, trade slows disproportionately.

Not exact matches

Increased venture capital investment in a number of provinces, along with lagging investment in European countries since the recession, has vaulted Canada from being one of the weakest to one of the strongest countries on this indicator.

LONDON, May 2 - Gold steadied on Wednesday near 4 - month lows as the dollar's uptrend paused, but prices of the precious metal are expected to remain under pressure from a significantly stronger U.S. currency and weak investment demand.

«Persistent conflicts and their regional spillovers, security concerns, weaker - than - anticipated public investment (Afghanistan, Jordan), delays in implementation or completion of structural reforms (Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia), and political and policy uncertainty (Lebanon, Pakistan) continue to weigh on growth.

When the U.S. Federal Reserve chose to hold rates in June, it specifically called out weak business investment in that country by way of explanation.

«Because we are in the hospitality and recreation business, which is largely dependent on discretionary spending,» the company's latest financial report explains, «we believe that the weak housing market, increases in unemployment, decreases in air flights to Las Vegas, decreases in the value of stock and other investments, and the general tightening of spending on business travel have all affected visitations to Las Vegas and the spending budget of our customers.»

While credit risk might seem like a bad idea with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain, high - yield bonds do offer bigger returns than government and investment - grade bonds.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

The weakest aspect of Canada's economy this year was the feeble performance of private investment, projected by the Conference Board of Canada to contract by nearly 8 per cent compared to 2014 levels.

Investors are increasingly unable to meet VC's capital calls and are unloading their investments at «deep discounts,» raising the prospect of the shutdown of weaker venture firms.

Oil prices are higher, but not high enough to inspire new investment in the oil patch, where retrenchment has lead to «very weak» overall business investment, the Bank of Canada said.

Canada has posted some of its weakest economic growth outside of a recession over the past couple of years in part because business investment sunk along with the price of oil.

In July, when the Bank of Canada cut its policy to its current setting of 0.5 %, policy makers expressed concern over weak non-energy exports and a deep contraction in business investment brought on by the collapse of commodity prices.

Conversely, in light of weak oil prices, firms in energy - related regions and sectors plan to further curtail investment over the next 12 months.

Last year, and for the first time since 2001, the contribution of net exports to overall growth turned positive, but the performance of non-energy exports and investment remains weak.

Meanwhile, exports and investment are still weaker than one would expect at this stage of the business cycle, even though growth in the global economy has also surprised on the upside.

Business investment is weak except for mergers that create economies of scale, less jobs, less competition, less money available for R&D and improved productivity.

GDP growth likely stalled in the fourth quarter of 2015, pulled down by temporary softness in the U.S. economy, weaker business investment and several other temporary factors.

Recent work at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere shows that about half of the slowdown in trade growth among advanced economies in the post-crisis period can be explained by weak economic activity, especially sluggish business investment.

«In recent quarters, weaker foreign demand has dampened business investment, and low oil prices have weighed on energy - related investment, both of which have typically led to slower PDFP growth.

The weakness in the U.S. dollar is essentially a reflection of very weak demand conditions in the U.S., both for goods, and for U.S. security investments by foreigners.

«The expectations were low already, so when you think about JPMorgan — and this also relates to Bank of America and Citigroup — JPM met or slightly exceeded expectations, but the macroeconomic environment is weak, and that really bled through into some of the investment banking results.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

Because China begins the process with the highest investment level in history, the extent of the transformation must exceed that of any other case, and it must occur at a time when weak Chinese demand is compounded by weak global demand, thereby reducing productive investment opportunities for the private sector.

In a context of continued weak investment at the global level, any additional uncertainty has the potential to keep businesses on the sidelines longer.

The value - conscious, historically - informed, risk - managed, full - cycle discipline of the Funds is intended to achieve long - term investment returns, while reducing sensitivity to general market fluctuations in conditions that have historically been associated with weak or negative market return / risk profiles.

There was a weaker correlation between the ability to trade (daily trading volume, issue size and frequency of zero - trading days) and credit spreads for both investment - grade and high - yield markets.

The weaker profile for business investment suggests that, in the near term, growth in potential output is more likely to be in the lower part of the Bank's range of estimates.

Nouriel Roubini, one of a handful of economists said to have foreseen the financial crisis, counts 10 things that could cause trouble, if they aren't doing so already, including the bursting of asset - price bubbles, unusually weak business investment, and extreme income inequality.

GDP growth was relatively weak, as was business investment (as distinct of course from housing over-investment).

The downward revision reflects further downgrades of business investment plans in the energy sector, as well as weaker - than - expected exports of non-energy commodities and non-commodities.

As the Canadian economy contends with softer than expected exports, weak business investment and effects of the Alberta wildfires, real GDP growth in 2016 is forecast to be 1.4 per cent...

To ensure sustainable growth, it needs to reduce the dependence on exports and fixed asset investment and to increase domestic consumption — but the rate of consumption growth remains weak.

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

Cap - ex is weak but this is a function of depressed cash flow in the resource sectors that drove the prior run - up in investment spending.

2016.06.10 Canadian economic activity erratic through 2016: RBC Economics As the Canadian economy contends with softer than expected exports, weak business investment and effects of the Alberta wildfires, real GDP growth in 2016 is forecast to be 1.4 per cent...

A weaker dollar is beneficial to oil and other dollar - denominated commodities, as it makes them cheaper to holders of other currencies, broadening their investment appeal.

They know that a system of paying for transactions, advice in the form of product recommendations, obscure disclosure of costs, and weak reporting benefit the investment industry more than investors.

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While insurance sector M&A has cooled off after a bumper 2015 due to what many players see as over-inflated valuations, soft insurance markets, increasing competition, higher claims and weak investment yields are putting profitability under pressure, meaning that M&A remains a possible source of growth according to Credit Suisse.

While a rising dollar hurts the near - term performance of non-U.S. investments (when translated back into dollar terms), over longer timeframes weaker foreign currencies can improve the competitiveness of businesses outside of the U.S..

«I turn down many otherwise down attractive investments because of their weak balance sheets, and I believe that this discipline is a material reason for our success over the years.»

As referenced above, Kite is not immune to weaker tenants like Toys - R - Us and Bed, Bath, & Beyond; however, many of Kit's top tenants are investment grade - rated:

Although investment has been weak, the investment intentions data imply that most of the decline in business investment has already occurred.

On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.

They confirmed, at that point, a picture of very strong business investment; declining government investment, as earlier fiscal stimulus is unwound; relatively flat dwelling investment; and weak commercial construction.

Credit Suisse was one of the worst performers for the quarter due to a weaker investment banking environment and because of negative comments about Credit Suisse in the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) recent annual Financial Stability report.

Though these times are frustrating for our shareholders — and, remember, that includes all of the portfolio managers — these periods of weak performance have been opportunities for additional investment rather than reasons to give up on our investment philosophy.

Through most of this recovery, the weakest component of demand in non-Japan Asia has been investment.