Sentences with phrase «on overall economic activity»
«There are increased signs that the housing recovery is now on a more sustainable path, though its impact on overall economic activity will remain relatively modest at best over the near - term,» said Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York.
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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.
-- 65 percent on economic activity and business development — 20 percent on local impact and siting factors — 15 percent on workforce and overall societal factors.
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.
Previously, the emphasis has been on changes in energy demand as determined by changes in overall economic activity.
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.
If residential investment — which encompasses all direct spending on residential real estate construction and activity — returns to its 1997 level over the next two years, then housing will boost overall economic growth by 0.5 percentage points in 2013 and 2014,» Stiff continues.
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.