Sentences with phrase «overall economic activity in»

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

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.

«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.»

Not exact matches

«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.

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.

Any stabilization in the crude oil market in coming months could provide positive support to overall economic activity,» OPEC said.

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

«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.

Leslie Appleton - Young, Chief Economist for C.A.R., said as much in the aforementioned press release: «The underlying fundamentals continue to support overall home sales growth [in California], but headwinds, such as global economic uncertainty and deteriorating housing affordability, will temper stronger sales 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.

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.

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.

Economic Recent information indicates that overall economic activity expanded in the second quarter, continues to expand, partly reflecting growth some firming in consumer household spending and eEconomic Recent information indicates that overall economic activity expanded in the second quarter, continues to expand, partly reflecting growth some firming in consumer household spending and eeconomic activity expanded in the second quarter, continues to expand, partly reflecting growth some firming in consumer household spending and exports..

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

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 costs are minimal in terms of overall economic activity.

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).

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.

Previously, the emphasis has been on changes in energy demand as determined by changes in overall economic activity.

Leslie Appleton - Young, Chief Economist for C.A.R., said as much in the aforementioned press release: «The underlying fundamentals continue to support overall home sales growth [in California], but headwinds, such as global economic uncertainty and deteriorating housing affordability, will temper stronger sales 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.

«Healthier consumer spending, housing investment and government spending growth are expected to make outsized contributions to the projected acceleration in overall economic activity,» said John Silvia, NABE president and chief economist for Wells Fargo.

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.

«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.

Housing Will Soon Be Undersupplied Taking an even more bullish outlook, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says that prospects are good for continued gains in overall economic and housing activity.

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.