Sentences with phrase «overall weak economy»

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«We expect a stronger dollar and weaker growth abroad, most notably in Europe, will take a greater toll on the trade balance and overall growth in the economy,» said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago.

Beijing probably needed to do this for good political reasons — I suspect that there are many who would have strongly opposed a very weak ending for the Hu - Wen period of government — but the longer they keep this up, the worse the overall adjustment will be, and it will be politics that determines how quickly they can return to a real rebalancing of the economy.

This economic impact works in opposition to the interest rate risk they face: rising rates, which are bad for bonds generally, usually accompany a strong economy, which is good for high - yield bonds; falling rates, which are good for bonds overall, usually accompany a weak economy, which is bad for high - yield bonds.

While investment in the energy sector now appears to be stabilizing after a painful adjustment to the decline in oil and other commodity prices that began in 2014, overall business investment in the economy remains weak.

Things within the industry may change as a result — a shakeout of weaker players, perhaps, and a renewed focus on the most profitable customers — but overall the credit card industry remains a major player in the U.S. economy.

But the eurozone economy is still weak overall and recovering only slowly from years of financial crises and recessions.

The Italian economy has been even weaker than France and Germany, showing little overall growth in the year to the December quarter.

Quinn, for her part, said she supports the overall concept of Paid Sick Leave, but not the current version of the bill, because of the city's weak economy.

This can be tricky, because sometimes the economy is weak but the housing sector is booming, and raising the interest rate can harm the overall economy.

This is somewhat ironic, once again, b / c rates are so low now b / c the economy is relatively weak overall, and b / c the last time the Fed «increased rates,» long term rates ended up falling.

This is somewhat ironic, once again, b / c rates are so low now b / c the economy is relatively weak overall, -LSB-...]

Job creation was very low, signaling that the economy is very weak overall.