Sentences with phrase «point from economic growth»

The damage and production shutdowns caused by the wildfire that razed Fort McMurray could subtract more than a percentage point from economic growth in the second quarter, the central bank said.

Not exact matches

From his point of view, earnings growth for the year will be moderate and a choppier stock market could hurt the stock, which is sensitive to economic ups and downs.

Recent economic data point to some growth firming, inflation remains hard to find and long - term rates are up by barely 10 basis points (bps) from where they started the year, according to data accessible via Bloomberg.

Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year ago, versus expectations of a 3.0 percent rise, while annual industrial production (IP) growth in January and February combined at 9.9 percent was the lowest since October 2012 - the starting point of China's nascent economic recovery.

We expect the tax bill to offer moderate economic stimulus — various estimates suggest it could add 0.3 to 0.4 points to real GDP growth annually — primarily through increased corporate investment in response to the higher after - tax return on investment resulting from the lower 21 % corporate tax rate.

And our BlackRock GPS, which combines traditional economic indicators with big data signals such as Internet searches, still points to above - trend growth as the global economy transitions from catchup to steady expansion.

China has managed to meet the GDP growth target of 6.7 percent, the level of economic activity presumably needed to keep unemployment from rising, only by increasing total debt by a frightening amount equal to a 40 — 45 percentage points of GDP.

As my colleague Dylan Matthews points out, it's a bit of a strange argument, because even if a new NAFTA boosted US economic growth, funds for the wall would still come from US taxpayers.

Central bank policymakers also pointed to «solid rates» of growth in consumer spending and business investment, while eliminating a reference from their previous statement warning a global economic slowdown could sap U.S. economic strength.

Conservative spokesmen have pointed to the «trickling down» of the benefits of economic growth as the ultimate solution to racial problems; they have at times seemed to court the support of segregationist elements; and they remain at this late date without a positive program of action aimed at narrowing the yawning chasm separating the black poor from the rest of the nation.

A United Nations report released Sunday said that governments must act faster to keep global warming in check and that a radical shift from fossil fuels to low - carbon energy such as wind, solar or nuclear power would shave only about 0.06 of a percentage point a year off world economic growth.

Announcing the measures, Clegg is expected to highlight his party's plans to protect education spending for those aged between two and 19 in real terms until 2017 - 18, from which point the Lib Dems would increase spending in line with economic growth.

In his final monthly report for 2014, David Bakkegaard Karsbøl sees the potential for European economic growth to improve fairly rapidly from its current low point, with signs of improved competitiveness for European companies.

One - year returns do not mean that this fund - or the Brazilian economy, for that matter - will repeat that same performance this year or at any point in the future, but it does illustrate the potential for explosive growth in certain international markets as recovery from the global economic crisis continues.

This week started off with a proclamation from the IMF that U.S. and global economic growth is actually expected to be weaker; the IMF economists dropped the projected growth to 3.4 %, down 200 basis points from their October forecast.

When the Heartland Institute held its gathering in New York City last year celebrating climate skepticism, Exxon Mobil made a point of saying it had stopped contributing money to that group, explaining that it did not want to support groups «whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»

Change a single decimal point on one of the hundreds of interrelated ecological or economic inputs — faster - than - expected emissions from China, melting tundra, diminished albedo, slower rates of deforestation, faster economic growth — and voila!

Eventually, Obama out - pointed Nixon: big deficits, high unemployment, low economic growth, support from and support for select big donors, perversion of IRS, etc..

Even a point or two knocked off worldwide economic growth means hundreds of trillions of dollars in lost annual GDP a century from now (2 % growth yields a world economy of $ 450 trillion in a century.

New EPA Chief Scott Pruitt and the rest of the Trump economic team need to recognize that the RSF point of obligation and the ethanol mandate tax actually represent a net loss to the economy, subtracting from growth.

According to an economic analysis within Sunday's report, an investment to stop climate change will only knock 0.06 percentage points off the world's annualized economic growth rate from now till the end of the century.

The Sticking Point Solution: 9 Ways to Move Your Business from Stagnation to Stunning Growth in Tough Economic Times by Jay Abraham

«The data from the past month collectively point to decelerating economic growth, but growth nonetheless,» says Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan.

This modest growth path combined with the real GDP growth rate during the recovery from 2009 to this point of 2.2 percent annualized give credence to claims that the recovery's slow pace has become the «new normal,» according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group.