Sentences with phrase «relatively tight market»

Resale activity ramped up during spring and summer and property prices generally maintained their steady upward trend, supported by relatively tight market conditions.

«Despite a relatively tight market, developers are being very selective about new and speculative construction, and we expect this market to remain strong.»

Not exact matches

Krugman said he believes the current slump is relegated to the North Atlantic and has left emerging markets relatively unscathed, save for a tighter flow of Western investment.

In addition, based on the relatively unusual combination of overbought, overbullish conditions, inflation pressures, and the like, I once again staggered our put option strikes, which results in a lower «implied interest rate» earned on our hedges, in return for tighter protection in the event of an abrupt market selloff.

The economy is operating at a high level of capacity utilisation, the labour market is relatively tight, and there have been some large increases in raw materials costs.

Additionally, most FOMC participants also saw relatively low risks of unwanted increase in inflationary pressures amid tighter labor market conditions, and there are signs that the risk management argument (asymmetrical risk with policy rate near effective lower bound) is gaining traction as well.

This is consistent with a recent increase in the ACCI - Westpac survey measure, and suggests that labour market conditions remain relatively tight.

These low rates have encouraged investors in recent months to pile on risk, taking U.S. equities markets to record highs earlier this year despite an economy that's still being slowed by relatively high unemployment, huge debt levels, and tighter government spending.

Household spending continues to grow solidly, supported by a relatively tight labour market, with the unemployment rate remaining at historically low levels.

This is consistent with other indicators pointing to relatively tight conditions in the labour market (as discussed in the chapter on «Domestic Economic Conditions»).

Household consumption continues to be a key contributor to overall growth, propelled by a relatively tight labour market and rising house prices, which are up by around 15 per cent over the past year.

The (relatively) tight labor market for low - skill workers reveals the pathologies not only of the American poor, but of an American elite who would gladly displace and replace low - skill American workers.

Despite the considerable challenges of a scientific career — relatively low pay, long hours, a very long training phase, and a tight job market — scientists say they enjoy the work.

In any case, the relatively tight range of daily returns of the S&P 500 over the first six months of 2017 meant that market timing strategies would have found it even more difficult than usual to deliver excess returns.

Thanks to relatively low unemployment, rising interest rates, a dearth of new construction, a large population of new metro residents, and tight housing inventory, Detroit, Michigan's housing market could be heading into a heated territory.

Currently, the city's markets are relatively tight.

«Rental markets are extremely tight despite the relatively strong pickup in multifamily construction,» says the Harvard report.

Overall, the tightest markets tend to be relatively small: Corvallis, Oregon (with a homeowner vacancy rate of 0.23 %), Lebanon, Pennsylvania (0.49 %), Billings, Montana (0.54 %), San Angelo, Texas (0.61 %), and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (also 0.61 %).

In the meantime, a continuing yawning supply imbalance, a weakening U.S. job market and tight lending conditions point to a prolonged period of housing market lethargy, with the risk of still lower home prices and construction, and relatively depressed sales volumes.»