Sentences with phrase «say economic growth rates»

Reform advocates say economic growth rates will plunge, undermining the ruling party's claim to power, if industries from energy to telecoms to banking that are controlled by state companies are not opened to competition.

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«I will continue to act to ensure that household debt levels are sustainable, that lenders are acting prudently, and that increases in interest rates or a housing market downturn don't put at risk the economic growth we are working so hard to accelerate,» Morneau said.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared remarks Tuesday that waiting too long to raise interest rates would be «unwise,» given the rise in inflation and economic growth.

In its spring forecast, the European Commission said it expects economic growth across the 28 - country EU to dip to 2.3 percent this year, from last year's decade - high rate of 2.4 percent.

The Fed is moving to align interest rates with solid economic growth, says Brian Jacobsen of Wells Fargo.

Ma said the environmental damage of the high rate of growth has been severe, and there are other advantages to embracing the economic slowdown.

HALIFAX — The loonie fell sharply Tuesday after Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz delivered a gloomy speech saying slow economic growth is probably the new norm, requiring central bankers to keep interest rates low during a long period of stagnation.

Since launching his campaign, the former Florida governor has said his goal is to return the U.S. economic growth rate to at least 4 percent, primarily through a tax overhaul.

It said global growth continued to be solid and broad - based, the economy was running close to its potential and stronger business investment suggested economic capacity could grow even further without lifting the inflation rate.

Comment: «Air cargo traffic remains a watch item for us as the gradual market recovery continues amid modest overall global economic growth rates,» said Dennis A. Muilenburg.

U.S. economic growth and the expectation for higher interest rates should also give the rally in the dollar more fuel, said Gina Sanchez, CEO of Chantico Global.

Although he did not disclose details, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday the lower tax rates would generate so much economic growth that it would hold the deficit in check.

«Our «rational exuberance» rests on a combination of above - trend US and global economic growth, low albeit slowly rising interest rates, and profit growth aided by corporate tax reform likely to be adopted by early next year,» Kostin said in a report for clients.

Rising rates are good for stock valuations because they reflect underlying economic growth and inflation, which are both good for profits, at least initially, Lakos - Bujas said.

The OECD noted that «short - term inflation expectations appear to be inching upwards,» and said that the Bank of Canada, which has kept interest rates to promote economic growth, «should soon resume tightening at a moderate pace.»

He said world economic growth is looking lower at a time when the Fed appears to be ready to raise interest rates while most other central banks are easing.

S&P Global Ratings Tuesday said the economic risks facing financial institutions operating in New Zealand have heightened, partly due to continued strong growth in residential property prices.

The ECB chief said Monday: «while the exchange rate was not a policy target it was important to growth,» adding that economic indicators signaled further weakness in the euro zone.

«Canada's economic growth has moderated, and the economy is operating close to capacity,» the bank said in its latest monetary policy report, which was released alongside the rate announcement.

That said, the big - picture economic themes we discussed in the beginning of the year still appear to be in place: slow - but - steady growth, low inflation and low rates.

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters)- The Bank of Canada cut its growth forecast on Wednesday and said it actively discussed adding more monetary stimulus to speed up the nation's economic recovery, surprising financial markets by shifting tone dramatically after its initial rate decision.

In saying the Fed expected «moderate» economic growth, «additional strengthening in the labor market» and inflation rising toward the central bank's annual 2 % target, Yellen appeared to be preparing financial markets for a potential rate hike after the central bank's Sept. 20 - 21 meeting.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

He has said that he is quite comfortable with economic growth of around 2 per cent or less for 2013, even though this would not reduce the unemployment rate, currently stuck at 7.2 per cent.

«By immediately lowering the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, this bill will stimulate investment, job creation and economic growth in the United States,» said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chief executive.

«The energy sector posted stronger returns in September due to a rebound in oil prices which helped lift Canadian equities, while the bond market slipped into negative territory after strong Canadian economic growth led the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates for the first time in seven years,» said James Rausch, Head of Client Coverage, Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

When, you know, people look at history and look at the traditional economic models that said, «This sort of growth, this sort of wage, you know, 4 % unemployment rate, my God, you're gonna see this sort of inflation.»

The head of the European Central Bank says recent signs of weakening economic growth are grounds for caution but not worrisome enough yet to consider changing the bank's stimulus and interest rate policy.

The Bank of England earlier this month said the resulting uncertainty is starting to affect companies» business and investment decisions, prompting it to hold interest rates steady and cut its economic growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018.

If foreign economic growth is slower than anticipated, the Fed could raise rates more slowly than otherwise, he said.

And in an interview with Fox News on Friday, Mr. Trump said that, with better trade deals, the United States should be able to lift the rate of economic growth to 5 percent or more in a few years.

The Fed's rate - setting committee also downplayed a recent slowdown in economic and job growth, saying that activity had been expanding at a moderate rate and job gains, on average, had been strong in recent months.

In a policy statement last month, Fed officials said they expect inflation «will remain subdued» and that the Fed «sees some risk that inflation could persist for a time below rates that best foster economic growth and price stability in the longer term.»

«We continue to benefit from interest rate rises and economic growth, particularly in Asia,» Mr Flint said.

If it raises rates too quickly, the bank risks choking off economic growth, falling short of its ideal inflation target of two per cent and could lead to the type of financial stability risk it's trying to avoid, he said.

Natalia Orlova, head economist at Alfa Bank, said the central bank might now take more time over interest rate cuts that could boost growth: «Based on economic logic... it seems to me that it is dangerous to hurry with a rate cut in such uncertain conditions.»

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

If ending Federal stimulus moderates the pace of economic growth, inflation fears will ease and long - term interest rates will edge back down, Hunt says.

«I think that, you know, paying a higher tax rate for higher incomes, having a million dollars be the cut - off is actually a better approach in my view, because you're retaining lower tax rates for small businesses and small businesses are such an important economic engine for growth in this country,» the state's junior senator said.

The Conservative chair of the Treasury committee, Andrew Tyrie, echoed Labour leader Ed Miliband this Saturday when he said there was no «coherent and credible plan for the long - term economic growth rate of the UK economy».

Cuomo, speaking at the downtown Strand Theatre on Wednesday, said the city contains all of the elements required to fuel economic growth, including a strong core of small businesses, a state school that acts as an idea incubator and a low corporate tax rate.

«We decided to see if we could understand, from a jobs, economic growth and emissions standpoint, what various rates of innovation in key technologies might actually produce,» he said.

And yet, India and China remain two countries where emission rates of greenhouse gases continue to rise, driven mostly by economic growth, Eltahir says.

While the first part of the 2003 - 2013 decade was truly exceptional for Latin America in economic terms — GDP growth reached a rate of 5.4 percent a year between 2003 and 2007 — 2015 has been a year of weakening performance, said Ocampo, chair of the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Committee for Developmenteconomic terms — GDP growth reached a rate of 5.4 percent a year between 2003 and 2007 — 2015 has been a year of weakening performance, said Ocampo, chair of the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Committee for DevelopmentEconomic and Social Council's Committee for Development Policy.

CO2 growth rates (CEI, p. 11): arguments about what growth rates for CO2 emissions that some models use are besides the point of what the science says about the climate sensitivity of the earth system (emissions growth rates are if anything an economic question).

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Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

TD is forecasting economic growth in the two to 2.5 per cent range in the third quarter, which Caranci says would make another rate cut from the Bank of Canada unlikely.

So provided that investors actually expect future economic growth to match historical rates of growth, investors expecting interest rates to remain say, 2 - 3 % below historical norms even another decade would still only be «justified» in bidding stock valuations 20 - 30 % above their historical norms.