Yet policymakers are wary of acting too aggressively to
slow the economy at a time when wage growth has been tepid.
BERLIN (AP)-- Industrial production in Germany dropped strongly in July, feeding worries of
a slowing economy at the start of the third quarter.
Not exact matches
But company executives acknowledge that the
economy will
at one point
slow down, so Menear is betting the investments will prepare it to win business when the tide is no longer rising to lift all boats.
Canada's
economy was due to
slow from its torrid pace
at the start of the year, and that's what is happening.
If the
economy slows because of anticipated or real higher interest rates, we won't see unemployment moving under 7 %, and then the Fed is likely to reconsider and not «taper»
at all!
If the
economy were to
slow, and the interest rates were still
at zero, the Fed wouldn't have its main tool to stimulate the
economy.
Brent Schutte, chief investment strategist
at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management, agrees the
economy is continuing to do well but said there is a fear that it is actually
slowing down.
The true cause of this situation is the fact that the global
economy is growing
at a
slow pace, and there is more money chasing safe investing opportunities than there are those opportunities.
The government forecasts the
economy will grow 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come
at the low end of the range, in danger of its
slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the
economy contracted.
The government forecasts growth of 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come
at the low end of the range, putting Malaysia in danger of its
slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the
economy contracted.
Lamborghini's SUV provides a window into what's happening
at several industries relying on China for growth even as its
economy slows.
(Now that the
economy has
slowed, some of the companies that initially scoffed
at Quartet's small volume are calling Rourke back, saying, «We'll take that $ 1,000 a month.»
«Markets are able to cope with a small rise in inflation, while any softness would be reinforce expectations that the
economy has
slowed,» said Peter Chatwell, head of rates
at Mizuho in London.
China's
economy grew
at its
slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the third quarter, reviving expectations of further stimulus to avert a stalling of the world's growth engine.
Hiring of permanent staff via British recruitment firms increased
at the
slowest pace in six months in March, with employers perturbed by Britain's approaching European Union referendum and the global
economy, a survey showed on Friday.
Tom Porcelli, Chief U.S. Economist
at RBC Capital Markets, talks about how
slowing luxury spending could be sending a warning sign for the rest of the
economy.
Said Yelena Shulyatyeva, a U.S. economist
at BNP Paribas in New York: «The growth potential for the
economy has
slowed significantly.»
«The argument is the types of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief of economic analysis
at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the
slow - growth
economy for the Fraser Institute think tank last year.
StatsCan found that although the underground
economy has grown since the last estimates in 1992, it did so
at a
slower pace than the overall
economy.
You should take a good look
at your accounts receivables aging report to determine whether customers are becoming
slower in their payments as the
economy falters.
They are the latest symptoms of the
slow - burning non-performing loan crisis that Italy will have to tackle,» Erik Jones, professor of international political
economy at Johns Hopkins University, told CNBC via email.
He also argues that millennial - driven innovation is wringing inflation out of the
economy, causing it to move higher, but
at a much
slower pace than we've historically seen.
The risk is that the
economy needs monetary policy tightened to cool prices before industrial activity and retail sales regain momentum lost last year as the Chinese
economy delivered its
slowest full year of growth since 1999,
at 7.8 percent.
Though all measures of inflation were coming down as summer turned to fall and the
economy clearly was
slowing following a July brush with $ 4 - a-gallon gasoline, the FOMC decided to hold the fed funds rate
at 2 %, concluding that «the downside risks to growth and the upside risks to inflation are both of significant concern to the committee.»
«We're in a
slow - growth
economy with high unemployment and low inflation,» said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst
at Bankrate.com.
Global market volatility persisted this week, as investors remained nervous on China's
slowing economy along with a possible interest rate increase
at the U.S. Federal Reserve's mid-September meeting.
This renewed crisis in the Eurozone comes
at a time when the European
economies appear to be
slowing down after a strong first quarter, and despite this, policy interest rate increases by the ECB are expected in the coming months.
At some point, trade would reach a new balance point in the global economy where firms had built optimal supply chains that crossed international borders, slowing the integration process, at least for the presen
At some point, trade would reach a new balance point in the global
economy where firms had built optimal supply chains that crossed international borders,
slowing the integration process,
at least for the presen
at least for the present.
These banks are under intense pressure from provincial political bosses to keep lending and help sustain big employers like state - owned enterprises,
at a time when the entire country's
economy is
slowing.
The government put China's official growth
at 6.7 percent in the last two quarters, but some economists question whether the
economy is
slowing more quickly.
At the same time, low mortgage rates can indicate that an
economy is
slow.
«You're definitely seeing the impact of the currency headwinds in the first quarter results, and also the European
economies have
slowed relative to last year,» said Will Hamlyn, investment analyst
at Manulife Asset Management.
«The volatility can actually
slow investment behaviour, and when you do that, you begin to
slow the pace
at which the
economy can potentially grow,» says Kenneth Medlock, a fellow in energy studies
at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
at Rice University.
If labor and indeed government must demand some recompense for the four decade's long downward tilting teeter - totter of wealth creation, and if GDP growth itself is
slowing significantly due to deleveraging in a New Normal
economy, then how can stocks appreciate
at 6.6 % real?
The
economy grew
at a 2.3 percent annualized pace in the first quarter,
slowing from the October - December period's 2.9 percent rate.
Last week, new government data showed the
economy ground to a near halt in the first half of the year, and on Monday, a factory activity survey showed U.S. manufacturing expanded
at its
slowest pace in two years in July.
Data showed that the U.S.
economy slowed in the first quarter as consumer spending grew
at its weakest pace in nearly five years.
At a time of
slowing economic growth, the world can ill - afford watching the largest
economies turn inward.»
At the time, the troika was credited with saving the world's financial markets from collapse and
slowing the spread of the «Asian Contagion,» a wave of financial market panic that began with the rapid devaluation of Thailand's currency and spread to other parts of Asia, Russia and Latin America, soon affecting the real
economy as well.
But
at the same time, we know there are a number of things which
slowed economies down which have been decidedly temporary, but temporary in a longer sense than normal.
But
at the same time they do not want to tighten when the
economy may be
slowing or create financial turmoil.
There's clearly been a
slowing of the Chinese
economy with the latest 1Q13 GDP reading coming in
at 7.7 % vs. 8 % expected, and the HSBC PMI index coming in
at 50 vs. expectations of 52.
«By the time 10 - year and 2 - year Treasuries reach parity, as is almost the case now, the
economy is typically
slowing and the Fed is
at or near the end of its tightening cycle.»
Capital has been fleeing China, for example, since 2012,
at first mainly in reaction to the anti-corruption campaign, but later these outflows were exacerbated by worries about the
slowing economy.
A few months after this particular conference I was back in Sydney to speak
at another conference, and after I spoke, Gerard Minack, former chief strategist
at Morgan Stanley Australia, gave his own presentation on the world
economy and, more specifically, on the
slow - turning battleship of expansion in the production of hard commodities.
China — the world's second - largest
economy — grew
at its
slowest annual pace in approximately a quarter - century in 2015, with China's stock market volatility spiking, and the renminbi sharply depreciating versus the U.S. dollar.
Among them: a currency that was dragged higher by a strengthening U.S. dollar
at a time when the
economy is
slowing.
The move is aimed
at boosting Southeast Asia's largest
economy by GDP which has been growing
at its
slowest pace in six years because of falling commodity prices and cooling growth in major trading partner China.
The New York
economy continues to expand
at a
slower pace, while prices continued creeping higher.
Stock prices are up and valuations are
at extreme levels despite faltering earnings, Fed rate hikes and a
slowing economy.