Sentences with phrase «slower economic growth as»

Gold markets, in other words, could be forecasting slower economic growth as a result of higher borrowing costs.

Not exact matches

Also, while consumer debt is falling and corporate debt is not yet at crisis levels, keep in mind that government debt has skyrocketed — ironically, as a response to slow growth in the global economic system.

The bank cited the prospect of slower economic growth in Canada brought about by lower oil prices as one reason for moderating the rate.

Alibaba's sales data have been closely watched as a gauge of Chinese consumption as economic growth slows.

Federal spending cuts scheduled to begin next week would slow economic growth in the next year, though not nearly as much as going over the fiscal cliff might have, economists say.

In January the International Monetary Fund said China's economic growth would top 6.6 percent in 2018, but it could now drop by as much as 0.5 percent if these tariffs are imposed — and it could slow even further if a global trade war truly heats up.

Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth recorded in Canada this past year, the SEPH is likely telling the more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»

The report noted that many policymakers see weak credit growth generally in the global economy as a primary reason behind the slow economic recovery.

While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across the country.»

Slower growth — a function of structural changes such as an aging society — means economic slack created in the last recession is being eroded at a sluggish pace.

The banks demonstrated that their personal and commercial loans businesses are still solid, even as expectations point to consumer lending growth slowing in the coming quarters amid persistent economic weakness.

Expect the Federal Reserve to raise its interest rate targets once between now and then — but only once, as U.S. economic growth stays steady but slow, while inflation and wage growth also remain modest.

Slow economic growth, increasing extreme weather events and volatility in capital markets made the insurance business tumultuous in recent years, with employees facing upheaval in their day - to - day roles as well as layoffs.

«China's economic growth has slowed over the past few years... but economic growth has rebounded this year, with GDP reaching 6.9 % in the first half, and may achieve 7 % in the second half,» Zhou was quoted as saying at the G30 International Banking Seminar in Washington on Sunday.

Chapter 2 looks at efforts by policymakers to revive weak credit growth, which has been seen by many as a primary reason behind the slow economic recovery.

The trend worries economists because new businesses play a vital role in creating jobs, improving productivity and spurring economic growth; some researchers believe the decline in entrepreneurship, and in other measures of economic dynamism such as labor mobility, could be part of the reason the U.S. has experienced such a slow bounceback from the past two recessions.

The structural deficit will subsequently grow larger as a result of slowing potential economic growth and pressures on program expenses resulting from an ageing population.

Stimulus spending ensured that the downturn wasnâ $ ™ t as severe as it could have been and growth was stronger coming right out of the recession, but since then government austerity has slowed economic growth, putting us behind the even the 1990s recovery (see chart below).

Analysts are still expecting China's economic growth to slow later in the year, however, as a cooling property market weighs on demand for building materials from cement to steel.

In fact I suspect the reason credit growth in the past year or two has not slowed nearly as sharply as it should, or as sharply as required by the economic analysis implicit in the Third Plenum reform proposals, is precisely because of the expected impact of meaningful credit constraint on GDP growth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened in September as exports hit a five - month low, a sign that slowing global demand could undercut economic growth in the fourth quarter.

China's biggest lenders are in the midst of a revival, posting faster profit growth and generally healthier net interest margins after years of rising bad debt as economic growth slowed down.

In other words, just accept slower economic and employment growth for the next several years as inevitable.

Asia / Pacific, which had been a source of growth in recent years, has turned into a sore spot for the company, as that region's economic growth has slowed.

Of course it matters to anyone who wants to understand the economic cost of the adjustment, but arguments about whether the reported data are overstated, and by how much, have become part of the bull vs bear debate about whether Chinese growth is merely slowing temporarily, and not as part of a major economic reversal of the growth model.

If economic growth and job creation continue to slow, as they surely will, and the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, as it surely will, we have only the private sector to blame.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

As I observed in February (see Market Action Suggests Abrupt Slowing in Global Economic Growth):

Despite steady demand from employers and brisk economic growth recently, average monthly job gains slowed from 187,000 in 2016 as the 4.1 % unemployment rate meant fewer available workers.

Shorter - term yields in Canada are also forecast to increase in 2014 as a strengthening in economic growth, tightening labour market conditions and accelerating wage growth fuel a steady, albeit slow, increase in inflation.

To some extent, stock market action also implies expectations for slower economic growth, though interest rate signals, such as a flat yield curve, are more suggestive of slow growth than stock market action is, and we've yet to see a substantial widening of credit spreads that would suggest imminent recession.

Until we see more pro-growth stimulus and structural reforms (especially in the labor market), we think QE will serve more as an economic stabilizer than a solution for Europe's chronically slow growth.

Those folks have been entering retirement for the past few years, and potential economic growth has been slowing as a direct result.

In the medium term, we still see underlying global economic conditions as indicative of slow but steady growth.

Now, as economic growth slows and the country's financial coffers move from surplus to deficit, Angola is rethinking its dependence on «black gold.»

With debt already higher as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than at any time other than the aftermath of World War II, this new debt is likely to slow economic growth and hasten the country's fiscal deterioration.

But the Chinese economic data for March — such as weaker growth in industrial output and investment - is suggesting that momentum is slowing.

The world economic growth will slow to 1 % in 2009 down from 2.5 % this year as the financial crisis disrupts and the world economic growth may even narrow if stimulus packages prove too little too late, a U.N. report noted.

While, it's not clear whether the growth and deficit targets are achievable, it is clear that keeping the growth target the same as last year means the government is not interested in risking slower growth by advancing economic reforms more rapidly.

As a sidenote, statistically, periods of slower economic growth do tend to be correlated with higher, not lower, inflation (a result that follows from the «monetary exchange equation»).

Secular stagnation and the slow growth and financial instability associated with it have political as well as economic consequences.

And if the economy is not entering a recession, then most certainly it is entering an extended period of slow economic growth, as a result of both external and internal economic developments.

Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.

Euro - area economic growth slowed in the first quarter, posing a challenge for the European Central Bank as it contemplates paring back monetary stimulus measures.

At worst, CBO finds the cost of a tax cut would increase as higher debt slowed economic growth.

As we saw in the months following The Great Recession, when economic growth slowed abruptly, the Fed moved to jumpstart the economy by lowering its target for the federal funds rate.

Asian stock markets fell Thursday as weaker - than - expected orders for U.S. durable goods, falling commodities prices and signs of slower economic growth in Britain kept investors at bay.

India just cut its interest rates for the first time in three years, as it used this same monetary policy (lowering interest rates) to counteract slowing economic growth.

Japan's Economic Growth Slows as Business Spending Slumps — GDP misses estimates and now there is even more evidence that the Abeonomics plan is not what it was cracked up to be.

This was a welcome development for Metals & Mining equities, as metal prices have been under pressure for most of 2011 and 2012, largely, we suspect, due to concerns about a recession in Europe, slowing growth in key emerging markets, especially China, and the sluggish pace of economic recovery at home.