Sentences with phrase «slower economic growth on»

There would also be an additional $ 1.5 billion from the contingency reserve; however, some of this could be used up by the impact of slower economic growth on revenues and employment insurance benefits.

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On a macroeconomic level, the Scorecard survey found health care, slow economic growth, and repercussions from the federal budget are still major concerns.

In the U.K., economic growth slowed to a one - year low of 0.3 percent from 0.7 percent in the last three months of 2016, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.

«There's no reason to think that the pace of economic growth today is excessive and needs to be slowed because of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not economic growth today is excessive and needs to be slowed because of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not to hike.

Mark Grant, B. Riley FBR managing director, shares his thoughts on how Federal Reserve policy is slowing economic growth.

Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said on Friday some new policies could help economic growth and others might slow it down.

«Slower economic growth, pressure on employment and a squeeze on spending power, together with affordability constraints, are expected to reduce housing demand during 2017.

The global financial crisis initially slammed the brakes on the nation's economic expansion, wiping out about 20 million export - related jobs — this in a country where anything under 8 % growth is generally considered to be too slow for social comfort.

Interviews were conducted before the announcement on April 28 that weak consumer spending had slowed economic growth to a three - year low.

It could be that the prospects for continued slow economic growth at home and the gloomy economic picture globally are weighing on them.

TD's Alexander also thinks housing starts will slow next year and in 2014, which will affect the construction industry and weigh on our economic growth.

Brent crude slipped below $ 114 a barrel on Wednesday morning on increasing evidence of slowing global economic growth.

That's the sharpest growth since 2011, when luxury sales started to be hit by slower economic growth and a fierce crackdown on corruption.

«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.

Coupled with other bumps on the road (think the eurozone crisis and slow global growth) the overall effect, he added, «has been economic growth around 2 percent, and only a very gradual improvement in labor markets.»

«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.

The action also recognizes a slowing Eurozone economic recovery, and will surely rekindle fears of its consequences on growth.

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.

So, it's not surprising that amid slowing economic growth, central banks are scooping out even more stimulus on top of their years of quantitative easing (QE) programs and aggressive rate cuts.

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.

Their studies were the basis of much of the austerity movement in Europe and the US, based on their claim that debt - to - GDP ratios over 90 % are linked to much slower economic growth.

Slowing economic growth is adding to expectations that the renminbi will weaken, prompting Beijing to clamp down on persistent capital outflows.

Concerns are already high that slowing economic growth and persistent capital outflows are putting pressure on Beijing to let its currency weaken.

China's economic growth rate might slow a little, but this is simply the consequence of China's having gotten much closer to the capital frontier, in which case a lower return on investment should be accepted.

Eventually China's decade - long binge on debt will cause some serious indigestion that could slow global economic growth.

Minister Flaherty had done an excellent job of pre-conditioning on what to expect: a commitment to eliminate the deficit by 2015 - 16; no new «risky» spending; some funding for infrastructure and skills training; and further restraint measures to offset revenue losses due to slower economic growth in 2013.

Advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis report on Friday showed that the U.S. economy slowed more than expected in the fourth quarter, rendering the annual GDP 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.»

Economic research on employer payroll taxes finds that their ultimate burden is shifted over several years to employees — via slower growth in wages and salaries.

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.

On the other side of the debate, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has argued that requiring employers to pay higher CPP premiums would cost jobs at a time of slow economic growth.

The second quarter was dominated by volatility brought on by macro fears largely surrounding Europe and the eurozone economic situation, but slower growth in the U.S. and the emerging markets also weighed in on people's fears.

Despite this, many observers expected tapering to start in September 2013, and the fact it didn't was blamed on weak economic data and the fear of growth being slowed by the oncoming government shutdown and debt ceiling discussion.

First, if growth did not recover and surprise on the upside (in which case high asset prices would be justified), eventually slow growth would dominate the levitational effects of liquidity and force asset prices lower, in line with weaker economic fundamentals.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- Euro zone economic growth will slow this year and next from a peak expansion in 2017, the European Commission forecast on Thursday, underlining the need to quickly implement euro zone reforms while the expansion is still strong.

Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and some slowing in export growth are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters.

I mentioned above that the IMF released its World Economic Outlook and has downgraded growth expectations based on Japan, the Euro Zone, and most Emerging Markets slowing while the pace of growth in the United States is generally positive, but questionable as Quantitative Easing is set to end.

Slower but more sustainable, economic growth in China will benefit the world in the long - term, the head of the IMF said on Tuesday.

In addition given the prospects of continuing slow growth the focus should be on initiatives to strengthen economic growth.

The current cycle has consistently shown us the slowest quarterly GDP growth on record for a continuous economic expansion cycle.

Even if China's debt and real estate bubbles don't pop, resulting in a global recession, slowing economic growth from China could have a detrimental effect on long - term energy prices and result in prolonged weakness in the entire energy sector, including oil services suppliers such as U.S. Silica.

«TPP withdrawal will slow U.S. [economic] growth, cost American jobs, & weaken U.S. standing in Asia / world,» said Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said in a tweet early Monday.

Many environmentalists also support the idea as a way of putting lipstick on policies that could slow down economic growth.

The resulting load shedding program has, unfortunately, slowed growth and is taking a steep toll on economic and social life.

It could also be different if it coincides with importunate military pressures or pressures on the currency that preclude slower - paced adjustment (as in 1931 or 1950), or if it takes place in the context of an external bailout that cuts across the normal electoral cycle (as with the US bailout of the Attlee government in 1949, the IMF bailout of 1976 or the more recent Eurozone bailouts), or in a context of no or very low economic growth over a prolonged period.

Analyst said the drop, after four months of gains, was another worrisome sign of slower economic growth that could have an impact on the November elections.

Although some key economic indicators suggest an improving economy, property tax growth is slow and the pressure remains on local governments to do more with less.»

«Slow but steady economic growth has produced additional funds for the City budget, but signs of a potential slowdown are on the horizon,» Comptroller Stringer said.

«Social and economic equality empowers societies to engage in sustainable pathways, which includes, by the way, not only the sustainable use of natural resources but also slowing down population growth, to actively diminish the human footprint on the environment.»