Sentences with phrase «slower pace of economic growth»

Not exact matches

«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.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

Growth in consumer spending, representing two - thirds of U.S. economic activity, slid to 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2013 and following the fourth quarter's robust 4.0 percent growthGrowth in consumer spending, representing two - thirds of U.S. economic activity, slid to 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2013 and following the fourth quarter's robust 4.0 percent growthgrowth rate.

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.

Lending and growth opportunities for financials may be constrained, though, by the slow pace of the U.S. economic recovery.

Europe's debt crisis has triggered fiscal tightening that economists fear will slow the region's economic growth, in turn slowing imports from Asia and other countries and subsequently the pace of global growth.

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.

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.

But Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned that the pace of economic growth will likely be «frustratingly slow.»

This behavior has slowed the pace of overall economic growth, but it has also prevented the excesses that have led to corrections in the past.

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.

In one of its occasional assessments, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — the cowinner with Al Gore of the Nobel Peace Prize — posited a scenario in which the global economy would grow at about 2 percent a year for the next 100 years (it's growing at more than twice that pace currently) with «fragmented» and «slow» per capita economic growth and technological change.

Houston's economic recovery is happening at a slow pace, but any near - term improvement in its office market has less to do with the energy sector than growth in other industries and overall confidence in the economy, according Kevin Roberts, president of Southwest operations with real estate services firm Transwestern.

Not only will more home construction lead to a slower pace of rate hikes, it will also lead to faster economic growth.

(TNS)-- Consumers ramped up their spending in January at the fastest pace in eight months as incomes also continued to grow at a strong pace in a sign economic growth is improving after slowing at the end of last year.

Positive economic news coupled with the slower pace of price growth we are now experiencing could prompt an improvement in the demand for ownership housing, over and above the regular seasonal bump, as we move through the fall,» continued Mr. Syrianos.

This modest growth path combined with the real GDP growth rate during the recovery from 2009 to this point of 2.2 percent annualized give credence to claims that the recovery's slow pace has become the «new normal,» according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group.

«Furthermore, the mixed signals of slowing economic growth and volatility in the financial markets slightly tempered demand and contributed to the decreasing pace of sales.