Sentences with phrase «slows the rate of growth in»

Contractionary monetary policy slows the rate of growth in the money supply or outright decreases the money supply in order to control inflation; while sometimes necessary, contractionary monetary policy can slow economic growth, increase unemployment and depress borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses.

«But, it is true that we have been slowing rate of growth in our spending, though not reducing it year to year,» she said.

The Case - Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices, rose at a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of 2.6 % in May, the slowest rate of growth in the past 11 months.

Not exact matches

Earnings would still be at record highs, but the rate of growth in earnings (the delta, as quants like to say) is slowing.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, missing analysts» target with the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

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

Shipping, which has been hit by years of overcapacity and slow economic growth, saw early signs of a turnaround in early 2017, but freight rates fell in the second half.

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.

Vodafone, the world's second - biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate of growth in its international business division had slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT last week.

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.

The strong close to 2004 has resulted in higher stock valuations in the face of rising interest rates and slower earnings growth.

However, growth in the classic car market is slowing, in part due to fears of a potential interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve and a downturn in global liquidity.

«The failure to deliver tax reform and the slower relative growth likely keep us on the path of gradual normalization in interest rate policy,» said the analysts, who see the S&P 500 falling to 2,550 from its Monday close of 2,572.83.

«Business cycles do not succumb to age alone but rather to a confluence of factors like falling corporate profit margins, slowing productivity growth, and a sharp rise in real policy rates into positive territory.»

In the wake of an ever - changing World Wide Web, another emerging trend is the increasingly slowed growth rate of Google searches conducted each year.

Starting in 1999, the rate of growth of the Canadian money supply increased and stayed high first due to a catch - up effect of past slow growth (1999 - 2000).

[After Carter] Reagan came in and did a lot of things, including cutting tax rates — both corporate and personal tax rates — tried to slow the growth of regulation that was strangling business.

After years of downward forecast revisions that strained the central bank's credibility, the Fed finally settled in 2016 on expectations that maybe the economy's growth rate would not exceed 2 %, having been permanently affected by the Great Recession, slowed by changing demographics, or a combination of the two.

«While overall price growth slowed, gains in core price measures remained firm, leaving the Bank of Canada on track to lift interest rates two more times this year,» Alicia Macdonald, the Conference Board of Canada's principal economist, said in a statement.

«We are in what we believe are the final stages of the recovery, which naturally leads to slower growth rates,» Schuster said.

«Leading indicators suggest that domestic demand will continue to perform strongly in the second half of the year, but we think the quarter - on - quarter run - rate in headline GDP (gross domestic product) growth will slow to 0.4 percent - to - 0.5 percent quarter - on - quarter,» Claus Vistesen, chief euro zone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in an email.

«Beyond the near - term, a return to a more cautious communication strategy and pace of interest rate increases is expected in light of the headwinds facing Canada,» including slow inflation growth, Toronto - Dominion Bank Senior Economist Brian DePratto said in a research note.

The sector isn't devoid of challenges: Canada's banks are contending with an ongoing low - interest - rate environment, slower consumer lending growth and weakness in the securities business.

Slower price growth could also offset the impact of rising interest rates and slow the erosion in affordability.

The refinance boom dropped off last year around the same time lenders were adjusting to the QM rule, which made the rate of growth in origination slower when compared to the pace of 2013.

Finally, in a nominal GDP targeting regime, a decline in r - star caused by slower trend growth automatically leads to a higher rate of trend inflation, providing a larger buffer to respond to economic downturns.

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.

Rising interest rates might cause prices to slow in growth (and yes, cash buyers won't care, so an AirBnB IPO might create a lot of new cash buyers).

The fashionable view at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere when Yellen took office in 2014 was that growth was slow despite very low interest rates because of «headwinds» — transitory factors associated with the financial crisis that would soon recede.

The slow growth in wages is putting a strain on household budgets and contributing to low rates of inflation.

Gross called the rate of return, discovered by Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel, a «historical freak, a mutation likely never to be seen again» in a «New Normal economy» in which GDP growth is «slowing significantly.»

If labor mobility in China slows dramatically, growth rates in different parts of the country would diverge even more than they have already, rather than converge.

The slowing in 2015 results from a further decline in the growth of trend labour input coupled with no change in the growth rate of trend labour productivity.

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.

Second in an era of extraordinarily low interest rates and slow growth, it is becoming increasingly clear that progressives do best when they reject austerity and embrace public investment.

Negative conditions in the general economy both in the United States and abroad, including conditions resulting from financial and credit market fluctuations and terrorist attacks in the United States, Europe or elsewhere, could cause a decrease in corporate spending on enterprise software in general and slow down the rate of growth of our business.

In China and other major emerging economies, growth has slowed somewhat more than expected, though there are signs of stabilization around current growth rates -LRB-...)

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The PBO identified four key downside risks to the private sector forecast: global growth, especially in the U.S. could be slower than anticipated; the appreciation of the Canadian dollar could adversely affect exports; sovereign debt issues in Europe could restrain recovery there and put upward pressure on global interest rates; and the high level of household debt in Canada could restrain domestic demand.

As the image below demonstrates, the overall rate of growth in coal production also began to slow down before the drop observed in 2014:

In the trouble spots, some of the emerging markets have seen a growth rate that has slowed substantially in China, Brazil, India, and RussiIn the trouble spots, some of the emerging markets have seen a growth rate that has slowed substantially in China, Brazil, India, and Russiin China, Brazil, India, and Russia.

Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

In turn, this decline is being driven primarily by the aging of our population, which is slowing the rate of growth of the labour force.

2018.03.12 Canada's economy expected to slow in 2018, amid looming interest rates hikes and lower consumer spending After a year of rapid growth, the Canadian economy is expected to slow in 2018 amid the prospect of rising interest rates and lower consumer spending, according to the latest RBC Economic Outlook...

In Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demanIn Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demanin 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demanin 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.

After a year of rapid growth, the Canadian economy is expected to slow in 2018 amid the prospect of rising interest rates and lower consumer spending, according to the latest RBC Economic Outlook...

It is true that China's economy is slowing down, but lower growth rate in the country should not be a reason for global concern since the pace of growth is «as much by design as by accident,» noted the article, written by British businessman Martin Gilbert, who is the founder and CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management.

The company's automotive OEM segment has consistently generated growth in excess of industry growth — the segment's organic revenue growth was 9 % in the quarter compared to 6 % for global car build growth — so if China's automotive production growth slows then Illinois Tool Work's automotive OEM growth rate is likely to slow significantly too.

Other data last week showed that while U.S. economic growth slowed to an annualized rate of 2.3 percent in the first quarter, wages and salaries shot up 0.9 percent during the same period.