Sentences with phrase «sluggish economic»

However, Moore did express concern about REITs that focus heavily on ground - up development because they could find it challenging to secure tenants in this sluggish economic climate.

Continued low interest rates are driving the key global housing markets, in spite of relatively sluggish economic growth and heightened financial market volatility.

However, if you are seeking employment during sluggish economic times or in a profession where competition for employment is stiff, you may experience a discouraging amount of rejection.

Under the tutelage of Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and later Federal Reserve chairman, Ford was persuaded that the most pressing problems were unemployment and sluggish economic growth, not inflation.

The Federal Reserve has maintained its stimulus program in full through 2013, citing still - sluggish economic data as a reason to keep buying $ 85 billion in bonds per month.

Amid the sluggish economic recovery, investor expectations for future inflation have also moderated, but perhaps by too much.

Looking forward, these sorts of abrupt swings in financial markets are likely to continue, amid sluggish economic growth, rising interest rates, high valuations and geopolitical uncertainties.

As my colleague Russ Koesterich points out in a recent post, economic data was mixed over the first quarter, with sluggish economic growth, a soft jobs report and weak manufacturing reports leading to diminishing consensus around company earnings.

For 2013 health care spending growth is projected to remain under 4 percent because of the sluggish economic recovery, continued increases in cost - sharing requirements for the privately insured, and slow growth for Medicare and Medicaid spending.

During a debate over the consolidation held at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs this spring, Consensus representatives painted a grim picture: Syracuse is facing sluggish economic development and high poverty rates coupled with a fleeing population.

However, continuing sluggish economic growth and declines in mining and heavy industry weakened his base of support and, although Baldwin was supportive of Labour politicians forming minority governments at Westminster, his government also saw the General Strike in 1926 and the 1927 Trades Disputes Act to curb the powers of trade unions.

In his introductory remark, Byrne painted a grim picture that Syracuse faces: sluggish economic development, fleeing population, high tax and rising level of poverty.

Republicans said raising the minimum wage would dampen a sluggish economic recovery and cost jobs.

The Comptroller's numbers show that the already sluggish economic recovery in New York is losing momentum.

Many won't forget the stellar equity global equity market returns in 2013 of over 30 % in many parts of the world in the face of sluggish economic growth.

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.

The slowdown in foreign investment can be attributed in part to sluggish economic growth in Europe, China's slowing economy and geopolitical risks in various emerging markets.

Looking forward, these sorts of abrupt swings in financial markets are likely to continue, amid sluggish economic growth, rising interest rates, high valuations and geopolitical uncertainties.

Even so, today's sluggish economic recovery and high unemployment levels mean companies are under less pressure to keep employees happy, and under more pressure to boost profits.

The decision to maintain its stimulus follows reports of sluggish economic growth.

Amid high unemployment and sluggish economic growth, the enthusiasm just wasn't there, Team Obama kept hearing.

Small - business owners are optimistic about the next quarter, even while still mired in sluggish economic conditions, according to a new survey by payroll - processing firm SurePayroll.

Hershey (HSY) cut its full - year revenue forecast again earlier this summer, and also announced a round of layoffs, as sales continue to shrink in the increasingly health - conscious U.S. and the company's efforts to boost sales in China have faltered amid that country's sluggish economic growth.

Monetary policy can't stimulate growth any further, so the country's economic authorities need to accept the status quo and work to manage the fallout from sluggish economic recovery, according to the think - tank.

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The sluggish growth gripping the world isn't just harmful because it hurts economic output.

The OECD, in a 2007 economic outlook assessment, singled out the U.S. as having an especially sluggish rate of business investment, even several years into the post-dot-com-bust recovery.

But many economists warn the stimulus could give the sluggish economy only a temporary jolt if the government fails to follow through with politically more difficult economic reforms.

«The reality is that the U.K.'s economic performance is likely to be stable but sluggish, businesses can not rely on the macroeconomy to drive growth,» he added.

The recent drop in oil prices has Todd Hirsch, ATB Financial's chief economist, predicting a mild recession for Alberta this year and a sluggish recovery next year after forecasting in June that the province would avoid such an economic decline.

The second condition for declining rates will likely be satisfied too: housing unit sales have now been declining for months, unemployment has remained stubbornly high, and economic growth is still sluggish.

Inflation has been running below target, recent economic growth has been sluggish, and the housing sector has been tapped out as a source of growth.

If the consumer doesn't believe that the economic and employment expansion we are seeing is built to last, it could become a self fulfilling prophecy driven by sluggish consumer spending.

For the rest of 2012, it means an economic recovery far more sluggish than it has any need to be.

Like the rest of Europe, Italy has endemic problems: A north - south divide and economic divergence, corruption and bureaucracy as well as troubles with migration, anti-establishment politics and a political system that is sluggish at best, and chaotic at worst.

Amid this volatile economic climate, small business owners may be facing a number of challenges, such as holding too much inventory or sluggish receivables, which can send a business's cash flow into the red.

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.

A lot of Canadian businesses are eagerly awaiting this economic stimulus amid an otherwise sluggish environment.

Speaking to an Economic Club of Canada audience in Toronto on June 29, the Nobel laureate admitted that the outcome of the current situation involving a sluggish U.S. economy and a wobbly Eurozone was difficult to foresee, save for Greece.

Fears of seeming «political» during a presidential election year, sluggish growth in the Eurozone and a slowdown of the Chinese economic juggernaut will also keep Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Markets Committee from pulling the trigger more often; their vacillation will be one of the year's longest - running (and least loved) dramas.

The economic meltdown and sluggish recovery have led many economists and policy - makers to do some soul - searching lately.

The IMF's October, 2012 World Economic Outlook (WEO), «Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth» is a must read for anyone who wants a realistic and independent assessment of global economic prospects, the challenges confronting policymakers, and the risks to global economic growth that are increasing by thEconomic Outlook (WEO), «Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth» is a must read for anyone who wants a realistic and independent assessment of global economic prospects, the challenges confronting policymakers, and the risks to global economic growth that are increasing by theconomic prospects, the challenges confronting policymakers, and the risks to global economic growth that are increasing by theconomic growth that are increasing by the month.

Recent work at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere shows that about half of the slowdown in trade growth among advanced economies in the post-crisis period can be explained by weak economic activity, especially sluggish business investment.

«Since the economic recovery has been sluggish and episodic, retailers can come to this season with strategies to not go promotional, but it only takes one or two to begin going promotional (to disrupt their strategies),» said Barr.

An undeveloped legal system, sluggish bureaucracy and poor labor productivity have deterred foreign investment and frustrated many Saudi economic plans in the past.

Our BlackRock Macro GPS economic indicator implies consensus gross domestic product forecasts for the G7 appear too low, even if the growth outlook remains sluggish.

They're baby steps, though, given the sluggish pace of economic growth and the uncertainty around Donald Trump's plans.

U.S. economic growth has remained sluggish throughout the recovery, which officially began in mid-2009, but job growth has been fairly steady for more than three years.

Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae said the government is trying to persuade Canadians that it's a prudent economic manager, when it's actually trying to hide what's unfolding in Canada, including sluggish growth, huge deficits and major government cuts.

Copper also responds fairly directly to the level of economic activity, and it too signals a sluggish global economy.

Growth has been extraordinarily sluggish in the recovery from the Great Recession and has weakened in advanced countries over a longer period, leading some analysts to believe that we have entered a new economic era of small to modest growth.