Sentences with phrase «sluggish global economy»

Big crops across the globe have contributed to a wheat glut unable to be absorbed by sluggish global economies.

At least, this is the nice, neat version of the most recent OECD report; a 160 - page analysis of how Canada is faring in this current sluggish global economy.

It's actually partly due to the sluggish global economy, which has resulted in artificially low interest rates, forcing investors who want a reasonable return into the equities markets.

Other commodity markets are behaving similarly because there is more supply than a sluggish global economy can absorb.

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

In a late - October statement, the Fed dropped prior references to the risks to US growth and inflation stemming from skittish financial markets and a sluggish global economy, and it singled out solid increases in the domestic US economy in areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing market.

The exports for the first nine months of 2011 totalled 693,570 t, up 1 % compared with last year, despite tough export conditions for Australian beef since April due to the high Australian dollar, the sluggish global economy and increased competition from US beef in Japan.

But this report has brought back on top the question that a sluggish global economy is expected to push: is there really an emergency or has the latest science shown that countries may have more time at hand to sign the new agreement?

The latest events just add strain to a sluggish global economy, according to Greenspan.