Sentences with phrase «sluggish rate»

Despite massive construction of new capacity, electricity output from renewables, especially from wind and solar, grew at a sluggish rate.

Unwilling to finance his experimentation, Seneca Oil withdrew their support, but Drake continued drilling on his own anyways, at the sluggish rate of one foot per day.

Instead, it is adding houses at a very sluggish rate.

And if you look at a common gauge of future inflation expectations — the difference between the yield on long - term Treasury bonds and that of Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, now about 1.8 to two percentage points — investors apparently believe inflation will continue to mosey along at a relatively sluggish rate well into the future.

Whales may not have especially long generation times but they do have a slow metabolic rate, which would explain their sluggish rate of molecular evolution.

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.

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Citing sluggish growth abroad and lower oil prices, the Bank of Canada this morning lowered the overnight lending rate one quarter of a percentage point, to 0.5 %.

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.

These nations believed that rates «less than zero» would spur their sluggish economies.

The less distorted (and less followed) year - over-year growth rates for output, personal income and consumption were meanwhile showing sluggish readings.

The central bank, which kept its rate at 1.25 per cent Wednesday, said slower first - quarter growth of about 1.3 per cent was largely a result of housing markets» responses to stricter mortgage rules and sluggish exports.

At the same time, Fed officials don't want to raise the rate when the economy is still sluggish and potentially help trigger another downturn.

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.

With increasing political uncertainty all over the western world, changing global power structures, continued sluggish growth, and record low interest rates, precious metals are today more...

Household savings rates are skyrocketing, consumer confidence is on life support and investments growth has been sluggish.

My opinion is that a low interest rate has highly favored asset investment over business and job investment, contributing to a job market where there's been a sluggish and fairly unglamorous recovery, while helping along commercial and residential real estate markets much more quickly.

The result is very low long term real rates, sluggish growth expectations, concerns about the ability even over the fairly long term to get inflation to average 2 percent, and a sense that the Fed and the world's major central banks will not be able to normalize financial conditions in the foreseeable future.

There is no good reason to think given sluggish investment expectations that the neutral rate will rise to be significantly positive in the foreseeable future.

The second reason for freezing the EI rates to 2016 is that the government is becoming concerned about employment growth in 2013 which has been very sluggish, well below the pace set in 2012 and what this may mean for 2014 and 2015.

There could be several factors that had investors on edge — including news that North Korea had completed a fifth nuclear missile test and the European Central Bank had declined to announce additional measures to help stimulate Europe's sluggish economy — but many strategists pointed to a speech Friday morning by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, in which he said that «a reasonable case can be made» for tightening interest rates in the U.S..

He did so again in 2001 after the World Trade Center was attacked, when he led the FOMC to immediately reduce the Fed funds rate from 3.5 percent to 3 percent — and in the months that followed reducing that rate to as low as 1 percent as the economy and stock markets remained sluggish.

Compare that to America's sluggish start to 2017 with growth at 0.7 percent, the slowest quarterly rate in three years.

With increasing political uncertainty all over the western world, changing global power structures, continued sluggish growth, and record low interest rates, precious metals are today more relevant than ever.

If the interest rate is reduced to zero and the economy remains sluggish, then a negative interest rate must be needed.

For several years now, the Fed has been purchasing mortgage - backed securities and holding the federal funds rate near 0 % in order to stimulate a sluggish economy.

Last year's sluggish start can be partially credited to concern over currencies as well as the emerging markets outlook in a rising rate environment.

Real interest rates are very low, demand has been sluggish, and inflation is low, just as one would expect in the presence of excess saving.

When the economy isn't doing well, the Fed increases the benchmark interest rate in order to rejuvenate the sluggish market.

This aging expansion, now in its eighth year, weakened by faltering profits, is becoming more vulnerable due to slowly rising interest rates, sluggish consumer spending, shrinking profit margins and rebounding energy costs.

After several disappointments and setbacks, including a failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, renewed military involvement in Syria and Afghanistan might provide a welcome boost to Trump's sluggish job approval rating.

Actual employment growth is stable at a sluggish level but the unemployment rate is dropping like a rock.

After witnessing sluggish growth rates for the past few years, Middle Eastern nations finally have something to cheer about as the new financial year promises an economic rebound.

The flurry of deals is a reflection primarily of three factors: low interest rates, robust corporate balance sheets and a global economy that remains sluggish.

Economists said its decision to raise rates despite some recent sluggish data in areas like consumer spending showed that the Powell - led Fed has faith in the economy's resilience.

Nevertheless, in light of the latest sluggish inflation figures and dovish comments by a number of Fed officials, there was increased skepticism among many market participants about whether policymakers would go ahead and implement another rise in interest rates before the end of the year, as indicated by the Fed's projections for monetary policy.

With the homeownership rate continuing to trend upward and more new supply slated to come online throughout the year in many markets, it's likely that rent growth will continue to be sluggish.

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I rate him better than Arteta and Flamini as he possesses a more all rounded ability, where as Arteta is very technical, but sluggish and small statured, very weak in the air and hates pressure.

At the moment thanks to sluggish, if not catatonic growth rates, the UK economy seems to be flat - lining.

She pointed to the district's 60 percent graduation rate and sluggish progress as reasons a change is needed.

The speech was an opportunity for the mayor to set his ship back on course after several difficult months dominated by criticism of his pick for schools chancellor, the CityTime scandal and the sluggish response to the post-Christmas blizzard, which sent his approval ratings tumbling.

Senate President Donald Williams, the highest - ranking senator, said his 22 - member Democratic caucus is focused like a laser beam on trying to kick - start the still - sluggish economy and reduce the state's unemployment rate.

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.

Furthermore, eating big meals late in the day has been linked to a sluggish metabolic rate, less carbohydrate oxidation and a decreased glucose tolerance.

Lower testosterone levels will cause a sluggish metabolic rate and interfere with the production of growth hormone and the burning of fat.

This isn't so much because your metabolic rate «slows down» but more to do with the fact that your body subconsciously limits energy, making you feel sluggish and less likely to move as much throughout the day.

Slowed heart rate is a sign that your thyroid is sluggish.

Improved leptin sensitivity increases the rate of your metabolism if you have a sluggish thyroid.

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Some will try to blame the sluggish environment for R - rated fare, however, it smells like New Line had something to work with here from the decent audience reaction and critical reviews.