Sentences with phrase «to heighten uncertainty»

«At this time of heightened uncertainty in Washington, we need strong leaders like New York's own Rep. Grace Meng and Assemblyman Michael Blake on the DNC who will advance the principals of social and economic justice that built our middle class and the Democratic Party,» Cuomo said.

FORD management write in the most recent 10Q (for the year ended March 31, 2009) that «deteriorating economic conditions, rising unemployment, tight credit markets, and heightened uncertainty in financial markets» has «adversely impacted discretionary consumer spending, including spending on the types of electronic devices that are accessorized by [FORD's] products.

The Federal Reserve has left its key interest rate unchanged at a time of solid economic gains but also heightened uncertainty surrounding the new Trump administration.

With the rise in protectionist sentiment in some parts of the world, we have been entering a time of heightened uncertainty about the rules of the game on international trade.

All of this should lead to heightened uncertainty for investors, which, for now, they are ignoring as they bid stocks higher.

«If investors do not see an improvement in credit growth near - term, a soft patch in growth is possible as firms are stuck in a wait and see mode amidst heightened uncertainty,» the UBS note concludes.

The high volatility seen over 2002 reflected heightened uncertainty about the global economic outlook following the US recession, corporate malfeasance, the unwinding of the equity market bubble and the war in Iraq.

Turned away from the camera with her arms crossed behind her back, dressed in a plaid skirt and sneakers, the woman exudes a schoolgirl innocence and naiveté that only heightens the uncertainty about her fate.

One could say Bitcoin may have turned into a safe haven; a precautionary trade which investors trade under heightened uncertainty.

The floundering economy has heightened uncertainty within the shopping center investment and development community.

The personnel changes have heightened the uncertainty surrounding the Fed's next moves.

In the policy statement, the central bank said it was comfortable that it was on track to meet its inflation target, «albeit in a context of heightened uncertainty.»

We believe that the poor economy, high unemployment, tight credit markets, and heightened uncertainty in financial markets during the past two years have adversely impacted discretionary consumer spending, including spending on the types of electronic devices that are accessorized by our products.

The researchers said the challenges would lead to an increase in the number of people uninsured due in part to the heightened uncertainty for insurers and beneficiaries.

«Brexit would also hold back GDP in other European economies, particularly in the near - term, resulting from (the) heightened uncertainty (it) would create about the future of Europe,» the report added.

Many analysts cited the heightened uncertainty following the announcement that the investigation was being reopened as the cause of the multiday decline in stocks.

Given the downward revision to the growth profile and the later closing of the output gap, the Bank considers the risks around its updated inflation outlook to be roughly balanced, albeit in a context of heightened uncertainty.

Financial markets were rattled last week as reports suggested that Beijing could prepare trade restrictions on U.S. aerospace imports, heightening the uncertainty surrounding the potential for a trade war.

The overall climate, however, is one of heightened uncertainty.

Since the 2008 - 09 global financial crisis, a broad array of risky assets, including commodities, have tended to move in lockstep during times of panic and heightened uncertainty.

The severity of that decline is likely to be a short term response to heightened uncertainty - even the severe forecast on Britain leaving the single market only suggests a 2.4 % rise in unemployment from where it would have been in 2018.

All of this has heightened the uncertainty in the town, where opposition to EU membership remains strong.

Since the 2008 - 09 global financial crisis, a broad array of risky assets, including commodities, have tended to move in lockstep during times of panic and heightened uncertainty.

On Wednesday, the bank couldn't ignore the data even as it acknowledged that the heightened uncertainty surrounding the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement — and the potential negatives for Canada — was casting a shadow over its outlook.

«A potential default in Greece along with China's monetary stimulus in response to the Shanghai exchange sell - off heightened uncertainty,» the firms note.

The fundamentals remain in place for a pickup in growth over the projection horizon, albeit in a climate of heightened uncertainty.

It stands to reason that heightened uncertainty, and a desire for safer assets, would lead people to buy U.S. assets, at the expense of European and U.K. assets, and Canadian assets as well.»

Trends and Economic Environment: We believe that the deteriorating economic conditions, rising unemployment, tight credit markets, and heightened uncertainty in financial markets during the past 18 months have adversely impacted discretionary consumer spending, including spending on the types of electronic devices that are accessorized by our products.

The heightened uncertainty follows actions taken by a group of ethereum developers, who launched a «Robin Hood» effort to gain control of the funds yesterday.

«The tenor of our forecast effectively remains unchanged: signs of cautious consumers this quarter, rising interest rates, the renewed increase in the U.S. dollar to a 14 - year high, and heightened uncertainty in the political sphere suggest conservatism in our outlook,» says Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan.