Sentences with phrase «vulnerable in a downturn»

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The concentration in New York City and focus on the healthcare segment in their commercial loan portfolio leaves it vulnerable to geographic and sector downturns.

Frothy as prices have been, China's housing market isn't vulnerable to a full - blown property downturn like the one in the U.S. a decade ago, economists say.

households are the most vulnerable in Canada to interest rate hikes or an economic downturn, says a February 2010 report by TD Economics.

All of this decline was due to a worsening export performance, but the TD Report also warned «that Canada's domestic demand is currently more vulnerable to another economic shock compared to the period leading up to the last downturn in 2008 - 09».

In the sequence of economic events that normally precede an economic downturn, our expectation is that real income — not yet employment — is most likely the next economic measure that is vulnerable to deterioration.

In reality, the very reliance of small countries on trade, much vaunted by Price, leaves them particularly vulnerable to downturns in the global economIn reality, the very reliance of small countries on trade, much vaunted by Price, leaves them particularly vulnerable to downturns in the global economin the global economy.

The Coalition seized on the disclosures as evidence that Mr Brown's «reckless» decisions over public spending left the country in a vulnerable position when the economic downturn hit Britain.

«Everything from the economic downturn to federal sequestration has hit some of our most vulnerable families undeniably hard in recent years,» California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, said in the release.

This, according to regulators, makes Capital One less vulnerable to downturns in the investment markets.

Any good plan for Frank would involve diversifying his assets: everything was tied up in real estate on Vancouver Island, which left him vulnerable to any local downturn.

Emerging markets are still far more volatile and vulnerable to downturns than markets in the developed world.

The fund's wide diversification among emerging markets tones down its risk, but emerging markets are still far more volatile and vulnerable to downturns than markets in the developed world.

Dividend stocks have a reputation for being less vulnerable to downturns in the stock market, and their mature businesses also tend to be more resistant to recessions and other economic headwinds that can send more volatile high - growth stocks to much larger losses.

A high loan - to - valuation ratio means that a mortgage scheme is more vulnerable to changing market conditions, such as a downturn in the property market.

If that's true, a downturn could leave dividend stocks more vulnerable than in past business cycles.

Emerging markets are still more volatile and vulnerable to downturns than markets in the developed world.

«The overall result could be a disastrous downturn in the quality of many neighborhoods and communities, and especially our most vulnerable ones,» Brown said in the letter.

Litt is also concerned about CBL's positioning in secondary markets, which he feels are more vulnerable to an economic downturn.