Sentences with phrase «weak economic growth data»

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U.S. government debt yields slipped after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

U.S. government debt yields slipped Friday after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

We expect the Fed to raise rates just once this year — likely in December — and to proceed cautiously given the unevenness of the domestic economic recovery, as highlighted by weak retail sales data released last week, and global growth uncertainties.

Emerging market currencies have been hit by a sell - off in the first week of trading this year after weak economic data in China rekindled worries over global growth and halted trading on Chinese equity markets on two days.

Gold climbed on Friday, ensuring a monthly gain of more than 1 %, as data showing weak U.S. economic growth weighed on the dollar.

But the Chinese economic data for March — such as weaker growth in industrial output and investment - is suggesting that momentum is slowing.

Despite this, many observers expected tapering to start in September 2013, and the fact it didn't was blamed on weak economic data and the fear of growth being slowed by the oncoming government shutdown and debt ceiling discussion.

Crude oil prices edged up on Friday boosted by stronger than expected U.S. economic data though the longer - term outlook for energy markets remains weak due to a global oil supply glut and uncertainty over economic growth prospects in Asia.

«The data so far this year raise a concern that, rather than reducing the public debt, the deficit reduction plans could be having the opposite effect because higher tax rates and austerity measures are causing economic growth to be weaker than expected.»

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.

Here is an economic data point that you will not hear about in the mainstream financial media: U.S. wage growth in 2017 had been the weakest since 2010.