30 Year Fixed Rate Loan at a Cost of One Point: 3.5 % * (APR = 3.73 %) Rates remain very low, as bond yields are hitting record lows in Europe as a result of continued
weak economic reports.
The cause includes all the usual suspects:
weak economic reports in the U.S. and abroad, weak commodity prices, and Fed comments.
Still, expect her to be asked what effect the snow and bitter cold in much of the country this winter had on
some weak economic reports when the news conference begins at 11:30 a.m. PDT.
Not exact matches
Equities in Europe closed lower lower Monday amid
weak volumes, with investors digesting fresh earnings and
economic reports.
The
report noted that many policymakers see
weak credit growth generally in the global economy as a primary reason behind the slow
economic recovery.
Starting with the
weak September jobs
report that came out earlier this month, a number of
economic releases have disappointed to the downside.
U.S.
economic surprises continue to run at the most negative level since 2009, recent manufacturing
reports have come in
weak and March's payroll gains were 126,000, below even the most pessimistic expectations.
A strong
economic report will affect MBS prices; as will a
weak one.
Investors were cautious after a largely
weak performance on Wall Street on Thursday as some disappointing earnings
reports offset strong
economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in eurozone inflation.
As for U.S. data, the broad aggregate continues to come in
weaker than expected, with a recent downturn in a broad basket of national and regional
economic surveys, and of course, a disappointing April unemployment
report (avoiding a negative print, however, which I suspect will come in the May
report).
Investors were cautious after a largely
weak performance on Wall Street overnight as some disappointing earnings
reports offset strong
economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in euro zone inflation.
The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio -
economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous
reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and
weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»
U.S.
economic surprises continue to run at the most negative level since 2009, recent manufacturing
reports have come in
weak and March's payroll gains were 126,000, below even the most pessimistic expectations.
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.
The Bank now expects the
economic recovery in Canada to be slightly more gradual than it had projected in its July Monetary Policy
Report (MPR), largely reflecting a
weaker profile for U.S. activity.
The recovery in Canada is proceeding at a moderate pace, although
economic activity in the second half of 2010 appears slightly
weaker than the Bank projected in its October Monetary Policy
Report.
Good Auction Demand Sends Treasury Bonds Higher March Treasury Bonds surged to the upside and erased all of Wednesdayâ $ ™ s losses following the
weak U.S.
economic reports.
Investors may begin to use positive
economic reports as a reason to buy the Dollar rather than higher yielding assets.The EUR USD is trading
weaker at the mid-session.
Along with Energy Transition Advisors, Carbon Tracker has produced a
report concluding that «Shell's approach is based on dismissing potentially
weaker demand for its oil due to tougher climate policies, technological advances and slower
economic growth.»
The
report makes the most of countries» commitments and a possible global agreement, while ignoring the soaring emissions from China and failing to recognise that the lower emissions growth in a number of countries is primarily due to
weak economic conditions.
This analytical
report explores the livelihood and food security benefits of agroforestry and conservation agriculture in Malawi and Zambia, as well as
economic feasibility analyses of the practices.It finds that agroforestry has well - documented improvements in yields and profitability in both countries, while the evidence - base for the benefits of conservation agriculture is positive, but
weaker.
This analytical
report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of
economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to
weak implementation of adaptation measures.
According to the latest IBEC quarterly
report, a trio of external boosts to the Irish economy — the ECB's QE programme, lower energy prices and a
weak euro — all point to a continuation of Ireland's strong
economic growth performance in 2015.