A combination of rising consumer prices, rising unemployment, and
a weak financial sector will compel them to stay on the sidelines for now.
However some market participants prefer the lower volatility of gold and the safety it may provide in this environment of
a weak financial sector, uncertain economic growth and political unrest.
Not exact matches
His comments come after the IMF in October said that Canada's high debt levels, and higher - than - average pressure on Canadian households» ability to pay down that debt in the private non-
financial sector, leaves its economy more sensitive to tighter
financial conditions and
weaker economic activity.
While safeguarding the bottom - line for the prevention of
financial risks, China will step up credit support for
weak links in the economy, including small firms and the rural
sector.
British shares rose on a
weaker pound, rising oil prices and growing confidence in the
financial sector.
A survey showed that its manufacturing
sector is on track in August for its
weakest month since the dark days of the global
financial crisis more than six years ago.
Although the energy
sector XLE, -0.23 % has climbed 11.6 %, outperforming other
sectors in the past month,
financials XLF, -0.85 % which were expected to benefit from rising rates, have lagged, producing the fifth
weakest performance among the S&P 500's 11
sectors, according to FactSet data.
Expect: Dents in company
financial accounts across the tech
sector, with
weak PC sales, disappointing tablet sales and «the economy» footing the blame.
We still face a situation where China is force feeding loans for non-economic reasons into its economy, and where the
financial sector of the US is still
weak due to commercial real estate loans, bank loans to corporations, and
weak financial entities propped up by the US government.
Another part was that Fed models were
weak because they did not model the
financial sector.
In
sectors,
financials and energy were
weak — high beta stocks that have done well since Trump's election.