In today's environment
of weak global demand, there has been little appetite among any major economies for the excess production and savings of these major surplus nations, but the absence of capital controls has made the United States the default adjustment for global capital imbalances.
The freefall appears to be at an end, but the time required to rebalance excess supply
with weak global demand «will likely take longer than previously anticipated,» the central bank said in its updated Monetary Policy Report.
Japan's economy, the world's third largest, has contracted for two quarters in a row, pushed into a recession
by weak global demand for its exports.
As long as the world suffers
from weak global demand, if China's current account surplus declines relative to global GDP, China is adding net demand to a world that needs it.
Riding a string of disappointing quarters
amid weak global demand, Potash Corp. needs to increase its sales in growth markets, particularly India and China.
The value of Japan's imports rose 11.9 percent, as weakness in the yen led to soaring fuel costs, while exports fell 2.9 percent
on weak global demand, leaving the trade balance in a deficit for the eighth straight month.
The affluent city - state's economy has been hobbled by dwindling exports amid
stubbornly weak global demand, while domestic consumption has also remained anemic with entire floors at some central shopping malls empty.
Recent data
suggests weak global demand for Chinese - made goods, declining levels of factory activity and a slip in the amount of freight being carried by the China's rail network.
This follows a period in which exports had been constrained by the combined effects
of weak global demand and drought, while imports were buoyed by rapid growth in domestic demand.
Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005935) turned in a lackluster quarter as competiton from mid - and low - end smarphone manfacturers hurt sales of the Galaxy s5, and tablet sales suffered
from weaker global demand.
The combined effects of falling commodity prices,
weak global demand for exports and soft internal demand have led to year - over-year (YOY) declines in the gross domestic products (GDPs) of the largest Asian economies.
The Labor Department is expected to report that import prices fell 0.6 % in February, after dipping 1.1 % the previous month, due to the strong U.S. dollar and
weak global demand.
The economy has been hobbled by a strong dollar and
weak global demand, which have undermined exports.
So while it's true that
weaker global demand and the stronger dollar is a headwind for big American manufacturing companies, hiring data suggest domestic consumption will continue to expand.
Weaker global demand is an insufficient explanation for the lack of investment.
In effect they forced countries with high unemployment to respond to
weak global demand with policies that reduced their own contribution to global demand while grabbing a larger share of the smaller total.
While accommodative monetary policy is likely to provide an offsetting stimulus to
weak global demand, we do, however, share some of the concerns expressed by others about the limits to what negative policy rates can achieve, if such policies are not targeted correctly.
At the same time, emerging markets, which have been adjusting for the past four years amid slack commodity prices and
weak global demand, are also in recovery mode.
BEIJING (AP)-- China's manufacturing growth decelerated in August due to
weaker global demand and a slowdown in domestic investment, two surveys showed Monday.
It also damages quality wine producers as they struggle against the headwinds of
weak global demand and the high Australian dollar.
Crude Oil prices have been rising, amid the relaxation of exports in the US, and
weak global demand.