Sentences with phrase «weak this year with»

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Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

The banking system has been weak for years as most institutions have failed to deal with the high level of bad debt in the wake of the financial crisis.

The top three quarterbacks in this year's draft class (considered a weak one for QBs to begin with) have all been taken and few appealing options remain in free agency.

RCR Tomlinson has lifted its annual dividend after delivering solid results in a weak market, with the engineering and construction contractor posting a net profit of $ 39.1 million for the financial year.

Britain's housing market continued to lose momentum data showed too, with mortgage approvals at their weakest in nearly three years following the Bank of England's first interest rate hike in a decade.

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

After all, for years we've been subjected to a relentless assault on our civil liberties, with the War Party running roughshod over what weak dissents have surfaced - and now, finally, a clear voice of reason has emerged, to answer their war cries with a resounding «No!»

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

Capital outflows lead to a weaker currency, which concerns the hordes of Chinese companies that borrowed debt in foreign currencies over the past few years and now have to pay it back with a weaker yuan.

Elsewhere, broadcaster Sky reported an 11 percent drop in adjusted operating profit in the first nine months of its fiscal year, due to additional costs with the English Premier League and a weaker advertising market.

HOUSTON, Jan 26 - Oil prices settled higher on Friday after hitting three - year highs, with crude also posting a weekly gain as a weaker U.S. dollar underpinned prices.

These and other service providers have had the advantage of a weak currency for years now and they aren't doing much with it.

U.S. data on Monday showed that consumer prices accelerated in the year to March, with a measure of underlying inflation surging to near the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target as last year's weak readings dropped out of the calculation.

Diversity was another weak spot, with the average respondent believing tech hiring is 14 years away from matching the gender and ethnic mix of the U.S. more broadly.

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Canada has posted some of its weakest economic growth outside of a recession over the past couple of years in part because business investment sunk along with the price of oil.

The global economy is ending the year in a fragile state with factory activity shrinking in China, euro zone business growth remaining weak, and emerging market giant Russia in a spiraling currency crisis.

Coupled with the Brazilian economy's weak fundamentals, a safer bet might be Germany, which places third on Goldman's win probability chart at 11.4 % and is expected to achieve solid growth of 2 % this year.

But in recent years a mellowing Lee openly broached the subject of dying: he felt himself growing weaker with age, he said, and he wanted to go quickly when the time came.

So, a new business with only a year or two under their belt with a weak business credit profile or a business owner with a low personal credit score, will likely not qualify.

-- Weak investment: Both public and private investment has been subpar in recent years, with the latter feeding back negatively into productivity growth, as Larry Mishel shows — quite dramatically — here.

This week, when I asked for a book recommendation (http://on.fb.me/O7k7tQ), introduction to a public company CEO (http://on.fb.me/P9x6vR), and received an intro to an author I interviewed (http://on.fb.me/P9xb2C); it was generally the weak ties in my network who I had never met or hadn't connected with for years that gave the most support.

The rise in disposable per capita income has also been weaker, inching up just 0.6 percent annually in the last five years, compared with almost 2 percent from 1993 to 2008.

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So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

Syria, Russia say Israel launched missile strike on Syrian air base Wall St Journal Hungary's nationalist prime minister wins third term in power: Reuters Trump predicts China will blink first in trade dispute with US: Bloomberg Trump administration officials soften tone on trade dispute with China: WSJ N. Korea says it will discuss denuclearization: NY Times Kudlow: White House considering plans to undo parts of spending bill: Wash Exam US hiring growth slowed sharply in March: Bloomberg German industrial production fell by the most in over 2 years in Feb: Reuters Forward curve for 1 month overnight indexed swap rate inverts: Bloomberg Many US state govts struggling with weak revenue growth: The Economist

This aligns well with our own analysis, where as I've noted in recent weeks, the S&P 500 is priced to deliver one of the weakest 10 - year total returns in history except for the (ultimately disappointing) period since the mid-1990's.

According to a recent survey, 94 percent of hiring managers say an employee with stronger communication skills has a better chances of being promoted to a leadership position than an employee with more years of experience but weaker verbal skills.

This, along with weaker U.S. GDP growth, is why NXP shares are down about 1 % year - to - date while all three major indexes have moved higher.

No, the life - comparison danger comes from the weak ties; from those people you met at a conference, or the friends from High School that you haven't interacted with since they friended you last year.

Beyond a weak yen, there are tentative signs local inflation may be picking up, with the biggest month - on - month spike in headline inflation seen in 25 years in October.

Over the past couple of years, Apple's Greater China has been relatively weak, with a string of quarterly declines.

Soglin blasted Fitzgerald, Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. for the state's weak economic performance over the past five years compared with other states.

2015.02.02 RBC Canadian Manufacturing PMI ™ drops to its lowest level in nearly two years during January January data indicated a sharp slowdown in the Canadian manufacturing sector, with overall business conditions improving at the weakest pace since April 2013, according to the RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers...

2015.01.02 RBC Canadian Manufacturing PMI ™ at three - month low as output and new orders rise at weaker rates Business conditions at Canadian manufacturing companies continued to improve at the end of the year, with output and new orders rising further, according to the RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers...

While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike in consumer inflation; in the event of a negative outcome in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England in a very precarious situation in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity.

The so - called made - in - Canada approach to intellectual property protection put us outside the mainstream for a number of years, with weak Canadian laws making Canada a favourite location for websites promoting internet piracy.

My own thinking is much more geared to five year performance, preferably with tests of relative results in both strong and weak markets.»

With crude - oil exports rising year - over-year, the value of the exports did not rise proportionally, with Canada's crude - oil export bill declining about 11 percent to $ 50 billion in 2016 compared to $ 55.8 billion the previous year, as lower crude prices and a weaker dollar cramped the export value of crWith crude - oil exports rising year - over-year, the value of the exports did not rise proportionally, with Canada's crude - oil export bill declining about 11 percent to $ 50 billion in 2016 compared to $ 55.8 billion the previous year, as lower crude prices and a weaker dollar cramped the export value of crwith Canada's crude - oil export bill declining about 11 percent to $ 50 billion in 2016 compared to $ 55.8 billion the previous year, as lower crude prices and a weaker dollar cramped the export value of crude.

Still, the weak showing left G.M. with a lower market share for the year than it had a year earlier despite executives» promises that G.M. would begin to grow again after decades of shrinking market share.

Growth in Australia's export volumes has remained weak over the past year or so, despite strong growth in global demand and world commodity prices, with total exports virtually unchanged from four years ago (Graph 31).

High - yield bonds, those from companies with weak financial positions and poor credit, are offering rates as high as 9 % for 30 - year terms but also offer the risk of bankruptcy before the bond matures.

The Greenback is recovering the bulk of last week's losses, with the Euro weaker despite German IP and Exports better than expected, and Euro Unemployment coming in at 7 year lows — Sterling falls to October Lows on Article 50 headers — Turkey's Lira fresh record low on Moody's, Peso eyeballing lows into Auto Show Headers.

Demand for the shiny metal in the region is down nearly 10 % for the year, with consumption being especially weak in the Netherlands (down 65 %), Italy (23 %), France (16 %), and Spain (13 %).

This coincided with weak physical demand for most of last year, which was more than offset by a pickup in investment interest.

During these past 15 years, the Anglo - American economies (US, UK and Canada) have experienced episodes of weak growth in broad money (M2 or M3) with moderate inflation (in the early - 1990s) and episodes of strong monetary growth with little measured inflation of consumer prices, as now.

The weakest - performing world region is now Russia & CIS with prices down 2.3 % on average year - on - year, with Ukraine's 15.5 % year - on - year fall playing a major part.

Auto sales have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride this year, with a weak performance in February followed by a jump in sales for some automakers in March.

With weak consumer demand dampening investment, the economy is likely to shrink by close to 1 percentage point over the course of the year.

For the first several years» worth of recovery, that took the form of relatively rapid job creation paired with very weak wage growth due to the large stock of unemployed workers.