Sentences with phrase «weaken our economy by»

Here's Slatery's record: For using state resources to separate families and weaken our economy by suing to end DACA, against using state resources to protect Tennessee students who take out loans to attend for - profit colleges.

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One only has to go back to April 2016, when speculation was rife that an additional «Plaza Accord» style agreement had been put in place among the G20 economies to weaken the dollar; yet, by late 2016 the broad trade - weighted dollar had actually appreciated to highs last reached in 2002.

China Oceanwide Holdings Group has agreed to buy U.S. insurer Genworth Financial for $ 2.7 billion in cash, the latest in a series of moves by Chinese firms to buy overseas assets as their domestic economy slows and the yuan weakens.

If Andrew Mackenzie and Sam Walsh are right, then Western Australia's commodity dependent economy could be at the start of a recovery; and not before time, given the weakening state of the property market as measured by mortgage defaults.

In a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., Canadian CEOs expressed concern that our country's prosperity could be dragged down by the increasing difficulty of borrowing capital, and by a weakening U.S. economy.

Manufacturing remains underpinned by a firming global economy as well as a weakening U.S. dollar, which is boosting the competitiveness of American - made goods on the global market.

The selling has raged on in the days since, fueled partly by fear that higher inflation would lead the Fed to accelerate its interest rates hikes and weaken the economy and the stock market.

In a weakening economy, consumer confidence typically declines, causing consumers to tighten their belts by postponing vacations and the purchases of non-essential products such as new clothes, televisions and new cars.

Data from the Institute for Supply Management, along with other statistics, suggest the US economy continues to be driven by the services sector, whereas growth in manufacturing (outside the buoyant auto sector) showed signs of slowing in August, possibly due to dollar strength and weakening economic prospects outside the United States.

During the first stage of a two - stage cycle, many central banks and governments perceive that their economies can gain an advantage by weakening their currency on the foreign exchange market.

Pursuing alternative markets in China has been complicated by the downturn in China's economy coupled with continued weakening of the rule of law.

Buffeted by recent financial market turbulence and a weakening U.S. performance, the International Monetary Fund quarterly update for the world economy projected world growth would slow to 4.1 percent this year, down from an estimated 4.9 percent last year.

The DOLLAR INDEX is lower by 3.2 %, which is also in contravention of conventional wisdom as QE is done to weaken one's currency in an effort to aid the domestic economy.

These types of deals, assisted by a weakened Canadian dollar, pose a long - term opportunity for our economy and allows us to gain an advantage for the future.

A second source of risk would be a further sharp appreciation of the Australian dollar, which might be driven by additional interest rate reductions around the world to combat a weakening global economy.

The Japanese economy continued to weaken in the first half of 1998, prompting the announcement of further policy measures by the Japanese government.

Last year, Alberta generated less revenue to «donate» to the remaining provinces, hence what is now being referred to as a weakening of the Canadian economy on a province - by - province basis.

The increased differentiation of institutions and their autonomy from religion, the expansion of the power of the state, the higher rates of participation by both men and women in the wage economy, the increased delegation of family functions like education, leisure and food preparation to the market and the state — all these trends weaken family functions.

They then introduced a whole series of measures which weakened the European economy by comparison with those of the Far East and America and so on.»

Despite the strong start to the year, profits are in danger of weakening because of the higher volatility that has been caused by instability in the Chinese economy and the ripple effects that have sent global markets lower.

To avoid being taken in by cities with weakening economies, we devoted our final grade to Economic Strength.

To avoid being taken in by cities with weakening job markets, we devoted our final grade to the strength of the local economy.

By the early 1990s, the relationship between M2 growth and the performance of the economy also had weakened.

According to Kershaw, the reasons for the significant increase in how long it takes to save a 20 % down payment for a home purchase are: the current weakened economy, the flattening of incomes over the years and a fiscal environment characterized by exorbitant costs.

The Greek government, elected early this year on a platform of ending years of austerity imposed by Germany and other lenders, is pushing back against further pension cuts and higher taxes, saying they would further weaken an already crippled economy.

Mild weather last winter and reduced energy consumption from an economy weakened by recession were factors as well.

In parallel, the global economy continued to grow by more than 3 %, offering further evidence that the link between economic growth and emissions growth is weakening.

The weakening economy of Venezuela under the regime of President Nicolas Maduro is forecast by the International Monetary Fund to reach a consumer - price inflation rate of 480 percent by the end of this year, and peak at 1,640 percent in...

The report says Ottawa's regional economy is still feeling the effects of government spending cuts, which weakened demand and slowed price increases, but economic growth expected in 2014 will help increase demand and unit sales by about 2.5 per cent per year from 2015 to 2017.