Sentences with phrase «weakening growth expectations»

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In its last assessment, S&P said that Portugal's outlook was stable, «balancing our expectation of further budgetary consolidation and likely receding banking sector risks over the next two years against the risks of a weakening external growth environment and vulnerabilities related to high private - and public - sector debt.»

Home Depot is contending with sky - high expectations, along with concerns that a robust U.S. housing market — the source of its growth streak — may weaken.

Slowing economic growth is adding to expectations that the renminbi will weaken, prompting Beijing to clamp down on persistent capital outflows.

Long - term interest rates are currently low due to low global inflation expectations and moderate growth potential in Canada due to lower oil prices, a heavily indebted household sector and a weakened manufacturing base due to relatively high unit labour costs.

The Fed is acting now because hiring has weakened; GDP growth expectations have come down; and the economy, under pressure from the evolving recession encompassing much of the euro zone, is just too fragile for the status quo.