Sentences with phrase «weaker gdp growth»

Despite weaker GDP growth in Q1, the year - over-year change continued to accelerate, albeit modestly.

The Bank of Canada has cut its policy rate by a cumulative 75 basis points so far this year (in three moves) to 2 per cent, against a background of weak GDP growth and subdued inflation.

Since the GDP growth rate is reported quarterly, it is difficult for investors to make investment decisions based upon a strong or weak GDP growth rate.

This is on top of reduction in demand caused by energy efficiency measures and weak GDP growth.

«Several positive underlying fundamentals, particularly a stronger labor market and improved household spending power due to reduced energy expenses, should lead to a rise in home sales despite growing global economic concerns and relatively weak GDP growth,» he said.

Not exact matches

However, as in many other oil - producing states, GDP growth was weak.

Williamson said the PMIs pointed to fourth - quarter GDP growth of 0.1 percent, weaker than the 0.2 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last week, but that very weak expansion is coming at a cost: firms cut prices for the 33rd month.

He said the second half is likely to be weaker than expected and will moderate annual real GDP growth to around 1.2 per cent for all of 2015.

GDP growth likely stalled in the fourth quarter of 2015, pulled down by temporary softness in the U.S. economy, weaker business investment and several other temporary factors.

The recent increase in oil prices in 2015 corresponds to weakening of the dollar that may reflect disappointingly weak first quarter 2015 U.S. GDP growth.

While GDP growth has improved in the U.S., it is off a weaker base than what we have seen in the past.

And on the way down — even as commodity prices fell sharply and mining investment declined — growth in GDP, employment and wages was only a little weaker than average.

Truthfully, even what is shaping up as a weak recovery of around 1.0 % GDP growth in 2014 would be a major improvement for the euro zone.

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.

Our U.S. economics team has noted that this «residual seasonality» consistently distorts GDP, leading to weak first quarter growth.

GDP growth was relatively weak, as was business investment (as distinct of course from housing over-investment).

As the Canadian economy contends with softer than expected exports, weak business investment and effects of the Alberta wildfires, real GDP growth in 2016 is forecast to be 1.4 per cent...

2016.06.10 Canadian economic activity erratic through 2016: RBC Economics As the Canadian economy contends with softer than expected exports, weak business investment and effects of the Alberta wildfires, real GDP growth in 2016 is forecast to be 1.4 per cent...

Conversely, central banks tend to reduce interest rates when growth (GDP, for example) becomes weak.

Yet, outlook remains weak with real GDP growth less than 1 percent until early 2020s.

More on the U.S. dollar's stock market impact will be in another post soon, but in the meantime note large - caps do worst of the sizes with both GDP growth and a weaker dollar.

«One of the reasons why economic growth has been weaker in this expansion than others is a lack of government spending now I think that in the short - term negative in the long run I think a move in resources from the government sector to the private sector is positive but it takes a while for that to manifest itself in stronger overall GDP growth».

It is also true, of course, that if exports are weaker, then GDP growth will also be lower than it would have been without the «external shock».

As I argued when the second quarter GDP numbers confirmed the recession, the big issue is not whether GDP growth is slightly positive or slightly negative. The big issue is why it has been so close to zero in the first place. The July GDP numbers do not change that analysis. And they do not change the empirical fact that the Harper government's overall economic record — even before this year's downturn — is uniquely weak, on both historical and international criteria.

In Greece's case at least, we haven't seen much wager - pinching growth, and they continue to try to increase their national savings as a percentage of their GDP to match Germany's again, and that just means there's not a lot of consumption or investment happening in the weaker parts of the Eurozone.

The December quarter national accounts continued the pattern of previous quarters, showing weak growth in GDP alongside above - trend growth in domestic demand.

The Reserve Bank is clinging to sunny GDP forecasts, but stubbornly low inflation and low wage growth mean even these look weak.

Citigroup's head of research Craig Woolford says Homebase is likely to experience weaker demand as population growth and GDP growth slow in the UK.

This is often consistent with a weak or recessionary economy, which is defined by two consecutive periods of negative growth in the gross domestic product (GDP).

«Economy is not expected to pick up in the near term Weak demand in global trade 2017 to expand at a mediocre pace» No significant pick - up in Singapore's GDP growth (ChannelNewsAsia)

Weak growth: - GDP growth, - inflation.

And GDP growth may prove irrelevant — since positive / accelerating growth is likely to underpin / encourage market sentiment & valuations, whereas weak / negative growth will simply elicit fresh expectations of central bank stimulus.

However, net trade was likely an even bigger drag on GDP growth in Q1, which supports the consensus for a weaker rate of expansion in Q1 2018.

If a larger, older population is spending less and the younger population is too small to drive up consumer spending, weaker overall demand for products and services could restrain GDP growth and inflation over the long term.

In spite of experiencing the weakest growth in seven years, a drop in the Consumer Confidence Index from -3 to -10 between the third and last quarter, and a year - end GDP growth rate of just -0.3 %, the retail sector in South Africa performed better than expected in 2016.

«The March jobs report was a bit soft, and first quarter GDP growth rate also looks to be weak.

«With lingering concerns over a weak second - quarter reading of U.S. GDP growth, along with continuing anxiety over global growth and financial markets, rates...