Sentences with phrase «weaker level of»

After last Friday's report on April's weaker level of job creation, the odds of the Fed raising rates in June diminished even further.

The currency's weakest level of the session was C $ 1.2857, while it touched its strongest since April 23 at C $ 1.2803.

* Only 6.7 % of U.S. births occur in designated 154 «Baby - Friendly» facilities that meet international recommendations for supporting breastfeeding, and the U.S. has the weakest levels of maternity legislation in the industrialized world.

Furthermore, Bryk & Schneider (2003) found that when school trust levels were high, so was student achievement and inversely weak levels of trust was significantly linked to poor academic performance.

In the frontal offset test, readings from the 6 year dummy indicated good head protection, marginal chest protection and a weak level of protection for the neck.

They are concerned about weaker levels of regulatory oversight, weak corporate governance, market volatility, and political and currency risks.

Note that the right scale on the following chart is inverted, so higher levels of valuation on the left scale (blue line) correspond to weaker levels of subsequent return on the right scale (red line).

Compared with persons without disabilities, those with disabilities have lower employment rates, lower levels of compensation, and weaker levels of job tenure.

Not exact matches

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC, expects positive results for consumer spending in the quarter overall (up an annualized 2.8 % in Q2 from a weaker Q1), but noted that retailers are still dealing with modest levels of spending by households.

* Apple results in focus after reports of weak iPhone demand (Updates with closing U.S. market levels)

Here are three off the top of my head: Record levels of household debt threaten future spending, too many of our companies need a weaker currency to be competitive, and international energy companies are giving up on Canada as a place to invest.

S&P said in March a rupiah exchange rate of 15,000 a dollar is «the psychological level» at which companies with weak balance - sheets could struggle with repayments and those with good cashflow might start to proactively restructure their debt.

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.

While the labor market has returned to more normal levels, with the unemployment rate at around 5.1 percent, overall hiring has remained weak, per the most recent Department of Labor jobs reports.

(Adds analyst comment, updates prices) MANILA, May 2 (Reuters)- London copper futures recovered from their weakest level in nearly a month on Wednesday after a private survey showed growth in China's manufacturing sector unexpectedly picked up in April, brightening the demand outlook in the top user of the metal.

Many reasons can include but aren't limited to a bad strategy, a weak culture lacking trust and accountability, poor communication, low levels of buy - in, change fatigue and competing priorities.

The weakest aspect of Canada's economy this year was the feeble performance of private investment, projected by the Conference Board of Canada to contract by nearly 8 per cent compared to 2014 levels.

NEW YORK, Jan 2 - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite notched record closing highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2018, while European equities finished lower and the U.S. dollar fell to its weakest level in over three months against key currencies.

A flawed democracy is a country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, according to the EIU.

It's harder to say how long it might take to get the broader industry to the same level of environmental performance, especially while the regulatory carrots and sticks for doing so remain weak.

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.

High levels of consumer debt leaves current levels of homebuying and construction resting on a weak foundation.

We've written plenty about the job cuts, high - level departures, rise of technology, weak deal - making environment, strategic initiatives, and cultural changes.

The consumer price index (CPI) for August came in at an anemic 1 percent level, despite the ECB being in the midst of QE, low interest rates and a weaker euro.

As I've said that the 10 yr bond crossed over 3.0 % means the US$ will be going to be weaker and weaker further and further by the 1st half of 2020 yr:) Also, the commodity price esp WTI will be going up to the level of 70 - 80 $ no later than 1st half of May (at the earliest), or no later than 2nd week of June, and then it will be in the range to the end of Trump Era:)

so now the issue is whether the bond market (or macro hedge funds) eased too much thinking the Fed would choke off liquidity and now is staring at still a weaker dollar and high commodity prices indicating an elevated level of excess liquidity.

Today's economy might be far weaker than it is — with real GDP in the second quarter of 2015 about $ 800 billion lower than its actual level, 3.6 million fewer jobs, and unemployment at a still - dizzying 7.6 %.

However, we were not concerned because a subsequent pullback to new support of the breakout level is relatively common, and has the benefit of shaking out the «weak hands.»

Litecoin is one of the weakest currencies, and Monero is also well below the weekend lows, getting closer to the crash levels of Friday.

Profit margins and earnings growth have remained at record levels, despite weak global growth and a number of other macro threats.

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.

Because China begins the process with the highest investment level in history, the extent of the transformation must exceed that of any other case, and it must occur at a time when weak Chinese demand is compounded by weak global demand, thereby reducing productive investment opportunities for the private sector.

This is exactly the type of price action we actually like to see during periods of consolidation, as it serves to shake out the «weak hands» who typically sell when stocks and ETFs break obvious technical levels of price support.

Plus, the effect of a weaker sterling has been beneficial in a few ways, with consumer price inflation increasing, manufacturing and export levels also on the rise.

In a context of continued weak investment at the global level, any additional uncertainty has the potential to keep businesses on the sidelines longer.

A closer look at the decomposition of nominal non-energy exports shows that the sectors that have performed reasonably well are driven by a weaker currency while those tied more to the level of foreign demand have struggled to gain traction.

Research done at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere, including conversations with business leaders, suggests that the main cause of weak investment is the high level of uncertainty that companies are facing, particularly about future demand prospects.

In addition, economic activity will be constrained by lower levels of government spending than before and a weak banking system.

Following the weak levels recorded over the past two years, both indicators of labour shortages continue to edge up (Chart 6).

While a high level of job vacancies continues to indicate strong employment growth in the near term, information on employment intentions from the major business surveys has been weaker recently (Graph 22).

Expenditure on engineering construction has been particularly weak since the beginning of 1999 and is nearly one - quarter lower than the level a year earlier.

Productivity gains have been weak, the participation rate (meaning the percentage of the labor force in employment) declined to 62.6 % in June — the lowest level since 1977 — and hourly wage growth was flat in the same month.

Would a collapse in Italian or Spanish bonds crack the weak balance sheets of the banks which own these securities and already have unsustainable levels of NPLs?

While economists were expecting the headline reading to come in at a level of 54.5, the actual reading was a bit weaker at 53.0.

At the company level, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are the key drivers of growth in the sector, due in part to comparisons to weak earnings in the third quarter of 2012.

So perhaps traders should not be looking to spot weakness, but hoping for strength where they can find a level to take a percentage of their portfolio off of the table heading into the weaker performance period.

In September, the rate of unemployment in the single - currency area dipped below 9 %, a level not seen since 2009, but the initial estimate of inflation for October was weaker than widely expected.

NEO, Ripple, Cardano, Stellar, and Dash are all among the weaker majors, violating the recent lows of the downswing, although Ripple is only marginally below the key level and a quick recovery would be an early bullish sign.

The Fed might be able to stir things up next week, but despite the extremely high level of the most valuable valuation measures (CAPE, P / S...) and the weak market internals, the price action makes a break - out to new highs very likely here.

As Bill Hester recently observed, the current level of economic activity has had a much higher probability of being recessionary in periods when the S&P 500 was also weak — for example, below its level of 6 months earlier, or below its 12 - month moving average.