Perhaps bond yields are signaling an economic slowdown, but it appears more like they are being buffeted by financial instability. |
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In 2001-02, the slowdown in manufacturing became wide spread, affecting a broad spectrum of constituent industries. |
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Also, make sure the slowdown is due to the software, not user configuration or possibly hardware mishandling. |
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The only upside of the economic slowdown is the chance that inflation will fall further across the eurozone. |
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Analysts will want to hear if the business could be vulnerable to the economic slowdown. |
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The slowdown in the commercial property market in Ireland may lead to vulture funds looking to obtain short-term value in the Irish market. |
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But during sleep, the body responds to the hematic slowdown with a genital workout roughly every 90 minutes. |
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The economy stagnated in the second quarter as the global slowdown hit exports and manufacturing, even as consumer spending picked up. |
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That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts. |
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The slowdown in the rate of sales growth of mobile handsets has created overcapacity within the industry. |
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The slowdown stemmed from a decline in imports of capital goods and consumer products. |
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Our steel industry has been affected by slowdown in demand and has suffered large losses. |
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The global slowdown and sterling's continued strength against the euro have reduced sales volumes and profitability. |
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Such a slowdown wasn't entirely expected, hence the reason the shares have only fallen a few per cent today. |
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In addition to an overall slowdown, the world economy could be hit by a series of shocks. |
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The stock market correctly has withdrawn itself, has pulled back because of that slowdown to lower valuation points. |
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Does the current slowdown represent a minor blip or a signal that the supernormal profits enjoyed by drug companies may soon be at an end? |
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The first to feel the effects of the slowdown in company investment were high-tech firms who supply equipment to companies. |
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That has produced a consensus view that China was successfully engineering a managed slowdown. |
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Also re-exports to the US and Europe are unlikely to be affected by a Chinese slowdown. |
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Fitzgerald believes the group should be relatively immune to economic slowdown. |
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Otherwise, the graphics are smooth and free of annoying graphical glitches like glaring aliasing or slowdown. |
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By contrast, the current slowdown in the U.S. economy might rank as a bit of a yawner. |
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Plus, government coffers will feel the pinch from the planned slowdown in privatizing state-owned businesses. |
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A slowdown in the birth rate has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of younger people in the workforce. |
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The real problem for most companies today is disinflation, or a slowdown in the rate of price hikes. |
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Such grim and gloomy comparisons between today's economic slowdown and those of yesteryear are common. |
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The slowdown in building has coincided with the first steps to conserve traditional architecture. |
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It's a sharp economic slowdown caused by a mood of irrational despair fed by press and political hype about what's rotten in American capitalism. |
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The computer manufacturer is getting roundly spanked in a fierce price war during a market slowdown. |
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Indeed, many economies have found themselves having to tighten, rather than loosen, fiscal policy in response to economic slowdown. |
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A continuous increase in import prices would mean a fall in real income and a slowdown in personal consumption. |
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He feels that the post-1973 slowdown in productivity growth is evidence of a deceleration in technical progress. |
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In most places outside the cities, there seems to have been a tail-off in investor activity, largely due to the slowdown in rental income. |
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It is not unreasonable to expect the slowdown in car sales to affect auto parts companies too. |
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The economic slowdown in the US has led to a precipitous drop in tax revenues for states and municipalities. |
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Yet the hype shows little sign of abating, despite the slowdown affecting capital markets. |
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The evidence isn't yet conclusive, but a pronounced slowdown does indeed seem to be under way. |
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What's critical is whether this slowdown is symptomatic of a permanent downshift. |
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It came amid signs of a slowdown in the tentative economic recovery in the 12-nation eurozone. |
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The antivirus software maker blamed unsold inventory and a general sales slowdown for the slump. |
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But minor crimes and juvenile delinquency have pushed total crime numbers to record highs amid a long economic slowdown. |
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Most of the bankruptcies stemmed from excess debt and other problems exacerbated by the slowdown. |
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Castro stormed from the room a couple of times, bartering a slowdown of the process as a condition for her return. |
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The global economic slowdown seems unlikely to impact on some lifestyles as sales of thoroughbred horses continue to gallop ahead. |
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Border security was tightened just as the U.S. slowdown was forcing legions of migrants to return to Mexico. |
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Exports to the US, which was already in the throes of a slowdown, fell particularly sharply. |
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But for many smaller outfits, the slowdown has become a full-blown credit crunch. |
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If the corporate slowdown results in a drop of consumer spending, then the US economy could be in real trouble. |
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The Executive blamed the US slowdown and the shake-out in global electronics. |
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This slowdown would be reinforced by a more modest rate of increase in house prices spreading across the country. |
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In an economic slowdown, corporate profits fall and stock prices tumble, too. |
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There has also been a slowdown in service sector growth and consumer borrowing. |
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I just skyped with a friend in the US and she said it was a global problem, since the US also saw a slowdown. |
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Inflation, unemployment and retail sales figures are all forecast to point to a slowdown. |
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If animal experimentation were stopped, the slowdown in medical research would be real and the cost would be high. |
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All of us are concerned about the slowdown in development of infrastructure. |
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Sungkar added that the slowdown in tourism in Batam had made a negative impact on the island's economy. |
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Experts are most concerned about the slowdown in bookings by tourists from overseas and around Britain. |
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Probably this time, a great slowdown on anything that smells of neoliberalism. |
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Now even the strong global economy which 10 years ago promised to save the planet is stuttering to a slowdown. |
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The surprisingly rapid economic slowdown undermined the performance of companies across all sectors. |
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It does mean that as the volume of data over the internet soars, filters cause a general slowdown. |
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As a consequence, expect a slowdown in posting for a while, unless Seldo picks up the slack. |
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Estimates differ of the magnitude of the slowdown in the second half of 2004 and in the year as whole. |
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Amazingly, this sharp slowdown in consumer spending, though lasting for half a year, has been met with flat denial all around. |
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That's not to say that Chinese companies have not taken a battering because of the global slowdown. |
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The tight fiscal situation will severely restrict how much action the government can take to counteract a slowdown. |
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Confirmation that the German slowdown is impacting on the labour market quickly followed. |
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The slowdown thus far is modest, managing only to stem the rate of increase. |
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There had been growth of five percent of GDP for four years, in spite of the worldwide slowdown. |
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There has been a world slowdown in demand, excess production capacity and falling sales prices. |
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As long as disposable income grows and house prices don't fall in absolute terms, this should be an orderly slowdown. |
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However, the group is anticipating an expected slowdown in continental Europe. |
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If as expected interest rates stay stable over the next couple of years there will be an inevitable slowdown in the housing market. |
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The overall billings of most agencies have increased rather than decreased after the slowdown. |
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Mr Power said the significant slowdown in the rate of increase in prices is good news for the Irish economy. |
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Wong expects to see a slowdown in the second quarter, as the market enters into a consolidation period. |
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John Fogarty doesn't see a slowdown in the demand for housing on the horizon. |
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At the same time, in anticipation of a slowdown, businesses retrench and through their actions they produce one. |
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The rise in interest rates would worsen the economic slowdown requiring more potent measures to halt it. |
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He said he didn't see any factors threatening to derail the region's nascent recovery from the global economic slowdown. |
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The resulting funding slowdown comes as Michigan schools are in dire need of repair. |
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Despite the economic slowdown, there is still a need for overseas workers to fill positions that remain vacant in many industries. |
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The only region which has seen a slowdown has been the south-east of England. |
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Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending. |
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Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown. |
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The phenomenon flies in the face of a national trend that has seen a general slowdown in residential property price acceleration after years of spectacular growth. |
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The slowdown meant that the Bank was thought likely to cut rates anyway, and the financial ramifications of the last two weeks now makes that a racing certainty. |
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Ideally, we'd be growing fast now, to cushion against the inevitable slowdown. |
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The sheer amount of mayhem on screen at once does cause a few minor moments of slowdown, but if anything, it lets you get a handle on the situation. |
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The time is ripe for a new focus on winning a share of the shopper that will have a shelf life well beyond the cold, hard realities of an economic slowdown. |
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Fear of a demand slowdown sent a ripple effect through the market. |
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Last summer, the finance minister put new mortgage rules into place in an attempt to engineer a slowdown. |
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Another possible casualty of the slowdown may be high-end real estate in Vancouver. |
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Recent data suggests the second-largest economy in the world may be shrugging off a slowdown. |
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But the Greek bailout and the China slowdown affect business behavior far more than they influence consumer behavior. |
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The slowdown now comes because the Eurozone currency turmoil is reducing American exports. |
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Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days. |
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Fogged-up windscreens should result in a major slowdown by a driver. |
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This time last year fears abounded of a slowdown in global growth. |
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Third-level institutions have had to turn increasingly to non-public finance for capital projects in recent years, given the slowdown in funding from the Department. |
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Mr Boman said although the June quarter was traditionally slower than the March quarter, the sales slowdown could result in some projects being canned. |
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They say the real reason for the UK slowdown is a failure to tackle home-grown factors such as the house price boom and runaway consumer spending. |
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By far the biggest indicator of slowdown of late has been the dip in the value of the dollar that reigned supreme for the past 10 years, as the US enjoyed its longest boom. |
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The sharp slowdown in the economy in the second quarter and in payroll jobs in June and July is easily the most surprising development in the economy this year. |
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The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and a slowdown in global economic growth also contributed to the decline in earnings before fixed charges and management fees, the report said. |
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Should we pity a team that was one of the forerunners in the development of the slowdown, hard-nosed, tough-defending style that bored a generation? |
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But the reality of a real employment shock that would accompany a double dip global slowdown, and the impact it would have on confidence, could be nasty indeed for the banks. |
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On July 15, the Federal Reserve chairman told Congress that a slowdown in the pace of corporate debt-rating downgrades is a good sign for the American economy. |
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Moreover, the destinations themselves have faced additional potential crises caused by climate change and global economic slowdown. |
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Alawi said that 50 percent of projects in the region have stopped due to the slowdown. |
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The economic slowdown also services as a wake-up call to owners of designated Class B and C properties. |
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However, the country experienced deeper economic slowdown than some of the other former Soviet Republics. |
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Trudeau promised to respond to Canada's economic slowdown by running modest deficits and building infrastructure. |
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The slowdown was most acute in GKN's Powder Metallurgy business, which makes car parts from powdered-metal. |
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The hotel industry also reported a slowdown, with room occupancy declining. |
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The slowdown in growth in China is a consequence of past overinvestment that has led to a build-up of excess capacity in the economy. |
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In its report, the World Bank says most of the world's major economies are resorting to protectionist measures as the global economic slowdown begins to bite. |
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In addition, all indicators are pointing to more demand for face brick due to the extremely low inventories of brick as a result of a slowdown in the building industry. |
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That gives industrial and commercial construction companies insulation from direct impact of the tax, aside from possibly creating an overall slowdown in the economy. |
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The economy experienced a slowdown in 2005, but in 2006 recovered to the fastest pace in six years on the back of increased exports and strong investment. |
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As a result of this slowdown as well as certain other factors, NetSpeak did not receive any orders from Fujitsu, a significant OEM partner, during the quarter. |
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A federal judge earlier this month issued a temporary restraining order that restrained Local 22 from any work stoppage, slowdown, sickout or other such action. |
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Because it is a more liquid measure, M1 is often more volatile than its broader counterpart and could be exaggerating the degree of slowdown in economic activity. |
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A slowdown in productivity also emerged during the recession. |
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China's economic growth has slown down for eight quarters, the longest slowdown since the government began reporting such data in 1992, according Yu Bin, a cabinet researcher. |
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For the IWW, sabotage came to mean any withdrawal of efficiency, including the slowdown, the strike, working to rule, or creative bungling of job assignments. |
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