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The unanticipated slowdown made it impossible for Germany to meet the target.
And the textiles industry, recovering from a slowdown caused by the European crisis, is penetrating new export markets.
Tax policy has favored debt accumulation by households at the expense of saving, and a significant productivity slowdown is affecting US international competitiveness.
Globally, the slowdown in economic convergence has similar implications, as richer countries maintain their outsize influence around the world – leading to disaffection and radicalization among the poor.
The impact of the slowdown in real-estate investment on the economy was stronger than expected, as was that of Europe’s debt crisis.
In fact, the Congress Party-led government, anxious to appear responsive to public demand for help during an election-year economic slowdown, has pushed forward three stimulus packages since December.
As a result, when the shock of 2008-2009 hit, every economy in the region either experienced a sharp slowdown or fell into outright recession.
Official statistics show a slowdown in real growth in the old manufacturing and construction-based economy, reflected in declining corporate profits, rising defaults, and an increase in non-performing loans in poorer-performing cities and regions.
In addition to a well-documented growth slowdown, China has lately experienced considerable stock-market turmoil and currency devaluation.
NEW YORK – In recent days, the initial New Year optimism of many investors may have been jolted by fears of an economic slowdown resulting from interest-rate hikes.
The slowdown should come as no surprise; all developing economies experience something similar as they grow and mature.
The government’s alarm at the sharper-than-expected economic slowdown was reflected in its heavy-handed intervention in July to freeze stock markets in the midst of a dramatic price correction.
Indeed, given the size of the US economy, a slowdown there might conceivably have a far bigger effect on global prices than a slowdown in any developing country, which suggests that, from a global perspective, US interest rates, not those in developing countries, should be raised.
That would almost surely entail a marked economic slowdown and high unemployment.
With Europe’s economy showing no sign of recovery and growing concern about a Chinese slowdown, Japan cannot afford to continue to tread water.
After decades of double-digit GDP growth, today’s slowdown points to an economic system in trouble.
Lack of confidence in Russian policymaking is the main reason for capital flight, low domestic asset prices, declining investment, and an economic slowdown that the Crimea crisis will almost certainly cause to accelerate.
If we are, as the economist Robert Gordon argues, experiencing a slowdown in productivity-enhancing technological innovation, long-term potential growth would be constrained.
Despite its potential benefits, especially for the environment, the impending growth slowdown carries significant risks.
And, given the economic slowdown, widening income disparity, rising unemployment, and growing popular discontent over corruption, China’s leaders will have their hands full.
Li Keqiang’s Bottom LineSHANGHAI – Everyone is talking about China’s economic slowdown.
When the economic slowdown hastened the relocation of many manufacturers to inland provinces or neighboring countries, those in the coastal regions began to call for increased openness, deeper structural reforms, and industrial upgrading.
And, indeed, if unemployment pressure had become as acute today as it was in the 1990’s, the prolonged economic slowdown would undoubtedly have precipitated government intervention.
In the 1970s, recognizing the inevitability of a slowdown, Japan shelved its ambitious plan to “remodel” the Japanese archipelago.
All of the major emerging economies face weakening external demand, but India’s slowdown has been exacerbated by a drop in investment that reflects a deeper loss of official direction and business confidence.
It will continue to power the relationship in the future, even as both countries experience a slowdown during the current economic crisis.
That is why there is also a need for some burden-sharing by European countries, as well as efforts to achieve a marked slowdown in the refugee flow, while upholding the human rights of those fleeing conflict and death.
For example, Oracle is experiencing a slowdown in the Asia-Pacific region, where its main competitor, the German company SAP, is thriving.
In an economic slowdown, the country’s severe crime problem might only worsen; so might unemployment, which already tops 20% in the formal economy.
Given the massive drop in commodity prices lately, there is little need to seek any other explanation for the recent slowdown in trade.
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