The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) report suggested activity continued to be weak in much of the Scottish economy over the final quarter of 2012.
"Growth is likely to be weak in the near term but further out a continued easing in domestic credit conditions, supported by the Bank's asset purchase programme and the Funding for Lending Scheme, together with the stronger global backdrop, underpin a slow but steady recovery in output, " the governor said.
"Non-defence aircraft orders tend to be quite weak in January, so it tends to be seasonal, but we came off a very strong December, " he said.
Figure them in, and corporate performance turns out to be not so weak in the 1970s and 1980s, nor so terrific in the 1990s, as it at first appears to be.
While Deo does not say in his report which countries he considers strong and which weak, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain are generally considered to be the weak countries in the union.
This analysis assumes that Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, will be a weak candidate in the November election.
The state may be weak, but in his view society is strong, which both holds the place together and frustrates attempts to modernise it.
There aren't that many monitors that can do all of the jobs you need, but you can pick up a Cinemaview with extra USB ports, or perhaps ASUS' VK248H (and related), which even have Displayport outputs and a Webcam, although it may be a bit weak in the speaker department.
Carlos Salcido crashed a long-range effort against the crossbar and Andres Guardado shot narrowly wide as Mexico found space in front of an Argentina backline that many believe to be a possible weak link in an otherwise gifted side.
The Treasury says that an independent Scotland using the pound would be in a weak position, dependent upon decisions taken by the Bank of England which, by then, would be an institution in a foreign country.
He is, in their view, the representative of a power in terminal decline, a country that will soon be so weak it will not be able to resist Chinese advances in the region.
The carmaker predicted that profit in the current quarter would be unchanged from a weak fourth quarter in 2010.
But recovery is also more likely to be delayed if weak firms in overstaffed industries are too slow to shed workers.
"China's growth should continue to outpace other leading economies, cushioning the slowdown, but exports will still be constrained by weak demand in Europe, " it added.
He has clearly not decided what the balance between the regions and the centre should be and, in his weak political position, he has hardly been able to do so.
As many economists have pointed out, at this point in a weak recovery the government ought to be stimulating, as in spending to boost employment, and should save the belt-tightening, which indeed is badly needed, for when the conditions are less dire.
It has also focused attention on how some international cruise companies operate, registering their ships in countries where there may be weak regulations or where international rules are poorly enforced, but at the same time headquartering their companies in the United States and Europe.
The illness can be more serious in people with weak immune systems such as the elderly or very young.
However, even though these initiatives can be revolutionary, they are too weak in collaboration and peer learning, key points of successful education.
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This would be in sync with a weak economy, with the stock market weakening and with the potential that I see for military conflict.
The impact of a weak yen might not be significant in the upcoming earnings since the companies generally have their currencies hedged for the next few months.
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Most of us consider moral judgment a higher order thought process, but this research shows that it can be tweaked by a weak magnetic field in a matter of minutes.
That may be appropriate where demand is weak but in rapidly growing economies, such as Argentina, India, Vietnam and Hong Kong, negative real rates are fuelling faster credit growth and inflation.
Correctly or not, complaints from business groups that the carbon market and other climate policies are contributing to higher energy prices at a time when they are already grappling with a weak economy appeared to be decisive in Tuesday's vote.
Unfortunately, the prime minister of Japan is politically too weak for Japan to be a leader in Asia: the Diet can remove him almost on a whim.
"It is reprehensible that women, the old and the weak in our society should be targeted for alleged sorcery or wrongs that they actually have nothing to do with, " O'Neill said.
They tend to be less volatile and reliable shelters in a weak economy, notes Stone.
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Weak productivity growth may in fact be just the flip side of this job-creating economic growth.
The slowdown in GDP can be attributed to weak consumer spending, slow hiring and less government spending.
What model of the customer can be created in the edge server to combine weak and strong signals?
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