All in all, demand remains robust, even though there are signs of a global slowdown.
Executives are even more pessimistic than analysts because of expectations of a global slowdown.
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Further signs of a global slowdown have come from comments made by transportation companies.
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Signs of a global slowdown are prompting caution even among companies that haven't yet seen a direct impact.
Regardless, b usiness confidence remains tepid, as anxiety about a global slowdown and domestic politics weigh on plans.
The theme remains the same: a global slowdown vs. central planning and stimulus.
Yet the calls for the Bundesbank to follow the Fed and cut rates to head off a global slowdown grow louder.
That is why despite a global slowdown and poorer-than-expected performance at the midpoint of 1995, Asian economies are still growing at enviable rates.
Already we are seeing the classic signs of a global slowdown.
Local and foreign investors are already unnerved by a global slowdown.
So, with Trichet talking about inflation and more and more talk about the potential for a global slowdown, those in the short-dollar trade decided that it might be time to take some profits yesterday.
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"Unfortunately, I am bearish and I have been wrong, " said Samer Nsouli, chief investment officer at Lyford Group International, a hedge fund, who argues that recent weakness in copper and oil is a portent of a global slowdown.
To be sure, the economy faces a host of challenges that could slow or even halt the recent progress from tax increases that are cutting into the pay of many Americans to a global slowdown that has sapped demand for U.S. exports.
Adam Klopfeinstein, market strategist with Archer Financial Services, said gold rose on fears of a global economic slowdown, particularly after a poor U.S. jobs figure.
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The drop is in part due to a global economic slowdown, as well as concerns of a supply glut.
Policy paralysis and a general global slowdown, especially in emerging markets, took a huge bite out of the Indian economy.
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Other global bellwethers have also suffered this year due to a marked global slowdown.
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That is not to imply that a severe global slowdown is out of the question.
Storchak said participants noted the fact that forecasts shifted towards the likelihood of a global economic slowdown.
In addition, a global economic slowdown could keep some Asian travelers at home.
Currently, everyone is wringing their hands over a global economic slowdown.
Today, with a stagnant economy and a global economic slowdown afoot, our debt is rising and continues to rise, further reducing the prospects for near-term growth.
Businesses are more hesitant to invest if they see a lot of uncertainty looming across the Atlantic because they're not sure whether that's going to mean a further global slowdown.
Standard Chartered said it sees a rosier economic outlook in many of its Asian markets this year, after a global economic slowdown put the brakes on profit growth last year.
Anxiousness over Washington's bailout bill, coupled with fears of a global economic slowdown -- neither of which can exactly be called news -- seemed to be behind the decline .
Another day, another indication of a global economic slowdown.
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