The Bank of England has been grappling with weak growth and high inflation for some time.
They have gotten a bad rap in recent years because of weak returns and high fees.
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The weak dollar and high foreign demand are boosting another market.
Everywhere there are signs of incipient inflation, not much, but an uptrend, creating a fertile field for other forces like weak currency and high fuel costs.
The broken refineries were gradually put back in order at the same time that a weak economy and high pump prices finally induced drivers to consume less.
In a situation where many favored policies of both parties are on the table, a carbon tax a heretical idea during the past few years, given the weak economy and high fuel prices could be resurrected.
While former General Electric-CEO fanned the flames of conspiracy claiming the number was cooked by the Obama White House, a closer look at the numbers reveals labor markets remain weak and uncertainty high.
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While recovery from the Great Recession of 2008-2009 has been stymied by weak housing and high unemployment, recent economic data suggest a quickening pace of growth in gross domestic product, which should benefit small-cap equities.
Times have been tough for the PC industry, as falling prices, weak demand and high competition have already forced Lenovo Group into a loss, while Dell has found that IT spending by large companies is weak.
After the market closed Thursday Conceptus, which makes a nonincisional permanent birth control method, cut its second-quarter and full-year outlooks, citing the weak economy and high unemployment, which it said is causing would-be patients to put off their doctor visits.
But President Obama also faced a steep uphill battle to win reelection a weak economy, high unemployment, a looming fiscal cliff, gridlock in Washington DC, a majority of voters seeing the country as being on the wrong track, a disastrous performance in the first presidential debate and a viciously personal campaign against him.
Here is the corollary of that unfortunate nexus between weak trade and unsustainable high government borrowing.
Carnival said it was also being affected by the weak European economy and high fuel prices.
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Others blame weak demand, as high inflation, falling real wages and fears for the future discourage household consumption.
Besides the violence and corruption, weak infrastructure and a high illiteracy rate will add to election woes, he said.
Stockmarkets in Taiwan (another candidate for a rate-cut) and South Korea have also been battered by weak demand for their high-tech exports.
With bond funds, the link was so weak that the relatively high expenses charged by actively managed funds overwhelmed the value of their modest outperformance.
The chain sells the shoes at full price and, despite a weak economy and sustained high unemployment, often sells out of them on release days.
Seven years ago the economy was weak and unemployment was high.
On the components business side, demand for PC DRAM remained weak but growth of high value-added products such as server and mobile DRAM was constant due to increased sales of mobile devices.
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Barring a few appeasers, most governments in Europe, including Germany's, have no illusions left about Mr Putin's Russia: its weak property rights, high corruption and the symbiosis of state power with private financial interests.
Some franchises in smaller markets are relatively weak and unable to afford high-priced players.
Weak growth, inflation and high unemployment in many countries now equals the New Reality.
All this with a weak dollar offset by the high cost of oil imports.
She stressed that EU funding was "extremely important" for many member states, faced with high unemployment and weak growth.
Meanwhile, high unemployment, weak income growth and a still-moribund housing market have given consumers little ability to step up their spending.
Its high technology is weak: Mitsubishi Electric, for example, recently announced that it intended to close much of its semiconductor business.
The brewer has been restrained to the U.S. and British market, where high unemployment and weak job growth directly hit its target customers.
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The question: Why have the prices of these hard assets risen so rapidly despite high unemployment, weak demand, and excess capacity in the economy?
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