weak demand

With lower sales and higher costs, carmakers will have to raise prices, the last thing they need at a time of weak demand.

Some areas continued to cite weak demand for products and equipment used for building and furnishing homes.

A direct result of weak demand for corrugated paper raw material prices in the whole of Europe appeared to fall.

This slowdown is partly owing to lower prices for Canada's resource exports, weak demand for its goods from Europe and a strong currency.

The steep June decline stemmed in large part from deep cuts to bonuses as manufacturers in particular continued to suffer from weak demand.

With relatively weak demand, those steel producers may not be able to raise their prices to offset higher raw-materials costs.

Weak demand from consumers, whose spending accounts for two-thirds of output, is one of the strongest headwinds facing the economy.

Weak demand and falling house prices is the result of credit tightening, which inhibit the willingness of potential buyers.

Weak demand in the euro zone , the UK's biggest trading partner , only makes such a fall even more necessary .

Without them, the country would have fallen into a depression, instead of a prolonged period of weak demand.

The economy failed to recover and deflation set in. The result was a persistent combination of weak demand and slowing supply.

Steel mills have cut production by up to 20 per cent in response to weak demand from Chinese carmakers and the construction industry.

Countries may battle each other for shares of that weak demand by managing exchange rates, subsidies or tariffs.

But Nationwide believes weak demand will mean this will drop over the next six months.

However, the biggest obstacle to harnessing it is not a shortage of good think-tanks. It is weak demand for what they offer.

That may be good in theory but, given weak demand in the developed world, governments are more focused for now on encouraging consumption.

Chinese policymakers have been divided between those concerned about inflation and those worried about weak demand.

Due to the high cotton prices, weak demand in the lower reaches, yarn inventory increases, enterprises now great pressure.

"Customers often interpret discounts as a signal of weak demand, which may raise doubts about quality, " they say.

This makes it likely that the poor productivity reflects weak demand.

Samsung's display business posted losses for a third consecutive quarter on weak demand for TVs and PCs.

In small and medium-sized textile enterprise order until the issue is resolved, seedless cotton prices will be "weak demand" repression.

She found no evidence that regulatory uncertainty is holding businesses back from hiring or investment; weak demand is the big culprit.

Weak demand, coupled with falling oil prices, have put downward pressure on prices here, raising fears of prolonged and damaging deflation.

Exports rose slightly; weak demand pushed imports down for a tenth straight month.

Real-estate is another sector that has lost substantially in recent months, weak demand sending shares of major developers tumbling.

Wang said global economic recovery is being hampered by weak demand, while world markets have excessive liquidity and are turbulent.

As developers complete projects and face tight credit and weak demand, a fall in private investment appears inevitable.

Weak productivity, he argues, is the consequence of Britain adapting to weak demand, not evidence of sapped supply.

Gains ran into a brief obstacle when the government's $38 billion auction of five-year notes attracted weak demand by some measures.

Thanks to weak demand, an able and hard-working Vulcan subordinate is simply not doing enough business to justify his salary.

Even an auction last week from Germany, considered the bloc's safe core, garnered surprisingly weak demand.

The result was a persistent combination of weak demand and slowing supply.

Strength in emerging markets helped offset weak demand for carbonated soft drinks in North America.

The performance was worse than expected by analysts, hit by weak demand and restructuring charges.

Mr. Trichet said weak bank lending in the euro zone mainly reflected weak demand for credit from borrowers.

Recent Treasury-bond auctions have seen fairly weak demand, forcing yields higher.

After all, central banks usually cut interest rates in response to weak demand and low inflation.

Weak demand for earth moving equipment is bad news for industrial companies worldwide.

Lenovo is re focusing on the Chinese market due to weak demand in the U. S. and Europe.

Yet many municipal Wi-Fi projects have since been hit by mounting costs, poor coverage and weak demand.

Others blame weak demand, as high inflation, falling real wages and fears for the future discourage household consumption.

The rising prices are taking place amid weak demand . Inflation fears are driving the surge.

The country has been buying copper to help its struggling smelters, which have reduced production because of weak demand.

Nucor's Mr. DiMicco said that the steel business is so weak that more price cuts are possible because of building inventory and weak demand.

This has coincided with weak demand from the US, where retail sales fell in July and again in August.

Asia's travel industry, struggling with weak demand because of the weak global economy, is bracing for the fallout from the swine flu.

In this cycle, however, there is a contrast between weak demand in the developed world and booming demand in emerging markets.

The price has been slashed by a third, to $99, in the face of weak demand.

Cheap pork in turn means competition for beef, which is already suffering from weak demand for expensive cuts.

However, some say there is potential for a recovery once drilling rig shutdowns due to weak demand over the last year start to bite.

Another report from the Commerce Department showed business inventories were starting to pile up because of weak demand.

The longer high levels of unemployment stretch on, the less they can be explained by weak demand.

Weak demand pushed down the consumer price index by 0. 6% in the first quarter.

Bank lending is shrinking because of weak demand and tougher lending standards.

Another sure sign of weak demand is that people with jobs aren't deluged with overtime; hours worked have barely budged in the past year.

How many years of weak demand and efficiency-driven policy would it take to change the mood again?

Gustav Horn of IMK reckons that Germany's focus on exports created 400, 000 jobs, but weak demand cost another 1m.

Prices were really pushed down artificially [last year] because of such weak demand.

A UN report finds that weak demand and fiscal tightening are impeding recovery in developed economies,