The phrase "a positive backdrop" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a favorable or encouraging context or environment for a situation or event.
Example: "The festival was a great success, with a positive backdrop of community support and enthusiasm."
Alternatives: "a favorable setting" or "an encouraging context."
A good day in the bond market and a dip in oil prices provided a positive backdrop for stocks.
But the presidential uncertainty is not a positive backdrop for an already troubled market, making it easier to sell on bad news.
Accenture provided a positive backdrop for global IT services with its second results, as revenues came in at the top end of expectations.
But the Ofsted chief said against a positive backdrop it would still be wrong to "turn a blind eye" to weaknesses.
The upbeat reports follow encouraging economic data in recent months, and provide a positive backdrop to Chancellor George Osborne's Budget announcement on 19 March.
A positive market backdrop combined with Laird specific new products launching in the second half provides strong underpinning for continued healthy underlying growth in the second half and beyond.
The value of British Land's property portfolio increased by 14% in the year to 31 March, to £13.6bn, boosted by a positive economic backdrop, low borrowing costs, and strong demand among foreign investors.
This positive backdrop, together with the significant stimulus from record low interest rates and the recent depreciation of the Australian dollar, underpin Treasury forecasts for an acceleration of domestic economic growth over the forward estimates to the point where the economy is back at a trend rate of expansion by 2016-17.
Profit margins will likely rise further in the quarters ahead due to a positive global macro backdrop and as many corporate sectors are continuing their rationalizations and cost-cutting that will help support their profit margins.
She believes that despite a generally positive economic backdrop, there are several factors that need to be closely monitored.
Against this backdrop, it is a positive sign that so many Arabs have apparently grown so apathetic about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
