The phrase "economic speculation" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the act of making predictions or guesses about future economic conditions or events. Example: Many investors engaged in economic speculation, buying and selling stocks based on their predictions of which industries would see the most growth in the coming months.
Seascapes assert naval dominance; genre scenes show bustling markets and tipsy taverngoers; botanical illustrations tell cautionary tales about economic speculation.
Their titles, however, are suggestive; they bring to mind the 17th-century Dutch phenomenon of tulipmania, as well as more current forms of economic speculation.
The capacity of these buildings to concentrate a huge amount of floor space on a relatively small plot of land meant they became powerful tools of economic speculation.
It can't be a coincidence that Armani's low-risk, evasive chic — evasive about class, age, aggression, and desire — conquered the headlines at a moment of high-risk sexual behavior and violent political struggle, or that it dominated the luxury market, at least in America, throughout a decade of rapacious economic speculation.
The central story is that of Matthews's parents, Lyudmila and Mervyn, who met in cold-war Moscow in the 1960s, immediately fell in love and, before they had a moment to get to know each other, were separated by Mervyn's deportation from Russia on grounds of "economic speculation" (he had tried to sell an old suit).
It can't be a coincidence that Armani's low-risk, evasive chic — evasive about class, age, aggression, and desire — conquered the headlines at a moment of high-risk sexual behavior and violent political struggle, or that it dominated the luxury market, at least in America, throughout a decade of rapacious economic speculation..
Brian Massumi: "Uncapitalizing Surplus Value: Alter-Economic Speculations" *Please register at altereconomic.eventbrite.com to receive a link to the seminar reading.
All the UK's worst economic tendencies – speculation, housing bubbles, the live-now-pay-later mentality – would have been amplified by euro membership and the result would have been an even bigger crash than the one suffered between 2007 and 2009, a bigger budget deficit and an austerity programme imposed not by David Cameron but by Angela Merkel.
The typical assertion of taxpayer standing rests on unjustifiable economic and political speculation.
The dollar strengthened as economic reports fueled speculation the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates again.
The uncertainty has produced sometimes volatile swings in the markets, particularly in commodities, with each contradictory glimpse of China's economic health and speculation about further government spending.
