The most common reasons for a weak rating were high attrition, lack of assessor and/or participant blinding, and selection bias.
One of the beneficial consequences of QE for America is a weaker exchange rate.
"The UK is therefore likely to experience lower growth and higher inflation for a period, as a weaker exchange rate pushes up import prices".
Moody's did not foresee the Mets missing any interest payments, but the team will have to decide how to compensate for Ambac's weaker rating, Cleary said.
Although the world economy had a poor 2001, the New Zealand economy was sustained by strong consumer-spending growth and helped by high prices for its exports and by a weak exchange rate.
Briefly, an overall "strong" rating is reserved for an AAA rating, while an overall "weak" rating is reserved for associations with 1 or more C ratings.
Therefore, the ITS results in this paper support a weak substitution rate acceleration for annuals consistent with a generation time effect in plants.
Faltering growth and falling interest rates make for a weak currency, particularly when growth prospects elsewhere seem rosier.
We're worried about the weak economy!" For a weak economy means both low interest rates and a lack of business opportunities, which, in turn, means that government bonds become an attractive investment even at very low yields.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial services data provider Markit, said: "The decline took the annual rate of growth down to 0.8%, down sharply from the 1.8% pace of expansion seen at the start of the year and the weakest rate for a year, with the exception of the snow-related fall last December".
