Sentence examples for slower profit from inspiring English sources
This all means that companies will see slower profit growth or even profit contraction".
The news from Australian banks has been so good for so long that a forecast of merely somewhat slower profit growth was greeted yesterday like a towering thundercloud.
But a decline in prices for liquid crystal displays and price-cutting by cellphone makers including Nokia could lead to slower profit growth in the second half as companies compete for market share.
"Several years ago we tried to lower investor expectations, given an environment of slower profit growth and low interest rates," said Jack A. Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago.
Share prices of retailers have risen this year, even though some reported slower profit growth than analysts estimated, as investors realized that the value of the companies' real estate was not reflected in their share prices and they expected the companies to sell their property, lease it back and pass some of the proceeds back to them.
"Investors have to figure out whether we are in for slower profit growth and one or two Fed easings or declining profits and a sharp decline in the federal funds rate," which is the central bank's benchmark short-term interest rate, said Robert J. Barbera, the chief economist at Hoenig & Company in Rye Brook, N.Y.
[A1.] Slow Profit Growth Stalls Markets Stocks fell as evidence of slowing profit growth prompted investors to sell shares.
Stocks fell yesterday as evidence of slowing profit growth prompted investors to sell shares that have driven recent gains.
It is among 13 hedge funds that have short positions in Carillion, with concerns centring on its rising debts and slow profit growth.
The sale comes as China's banks have been confronting slowing profit growth, as the nation's economy has become less reliant on traditional bank lending.
In the best-case situation, he said, one reason for slowing profit growth will be that margins may decline as some companies ramp up hiring.
