Sentence examples for trade drag from inspiring English sources
The phrase "trade drag" is not a standard expression in written English and may not be widely understood.
It could potentially be used in specific contexts related to trade or commerce, but clarity may be lacking without additional context. Example: "The new regulations have created a trade drag that is affecting our import-export activities."
Either way, the trade drag next year will still be substantial.
Goldman Sachs describes this as the "biggest trade drag in US history".Not only have America's imports bounced back faster than its output, its imports from Asia have recovered faster than its purchases from less fortunate parts of the world, points out Frederic Neumann of HSBC.
Some economists reckon the Asia-inspired trade drag will subtract up to 2.5 percentage points from second-quarter growth and will be in evidence well beyond that, as it usually takes six to nine months for trade flows to respond fully to economic changes.
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However, the familiar story of net trade dragging on growth surfaced again.
But the economy sucked in imports during the first quarter, far outstripping exports and leaving net trade dragging 0.9 percentage points from the wider economy.
His mother, wanting the 14-year-old school-leaver to learn a solid trade, dragged him to Adolph Cohen, owner of the best hair salon in London's East End.
HSBC's chief UK economist Simon Wells said: "The composition of growth still looks unsustainable in the long term with trade dragging on activity and the household savings rate falling further".
With margins on stock trading dragged down by falling trading costs, exchanges know that their healthy return on equity 26% a year on average for American bourses between 2001 and 2005 will be hard to sustain.
New Page 3. Technology stocks, after flying high for much of the trading day, swooned in the last 45 minutes of trading, dragging the overall markets down with them.
The tech-sensitive Nasdaq Composite Index gave up another 0.2% in early trading, dragged down by weakness in the Internet and telecommunications sectors.
