What is holding back firms from investing is now mainly uncertainty about demand rather than access to credit, says Mr Radley.
This disruption comes at a time of increasing uncertainty for PC demand.
Several resource-sector shares fell, amid uncertainty over Chinese demand growth and after a firm U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices in New York Wednesday.
Given the uncertainty in the demand environment, we decided to aggressively and proactively adjust our supply chain now to maintain lean inventories, especially in the distribution channel.
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It is also leaving its 2013 capital expenditure at the same level as last year, underlining the uncertainty in the demand outlook and concerns about rapidly declining demand for personal computers.
Given the uncertainty of future demand for these vehicles in China, it is not surprising that few foreign manufacturers are willing to import these vehicles or their parts (which are still subject to WTO-allowed import tariffs) for sale in China.
Those with cash (including a chunk of the corporate world and not a few households that gained from the housing boom) are clinging on to it because of uncertainty about future demand, job prospects, taxes, the supply of credit and much else.
Their reluctance to invest may have more to do with regulatory, financial and fiscal uncertainty than weak consumer demand (see article).
And for my money, it is this palpable uncertainty that drives the gargantuan demand for professional football.
Keynes's intellectual framework a world in which pervasive uncertainty leads to persistently inadequate demand has seemed more relevant in recent months than at any time since the 1930s.
Gold will continue to see safe-haven investment demand amid the keener uncertainty and anxiety in the market place.
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Mr. Bouchard said that uneven demand and broader economic uncertainty have made him reluctant to step up hiring at the Schiller Park, Ill.
The European Union sovereign debt crisis remains a bullish factor for the precious metals markets, on safe-haven demand due to the uncertainty of the issue.
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The European Union sovereign debt crisis remains an underlying bullish factor for the precious metals markets, on safe-haven demand due to the uncertainty of the issue.
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The ongoing European Union sovereign debt crisis also remains a bullish factor for the precious metals markets, on safe-haven demand due to the uncertainty of the issue.
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Due to a drop in demand caused by economic uncertainty, the report predicts economy class airfare in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa should increase by less than 5% in 2012.
Commodities have surged past equities since the beginning of the year, as demand issues and political uncertainty push oil up to record marks and weather patterns across the globe have caused lower crop outputs for commodities like corn and wheat.
That prompted some market uncertainty and led to safe-haven demand for gold and silver.
The big uncertainty around these figures is how much demand for whisky is driven by price, and what happens to the price of alternative drinks.
So there is a huge amount of uncertainty about the course, the strength of demand.
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Should pro-bailout parties win the Greek elections, he said, this would remove some of the ongoing uncertainty and presumably mean less safe-haven demand.
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In the third quarter, economic uncertainty in developed markets and the sluggish market demand for notebook PCs and monitors is expected to dampen overall demand.
The mining group reported a 22% fall in first-half profit as metals prices fell and spoke of near-term uncertainty, but said it was confident about demand in the long run.
Uncertainty about both likely will dampen both supply and demand at least through the first week of November.
Meike Escherich, principal analyst at Gartner, attributes the overall performance to economic uncertainty in the region, as well as lackluster demand in the wait for Windows 8 machines.
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Demand for gold appears to be fueled by uncertainty and a move toward hard assets that provide security beyond a piece of paper that can be debased by the printing press.
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Lenders will demand higher interest rates to protect themselves against the uncertainty of its future value.
Universities' uncertainty over applications and places has been compounded by concerns over demand from overseas students.
That's explained by demand keeping up in emerging economies, and political uncertainty in the Middle East.
Demand for office space has been lackluster lately amid uncertainty in Europe and about the financial-services industry.
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