Offsetting Quotes

With the economy close to full capacity, the Bank of Canada should be interested in offsetting any additional fiscal stimulus that may flow from an election-style budget. - Stewart Hall

Whole Foods Market is a leader in the natural and organic foods movement, and that involves caring about our communities and respecting our environment. Offsetting 100% of our electricity use with renewable, clean energy strengthens our commitment to be a leader in environmental stewardship by helping to clean the air and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. - Michael Besancon

While we estimate that the global packaging market should grow at a 4% to 4.5% rate annually (compared with 3% to 3.5% growth in global GDP), the developing economies are likely to grow in the 10% range, offsetting the slow growth mature economies of the west. - Sangita Jain

While global economic growth rates have slowed from the exceptionally high levels of 2004, the emerging economies remain buoyant, offsetting slowing industrial production growth in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations. - Don Argus

What it suggests is that the economy is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: moderating to more comfortable levels... Higher productivity gains are offsetting higher wage costs, which means inflation should remain restrained, even with the unemployment rate so low. - Mickey Levy

We see sizable North American share loss continuing, weighing on earnings and offsetting many restructuring benefits. - Robert Barry

We expect the truck mix to gradually improve through the remainder of the year, but fleet sales will likely recover, offsetting some of the mix benefits. - John Casesa

Those areas of strength are indeed offsetting those areas of weakness as was evidenced in the manufacturing sector. - Rosanne Cahn

These results are reminiscent of Ford's late 1990's performance -- driving earnings improvement with a richer truck mix... GM remains market-share driven and its North American pricing fell 1.0 percent. Fortunately, it was able to increase its mix of light trucks and decrease its fleet sales, offsetting partially the negative impact of lower prices. - John Casesa