Sentences with phrase «u.s. economic well»

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Lighthizer [who is U.S. Trade Representative] and [National Economic Council] Director Kudlow to take another look at whether or not a better deal could be negotiated.»

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

U.S. government debt yields slipped after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Jay Carney, press secretary to U.S. President Barack Obama, conceded that America «must do better to make clear our nation's will, capacity and commitment to work together to tackle our major fiscal and economic challenges.»

Looking at demographic and economic data, Mandelman and Zlate say that there may be good reason to believe that the sort of mass movement from Mexico to the U.S. that was seen in the years leading up to the Great Recession could be a thing of the past.

The exodus of executives sparked talk that Gary Cohn, Trump's top White House economic adviser and a key liaison to the U.S. business community, might resign in protest as well.

Among the 18 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's assessment, the U.S. ranked at best eighth and at worst 12th, based on the range of scores from its 1,133 students tested.

WASHINGTON — Seeking to intensify pressure on Russia, President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support.

That formula works in the huge U.S. market, but doesn't translate as well to Canada, which has a tenth of the population and less stratification in its economic classes.

U.S. government debt yields slipped Friday after weak consumer spending data muted a better - than - expected initial first - quarter read on economic growth.

But according to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. economy will fall well short of that goal, as exports only increased by 48.4 % over that five - year span.

That's a good thing, since any effort to stop those powerful forces will only add to U.S. economic woes.

When asked if the Federal Reserve's actions helped or hindered the economic recovery, the governor took a liquidationist position, arguing that the U.S. economy would be in a better position today if we had just let America's major banks fail.

The other is that, from a Canadian economic point of view, over 40 % of the revenue in cloud technology flows out of our country to other areas of the world — mostly the U.S., but to other countries as well.

The idea was originally developed in the early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying on shaky indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.

U.S. News & World Report just released its annual best states ranking, and they looked partly at economic factors.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the U.S. dollar took a significant dent after Mnuchin told reporters, «a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities.»

As the U.S. has struggled, countries such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as others in the Asian Pacific region, have been enjoying a long «economic spring» and «economic summer.»

«We can get a glimpse of what may be in store for the United States by looking at Japan, where in a somewhat frightening parallel, economic growth has averaged 0.9 % annually over the past two decades, and just 0.7 % in the 2001 to 2010 period,» BlackRock's paper says, though Koesterich adds that U.S. demographics are considerably better than Japan's.

«Most stayed in the U.S. for the rest of their careers because the economic and professional opportunities here were better than in their home countries.»

Dollar strength might seem like a reflection of U.S. economic power, and it may even be good news for the pockets of American consumers.

Jeff Currie, head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs — which correctly predicted oil would reach US$ 85 in 2009 — thinks crude has a good chance of hitting US$ 100 this year, primarily because «U.S. economic data has surprised to the upside.»

Finally, Mr. Poloz may believe that forward guidance works well, and is appropriate for the U.S. and British economies, but is not needed in Canada because our economic recovery is much more solid.

First, although it should be clear that neither GDP is «correct» as a true measure of wealth creation, I think there are good reasons to argue that the difference in real wealth creation might be greater than the difference in GDP — in other words that U.S. wealth creation is higher relative to U.S. GDP than China's wealth creation is relative to China's GDP — and it is this adjusted GDP, representing real wealth creation, whose value must be discounted to determine the economic «wealth» of each country.

It would have been even worse had the U.S. dollar weakened as well, but given some very poor economic news from overseas, the dollar held fairly steady.

The 2012 Budget contained considerable discussion on the economic and political uncertainties in the EURO area and in the U.S. and rightly so, because these uncertainties are not just short - term uncertainties but medium and longer - term uncertainties as well.

Indeed, stock prices have soared and high - yield aka junk has been one of the best places to be in fixed income, even if comparable U.S. and global economic growth has been absent.

The bank, in fact, said it believes the Europeans will manage their public debt mess without bringing down the system, and that the Canadian economic outlook has «marginally improved,» in part because the U.S. is doing a little better.

This is unfortunate since Canada's economic prospects depend critically on the U.S. and to a somewhat lesser extent on those in Europe and Japan and those prospects don't seem that good.

Tax cuts and economic growth are spurring a spending spree by U.S. companies on deal making as well as share buybacks.

A trend is called nascent for a reason — there is a risk it does not develop — and there is risk to our optimistic baseline that foresees better economic policy in key emerging and developed economies and the possibility of future breakthroughs in U.S. economic policy over our secular horizon.

Implementing (another nascent trend) better economic policy in key emerging economies (China, India) as well as key developed economies (eurozone, Japan) with at least the possibility of future breakthroughs in U.S. economic policy (immigration, oil exports, trade promotion authority).

Like many U.S. grocery chains, Safeway wanted to improve its private - label offerings during the economic slump, when consumers were eager for brands that offered better value.

To get some insight into the matter, we turned to one of the most well - informed mortgage rate forecasts available anywhere, the «U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook» provided by Freddie Mac.

Word that President Donald Trump's son - in - law, Jared Kushner, met with the head of a Russian bank makes now a good time to look at the U.S. economic sanctions meant to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of the Ukraine, and why Moscow would go to great lengths to get them lifted.

«The good news is that the recent changes in the U.S. tax system have many of the key ingredients to fuel economic expansion: a business tax rate that will make the U.S. competitive around the world; provisions to free U.S. companies to bring back profits earned overseas; and, importantly, tax relief for the middle class.»

In other words, for two years of economic recovery, the labor market in the U.S. has been doing only slightly better than treading water, and much of the improvement in the unemployment rate can be attributed to people dropping out of the labor force either because they've given up looking for work or because they've retired.

Perhaps the best reflection of the economic pressures Millennials face can be seen in the U.S. housing market.

In my view, the most likely accompaniment to economic weakness would not be a decline in nominal rates, but somewhat accelerated inflation (meaning that real interest rates might very well fall to negative levels), and possibly substantial weakness in the U.S. dollar.

Business media and expert commentators sometimes cite the monthly University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index as an indicator of U.S. economic and stock market health, generally interpreting a jump (drop) in sentiment as good (bad) for future consumption and stocks.

One of the best ways to foster innovation, enhance economic growth and promote job creation is to simplify and better align Canadian and U.S. regulatory approaches.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Edward Jones expects modestly better U.S. economic growth and strong company earnings growth in 2018, and both can support rising stock prices over time.

Gold suffered a sharp fall this week as better - than - expected U.S. economic data raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve may start scaling back its $ 85 - billion - per - month bond - buying program earlier than anticipated.

Well - known U.S. stock market crashes include the market crash of 1929, which resulted from economic decline and panic selling and sparked the Great Depression, and Black Monday (1987), which was also largely caused by mass panic.

Along with auto sales, housing has been an important component of the U.S. economic recovery and this is well worth studying.

Still, we see the economic and earnings backdrop as positive for equities, with fuller valuations a potential drag, especially in the U.S. Equities in Japan, the only major region to see multiple contraction in 2017, look well positioned.

In that context, the weak ECRI figures, as well as the news of a decline in total non-farm employment, are simply additional confirmation of a U.S. economic downturn.

And while equity markets have been performing well this year, there are numerous potential risk factors that could cause a sharp correction in the equity markets, such as the U.S. election, sluggish global economic growth and the future of Europe given the «Brexit» situation.

A further bit of good news: Unlike last year, U.S. economic expectations are improving faster than the rest of the world.