We observed the continuous decrease of glaciers in 1958 - 2011 with
accelerated rate in the recent years.
4) Surface temperatures north of latitude 60 degrees are warming at
an accelerated rate in the past few decades.
Ice mass loss is occuring at
an accelerated rate in Greenland, Antarctica and globally from inland glaciers.
(Tamino, 2009) clearly shows that surface temperatures north of latitude 60o are warming at
an accelerated rate in the past few decades.
Of course, it is precisely one of those exceptions that is most concerning to some of us, and Archer himself noted that, «The Siberian margin is one example of a place where methane hydrate is melting today, presumably at
an accelerated rate in response to anthropogenic warming.
This might be beneficial to the publishing industry as a whole, since many mom and pop used bookstores have been closing at
an accelerated rate in the last few years.
Human bodies generate melatonin at
an accelerated rate in the dark to prepare for sleep, and at a decelerated rate in the light in order to support energy levels and alertness throughout the day.
After all, CO2 was certainly increasing at
an accelerating rate in 1940, yet global temperature fell.
Ice is melting at
accelerating rates in the Arctic, Antarctica, Greenland, and glaciers all over the world.
Not exact matches
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.
«Strong economic momentum and
accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed
rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote
in response to the survey.
The one - stop strategy really hasn't changed, it's just repeating itself
in different industries at an
accelerating rate.
Then the
rate started creeping back up, slowly at first before
accelerating in recent years.
But, what typically happens
in this cycle, is interest
rates start to
accelerate, leading credit spreads — essentially the gap between how much more of a return bonds provide compared with US treasuries — to compress.
«I will continue to act to ensure that household debt levels are sustainable, that lenders are acting prudently, and that increases
in interest
rates or a housing market downturn don't put at risk the economic growth we are working so hard to
accelerate,» Morneau said.
China's consumer inflation
rate grew at its fastest pace
in six months
in October as food prices rose, while producer prices
accelerated to a near - five year high, exceeding expectations.
Scott also said Friday that he supported a ban on «bump stock» devices, which
accelerate semiautomatic rifles»
rate of gunfire and were used
in last year's shooting
in Las Vegas.
According to Acadata and LSL property services and reported by Bloomberg, the average price of a house
in London was down 2.7 % on the year
in September, the decline
accelerating from a
rate of 0.7 %
in August.
The 2.9 % rise
in December average hourly earnings «might put a little bit more pressure on the Fed to
accelerate the path [of interest
rate hikes], but I really don't think it's going to be that significant a push,» said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America.
The Fed's announcement assuaged investors» concerns about the possibility of
accelerated interest -
rate increases as rising materials costs for companies have signaled a pickup
in inflation.
«If interest
rates continue to
accelerate to the upside, what scares the market is if they go up fast,» said Robert Phipps, a director at Per Stirling Capital Management
in Austin, Texas
Between 2016 and 2017, its annual recurring revenue was up 187 % and
in the last 12 months, that growth
rate has
accelerated to 342 %.
«Cloud computing has continuously broken the boundaries of what we thought possible,
accelerating the
rate of innovation,» said Ge Jin, Alibaba's cloud business architect director,
in a statement.
Despite rapidly
accelerating revenue, the
rate that Twitter added monthly active users slowed — less than 4 %, to 241 million,
in its first quarter as a public company, and as low as 1.4 %
in a recent quarter — worrying investors that Twitter might not be the mainstream product that its soaring valuation promised.
Many of them may relate to an optimistic scenario — one
in which the economic recovery
accelerates, causing the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy and interest
rates to rise.
At the World Economic Forum's annual meeting
in Davos, Switzerland, the focus on
accelerating the pace and
rate of change for women has driven many of the sessions and conversations.
«A strong job market,
accelerating wage growth, and expectations of faster
rate hikes from the Fed all have played roles
in pushing up longer - term
rates.»
The ACCA allows manufacturing companies to depreciate, for tax purposes, the value of newly purchased equipment and machinery at the
accelerated rate of 50 per cent per year, reducing their taxable income
in the first few years of owning the asset.
The U.S. economy probably added 185,000 jobs
in March while wage gains
accelerated, a survey of economists showed, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's case for continuing to increase interest
rates gradually to keep inflation from overheating while keeping unemployment low.
Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business
accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run -
rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock
in the mid - $ 11s per share.
Yet the
rate has dropped
in large part because many people have stopped looking for work and are no longer counted as unemployed — not because hiring has
accelerated.
Europe also joined the decline that was
accelerated by a spike higher
in the Euro, the European Central Bank is rumored to be confident with the market's
rate hike expectations.
BitSight Announces $ 23 Million
in Series B Funding to
Accelerate Worldwide Adoption of Security
Ratings
«The
rate at which California has been losing people to other states has
accelerated in the past couple of years,
in part because of rising housing costs,» said Jed Kolko, chief economist with employment website Indeed.com.
NDP commitments include a two point cut
in the small business tax
rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the
accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase
in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used
in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).
He touted robust employment, low inflation and
accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest
rate to keep inflation
in check.
NDP promises include a two point cut
in the small business tax
rate (already implemented
in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the
accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used
in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.
«With the Italian 10 - year bond yielding less than its US counterpart, with clear signs of
accelerating growth and inflation
in Europe, and a depressed Euro adding fuel to the fire, assets correlated to European
rates will be vulnerable
in 2017,» says Mitchell.
Withdrawals from bond funds
accelerated after the
rate hikes, hitting record levels (
in dollar terms) for the week ending June 26.
A report from the Labor Department showed hourly worker compensation
accelerated at a 3.4 per cent
rate in the first quarter after rising at a 2.4 per cent pace
in the October - December period.
If the Fed were to continue hiking
rates based on the current low
rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would
accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment
in productivity boosting technologies.
Ultimately, we see the dollar weakening against the euro as real
rates in the Euro Zone become more positive and strengthen versus the yen because inflation
in Japan is picking up due to
accelerating wage growth.
Consumer prices, usually more stable than producer prices, have also
accelerated on a similar basis from a recorded inflation
rate of less than 1.0 percent last summer to 2.4 percent over the 12 - months ended this past March, also a smart acceleration
in a brief time.
Millions of people can see at least some of the major signs, such as the collapse of interest
rates, record high number of people not counted
in the workforce, and debt rising from already - unpayable levels at an
accelerating rate.
Indeed, Chairman Camp, former Chairman Baucus, and the Wyden - Gregg tax reform plan all moved
in the opposite direction, reducing
accelerated depreciation to pay for lower tax
rates.
The current
rating actions give the counterparties of these transactions the option to immediately demand up to $ 2.2 billion
in accelerated principal and accrued interest and associated termination fees.
Poverty
rates started to collapse towards the end of the 20th century largely because developing - country growth
accelerated, from an average annual
rate of 4.3 %
in 1960 - 2000 to 6 %
in 2000 - 10.
«When controlling for differences across provinces, I find that changes to the TFWP that eased hiring conditions
accelerated the rise
in unemployment
rates in Alberta and British Columbia.»
For example, lower
rates have
accelerated purchases of cars and other consumer durables and created apparent increases
in wealth as asset prices inflate.
On Thursday, Google told analysts on its earnings conference call that it hired 768 new employees
in the first quarter, and that it expects that
rate to continue, if not
accelerate.