Sentences with phrase «accelerating rate for»

«2011 Japan earthquake: Fault had been relieving stress at accelerating rate for years.»

Stanford scientists have found evidence that sections of the fault responsible for the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake that devastated northern Japan in 2011 were relieving seismic stress at a gradually accelerating rate for years before the quake.

«By narrowing the achievement gap for low - income students and students of color, Uncommon is driving learning at an accelerated rate for thousands of students.

Check to see if there is an accelerated rate for certain categories that will maximize your spending.

Climate has been warming at an accelerated rate for decades.

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.

For Song, this accelerated rate of change means the company must constantly reinvent itself to keep the next group of 20 - somethings looking to disrupt the industry at bay.

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.

«Now, even if inflation does accelerate over the remainder of the year, there's still reason for the bank to be cautious on future rate hikes.»

The large and accelerating rates of incorporation happened because of the weird interaction of two different populist instincts: (1) Even tax - cutting governments were reluctant to reduce personal income taxes on the top tier of income - earners, for fear of being accused of delivering «a tax cut to the richest Canadians;» (2) Just about every government from Jean Chrétien's onward was eager to cut small - business tax rates, because this seemed to be a handy spur to the plucky spirit of the theoretically job - creating mom - and - pop entrepreneurial class.

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.

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.

Bond indexes have declined this year, as the growing economy has led the Fed to raise interest rates and investors have grown increasingly concerned about the potential for accelerating inflation.

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).

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.

He suggested this might add to inflation risks; accelerate the need for interest - rate hikes; strain mortgages; and ultimately widen the import - export trade deficit, which is the source of trade tensions.

Withdrawals from bond funds accelerated after the rate hikes, hitting record levels (in dollar terms) for the week ending June 26.

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.

But analysts will watch the official statement after the meeting for signs of rising concern about inflation, and hints that the Fed might accelerate its pace of rate increases later this year.

But if growth accelerates, both the Fed and investors may push up rates more than currently anticipated, which would be good news for savers, bad news for borrowers and potentially bad news for investors.

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.

«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.

The annual rate of decline accelerated for the third month running to a severe pace, with the respective index at its fourth - lowest level in eight - and - a-half years of data collection.

Frankly, what's been transpiring — and is likely to at an accelerating rate — is the worst of all possible worlds for yield - focused investors.

Compared to July 2013, the annual growth rates accelerated for both Composites and 14 cities.

Manufacturers would gain more per dollar devoted to accelerated writeoffs for manufacturing capital than to across - the - board rate reductions.

If you do your research and crunch the numbers, it may be worth it for your business to take out a business loan — but only if it can accelerate your cash flow at a rate that outpaces the interest you'll pay on the loan.

Adjusted EBITDA and segment Adjusted EBITDA reflect adjustments for interest expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, including accelerated depreciation, and the following adjustments discussed above: non-cash mark - to - market adjustments and cash settlements on interest rate swaps, provision for legal settlement, transaction costs and integration costs, restructuring and plant closure costs, assets held for sale, inventory valuation adjustments on acquired businesses, mark - to - market adjustments on commodity and foreign exchange hedges and foreign currency gains and losses on intercompany loans.

Salesforce's lease is expected to accelerate improvements to Downtown Indianapolis» office market, which for years has had a vacancy rate of around 20 percent.

At this rate, ETF flows could potentially surpass last year's total NNB figure of $ 16.6 billion and end the year somewhere close to $ 30 billion — a figure that, if reached, could signal a new phase for the industry whereby broader adoption of ETFs is leading to an even more accelerated pace of growth.

Unless these new policies are implemented, inflation sharply accelerates, or euphoria in markets breaks out, there is no case for the Fed to adjust policy interest rates.

I grant that it is difficult to have any semblance of «affordable» housing policy when The Federal Reserve slammed their target rate to near zero for 10 years while housing prices rapidly accelerated.

I also think it would be judicious for investors to consider protection from potential euro weakness, particularly at a time when interest rates in the United States seem likely to rise and the ECB's QE program is underway and might even be accelerated if need be.

That's already a great growth rate, but we'll watch for it to accelerate even more in the coming years.

We noted in that January 3, 2018 newsletter, Grantham warned value investors that during a melt - up — where prices not only rise but rise at an accelerating rate, «prudent preparation for a downturn will take a psychological toll and make you feel awful, because the average client is going to lose patience».

The Fed is expected to continue its policy of hiking rates but the incoming data from the US does not ssupport any accelerated rate hikes as yet and with the 3 rate hikes for the year already priced into the markets, we do not expect any major changes in the gold prices if and when the rate hikes do happen.

The incoming data from the US has been choppy at best and hence it would be difficult for the Fed to think about accelerated rate hikes at this point of time but that is also something that the investors would wait for the Fed to confirm before pushing the prices higher again.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The thesis is that the global economy has shifted into high - growth mode and therefore the demand for commodities will rebound as inflation finally begins to take hold and central banks accelerate interest rate hikes.

This fact coupled with the accelerated rate of social change and the mutations of form and quantity in the information environment, give us real reason to be concerned for survival itself.

For the majority of consumers, the term «natural» equates with «healthier», and as obesity rates around the world continue to accelerate, consumers are increasingly attempting to take charge of their health.

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

These actions generate $ 500 million of savings, including $ 180 million from accelerating Medicaid Redesign Team initiatives and delaying investments, leveraging $ 200 million in current - year under spending to generate 2013 - 14 savings, and $ 120 million from a 6 percent reduction to OPWDD Medicaid rates for not - for - profit providers.

Duffy retired as Rochester's police chief in 2005 after seven years in the job — including aggressive efforts to curtail the city's accelerating murder rate — and ran for mayor.

Extra police by 2011, a new national drug strategy for Scotland and accelerated cuts for business rates in Scotland, he says, have all seen the light of day thanks to the Scottish Conservatives.