Sentences with phrase «affected business confidence»

By contrast, in South Korea — Australia's second biggest Asian market — exports and industrial production have been disrupted by labour unrest, and corporate bankruptcies and political uncertainty have affected business confidence.

Sanctions, the bank noted, «negatively affected business confidence, limited the ability of companies and banks to access international debt markets and contributed to an increase in private capital outflow.»

«As negotiations about leaving the EU continue, uncertainty is affecting business confidence, within our sector and across the whole»

There is also regulatory uncertainty in key sectors like mining, a need for structural reforms and continuing (and well publicised) political issues which affect business confidence.

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All of this is part of the current US government's initiative to drive domestic business growth and we are not sure how it will affect Canada's economy, business confidence and consumer spending.

There are some early signs that business and consumer confidence in the United States have begun to be affected by falling equity prices, but it should be kept in mind that swings in confidence can be quite ephemeral.

Australian businesses, especially large businesses, look abroad quite actively, and their confidence can not help but have been affected by the unfolding global story.

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.

Any such conduct by any of our suppliers may result in a loss of consumer confidence in our brand and products and a reduction in our sales if consumers perceive us as being untruthful in our marketing and advertising and may materially adversely affect our brand, reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations.

Real estate is big business, affecting 20 percent of the gross national product, and it is one of the leading economic indicators, along with job data and consumer confidence indexes.