The strongest quarterly sales pace in a decade lowered inventory levels and
caused price growth to accelerate during the first three months of 2017.
«While tight supply is expected to keep home prices on an upward trajectory in most metro areas in 2018, both the uptick in mortgage rates and the impact of the new tax law on some high - cost markets could
cause price growth to moderate nationally,» said Yun.
«While tight supply is expected to keep home prices on an upward trajectory in most metro areas in 2018, both the uptick in mortgage rates and the impact of the new tax law on some high - cost markets could
cause price growth to moderate nationally,» Yun says.
«While tight supply is expected to keep home prices on an upward trajectory in most metro areas in 2018, both the uptick in mortgage rates and the impact of the new tax law on some high - cost markets could
cause price growth to moderate nationally,» said Yun.
Based on a comparison of Monthly Supply of Houses and New One - Family Houses Sold, one can easily see that demand for houses is rising but inventories are decreasing that is
causing price growth.
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.
One of the
causes of the company's
growth: widespread nervousness about the
price and reliability of conventional - energy supplies.
Dip in share
prices and bond yields, along with the upcoming election has had an impact on the state of the global economy,
causing a setback in business travel
growth.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain
growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may
cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and
price erosion
caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering
prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may
cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock
price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may
cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Indications of some slowdown in the company's
growth trajectory appear to have
caused some investors to lose interest, but I think that the business's prospects are underappreciated at current
prices given its competitive position and favorable tailwinds.
For oil
prices, the phase change was
caused mostly by the
growth of a new source of supply from unconventional, expensive oil.
Rising interest rates might
cause prices to slow in
growth (and yes, cash buyers won't care, so an AirBnB IPO might create a lot of new cash buyers).
With tensions running high between the US and EU, analysts have warned that the spat could devolve into a tit - for - tat trade war that would
cause prices to rise and damage economic
growth.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue
growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations;
pricing actions; and other factors.
This means, to return to iron, if you understood China as a
growth «system», with its own logic, its liquidity channels, its institutional distortions, its balance sheets that embedded pro-cyclical or counter-cyclical tendencies, etc. you would have known that once the process started, rebalancing was going to
cause iron ore
prices (and
prices of other hard commodities) to collapse, and I stressed, as I often do, that I did not think the word «collapse» was overly dramatic.
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After all, the Seattle and Portland metro areas saw double - digit
price growth during 2016, and the supply - and - demand situation that
caused this hasn't changed significantly.
While the decision to leave the EU has
caused notable market upheaval, global market declines were actually more extreme in the first few months of 2016 due to significant commodity
price weakness, concerns regarding slowed economic
growth in the U.S. and China, and monetary decisions by major central banks.
They're often portrayed as a major
cause of rapid housing -
price growth, spurring impassioned political rhetoric accompanied by targeted taxes on their properties.
Taken together, those incidents — which reflected management's under - appreciation of the importance of the DVD business —
caused many customers to flee, taking a bite out of the company's subscriber
growth, which had driven its share
price skyward.
He identified a «cocktail of factors» that led to unconstrained
growth of Toronto and Vancouver home
prices, including a growing population, land constraints, lack of supply and highly stimulative interest rates that
caused people to funnel more disposable income into their homes in addition to foreign money.
(
Growth was interrupted in 2008 to 2010 by the recession, the
causes of which were unrelated to oil
prices.)
Phase 4: Stagflation phase: GDP
growth slows but inflation remains high (side note: most bear markets are preceded by a 100 % + increase in the
price of oil which drives inflation up and
causes central banks to tighten).
A momentum investor generally looks not just for
growth but for accelerating
growth that is attracting a lot of investors and
causing the share
price to rise.
Factors that could
cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the size and
growth of the market for the company's products and services, regulatory approvals, the company's ability to fund its capital requirements in the near term and the long term,
pricing pressures and other risks detailed in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There are plenty of reasons why the region struggled, including slowing
growth in China (the country saw its GDP fall from about 11 % in 2010 to around 7.7 % in 2015), falling commodity
prices and political instability, which
caused investors to buy more American stocks and less emerging market ones.
(and the gain is not tax free) The real
cause of the increase in debt - to - income ratio is the following; 1) High taxation leaving fewer dollars in the hands of the public 2) Record low interest rates and relaxed lending criteria 3) The wealth affect of increasing Real Estate
prices 4) ridiculous credit card interest rates 5) lack of real wage
growth
Economic
growth (or lack of) can
cause consumers to become more frugal and balk at Nike's higher
prices.
Worries over slowing economic
growth in the emerging markets have
caused stock
prices to stagnate this year, and that has naturally affected small - caps.
That said, projects can be put on hold, realizing that
growth will suffer; this can be a «choose your poison» type of situation, because it might
cause the stock
price to fall, with unpredictable second order effects.
Human and institutional behaviour
cause biases in stock
prices that give rise to what is known as the value premium, namely that value stocks beat
growth stocks.
For example, a 20 %
price rise will
cause the expected real - dividend -
growth rate to rise from the 1.5 % average to nearly 4 % in the next year.
Cause in stock terms, a 5.2 % yield works out to be a
price / earning ratio of about 19:1, which I think is fairly high and what you'd expect from high
growth stocks.
Factors that could
cause actual results to differ from the results or implied in forward - looking statements include the size and
growth of the market for the Company's products, the Company's ability to fund its capital requirements in the near term and in the long term,
pricing pressures for the Company's products and services, the Company's ability to obtain needed resources, and the local, regional and global markets.
The root
cause of the problem is that managements responded to the post-2000 surge in the gold
price by chasing
growth.
Its very possible on current exponential
growth that the process of scarcity and
price increases would be rapid, and thus could
cause considerable hardship and tip parts of humanity into subsistence levels of consumption, as some materials become very scarce and hard to recycle.
The TaaS disruption will have enormous implications across the transportation and oil industries, decimating entire portions of their value chains,
causing oil demand and
prices to plummet, and destroying trillions of dollars in investor value — but also creating trillions of dollars in new business opportunities, consumer surplus and GDP
growth.
While waiting for the additional data, Newman and Kenworth speculate on factors they say blend together in
causing peak car use - the aging of cities (more people coming back from the suburbs to the inner cores and driving less), the
growth of public transport, many cities hitting a wall in expansion after average commutes (by car or even train) get beyond one hour's time, and the rise in fuel
prices.
This analytical report looks at how the key
causes of the current food crisis are the combined effects of speculation in food stocks, extreme weather events, low cereal stocks,
growth in biofuels competing for cropland and high oil
prices.
Sudden increases in the
price of oil severely stunt economic
growth in the developing world, hijacking scarce government resources and
causing the
prices of local transportation and basic commodities to skyrocket.
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According to a 2008 analysis by Iowa State University, the
growth in U.S. ethanol fuel production
caused retail gasoline
prices to be 29 — 40 cents per gallon lower than would otherwise have been the case.
But the market has had limited success after the
price fell to lows of $ 4.38 a tonne in May 2017 due to a chronic oversupply of allowances leftover in the market after the financial crisis
caused industrial
growth in Europe to stall.
The extraordinary
growth trajectory of Bitcoin in 2017 have
caused experts and investors such as JP Morgan's CEO Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffet in terming the same as a
price bubble.
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I believe that we first need to see it get to the $ 3,000
price range, which I forecast for later this year, and I believe this is entirely possible, but it must happen while maintaining low volatility and steady
growth — countries falling apart and pouring money into Bitcoin will not help the
cause if it happens too quickly.
The
price growth may be partly
caused by the growing insecurity of Chinese market, pushing people to invest in bitcoin, or by Chinese anti-corruption campaign.
Together with the
growth of Bitcoin
prices, this
caused more transactions and a greater load on the blockchain.
The new hike of bitcoin
price caused the
growth of trade volume on leading exchanges BTCChina, OkCoin and Huobi.
As shown by CoinDesk's latest quarterly report, months of infighting among network developers seems to have done little to
cause bitcoin's
price to decline or its rate of new wallet or ATM
growth to decrease.