Sentences with phrase «costs put pressure»

Preserving working capital is a must for any business, especially restaurants and foodservice operations where high operating costs put pressure on margins and profitability.

China — a low - cost maker of goods — is falling behind in the global manufacturing race as rising wages and energy costs put pressure on the Asian country, synonymous with making super cheap stuff.

Cash - strapped corporations looking to cut costs put pressure on firms to deliver results while cutting billable hours.

Not exact matches

First - time smartphone buyers are likely to opt for low - cost models, putting further pressure on RIM's margins.

The good news is the cost - conscious shift from fee - for - service to fee - for - value should put structural downward pressure on the pace of cost growth.

As the Fed raises rates, the gap between Canadian and American borrowing costs should widen, which would put downward pressure on the value of the loonie.

On the other hand, profit margins are on the decline, and it may be hard for companies to stomach larger capital expenses, especially with labor costs already putting pressure on bottom lines.

Amazon and Whole Foods can «engage in low - cost pricing and it also going to put pressure on wages,» Ro Khanna tells CNBC.

Amazon and Whole Foods can «engage in low - cost pricing and it is also going to put pressure on wages,» he says.

This is the company's greatest operating expense, and Amazon shareholders have put pressure on the company to drive down costs.

Valukas also portrayed a corporate culture in which there was heavy pressure to keep costs down, a reluctance to report problems up the chain of command, a skittishness about putting safety concerns on paper, and general bureaucratic resistance to change.

The central bank noted in its statement that «financial vulnerabilities in the household sector continue to edge higher,» which is the Governing Council's way of saying that ultra-low borrowing costs continue to put upward pressure on asset prices and personal debt.

The fiduciary rule basically puts pressure on financial - services companies to justify the costs of the retirement accounts they offer.

Amazon and other online retailers that don't have high bricks - and - mortar costs have been able to move such goods more cheaply and efficiently, putting major pressure on physical world retailers.

Some New York neighborhoods are more popular than others, putting upward pressure on home values and mortgage costs.

He added that other employment law changes, such as part - time pay equity in Ontario will put additional pressure on operating costs.

In a post for Medium she detailed the sort of pressure that entrepreneurs experience from their investors to grow at all costs and how it pushes founders to put up a false front.

Falling fees and rising costs are putting pressure on margins, especially for the smallest (less than $ 100 billion in AUM) managers.

Normally this would put remarkable pressure on the price of gold — higher yields raise the opportunity cost of buying gold — but over the same period, the U.S. dollar has steadily weakened and is now officially in a bear market.

That will put downward pressure on wages and salaries at a time of rising costs.

The amount of debt that is projected under the extended baseline would reduce national saving and income in the long term; increase the government's interest costs, putting more pressure on the rest of the budget; limit lawmakers» ability to respond to unforeseen events; and increase the likelihood of a fiscal crisis, an occurrence in which investors become unwilling to finance a government's borrowing unless they are compensated with very high interest rates.

Health fund Bupa will publish surgery costs to put pressure on fee - gouging surgeons and help customers avoid shock out - of - pocket costs.

The huge pool of low - cost labour that this has brought into play has put sustained downward pressure on a wide range of prices of internationally traded goods.

In the future, pension benefits will become a major cost driver for the federal government, which could put pressure on the government to maintain a sustainable fiscal framework.

The uncertainty created by a tumultuous global economy and uncertainty about the future means B2B buyers give extra attention to driving down costs and putting more pressure on reducing price whenever they can.

China's demand for resources to supply its industrial expansion has put upward pressure on prices for steel and its raw materials (iron ore, coking coal), and on the costs of shipping.

But market - making practices are clearly evolving, putting upward pressure on bid - ask spreads and trading costs, and causing activity to concentrate in the most liquid instruments and move away from the less liquid ones.

The stimulus from lower taxes will put upward pressure on inflation, forcing borrowing costs higher.

Wage pressures are just going to naturally begin to build and that «s going to put upper pressure on company «s cost and generate some inflation.

Wakatabe told lawmakers that benefits of the easy policy are exceeding their costs, but prolonged easy policy will put further downward pressure on profits at financial institutions, and the BOJ must watch accumulative impact of easy policy.

Inderbitzin says the rising cost of fuel has made the company's operations more difficult, putting more pressure on the company to provide the same level of service to customers without passing along the added costs to them.

Operational issues such as rising wholesale food prices and a drawn - out economic recovery put cost pressures on restaurant operators.

The close - by Class III milk price has dropped below $ 15 per hundredweight, which will put downward pressure on income over feed cost headed into 2018.

Lower freight costs and a strong Australian dollar are putting cement, plasterboard and glass manufacturers under pressure from overseas competitors.

This should make us more potent, at the cost of putting more pressure on the LB corp..

Still plenty of time for Rich to put further pressure on Lawro while Geoff checks out the cost of 10 day all - inclusive breaks in Torremolinos

Real Madrid might go into the game with 7 points behind league leaders Barcelona who play against Levante in the early kickoff on Sunday at around 12:00 and that can put some added pressure for Real Madrid to get all three points at any cost.

Whose parents are perfectionists and put too much pressure on their athletic daughters to succeed no matter what the cost.

It puts pressure on us to work harder when in fact our children most want us involved in activities that cost nothing more than time.»

I put so much pressure on myself to make sure that my 1 - & 2 - year - olds had something «structured» to take part in each day and when it didn't pan out (for obvious reasons), we all endured a lot of unnecessary stress (luckily not in the pocketbook since Portland has so many wonderfully free, or low cost children's activities).

But the BPI vs. ABC lawsuit is going forward just as demand is also coming back for LFTB, two years after depiction of the product in the media as «pink slime» put consumer pressure on retailers and restaurants to pull the product.Now, however, many of those same restaurants and retailers fear losing their customers for beef patties because they cost too much.

«However, we do know these proposals will dramatically increase costs for local county boards of election, putting even more pressure on taxpayers.

The cost of this (Tappan Zee) bridge certainly is putting a significant amount of fiscal pressure on the Thruway Authority.»

An interesting coalition of groups have teamed up to put pressure on the state to lower mandates costs for municipalities.

Taxpayers will put enough pressure on locally elected officials that will in turn lead to reduced costs and lower property taxes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday in Syracuse.

Inflation rises in October As inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in October, the FSB warned that with energy costs set to rise and potential increase in fuel duty, we are concerned about the pressure this will put on household and business finances.

The cost to local governments has increased by 59 percent from 2010 to 2012, putting pressure on property and sales taxpayers.

David Friedfel of the independent Citizens Budget Commission disputes the Cuomo administration's view that borrowing through the Dormitory Authority doesn't put taxpayers on the hook because in the event of any default, the state would «at the very least» feel political pressure to cover the costs.

Yet Kemper has been plagued by cost overruns, rising from less than $ 3 billion to $ 5.5 billion today and putting pressure on Southern's stock.

If the government doesn't come up with the additional funding required to cover rising annual costs and maintain the current level of quality for every student, universities will be forced to put more pressure on the government to remove current restrictions on tuition and, in a worst - case scenario, restrict the numbers of new undergraduate enrollments.