Sentences with phrase «current macroeconomic»

This of course would have a devastating effect on a retirement portfolio and as such, bonds should be part of an overall diversification strategy with investments purchased and sold according to current macroeconomic environment variables.

So, from a macroeconomic perspective, the market is making an active bet on Apple today, relative to the much smaller current macroeconomic footprint that it occupies in the U.S. and global economy.»

Our models suggest that on current macroeconomic conditions, wage growth should already be trending toward a 2.7 % growth rate.

Under the current macroeconomic conditions, it would seem inappropriate for governments to seek additional restraint here in the near term.

Although the overall return for the month was flat, the current macroeconomic environment looks bullish for precious metals.

Looking forward, Canada will need a turnaround in both components of capital spending to escape its current macroeconomic doldrums.

Against the backdrop of current macroeconomic trends — European sovereign debt, the continued monetization of U.S. obligations, the prospect of a hard landing in China — another phenomenon is quietly playing out here in Canada: a continued strengthening of merger - and - acquisition activity in our mining sector, which could boost what are now severely compressed equity valuations.

Current macroeconomics ignores the roles that rent, debt and the financial sector play in shaping our economy.

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«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

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).

Going forward, policymakers across the emerging world will need to navigate their way through some tricky macroeconomic cross - currents.

Press stories aside, this is not a new phenomenon, and is mentioned in most good macroeconomics textbooks published beforethe current expansion.

I do not see a case for a further rate increase on current facts and remain very concerned that macroeconomic policy has inadequately internalized all the aspects of large declines in the neutral real rate and secular stagnation risks.

Because as investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or anything but it's hard to believe that traditional assets, that global equities, will be thriving in this environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.

The strategies for achieving these broad macroeconomic objectives include the following: • Promoting inclusive growth without compromising fiscal consolidation; • Anchoring fiscal policy on reducing the fiscal deficit to low and sustainable levels, sufficient to reduce the overall public debt burden; • Strengthening the inflation targeting regime and pursuing complementary monetary policy to promote monetary discipline; and • Pursuing complementary external sector policies to ensure exchange rate stability and favourable current account balance.

Below is a summary of the overall lesson objectives: Students will understand the main objectives of government macroeconomic policy: economic growth, price stability, minimising unemployment and a stable balance of payments on current account.

Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange rates - the effects of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.

With fiscal constraint continuing and macroeconomic uncertainty, this approach suggests there while there is a greater appetite for targeted interventions within current budgets, blanket increases to teacher pay funded with new money are unlikely.

Baring a sharp decline in global equipment demand, credit crisis or macroeconomic event, there is not much downside to current forecasts.

She believes current investment risks stem from a myriad of issues: central banks starting to take out liquidity, interest rates starting to go up, more uncertainty in regards to economic numbers, tensions with growth, returning inflation and macroeconomic uncertainties.

They also use market liquidity and volatility as a proxy for market microstructure issues and inflation, current account, growth rate in money supply, industrial production and the unemployment rate for macroeconomic factors.

Just as there are no good macroeconomic policies after a financial crisis — one must seek to stop the next crisis, not fix the current one, the same thing applies to the intelligent investor, where we go back to first principles:

Our board of directors also considered the current dire macroeconomic conditions, which had materially worsened since mid-2008, when we decided to proceed with our strategic operating plan and our PROSPECT II clinical trial, and the state of the medical device industry generally.

In addition to identifying the individual stocks and bonds to invest in, managers collaborate to determine the fund's asset allocation, employing a bottom - up assessment of current opportunities combined with top - down macroeconomic analysis to shift the overall asset allocation to take advantage of market inefficiencies.

Furthermore, the trader must be able to analyze macroeconomics accounting principles, such as a central bank's level of reserves, current / capital account surpluses and deficits, as well as study the causes and outcomes of speculative attacks on currency, for example, the Bank of England, Mexican and Thai currency debacles make for interesting case studies.

The team has developed a proprietary ESG scoring system called the Templeton Global Macro ESG Index (TGM - ESGI), to assess current and projected ESG conditions in various countries, and to facilitate macroeconomic country comparisons around the world.

: The current Federal, State and private sector policies that are now increasing the fraction of electricity generation from Intermittent Renewables must be stopped / reversed in order to avoid / mitigate very severe micro and macroeconomic impacts and National Security ramifications involving skyrocketing electricity prices as well as dramatically reduced power grid reliability and resilience.

Lawyers» current struggles are the product of the decades - long effect of law maturing as a market category — not merely macroeconomic dislocation.

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Economically, the status quo should produce rent growth near its current pace, while more favorable macroeconomic conditions could potentially push rent growth upward in major metropolitan markets; of course, any economic volatility could change the outlook.

Good deals depend upon a lot of factors (macroeconomics, current state of the property, tenants, etc, etc).

Debate the macroeconomic trends and changes from the new tax law guiding the current state of the capital stack as well as new exposure risks from HVADC and the best alternative asset classes and markets offering signs of growth following the halt in speculative construction lending.