Sentences with phrase «drove currency fluctuations»

Wars, periods of high inflation, lapse of the gold standard, introduction and lapse of the Bretton Woods agreements and adoption of the current floating exchange rate system in 1973 drove currency fluctuations.

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The digital currency has been subject to wild price fluctuations, driven in part by heists and insider antics.

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).

In prior comments, and in pieces like Going for the Gold and Valuing Foreign Currencies, I've frequently noted the importance of real (after inflation) interest rate pressures in driving commodity and currency fluctuations.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, broad changes in global investor risk sentiment were important drivers of currency movements, at times driving more than 50 percent of the fluctuations, according to BlackRock analysis.

But there are many other investment risks lurking — whether driven by geopolitical concerns, liquidity issues or currency fluctuations.

Bitcoin's meteoric rise has been driven up largely by speculators who believe, like gold, it could be a haven from the fluctuations of other currencies.

Currency fluctuations have driven up the Elan's price.

Meanwhile in the 4th quarter for the period ending June 2017 revenues declined $ 26 million, or 6 %, compared to the prior year, driven by $ 19 million from the absence of the additional week in the prior year, the negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations and lower sales at the Children's division, which had bigger title releases in the prior year.

With the new portfolio especially, she's trying to let fundamentals rather than currency fluctuations drive returns.

DLA Piper has posted mixed financial results for 2016, with significant currency fluctuations resulting in a rare drop in revenue, while profits rose thanks to a drive to cut costs, improve productivity and target higher value work.

Driven by consolidation, the UK's leading commercial law firms saw a fifth consecutive year of combined growth in 2014 - 15, despite currency fluctuations hampering the performance of many of the largest internationally - facing firms.