Sentences with phrase «economic challenges mean»

The nation's economic challenges mean that all of us in the industry continue to push for efficient ways to increase profits.

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Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

By that we mean fiscal policy should be based on sound analysis and a careful and balanced view of economic and fiscal prospects, challenges and risks.

The speech starts by setting out three key themes of the Bank's recent communication about Australia's transition from the resources sector boom to more normal economic conditions: that the sheer scale of the boom means that this transition is challenging, and that the broader global environment compounds the challenge; that a reasonably successful transition is possible given our economy's positive fundamentals and flexibility; and that monetary policy is doing what it can to help the transition, but that the chances of success would be boosted by a lift in productivity growth and an increase in the expected risk - adjusted rate of return on investment.

The first is that while STORE's tenant base is largely immune from current industry challenges (the decline of brick - and - mortar retail), that doesn't mean its heavy focus on services isn't exposed to economic weakness, such as when consumer spending falls during a recession.

That means they have weathered enormous economic and technological challenges over the past century and are fully capable of adapting to further changes in the banking industry.

Maybe I am stupid or something, but where in his message is politics mentioned????? I comprehended the article to mean that no one is immune from being poor or simply experiencing rough and challenging economic times.

Our Bolga Depot was shut down for so many years, the pipeline from Buipe to Bolga was not operational, today we are pumping fuel from Buipe to Bolga and we are loading 40 trucks a day to Burkina Faso and Mali, I mean if that is not economic progress, I don't know what else anybody will call economic progress, yes we've been through a period of challenges and we've had to make sacrifices as citizens but I believe that in everyone's life, there are times when you have to make sacrifices in order that things get better for the future, we are working to ensure that we create a better future for not only our citizens of today but for our citizens of tomorrow.

Ambode however urged organised labour to continue to be focused on realistic and reasonable goals while rightly insisting on the due and just entitlements of their members, calling for all hands to be on deck to continue to explore innovative means to address the economic challenges in the country for the good of all Nigerian workers.

It is a flimsy budget, one by no means fit to deal with the economic challenges that Europe is currently facing.

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

I know there has been concern that the challenging economic times mean we would lose our surplus the following year.

«Unidad» means «united,» and people from a dozen Hispanic organizations will come together at this conference, along with a bipartisan group of state legislators, to discuss the needs, challenges and aspirations of the growing Hispanic community in New York and what can be done to increase their economic opportunities.»

He challenged President Buhari and Lai Mohammed to explain why these men did not feature on their list and why they continue to remain in this APC government where they wield immense powers and influence, even over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that is meant to prosecute them.

«I challenge President Buhari and Lai Mohammed to explain why these men did not feature on their list and why they continue to remain in this APC government where they wield immense powers and influence, even over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that is meant to prosecute them.

Although he is credited with leading New York out of an economic crisis as governor in the 1970s, Carey also was remembered as a World War II Army colonel who liberated concentration camps; a savvy lawmaker whose tenure on the House Ways and Means Committee prepared him for the economic challenges he would later face in Albany; and a compassionate chief executive who never turned his back on the underprivileged.

This important research challenges common sense notions that unemployment and economic shocks inevitably mean rises in property crime.»

But this doesn't mean parliamentarians should sit back for the next 5 years, they add: The Parliament should challenge the European Commission to push governments to invest more in research and innovation, in particular in southern and Eastern European countries that have suffered most from the economic crisis.

«Waves of enlargement, institutional reforms, social and political unrest, economic and financial instability, both in Europe and in its immediate neighbourhood, have profoundly challenged the meaning and course of the European integration process.»

But all of this reflects a fundamental recognition: Americans can still build great things not just in spite of enormous economic challenges, but as the means of overcoming them.

Ultimately, everything we do reflects a fundamental recognition: Americans can still build great things not just in spite of enormous economic challenges, but as the means of overcoming them.

Bookshops are facing a number of challenges these days from online booksellers, more alternatives to reading books as a means of filling spare time, economic conditions and so on, and yes, from ebooks and indie authors too.

Challenging the conditions of his personal history, placing himself in the public domain, or recreating situations as a means to comment on the cruelty, inequity, and the sometimes irrational character of our socio - political circumstances, Paci reveals how identity is shaped and socially conditioned by the global socio - economic apparatus.

India's huge development and energy challenges mean there are economic and development arguments for investing in new coal power plants for the...

Stepping all the way up to the climate challenge DOES mean ambitious collective action; more public investment in solutions (as well as good climate policy that drives private investment in the right direction); greater commitment to social and economic equity; and curbs on corporate power.

Its commitment falls under the second of the five challenges — Inclusive Economic Growth — and means that so far 400 companies have positively reacted to this particular «call to action,» which aims to sign on 500 companies by the conclusion of GCAS in September.

«One of the biggest challenges of going renewable in Singapore is that solar seems to be the only viable renewable energy alternative available, given the lack of hydro resources, low wind speeds, low mean tidal ranges and lack of economic viability for geothermal energy.

But the fact that the Olympics are being staged in a developing country, «with all the social, economic, health and environmental challenges that this entails» does not mean we should ignore the troubles.

Some damages are of an economic nature, meaning that there is a face value of the damages that are suffered while some are non-economic and determining a fair compensatory value is more challenging.

While by no means immune to the economic challenges, the Cape continues to stand out in terms of market confidence for a variety of reasons, the coastal location and sound administration being chief among these.

There is no doubt that the current economic backdrop means increased financial challenges for Canadians, says CAAMP.