Sentences with phrase «economic expansions on»

Home - ownership rates are still near record lows, several percentage points down from before the housing bust, even after one of the longest economic expansions on record.

And for one of the longest economic expansions on record, an inflation - adjusted policy rate that is positive represents a major shift from an accommodating stance to a curb - the - enthusiasm stance.

While the recent employment report has made market participants expect a somewhat earlier Fed move, my impression of the FOMC's members is that they will be extremely reluctant to «risk» a still fragile economic expansion on the basis of moderate employment strength.

Most importantly, we do not foresee the end of the economic expansion on the near - term horizon.

Not exact matches

(Repeats to additional subscribers) NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters)- The U.S. benchmark 10 - year Treasury yield topped 3 percent for the first time in more than four years on Tuesday, a milestone that reflects the durability of the U.S. economic expansion and stokes the view the three - decade - old bull market in bonds is numbered.

The global financial crisis initially slammed the brakes on the nation's economic expansion, wiping out about 20 million export - related jobs — this in a country where anything under 8 % growth is generally considered to be too slow for social comfort.

Bringing other provinces on board with pipeline expansion, plus a variety of other controversial issues such as temporary foreign workers, requires a national perspective on economic growth.

After years of economic expansion, the Turkish economy is set to continue struggling in 2017 on the back of growing terrorist acts, lack of structural reforms, falling tourism figures and increased political uncertainty.

As evidence of the economic impact RFRA laws can have on local economies, ratings and reviews site Angie's List, founded by Bill Osterle and Angie Hicks in 1995, announced over the weekend that it was halting a $ 40 million expansion of its Indianapolis headquarters, expected to bring with it an additional 1,300 jobs, while it examines the implications of the law.

Spotting systemic risks in advance is difficult, but we see none on the immediate horizon that might undercut the current economic expansion.

But, she added, «our foot remains on the pedal in part because we want to make sure the economic expansion remains strong enough to withstand an unexpected shock, given that we don't have much room to cut interest rates.»

The economic growth and population expansion in China and Asia in the past decade has generated enormous demand, which far exceeds supply on a global basis.

«We still expect a long lasting economic expansion of moderate growth, which should rival the US record of 10 years with S&P EPS growth averaging 6 % until the next recession, on 5 % sales growth, flat margins, 1 % share shrink,» Bianco wrote.

They will do this at a time when the country and many of these places face very real economic and social challenges that will not change that much from Amazon's expansion, all on the hope for growth that is destined to happen somewhere, but probably not there.

This followed the 2008 Financial Collapse and the preceding decades of reliance on debt to create economic expansion in a world approaching the limits of growth.

Based on projections, we think the United States is likely to see solid growth, low inflation and limited wage growth, while in Europe the economic expansion can become further entrenched.

While the consequences of a major conflict in the Korean peninsula do not bear thinking about, investors probably should prepare for the possibility that economic expansion in the emerging Asia universe has peaked and volatility could be on the rise from here.

Instead, the arithmetic of economic expansion - employment growth plus productivity growth - is already constrained by a 4.6 % unemployment rate and a deficit on current account, and seems unlikely to be helped by the current policy direction, aside from rather short - lived effects.

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.

Our future capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned and will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending on research and development efforts and other business initiatives, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing of new product introductions, market acceptance of our products and overall economic conditions.

Steve Liesman reports on the long - lasting economic expansion from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis.

It's the beginning of the end for this economic expansion Be neutral on the U.S. stock market, writes Pimco's Joachim FelsBe neutral on the U.S. stock market, writes Pimco's Joachim Fels.

The global economic expansion is rolling on.

The president went on to announce that the broad - based economic expansion in the eurozone accelerated more than expected in the first half of 2017; however, recent exchange - rate volatility could lead to uncertainty in price stability over the medium - term.

While we currently favour global exposure to the technology sector and selected opportunities within healthcare, we're also positive on financials — another giant within the Canadian market cap that we believe registers as fairly valued with the potential for decent earnings growth amid a synchronized and sustained global economic expansion.

Rather than playing into an «us - versus - them» competitive dichotomy, this new space age hinges on exploring the possibility of economic expansion off - planet — a notion bolstered by the innate human urge to push the boundaries of what's possible.

Free Banking on a Bitcoin Standard — The author has a nice description of our current monetary system and how economic expansion works in our capitalist structure.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Productivity growth is another major contributor to economic expansion, and the last five years have come up short: productivity grew just 0.5 % a year on average over the last five years versus 2.2 % average gains for the past 70 years.

It is generally believed by those unfamiliar with economic theory that credit expansion and an increase in the quantity of money in circulation are efficacious means for lowering the rate of interest permanently below the height it would attain on a non-manipulated capital and loan market.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday announced the company's participation in the Department of Economic and Community Development's First Five program, providing up to $ 28 million in loans and up to $ 7 million in grants to support the firm's $ 72 million expansion project.

«We think the time has come to reassess the one - way bet on a continued and strengthening global economic expansion,» Carl B. Weinberg, chief international economist at High Frequency Economics in White Plains, N.Y., said in a note to clients on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- Euro zone economic growth will slow this year and next from a peak expansion in 2017, the European Commission forecast on Thursday, underlining the need to quickly implement euro zone reforms while the expansion is still strong.

In the coming years, McDonald's will have less money on hand to invest in expansion and a smaller cash cushion to help it ride out future economic downturns.

Comments from the Fed which suggest future rate hikes or economic expansion tend to have a negative effect on low mortgage rates; and dovish comments help to move rates down.

This box sets out the facts on the length of the economic expansions following the recessions of the mid 1970s, early 1980s and early 1990s.

Third, why does the Finance Minister want to create an independent CIDB that will focus only on «National Economic Development projects such as toll highways and bridges, high - speed rail, port and airport expansions, smart city infrastructure, national broadband infrastructure, power transmission and natural resource infrastructure?

The current cycle has consistently shown us the slowest quarterly GDP growth on record for a continuous economic expansion cycle.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that expiration of the tax cuts and implementation of automatic spending cuts would «represent an additional drag on the weak economic expansion.»

Since April, the Bank of Canada had been talking about a potential rate increase in the context of an «economic expansion» that failed to achieve the velocity that policy makers expected, keeping a lid on inflation, which the central bank is mandated to contain at an annual rate of about 2 per cent.

The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third - longest on record, has also been the weakest economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.

Greetings, The United States: The current economic expansion is expected to be the longest and one of the slowest on record.

Kinder Morgan's Alberta lobbying efforts over the past nine months focused exclusively on the Trans Mountain expansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil productexpansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil productExpansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil products.»

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Back in May, Citigroup was first to say that the worst was over for commodities, and in December it made the call that most raw materials were poised to «perform strongly» in 2017 on global fiscal stimulus and economic expansion.

We've now been in an economic expansion for 105 months — the third longest on record.

We remain positive on European equities against a backdrop of sustained, above - trend economic expansion and a steady earnings outlook.

If the world continues to accept disappearing tree - cover, land degradation, the expansion of deserts, the loss of plant and animal species, air and water pollution, and the changing chemistry of the atmosphere it will also have to accept economic decline and social disintegration... such disintegration would bring human suffering on a scale that has no precedent...» 7

Having been forced by the severe economic environment in 2009 to make cuts across its business, Arla Foods has substantially increased its investment budget for 2010 to DKr1.84 billion (Eur250 million) as the Scandinavian dairy giant again focuses on expansion.

And that we've been an innovator on important social and economic policies such as the expansion of healthcare for the poor.»