Sentences with phrase «economic times in years»

The scary part is the majority of these students are graduating in one of the worst economic times in years, -LSB-...]

The scary part is the majority of these students are graduating in one of the worst economic times in years, and have to pay this debt back.

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One of the reasons these extremely good times can't last is that most households simply aren't being paid enough to go on driving economic growth as they have in recent years.

The money paid back to Americans in tax refunds so far this year is now roughly equal to cumulative outlays at this time in the past few years, and just slightly below last year's year - to - date total, alleviating any worrying economic signals coming from the data.

(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.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The shifting timing of Lunar New Year celebrations in China, seeing the entire nation break for a week - long holiday, often creates seasonal distortions in Chinese economic data during this time of the yYear celebrations in China, seeing the entire nation break for a week - long holiday, often creates seasonal distortions in Chinese economic data during this time of the yearyear.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Four years on, the F1 boss appears to be frustrated again as he tries to keep one of the most glamorous races on the calendar after the contract expires in 2017, at a time when the city - state is weighing whether the event makes economic sense anymore.

The Fed raised its key overnight lending rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but it has backed away from further monetary policy tightening this year largely due to a global economic slowdown and financial market volatility.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

A group of 30 listed Western Australian companies has achieved price growth nearly three times that of the ASX 200 in the past two years, suggesting investors are increasingly confident about the state's economic recovery.

In economic news, U.S. producer prices fell for the first time in more than a yeaIn economic news, U.S. producer prices fell for the first time in more than a yeain more than a year.

President - elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

«With the modest economic recovery of the past few years, finance functions are preparing the enterprise for challenges that could materialize at any time by working to preserve margins and by sustaining a strong focus on working capital management,» said a Protiviti managing director in a release.

That year, stocks started to tumble in the summer, mostly on worries of economic problems abroad, that time in Europe.

One year later, the Economic Times, India's leading business newspaper, named Gram Vaani among 14 startups to watch in 2014.

At the same time, companies, particularly large ones, are facing stronger economic headwinds than in the past few years.

Yellen said that most FOMC members, however, believe that it will be appropriate to begin raising rates at some time in 2015, but that the time of year depends on the economic situation.

My conclusion is that developments in the global economy during the past 50 years have greatly reduced the economic disadvantages of small nations enumerated for his time by Hamilton.

Despite the fact that economic growth for this year is now forecast to be substantially lower than that expected at the time of the April Budget, Mr. Oliver is still confident that the federal government will record a surplus in 2015 - 16.

In China, slowing economic growth convinced the central bank to take its foot off the monetary brake for the first time in three years by increasing the lending capacity of its commercial bankIn China, slowing economic growth convinced the central bank to take its foot off the monetary brake for the first time in three years by increasing the lending capacity of its commercial bankin three years by increasing the lending capacity of its commercial banks.

They can not blame external economic developments for the «unexpected» slowdown in the economy and the elimination of the surplus this year since these same external economic conditions existed at the time of the April budget.

With the exception of most of the measures announced in its Economic Action Plan, the measures proposed in most budgets extend beyond the two - year budget time horizon.

As part of the changes to the budgetary process in 1994, four private sector forecasting organizations [2] develop detailed fiscal projections on a National Accounts basis, based on the average of the private sector economic forecasts and the tax and spending policies in place at the time of the last budget for the next five years.

What today we call economic globalization — a combination of rapid technological progress, large - scale capital flows, and burgeoning international trade — has happened many times before in the last 200 years.

In May last year, The Economic Times reported that State Bank of India had suspended car loans for Uber and Ola taxis, following loan defaults of about Rs 120 crore due to non-payment of dues by drivers.

«Even short blackouts — which occur several times a year in the US — add up to an annual estimated economic loss of between US$ 104 and US$ 164 billion,» the firm found.

Most economists would be agreeing that there's going to be some form of economic slowdown in the Northern European, North American economies over the next two to three years — so within any reasonable investment time horizon.

«The energy sector posted stronger returns in September due to a rebound in oil prices which helped lift Canadian equities, while the bond market slipped into negative territory after strong Canadian economic growth led the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates for the first time in seven years,» said James Rausch, Head of Client Coverage, Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

At those levels, CEOs last year were paid 303 times what workers in their industries earned, compared with a ratio of 59 times in 1989, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington - based nonprofit.

The economic recession at the time put a further damper on investors» confidence and the S&P 500 endured a nasty losing stretch lasting well over a year and half, shedding upwards of 35 % in that time frame.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

His other professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association - 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most - respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India)-- top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK)-- most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America's top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Award.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

The economic growth, at the present time, and in the future years will at least assist to offset the international weakness and buoy up the economic growth of the economy, according to the latest update released January 28,...

For the first time in several years, firms are expanding their businesses which should increase the country's economic output.

The latest moves coincide with signs that China's annual economic growth may dip below 7 % in the third quarter for the first time since the global financial crisis, marking a slowdown in one of the world's main engines of economic expansion in recent years.

With the global economic recovery consolidating over the past three months, the main focus of markets has been on the likely timing of the first increase in the US federal funds rate from its 45 - year low of 1 per cent.

In other words, the market expects the stocks held by FSRFX to grow economic earnings for the same length of time as the S&P 500 and 1 year less than the stocks held by the benchmark.

At the same time, global economic expansion and monetary policy normalization point to a gradual rise in bond yields over the next five years.

In the first three years, our member companies have created more than 445 jobs, generated $ 28 million in revenue and have raised a combined $ 39 million in capital.That's an incredible economic impact in a short time and we're just getting starteIn the first three years, our member companies have created more than 445 jobs, generated $ 28 million in revenue and have raised a combined $ 39 million in capital.That's an incredible economic impact in a short time and we're just getting startein revenue and have raised a combined $ 39 million in capital.That's an incredible economic impact in a short time and we're just getting startein capital.That's an incredible economic impact in a short time and we're just getting startein a short time and we're just getting started.

And stocks were positive 6 out of the past 9 times in the year leading up to the start of a recession, dispelling the myth that the stock market always acts as a leading indicator of economic activity.

The economic cycle is measured by the change in gross domestic product (GDP), which is the dollar value of all goods and services within an economy during a stated time period (usually one year or one quarter).

India just cut its interest rates for the first time in three years, as it used this same monetary policy (lowering interest rates) to counteract slowing economic growth.

Last week, China cut interest rates for the first time in three years, as economic growth in that country has fallen to the point where talks of a hard landing are gaining momentum.

Now there are times that the yield curve is inverted because we are predicting a slowdown in the economy but I don't think, you know, here we are into the eighth year of economic expansion, ninth maybe, and it doesn't really seem to be any particular reason that that economic expansion is going to die any time soon, so the traditional inverted yield curve «we're about to go into recession» I don't see.

Only a few years ago, unemployment rates like this would have been seen as a good outcome in strong times, let alone in times of economic weakness.

In fact, today is the most important day coming out of Davos (World Economic Forum) I hate this time of the year because I'm just not a big fan of what goes on in DavoIn fact, today is the most important day coming out of Davos (World Economic Forum) I hate this time of the year because I'm just not a big fan of what goes on in Davoin Davos.

Most of this improvement was due the lower expenses in the second year of the Economic Action Plan and extraordinary one - time liabilities (HST harmonization and increased employee future benefit liabilities), which inflated the deficit outcome for 2009 - 10.