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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses
on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build
rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect
on aircraft demand and build
rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions
on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange
rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact
on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact
on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns
on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount
rate changes
on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco
on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted
on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit
ratings; 22) our dependence
on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments
on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest
on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest
rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest
rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange
rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
On the downside, these lenders may have higher interest
rates and more onerous repayment terms than traditional
financial institutions charge.
Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a
financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked
on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday
on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest
rates unchanged.
But in recent years, as the Bank of Canada held interest
rates to historically low levels and consumer debt skyrocketed, the federal government tightened mortgage restrictions
on regulated
financial institutions, including HCG.
Those federal rules, which double down
on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest
rates, impose additional limits
on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel
financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies
on low - ratio mortgages.
the Company's share repurchase plans depend
on a variety of factors, including the Company's
financial position, earnings, share price, catastrophe losses, maintaining capital levels commensurate with the Company's desired
ratings from independent
rating agencies, funding of the Company's qualified pension plan, capital requirements of the Company's operating subsidiaries, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, other investment opportunities (including mergers and acquisitions and related financings), market conditions and other factors.
Investors with a fixed - income allocation in their portfolio should meet with their
financial professional to ensure they understand the effect of rising interest
rates on their overall portfolio, she said.
In 1983, when Frederic Mishkin started writing «The Economics of Money, Banking and
Financial Markets,» his seminal textbook
on macroeconomics, he never thought he'd devote much space to the idea of negative interest
rates.
Naturally, his forecasts were derailed by a combination of a deluge in mortgage costs from the disastrous acquisition of Countrywide
Financial, and years of extremely low
rates that shrank the margins the bank earns
on its giant loan portfolios.
The Trump administration's focus
on deregulation and the return of rising interest
rates should benefit
financial and banking stocks, according to Calamos Investments founder and chairman John Calamos Sr..
We know that global economies are teetering
on the edge and that US
financial conditions are tightening (as seen in break - even
rates).
When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced earlier this week that mortgage delinquency
rates had fallen to the lowest level in decades during the fourth quarter, there was a rash of stories patting Canadians
on the back for their
financial prudence.
When central bankers dropped interest
rates during the
financial crisis, finance ministers leaned too hard
on household debt.
However, looking at DHS data
on the arrest
rate of illegal entrants at the Mexican border, Federico S. Mandelman, a research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior
financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummeting.
In response to a question about whether a
rate cut amounted to pouring gasoline
on the overheated housing market, Poloz said «We admit that these conditions are likely to cause
financial imbalances,» in some cases, but that the Bank's primary goal is to ameliorate the «
financial shock» to the economy caused by the drop in oil prices.
Shirakawa's doubts kept the BOJ firmly focused
on interest
rates, rather than the size of its balance sheet, even after it had driven its policy
rate down close to zero after the global
financial crisis.
It used factors including school dropout
rates and results
on financial literacy surveys.
The time has come for
financial institutions to prepare for an environment with rising interest
rates, a Bundesbank board member told CNBC
on Thursday.
These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed
on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment
rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's
financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report
on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available
on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Second, the major banks are sitting
on a large pile of deposits, so they have little incentive to boost
rates to attract more savings, said Greg McBride, chief
financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
Sterling dropped more than 1 percent against the U.S. dollar
on Thursday after the Bank of England announced the first
rate hike since the
financial crisis.
Their
ratings are based
on financial health, accountability, and the transparency of reporting.
Even prior to the Trump win, a victory that signaled higher economic growth, rising interest
rates, and likely less regulation, all good for
financial services, Buffett had secured paper profits over 5 1/2 years of $ 6.9 billion
on his preferred.
Despite the strong overall report card
on the health of the economy,
financial markets have weakened modestly in the wake of the GDP release, perhaps reflecting disappointment that the GDP growth
rate was not even quicker.
Eight years after a devastating recession opened an era of loose U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve was set
on Wednesday to raise
rates for the first time since 2006, in a sign the world's largest economy had overcome most of the wounds of the global
financial crisis.
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The Bank didn't give its own view
on how many more
rate hikes it intends, but
financial markets are implying only two more hikes between now and 2020.
The Fed claims this «should put downward pressure
on longer - term interest
rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader
financial conditions more accommodative.»
Bank
on it Sonders sees
financial stocks as cheap relative to their potential for growth, with bank earnings likely to get a boost from both rising interest
rates and deregulation.
The yield, a barometer for mortgage
rates and other
financial instruments, has jumped in April
on signs of nascent inflation and as the Federal Reserve stood by its plan to gradually tighten monetary policy.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including
financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest
rates and foreign currency exchange
rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel,
financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the
financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange
rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective
financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
The Federal Reserve's ultra-low interest -
rate policy since the
financial crisis may have lent support to a listless economy and made the government's massive debt a lot easier to finance, but it's been more than hard
on retirees and conservative savers.
The companies
on the World's Most Admired list are
rated based
on nine key attributes, including innovativeness, sound
financials, value as a long - term investment, and more.
CNBC's
Financial Advisor Council weighs in
on the impact of possible rising interest
rates on investors, at the 2015 TD Ameritrade confab.
The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect
on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio
on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment
rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's
financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.
The strategy is to deliver a wide array of
financial solutions providing advice
on capital structure, acquisition finance,
ratings, debt issuance, structured finance, and the management of currency, as well as interest
rate risk.
The reason for such a broad range all has to do with financing, which includes
rates, terms, buying points, etc., so find a good lender who can explain all your options, and continue to educate yourself more about the process
on our mortgage page and other helpful housing and
financial sites.
If you are trying to catch up — and ultimately get ahead — Greg McBride, chief
financial analyst at Bankrate.com, offers these tips
on how to handle rising interest
rates and the coming tax changes:
Although college - educated people are more likely to have the
financial wherewithal to buy a home than those without a college education, the mounting
rate of default
on student loans is hurting young people's credit
ratings - and making it much harder for them to buy a home or condominium.
There are really three factors that go into the ability to pay off indebtedness: first, the size of the debt itself (including the
rate at which it grows); second, the ratio of one's income or assets to the debt; and third, the competing demands
on your
financial resources.
Know your numbers, from your credit score down to the interest
rate on your student loans, and take advantage of the bevy of
financial tools
on the Web.
Only 5.5 % of Verizon (vz) customers upgraded their phones in the third quarter when the iPhone 8 first went
on sale, down from a 6.3 % upgrade
rate last year when Apple released the iPhone 7, the carrier said as part of its
financial report
on Thursday.
Fundbox uses a proprietary algorithm to gauge likelihood of repayment, starting with your
financial data — including accounts receivables, client
financial statements, cash flow and payment history — and moving
on to public data such as credit
ratings, government information and social media accounts.
Until recently, he has focused
on more tangential issues for the Fed — like the regulation of scandal - ridden Libor interest
rates,
financial innovation, and housing policy.
While retaining its
ratings on the
financial institutions S&P noted «the risk of a sharp correction in property prices has further increased.»