Sentences with phrase «financial system problems»

The perception remains that gold is not needed to mitigate risk because investors believe central bank policies can manage the economy and overcome financial system problems if they arise.

It was not a money market fund problem; it was a financial system problem.

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In addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protection).

The fact that you can access it doesn't solve that fundamental problem,» Fraser Howie, an independent analyst and the author of several books on China's financial system, told CNBC's «Street Signs.»

Feel free to sigh — it is a drab answer from a writer who reaches to link problems with the financial system, the Catholic church, the U.S. Congress and major league baseball with one soaring theory.

To some regulators, physical commodities represent a big risk: an operational problem, like an oil spill on an offshore rig, could lead to huge reputational damage and crater the bank's stock, potentially destabilizing it and the broader financial system.

Carolyn McClanahan, a certified financial planner and physician, believes there are some commonsense solutions to fixing the health - care system, and she feels the politicians are actually the problem and not the problem - solvers.

The Italian banking system has been a problem for the third - largest euro zone economy since the financial crisis due to the high level of bad loans across all institutions.

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»).

Many books have already been written about the structural problems which were the foundation for a near collapse of the global financial system.

«A stress test that claims that if the Dow falls by 60 %, the unemployment rate rises to 12 %, housing prices decline substantially more than they did during the 2008 recession, GDP declines by 6 - 7 % — and that all of that can happen and no bank will be in serious financial trouble or have any problem of being undercapitalized or illiquid — I kind of think says more about itself than it says about the health of the banking system.»

It was there — in a classroom not far from the piazzas and cafes — that she began to learn some of the problems of the international financial system.

Of course, fiscal policy also has its limits, since an excessive buildup of public debt can create its own problems for both the economy and the financial system.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Beneath the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrillion - dollar problem that could sap the strength of large economies for years to come.

Some believe that the Chinese financial system, and perhaps the shadow banking system more specifically, took a number of wrong steps, compounded by the lack of discipline among local governments, and created a debt problem.

China's debt problems, in other words, can not be resolved administratively, by fixing the shadow banking system, by imposing discipline on borrowers, or indeed by eliminating financial repression (much of which, by the way, has already been squeezed out of the system by lower nominal GDP growth).

Unfortunately, Mr. Krugman's failure to see today's economic problem as one of debt deflation reflects his failure (suffered by most economists, to be sure) to recognize the need for debt writedowns, for restructuring the banking and financial system, and for shifting taxes off labor back onto property, economic rent and asset - price («capital») gains.

«It helps to stop problems before they become crises in the financial system.»

Exacerbating the problem, our financial regulation system is defined by conflicts of interest and a lucrative revolving door.

The massive Central Bank intervention has largely removed the ability of the stock market to perceive fundamental problems developing in the financial and economic system.

If you run into problems in the financial system, continue raising capital in the financial system.

The occurrence and pattern of financial scandal will tell us a lot about the likely problem areas in the financial system.

Europe's problem countries are in trouble because the financial crisis under way since 2008 has damaged their financial systems and led to a collapse in growth.

The major problem for the European markets is that UNLIKE the U.S. financial system, European banks are a much more important actor as they provide far more corporate loans on a percentage basis of GDP than U.S. banks.

These early security problems should come as no surprise to anyone involved in the field of computer science, but those entering Bitcoin from a financial background will want nothing to do with the currency until the payment system can be made fool - proof.

I mean, at the end of the day, we are really just talking about a shared record system, but it solves a real problem especially within financial services where you have multiple parties trying to track the same transaction.

Nevertheless, the Australian financial system has seen some fallout from the problems in the US.

Stiglitz said that a «rich ecology of financial institutions would address the problem of too - correlated - to - fail financial structures and may result in a more robust and resilient financial system.»

In addition to that, you should also sell off stocks that you intended to hold if you know that the company will go bankrupt, if the company does something that goes against your personal beliefs system or if the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is indicted of accounting problems or theft.

I should first say that the Federal Reserve has become much more involved in monitoring the financial system and in trying to identify potential problems.

Politicians and central bankers will manage the crisis of 2016 - 2017 as they have most other crises (such as 1987, 1998, 2000, 2008) by increasing spending, addressing an excess debt problem with even more debt, and pumping more «funny money» into the global financial system.

Central banks are facing a special case of the socialist calculation problem pertaining to the financial system.

If these strains do not emerge, we will scale (in an approximately linear way) our weights through 2010 to place greater weight on the «typical post-war recovery» dataset, while gradually fading our concern about abrupt solvency problems in our financial system.

Well the problems in our health care system (and our tax system and in our financial system) have been growing for a hundred years.

John F. Kennedy promised: «We seek to strengthen the United Nations, to help solve its financial problems, to make it a more effective instrument for peace, to develop it into a genuine world security system... capable of resolving disputes on the basis of law, of insuring the security of the large and the small, and of creating conditions under which arms can finally be abolished... This will require a new effort to achieve world law».

This seminar will look at land and housing policy, expose underlying problems (such as the structural link between land and our financial system) and address the potential solutions, notably how to ensure a functional housing policy.

There are two basic, structural problems with their NHS: it is too massive and centrally controlled; and because of that centralised system, we have a second basic problem, that the financial incentives all pull in the wrong direction.

«Stage two is to make sure problem that developed in the financial system, problems we know started in America, do not happen again.»

He also called for international co-operation to route out excesses in the financial system and increase supervision - with early warning systems on problems and rebuilding of the IMF.

The monitoring system is designed to flag financial problems before they devolve into a crisis.

He is credited with reviving the New York City subway system in the 1980s after years of financial problems and neglected investment.

Research indicates that burnout is a multifactorial problem stemming from physicians» high patient volume, financial pressure, extremely long work hours and poor work — life balance, inefficiencies posed by the electronic medical record system, and the increasingly litigious work environment that has become characteristic of our modern medical system.

Dr. Noakes explained that conventional medicine and Big Pharma continue to ignore two key problems, which are decreased life expectancy and financial destruction of the healthcare system.

Find out what the scope of the problem is and how it ultimately threatens our entire financial system.

Economists and European leaders are worried that debt problems in Spain could have major implications for the entire global financial system.

But that is exactly the problem: because they are the «actual service providers,» the experts sitting on these panels can not help but be affected by the financial incentives they face as employees of the school system.

Moreover, they operate with primitive accounting systems that can serve to mask financial problems for years on end.

A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling that ended the strike and ordered the school system to re-hire 3,000 teachers «exacerbates our already very severe financial problems,» Mr. Marcase explained.

The combination of weak financial expertise and outdated IT systems results in problems being uncovered late and critical degrees of freedom being lost.