After all, it takes money to get the message out, and money comes
from those economic interests.
Under the DCP there is suppose to be a cap on the number of visitors but has never been implimited because of pressures
from economic interests.
Not exact matches
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.
Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's
interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the
economic growth that comes
from the innovation economy.
In that context, America's belated push to stop the trade free - loaders looks like a convenient pretext to argue that only a united Europe — around France and Germany, of course — can protect the continent's vital
economic interests from what Paris and Berlin see as American protectionism and China's predatory trade practices.
I felt this myself as we went
from a few founders huddled into a tiny room to the front page of the Financial Times, an influx of VC
interest, magazine covers, invitations to high - profile events and the pressures of trying to live up to this perception and the
economic opportunities everybody expected.
The sector is benefiting
from a pickup in
interest rates, positive
economic data and a relaxation of populist fears.
The notes
from the meeting show that a number of Fed officials feel that
interest rates could begin to be raised
from their current artificially low levels sooner than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain
economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes
from its meeting at the end of July, and it looks like Fed officials broached the subject of raising
interest rates earlier than planned, but ultimately decided to wait for more evidence of an improved
economic outlook.
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Economic numbers» could encompass a range of issues,
from inflation and
interest rates to the number of jobs created during his tenure.
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.
Harper's decision to withdraw
from the Kyoto accord is a reminder of his focus on Canada's
economic interests.
The rest of MAGAnomics is of the same vein: transfers of
economic and political power
from ordinary working families to the powerful
interests that have backed Trump and his billionaire cabinet.
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters)- The strong dollar and mixed
economic data kept the pressure on emerging stocks on Wednesday but currencies bounced back
from steep losses as markets waited to hear
from the U.S. Federal Reserve on the future path of
interest rates.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams speaks on «What to Expect
From the Lower Bound on
Interest Rates: Evidence
From Derivatives Prices» before the 2018 ASSA / American
Economic Association Annual Meeting - 1300 GMT.
A softening in euro zone
economic data and signs that inflationary pressures remain subdued, encouraging the European Central to hold off
from raising
interest rates until well into 2019, have supported bond markets in recent weeks.
«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw
from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public
interest groups),» the
Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.
According to tweets
from those in the audience, Dimon said that ensuring
economic strength is more important than changing
interest rates, although he added that the U.S. economy currently is sturdy enough to survive a rate hike.
While petroleum will remain the primary
economic engine for MENA for decades to come, experts say renewable energy is gaining substantial new
interest and investment
from both government leaders and private - sector energy firms across the region and beyond.
The focus of classical value and price theory was to free economies
from economic rent, defined as unearned income simply resulting
from privilege: absentee land rent, mineral and natural resource rent, monopoly rent, and financial
interest.
The Fed and other central banks want to increase
interest rates to slow down and control
economic growth to prevent the economy
from overheating too much.
Table 3 shows the changes in the average private sector
economic forecasts for nominal GDP (the most applicable tax base for budgetary revenues), and for short - and long - term
interest rates,
from the first estimate of the deficit to the final outcome.
TORONTO, September 14, 2016 - Canadian
economic growth will snap back after a second - quarter contraction and will get further lift in 2017
from rising energy prices, low
interest rates, and federal stimulus, according to the latest RBC Economics Outlook report.
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.
Their labor theory of value found its counterpart in the «
economic rent theory of prices» to distinguish the necessary costs of production and doing business (reduced ultimately to the value of labor)
from «unearned income» consisting mainly of land rent, monopoly rent, and financial
interest and fees.
His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much
interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance
from Super Imperialism: The
Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Meso
Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting
from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled
economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Meso
economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.
The Bank decided to double short - term
interest rates
from seven to nearly 14 per cent in the late 1980s, thus inducing our longest
economic recession ever between 1990 and 1992.
PIMCO is a top down macro shop, and the work he does comes
from the fundamentals of
interest rates, including the improving global
economic forces, including EU zone and Japan.
A forecast of a secular rise in
interest rates
from current levels implies that US
economic growth will at least hold at a moderate pace.
Official
interest rates were raised by 150 basis points between November 1999 and August 2000, starting
from a low point established during the Asian
economic crisis.
Theoretically, this means that by lowering the
interest rate, the Federal Reserve can spark
economic growth, and by increasing rates, they can keep inflation
from rising too quickly.
Those
interest rates had been 0 %
from 2006 through the end of 2015 as the Fed tried to stimulate
economic growth by making it easier to receive a loan.
I need a serious break
from the ugliness of DC health - care politics, so let's talk about three
interesting and related
economic questions: inflation, labor demand, and consumer spending.
A study
from the National Bureau of
Economic Research found that
from 1997 — 2012, the correlation between real US
interest rates and the gold price was -0.82.
While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate
from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World
Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated
interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.
Given that Congress jealously guards its powers under the Constitution, such an effort would likely gain the support of representatives
from most states, not only those with an
economic interest in maintaining NAFTA.
The net impact of the slightly more positive
economic forecast is to lower the deficit by $ 0.9 billion in 2010 - 11
from their November 2010 Update, primarily due to the impact of lower - than - forecast
interest rates on public debt charges.
Our view for broader and stronger
economic growth this year, with only slightly higher
interest rates
from current levels, is favorable for equity valuations — especially after the latest decline in equity prices.
As an aside, it's
interesting that the ECB — which basically catered its policies to match Germany's
economic conditions and not «Spain's» hasn't received far more criticism
from the indebted countries than was actually the case.
The size of New Zealand's exclusive
economic zone far exceeds its land mass, and has attracted a large amount of
interest from resource exploration companies in recent years.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Canada will face global pressure to raise
interest rates in 2014, as the United States begins to step back
from its policy of extraordinary
economic stimulus through intervention in bond markets.
Canadian
economic growth will snap back after a second - quarter contraction and will get further lift in 2017
from rising energy prices, low
interest rates, and federal stimulus...
I heard some
interesting economic ideas
from top experts.
With the bear market that started in 2011 likely being over, further hints on
economic weakness could cause a sustainable rally gold, even without a clear signal
from the central banks that, in fact,
interest rates will remain depressed for the foreseeable future.
The outlook for 2018 is slower than usual but Canadian real estate fundamentally remains strong due to the continued
interest from local / international investors, Canada's political stability and a positive
economic outlook.»
If you are convinced that lowering the
interest rate, pumping money into the economy and ramping - up government spending is beneficial, then
from your perspective a failure of such measures to sustainably boost the rate of
economic growth can only mean that the measures weren't aggressive enough.
As the indicator in Chart 4 suggests, even as the Fed has recently raised
interest rates under their control, monetary conditions remain a long way
from being sufficiently «tight» to restrict financial system liquidity and putting the
economic expansion at risk.
The negative investment thesis seems to rest upon confidence that central bankers, and the Fed in particular, will steer a course away
from radical monetary experimentation that will return to a normal structure of
interest rates and robust
economic growth.
The positive
economic performance has some analysts speculating that Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz may raise the benchmark
interest rate
from 0.5 percent sooner than expected.
Instead of freeing industrial capitalism
from landlords, natural resource owners and monopolists, Western banks and bondholders joined forces with them, seeing them as major customers for as much
interest - bearing credit as would absorb the
economic rent that governments would refrain
from taxing.