Sentences with phrase «global balance of»

Just as the global balance of power ebbs and flows between nations, so it is with cryptocurrency adoption.

Hence while the bulk of the water vapour in the lowest layers (2.3 km) closely tracks the temperature of the surface, it's the water vapour content of the high troposphere that controls the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and the global balance of the absorbed solar radiation with the OLR.

As a result, the global balance of energy fluxes within the atmosphere or at Earth's surface can not be derived directly from measured fluxes, and is therefore uncertain.

Nations mostly shunned such weapons, fearing the possibility of destabilizing the global balance of power with a costly arms race in space.

He has succeeded (so far) in propping up his ally in Syria but this tells us little about the global balance of power.

The global balance of power and billions of lives are dependent on keeping computer infrastructure safe.

The most important — and the most reassuring — evidence here is that the global balance of payments is roughly in balance, i.e., it is approximately zero.

The Chinese government is developing AI capabilities for both commercial and military objectives, and the implications on the global balance of power are significant.

Not exact matches

«In the context of today's chaotic global macro environment, AAPL's enormous net cash balance... gives it the ability to survive most macro disruptions and the flexibility to execute strategic choices,» analyst Laura Martin wrote in a note to clients Tuesday.

Today's high valuations in a time of tepid economic growth are particularly vexing for professional investors constrained by certain rules, says James Harper, a portfolio manager for the Templeton Global Balanced Fund.

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.

«Europe has seen the strongest improvement among all regions in its outlook balance since 2011, when the region accounted for almost the entire global negative outlook bias — largely as a result of the eurozone crisis,» he said.

The BoJ has been the least expansionary of major central banks since the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis, Evans said, adding that its planned balance - sheet increase this year pales by comparison with the $ 1 trillion of assets that the U.S. Federal Reserve is slated to purchase.

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«Ongoing challenges associated with sovereign and bank balance sheets will limit the pace of the European recovery, and are a significant source of uncertainty to the global outlook,» the bank noted.

The survey found 69 percent of expats in Switzerland saw an improvement in their work - life balance, while the average expat income in Switzerland was $ 188,275, compared to a global average of $ 97,419.

Gensler, a global design and architecture firm, found that three out of four knowledge workers surveyed were struggling to effectively balance focus and collaboration in their office environment.

** NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren participate in a panel to discuss a U.S. Monetary Policy Forum report on the Federal Reserve balance sheet before the 2018 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business - 1515 GMT.

Next, look to the right of the graph, and what's happened since 2015 — global prices have come into much closer balance, with Japanese import prices recovering a bit recently but still sitting about $ 7 / GJ above Alberta and B.C. gas prices, which are at near - historic lows.

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.

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch note out Tuesday said that according to its global equity fund manager survey, equity investors are asking companies to strengthen their balance sheets after «recent record volumes of re-leveraging transactions.»

Capital raise after capital raise obviously signals an intense cash burn rate, but if Tesla is going to change the world and push electric cars to a point where they constitute more than 1 % of global auto sales, chilling out on the spending and letting the balance sheet take a breather doesn't make much sense.

We effectively get a stupendous return on our investment, and I don't know anything that could be better than that — given that we understand that this is a hugely global play, and participants are up against people whose balance sheets are $ 50, $ 60 billion of capital.

«The meltdown of our global financial system was a direct result of inadequate checks and balances,» says Adam Lowry, co-founder and chief global sustainability officer of Method, which makes chemical - free household products.

They want to unbundle a financial system grown «too interconnected to fail,» and they prescribe solutions for the global good in a world where the G20 outstrips the G8 (including an IMF reorganization to reflect that shift in the balance of power).

Global bank balance sheets are stronger because of improved capital and liquidity buffers, amid tighter regulation and heightened market scrutiny.

US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin complained about persistent trade surpluses and stated that «We urge the IMF to speak out more forcefully on the issue of external imbalances, including by providing clear policy recommendations for countries with large surpluses, in support of more balanced global growth.»

They balance their ambition for global growth against the complexity of competing in very different markets

China is slowly and fitfully lowering its financial barriers with the rest of the world, as Beijing tries to balance its desire for stability with its ambitions to have a much greater say in the global conversation about money.

Now, global supply and demand has been better balanced and that «s pushing up the price of oil to the highest levels that we «ve seen since 2014, and that «s largely the culprit.

The Series E round is led by asset management firm Old Mutual Global Investors, and Silicon Valley VC firm IVP, and I understand also includes some secondary share dealings, meaning that not all of the cash will register on its balance sheet.

If you've been on the site for awhile, you have a head start because we've already discussed the importance of a discipline known as asset allocation, which involves selecting among different asset classes to build a well - balanced portfolio that can weather different economic environments, tax regimes, global conditions, inflation or deflation, and a host of other variables that history has shown will fluctuate over time.

Premier Li Keqiang's plan to have slower but better balanced growth has run into difficulties and Beijing's struggle to transform its economic model has prompted fears that the world's second - biggest economy could be the source of the next global downturn.

A New Balance Point: Global Trade, Productivity and Economic Growth - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks at the Canada - US Securities Summit (08:55 (ET) approx.)

The relative balance of power remains with global corporations, and the weakness of labor's bargaining power supports the profit share of gross domestic product (GDP).

Lee Millstein, President of Cerberus Global Investments, said, «With its solid balance sheet and strong competitive position, Bluestone Holdings Australia is well positioned to capitalize on the currently attractive market and regulatory dynamics.

My argument is that a significant part of the strong productivity performance in the two decades before the crisis was due to globalization, and that the globalization process may have brought trade in the global economy to a new balancing point.

The letter notes that the current backdrop of strong and balanced global growth is underpinned by a resilient global financial system that is the product of determined efforts by the G20 and FSB over the past decade.

Exceptions: Templeton Global Balanced Fund Classes A and C use the inception date of the old Class A and C shares, renamed Class A1 and Class C1.

This is what I wrote about in the Financial Times yesterday: the U.S. refusal to cooperate with other countries, above all its double standard insisting that other countries must turn their foreign - exchange surpluses over to the U.S. Treasury to promote U.S. financial markets at their expense — and the demand that any country running a trade surplus with America spend the money on U.S. arms — is so abhorrent that other countries are proceeding to create an alternative global financial system of settling trade and balance - of - payments transactions without the United States.

With our mission to be the premier global investment management organization, FTIA and Balanced Equity Management cover a broad spectrum of investment products and solutions.

The solid financial global track record of Fiduciary Trust and that of our parent company, Franklin Templeton Investments, includes conservative balance sheet management practices and over $ 742.8 billion in combined assets under management.

«[I] f your view of the world is having a balance of interests, a competitive marketplace, equal providers, equal parties coming to the table — whether it's a supply chain or a network of things like sending money back and forth or citizens working to solve village - level, regional or global level — this is technology can help implement that.»

One would think that Mr. Bernanke knows nothing at all about the balance of payments or how the global monetary system works.

That They Will Eventually Release Most Of Their QE'ed Sovereign Debt From Their Balance Sheets [as global inflation emerges] Into The Market... Mostly Via Non-Reinvestment At Maturity.

Posted by Andrew Jackson under balance of payments, global imbalances, international trade.

The problem is for this or other currencies to become international reserves held by foreign central banks, the issuing nation has to run a balance of payments deficit to pump this currency into the global economy.

Our portfolio values both balance and flexibility and includes a global mix of large -, mid -, and small - cap equities, hedge funds, venture capital and alternative investments.

«We're out of balance right now and [sanctions] would make us more out of balance,» said Rick Joswick, managing director for oil with the PIRA Energy Group, a unit of S&P Global Platts.

As we have said in past commentaries, the historic levels of quantitative easing following the global financial crisis — that is the expansion of the Fed's balance sheet from around $ 900 billion to nearly $ 4.5 trillion today — was one of the most dominant market - shaping forces over the last decade.