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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.

The labor market is tighter than it has been in decades, with unemployment near an all - time low at 4.1 % and unfilled job openings near an all - time high at about 6 million.

The number of job openings in the U.S. hit a seven - year high in April, reflecting a labor market drawing strength from the nation's economic recovery.

«A strong economy and labor market are generating rising incomes and higher consumer confidence, fueling a strong year for the travel industry, which will continue into the holiday season,» said Bill Sutherland, a senior vice president for the travel organization AAA.

«With gasoline prices remaining low (providing a huge windfall to U.S. consumers), confidence sky - high and the buoyancy in labor market activity likely to bolster household income, we expect consumer spending activity to rebound strongly in the coming months,» Mulraine said.

As the labor market in the U.S. tightens, employers have turned to perks like paid time off, maternity leave, and signing bonuses — rather than higher wages in some instances — as the carrots they dangle to attract new talent.

NRF's forecast follows those from Deloitte and AlixPartners, which call for holiday retail sales increasing between 3.8 and 4.5 percent, thanks to higher online spending and a tightening labor market.

The state's labor market is also suffering: The November 2015 unemployment rate of 6.5 % was the third highest in the country, and West Virginia was one of only five states to see a drop in nonfarm payroll employment between November 2014 and November 2015, with a 1.4 % decline.

«The support for Donald Trump was significantly higher in local labor markets more exposed to the adoption of robots,» they wrote.

Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.

It usually requires an explanation on the order of infinite retention («yes, our sales and marketing costs are really high and our annual profit margins per user are thin, but we're going to keep the customer forever»), a massive reduction in costs («we're going to replace all our human labor with robots»), a claim that eventually the company can stop buying users («we acquire users for more than they're worth for now just to get the flywheel spinning»), or something even less plausible.

The only way this can occur in a competitive labor market is if employees in high - trust companies are more productive and innovative.

The stock market opened way down, continuing last Friday's selloff, though it has climbed back since the open — implying the return of volatility — as skittish investors continue to fear the sequence I describe in this AM's WaPo: tight labor market, wage pressures, higher interest rates, inflation, lower profit margins.

Because nominal wage growth for a large fraction of workers has been held to zero, a somewhat higher rate of inflation would grease the wheels of the labor market by allowing real wages to fall (Akerlof, Dickens, and Perry 1996).

Market observers have long blamed France's labor code and other policies for the country's slow growth and high unemployment.

The economists did offer some caveats to their view, adding that risk - reward tradeoffs don't necessarily look attractive, valuations remain high — particularly in U.S. high - yield credit — and there's a growing risk of an overheated labor market and recession down the road.

Another related issue that impacts both wages and inflation: Despite a tight labor market and high consumer confidence, many companies don't feel they can retain market share if they raise prices for consumers.

«My feeling is that really since the latter part of last year, a number of challenges have raised up for the stock market,» Paulsen said, noting that stock valuations are higher, interest rates are rising, the labor market is tightening, and it appears inflation could finally be on the horizon.

Allowing wages to continue to rise should, in the longer run, boost productivity growth because businesses will be incentivized to find ways to improve the productivity of their workers in the face of tighter labor markets and higher labor costs.

There is an improvement in China's high levels of debt and its labor market.

Barriers to entry in several key industries, including architecture, accounting and legal services, are prohibitively high, which has decimated the country's labor market in the last few years.

This series is at a recent high, reflecting that in a tight labor market more potential workers are being drawn into the workforce.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

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Of course, with labor markets tight, some employers will attempt to attract new employees by offering higher wages and benefits, raising the average compensation paid to many employees over time.

What we find is quite striking: not only do those with higher education experience less unemployment, they are far more likely to be participating in the labor market.

Cappelli and Chauvin (1991)[pdf] documented that in plants where pay was higher relative to the local labor market, fewer disciplinary actions were required.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consumer spending is up, optimism is high and we have a robust labor market with unemployment at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent.

This could be due to slightly more affordable mortgages, as well as other draws for millennials such as a strong labor market — unemployment is below the national average at 3.7 percent — and relatively high incomes for people in that age group, according to a Zillow analysis.

Our analysis leverages data from the U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine how much new housing a metro can build, the amount of slack in the housing market and the impact of an influx of high - wage workers.

These concerns have come about due to high growth rates, strong labor markets, and apparently high rates of price growth in products.Long term growth is usually attributed to population growth, growth of capital stock and technological innovations.

If growth in America is accelerating, which it seems to be, and any remaining slack in the labor markets is disappearing — and wages start going up, as do commodity prices — then it is not an unreasonable possibility that inflation could go higher than people might expect.

«For the Fed, the underlying momentum is more important in terms of policy decisions, and that looks to be strong, supported by a tightening labor market, rising incomes and high consumer confidence,» Gregory Daco, head of U.S. macroeconomics at Oxford Economics, told Reuters.

Economist Jessica Hinds at Capital Economics said there is «still plenty of slack in the labor market» with high jobless rates of 16.1 percent in Spain, 10.9 percent in Italy and 8.9 percent in France.

In reality, labor markets are not so tight and there is just no sign of higher inflation in the near - term.

«Supply and demand forces in the labor market are pushing wages higher.

However, a survey of German consumers, who have made a significant contribution to driving growth in Europe's largest economy, came in higher than consensus expectations during February, as the country's tight labor market bolstered confidence.

«Layoffs will feed into the labor market, reduced capital expenditures will directly impact GDP growth, and all of this will drive the probability of recession higher.»

US consumer confidence hits 17 - year high The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to the highest levels since December 2000, spurred by surging equity prices and tight labor markets.

We have yet to see this play out — jobs growth has been steady for 72 straight months, jobless claims have been falling and confidence in the labor market is at a nine - year high — but the divergence between profits and employment is something to keep an eye on.

The impact will be much broader, as soaring transport prices encourage higher - cost local production to replace sourcing from cheap labor markets halfway around the world.

In response, both fed funds futures and Treasury yields moved steadily higher during September and briefly advanced once more following the labor market report for the month, as investors initially zeroed in on wage growth of 2.9 %, the fastest rate since 2009.

If we assume that hysteresis is in fact present to some degree after deep recessions, the natural next question is to ask whether it might be possible to reverse these adverse supply - side effects by temporarily running a «high - pressure economy,» with robust aggregate demand and a tight labor market.

Further improvement in the labor market has also helped drive shares higher.

But they have been part of the Canadian labor market for decades and they can not account for the lack of job creation in Canada for the past four years and the current high unemployment rate.

Further, mortgages rates for 30 - year fixed, 15 - year fixed, and a 5/1 ARM are now close to 5 - year highs thanks to expansionary government policies, a strong labor market, and wage inflation.

But as Bernanke noted: «Despite this improvement, the job market remains weak overall: The unemployment rate is still well above its longer - run normal level, rates of long - term unemployment are historically high, and the labor force participation rate has continued to move down.

For example, when the CEI (blue dotted line) is adjusted for growth in population (red dotted line) or the labor force (black dotted line), the stock market's failure to sustainably break out above its Apr 26 high in the S&P 500 index (SPX) at 1220 is understandable, as it has been predictable by our business cycle model explained our email to you four days ago (copied in below).

Meanwhile, on the labor market front, greater utilization of technology in business has placed a premium on high - skilled workers who can navigate and innovate alongside that technology.