Not exact matches
NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks edged
higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released its
policy announcement, leaving
interest rates unchanged.
Barely - there
interest rates, made possible by unconventional monetary
policy since the last recession, have driven investors into dividend - paying products, and that has pushed P / Es
higher.
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.
Officials from the government shared their concerns about
higher interest rates with a Bloomberg reporter, violating the convention of keeping politics out of the day - to - day handling of monetary
policy.
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.
NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched
higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more
interest rate hikes at its
policy meeting this week.
An Australian banker caught on live TV showing a
high interest rate in nearly - naked photos of supermodel Miranda Kerr has launched a viral video that has already drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube — and fresh debate about employer Internet
policies.
He said economic progress had made the bank more confident that
higher interest rates would be required over time, although some monetary
policy accommodation will still be needed.
The U.S. is primed for
higher interest rates, but the Bank of Canada won't follow suit until there are real
policy changes — not just Trump Tweets — to act on
So that
policy response is going to lead to slightly
higher inflation in terms of wages and slightly
higher interest rates, and the market had to respond to that.
The benchmark 10 - year Treasury note fell from a more than four - year
high to below 3 percent after the European Central Bank kept
interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its stimulative monetary
policy stance.
Specifically, there are concerns about what might happen should the tide turn in the bond markets when 30 years of falling
interest rates reverses at a time when the Federal Reserve is preparing to tighten monetary
policy by forcing rates
higher.
The Fed's low
interest rate
policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for
higher yields.
While President Obama has supported a few proposals that benefit
high - growth,
high - tech entrepreneurs (like the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, most of his
policies have been hostile to the
interests of Main Street business owners, particularly those running labor - intensive businesses with low - wage employees.
That ability will allow us to manage short - term
interest rates effectively and thus to tighten
policy when needed, even if bank reserves remain
high.»
In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary
policy, often arguing against
interest rate hikes in the face of
high underemployment and weak wage growth.
NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. stocks edged
higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released its
policy announcement, leaving
interest rates unchanged.
That takes pressure off the central bank to cut
interest rates, an important development as
policy makers reiterated that «financial vulnerabilities continue to edge
higher.»
That means that if the Federal Reserve feels the need to respond to President Donald Trump's new economic
policies with
higher interest rates, as Chairwoman Janet Yellen again hinted yesterday, there'll be little to stop the dollar rising further against Europe's single currency.
«I don't think inflation will do much harm to the economy and to my business, but the
high -
interest - rate
policy that I anticipate the Bank of Canada will follow will do significant harm to both.»
Without a clear voice from Berlin, the EU will simply find it harder to articulate
policies to deal with the suppression of civil rights in central Europe, the splintering of the single market through Brexit and — heaven help us — a possible renewal of the Eurozone crisis amid as global
interest rates turn
higher.
Bond prices fell, sending the yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury note to its
highest level in four years, following newly released minutes from the U.S. Federal suggesting bullish sentiment among
policy - makers and signalling more
interest rate hikes ahead.
But given his anti-regulatory, anti-science rhetoric, we're on
high alert,» said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition
policy at Center for Science in the Public
Interest in Washington.
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.
«This progress reinforces governing council's view that
higher interest rates will be warranted over time, although some monetary
policy accommodation will still be needed to keep inflation on target.»
The United States may soon move to less accommodative monetary
policies and
higher long - term
interest rates as its recovery gains ground.
We anticipate
higher interest rates across the yield curve as North American central banks normalise monetary
policy amid slowly returning inflation.
But with the Federal Reserve (Fed) normalizing monetary
policy,
higher interest rates, and prospects for deregulation, the sector now seems poised for growth.
This would imply a
higher average level of
interest rates and thereby give monetary
policy more room to maneuver (Williams 2009; Blanchard, Dell» Ariccia, and Mauro 2010; Ball 2014).
Instead, a sharp shift in fiscal
policy led to
high real
interest rates that stimulated a strong demand for the dollar, which caused the dollar to appreciate sharply.
The answer is, of course, that there is a positive
policy reaction relationship from expenditure to
interest rates — when activity is
high or growing fast,
policy will be tightening so
interest rates are rising.
My goal is to take advantage of cheaper heartland real estate with much
higher net rental yields (8 % — 12 % vs. 2 % — 3.5 % in SF) and diversify away from expensive coastal city real estate which is now under pressure due to new tax
policy which limits SALT deduction to $ 10,000 and new mortgage
interest deduction on mortgages of $ 750,000 from $ 1,000,000 for 2018 and beyond.
The
policy implication is that had the Fed targeted
higher inflation in recent years, a lower real
interest rate could have hastened the recovery.
The Fed kept
interest rates unchanged following its
policy meeting on Wednesday, a move that was widely expected, and noted that inflation was starting to inch
higher, leaving it on track to raise borrowing costs in June.
A recent fear for
high yield investors has been the prospect of normalising
interest rate
policy in developed markets — historically low
interest rates have made the
high yield market more sensitive to
interest rate moves and effectively managing this risk will be important.
«We are working to ensure that our financial institutions and other market participants are prepared for the normalization of monetary
policy and the return to a world of
higher interest rates,» Fischer said.
Instead of forcing a reluctant public to spend on the premise of substitution effect, a more normal rates regime would likely be effective to induce
higher investment by aligning
policy with the public's
interest to meet future obligations.
For three - straight years — between 2014 and 2016 — the greenback surged
higher as the Fed ended «QE3,» the stimulus program that had the U.S. central bank buying as much as $ 85 billion worth of government bonds per month, and did away with the zero -
interest - rate
policy that was in place since the financial crisis.
Policy loans generally have a much lower
interest rate than bank loans and are devoid of
high fees and closing costs.
Established to help promote the
interests of European businesses operating within ASEAN and to advocate for changes in trade and investment
policies and regulations, the EU - ABC raises the profile of European businesses in the region through formal events and
high - profile dialogues.
But from the perspective of monetary
policy transmission, the
higher level of private sector leverage also does imply a stronger impact from
interest rate changes.
Major banks only give out around 0.01 % APY on most
interest checking options, and the national average of 0.04 % is mostly a reflection of the
high interest rates of online banks and smaller regional banks whose account
policies tend to be more generous to customers.
So your financial benefit is
higher, as the insurance company is investing a part of your
policy fund and that is earning
interest for you.
His «growth»
policies will likely bring
higher interest rates, which are both positive and negative for the consumer — they help savers and punish spenders.
Tightening
policy will adversely affect employment levels because
higher interest rates make holding on to cash more attractive than investing it.
The economic progress we have seen makes us more confident that
higher interest rates will be warranted over time, although some monetary
policy accommodation will still be needed.»
Although short - term
interest rates did rise this year as a slightly less timid Federal Reserve (Fed) nudged the
policy rate
higher, for the long end of the curve it was more of the same.
BOE's Carney Suggests Falling Unemployment Doesn't Mean Rates Will Rise Bank of England Gov. Carney said the U.K. central bank will look at a broad range of economic factors when assessing the need for
higher interest rates, a sign that officials may be preparing to play down the link between BOE
policy and falling unemployment.
At the same time, he acknowledged the downside risks because changes in fiscal
policy could push real
interest rates
higher, offsetting haven demand.
Those
policies have now been reversed; significantly
higher interest rates have been put in place to rein in inflation and restore financial integrity.