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.
He also recalled one of Friedman's most
important lessons, that low
interest rates are not the same as loose
policy.
The most
important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep
interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.
Much of the effectiveness of Canadian monetary
policy depends on the Bank of Canada's credibility: managing expectations for the future is at least as
important as setting short - term
interest rates.
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.»
But actually, Evans» point of clarification on this issue is soooo
important, since it gets at one of the biggest confusions about monetary
policy and
interest rates today.
«It's
important not to remove support, especially when the recovery is fragile and the tools available to monetary
policy, should the economy falter, are limited given that short - term
interest rates are at zero,» Yellen said at the Senate Banking Committee hearing.
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.
When we talk about the Bank of Canada offsetting rather than accommodating changes in fiscal
policy, it is
important to understand that we are talking about changing the nominal
interest rate relative to what it would have been otherwise without the fiscal
policy change, and not relative to what the nominal
rate was in the past.
This of course hasn't gone unnoticed by John Taylor, who has written a number of papers over the last year showing empirically that the Federal Reserve's
interest rate policy during this period was an
important catalyst of the housing bubble and therefore influential in the current problems the economy is experiencing.
Fundamental analysis encompasses any news event, social force, economic announcement, Federal
policy change, company earnings and news, and perhaps the most
important piece of Fundamental data applicable to the Forex market, which is a country's
interest rates and
interest rate policy.
«It is more
important that they move away from the zero
interest rate policy.
It's countdown time to the
important meeting of the Federal Reserve and investors are anxious about a change in
interest rate policy.
It's
important to note that when you borrow against the cash value of your
policy,
interest will be charged on the loan, but in most cases the
interest rate tends to be very low.
That rebuttal nicely sums up a lot of the accepted facts of unwavering peakoilers, e.g. that it's been conclusively shown that oil price hikes are linked to recession (not really; e.g. wrong macro
policy responses to oil - led inflation often tried to tackle it by raising
interest rates, which just compounded the problem and possibly triggered recession by itself; uncertainty in price is often more
important to investment decisions that which direction it's going in, given that fuel costs are actually not a large % of overall costs.)
It's
important to note that when you borrow against the cash value of your
policy,
interest will be charged on the loan, but in most cases the
interest rate tends to be very low.
However, this «non-forfeiture value» of a life insurance
policy has an
important secondary benefit as well — it gives an insurance company the means to provide policyowners a personal loan at favorable
interest rates, because the cash value provides collateral for the loan.
It is extremely
important to pay attention to the guaranteed
interest rate that is documented in your
policy, not the assumptive
interest rate that your agent will show you.
As mentioned earlier, many agents tend to stress the assumptive
rate of
interest your
policy may be able to offer, but it's
important to note that universal life insurance
policies rarely perform this well.
Whenever comparing
policies, it is always
important for you to ask for a breakdown of premiums, cost of insurance, death benefits, reasonable
interest rates, as well as the various features of the two insurance plans.
The execution of this
policy change will be
important since an unexpected, quick, or significant bump in
interest rates could cause a sharp market reaction and produce sudden volatility in
rates; slow, steady, and deliberate
rate hikes will be more manageable for the market to absorb.