Sentences with phrase «investment intentions»

Investment intentions in the mining, finance and property and business services sectors are particularly strong.

Current business investment intentions are much more pessimistic than what is included in our current economic outlook.

Private - sector investment intentions are only 1.3 % higher this year, a far cry from the growth of after - tax corporate profits.

Conditions in the manufacturing sector have been an exception to this generally firmer picture, with profitability under pressure and investment intentions declining.

This increase in investment intentions partly reflects a modest catch - up after a period of cuts.

Under normal circumstances, you would expect investment intentions to be rising, but so far that has not really been the case.

In contrast, resilient investment intentions and a considerable stock of work in the pipeline suggest that growth in business investment should remain reasonably strong in the period ahead.

However, that same data «may be revised down later this year,» according to the report, citing a recent underwhelming Statistics Canada survey of investment intentions for this year.

Canadian firms are slowly latching onto these investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results of the 2010 Asian Investment Intentions Survey released recently by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

To date, investment has been concentrated in the manufacturing sector, although in the September quarter Tankan survey, firms in non-manufacturing industries expressed positive investment intentions for the first time in five years.

The Asian Investment Intentions Survey, started in 2000, is an annual survey of Canadian companies with a permanent physical presence in Asia.

CBRE is reporting that investors in Asia Pacific real estate in 2017 remain heavily focused on yield spreads when seeking assets as investment intentions, and are moving further away from capital appreciation strategies.

In these circumstances it is not surprising that business investment has contributed strongly to the overall growth in demand during the past year, and indicators of investment intentions suggest that it will continue to do so.

Indicators of investment intentions point to continued healthy growth in business investment, but at a more moderate pace than the rapid rate of the past year.

This latest update on investment intentions doesn't bode well for Canada's economy.

Canada was once perceived the most open economy in the world toward Chinese outward FDI as an early survey of Chinese companies» outward direct investment intentions jointly conducted by the APF Canada and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in 2006.

The National Australia Bank's business survey also points to a continuation of relatively strong investment intentions at an aggregate level over the year ahead.

3) There's also an annual investment intentions report from StatsCan that came out in this week last year, but I can't find the schedule for it this year.

The Capex survey shows investment intentions for 2004/05 that are consistent with reasonably solid growth in machinery and equipment investment, especially in the mining and transport & storage sectors.

Aggregate investment intentions for 1997/98 are 6 per cent above the corresponding estimate a year earlier, but with some sharp contrasts between the major components (Table 1).

«The cocktail of tax reform, NAFTA, steel tariffs, and booming investment intentions comes at a time when the ISM manufacturing index is surging.»

Statistics Canada reported today that private and public investment intentions are up by 1.4 % for 2014, even weaker than Canadaâ $ ™ s investment growth of 1.5 % in 2013.

Results of the 2010 survey of the short - and medium - term investment intentions of Canadian companies which already have a physical presence in Asia.

It shows a cooling in offshore investment intentions as a result of the global recession, although some 42 % of 1,104 companies surveyed still intend to invest overseas, though generally not on a large scale.

The balance of opinion on investment intentions continued to recover (Chart 3), mainly because fewer firms pointed to a drop in investment spending.

Broader indicators of investment intentions also point to further growth although the picture is somewhat uneven across industries.

The entry of a successful international player like Saputo with clear investment intentions and strategies for Asian growth out of Australia should act as another useful prod for necessary change.

Business investment has been increasing at a solid pace, and investment intentions remain positive.»

The aging process can derail clients» original investment intentions, making their portfolios vulnerable to a counterintuitive mix of overconfidence and loss aversion, according to a new paper in the Retirement Management Journal.

The Capital Expenditure Survey conducted in January and February provides estimates of aggregate business investment intentions for the remainder of 1996/97 and an initial reading on intentions for 1997/98.

Yet the ex post global saving — investment rate in 2007, overall, was only modestly higher than in 1999, suggesting that the uptrend in the saving intentions of developing economies tempered declining investment intentions in the developed world.

Indicators of investment intentions suggest that growth in business investment in the first half of 2004 will remain healthy, although intentions have been downgraded slightly in the past three months.

Results of a 2013 survey of Chinese companies» outward foreign direct investment intentions.

Although our Business Outlook Survey (BOS) shows stronger investment intentions, some of this may be coming from firms with cross-border operations considering new investments in the United States rather than here in Canada.

While plans to invest over the next 12 months remain more pronounced in Central and Eastern Canada, positive investment intentions are now evident in all regions and sectors, particularly among exporters.

Canadian firms are slowly latching onto these investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results of the 2010 Asian Investment Intentions Survey...

CBRE is reporting that investors in Asia Pacific real estate in 2017 remain heavily focused on yield spreads when seeking assets as investment intentions, and are moving further away from capital appreciation strategies.

It is difficult to discern a clear picture of investment intentions in 2000/01, because it is unclear the extent to which businesses have taken account of the lower prices for many investment goods resulting from the replacement of wholesale taxes with the GST on 1 July.

Surveys of investment intentions point to continued growth in business investment in real terms, albeit at lower rates than the robust growth seen through 2003.

According to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's 2010 investment intentions survey, 64 % of respondents expect to increase their Asian investments over the next 12 months.

The Bank of Canada observed that investment intentions were «somewhat less widespread,» but still at a level closer to the historical average.

«While firms judge that the boost to their sales from U.S. growth is lending support to their investment plans, investment intentions are modest for exporters, even those unaffected by commodity prices.

«Modest domestic demand, uncertainty and insufficient foreign demand are key factors holding back investment intentions,» the Bank observed, while noting the cautious outlook wasn't limited to the oil patch.

We're not seeing a particularly good picture with respect to the investment intentions of our clients.

The Bank of Canada's latest quarterly survey of businesses shows that companies expect little sales growth over the next 12 months and that their investment intentions are stuck near the lowest levels since the Great Recession.