Several factors contributed to the change in expectations, including
less supply of MBS to absorb due to a slow down in originations, a steep yield curve making MBS an attractive investment, and the announcement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin buying back about $ 200 billion in delinquent -LSB-...]
Luckily I can still afford to be a SD but if this keeps up, I may have to be looking for a SM My gut feel says that there will be more SB candidates in 2009 and probably
less supply of SD.
A loss of sanctuary status also means potentially
less supply of labor for lower paying jobs.
This would increase the value of the coin as there is now a much
lesser supply of coins.
Not exact matches
However... «if Amazon were successful in changing the brand pricing model to be based on «net» price versus the current gross model, we estimate a portion
of rebates and other
supply chain discounts currently being retained by plan sponsors, PBMs, and to a
lesser degree drug distributors could pass back to consumers.»
Investigators believed the company's reviews over whether to
supply customers more controlled substances were not meaningful and were used as a sales tool; customers were granted threshold increases for reasons, like the 4th
of July, or the closure
of an area pharmacy years earlier, that the government considered
less than compelling.
Lithium - ion batteries become
less capable
of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.
But security
of supply ranks right up there with price as a deal - breaker in the energy business, and the world's No. 1 gas
supplier is looking
less reliable all the time.
In a similar fashion, the Body Shop got skewered when a magazine article questioned its claims about animal testing, alleged that the company used petrochemicals in some
of its «natural» products, and charged that its Trade Not Aid program accounted for
less of its
supplies than it had claimed.
As for Schlumberger, investors appear jittery about the stock, in part because the world's
supplier of oilfield equipment has
less exposure to the lucrative shale market ---- the biggest near - term driver for sales ---- than competitors.
Energy companies frequently «flare» or burn off vast
supplies of methane at drilling sites because it earns
less money than oil.
In a recent survey
of 1,000 public companies by ShareData, a Silicon Valley - based
supplier of employee - stock - plan software and services, 74 %
of the companies with
less than $ 50 million in sales, and 68 %
of those with fewer than 100 employees, offered stock - option plans to all employees.
Lithium - ion batteries become
less capable
of supplying peak current demands when they are in cold conditions, have a low battery charge, or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.
Chipotle Mexican Grill will soon have stricter guidelines for its
suppliers that will mean the chain will be using local produce
less often, a move the company is making in the aftermath
of an E. coli outbreak that sickened dozens
of customers in six states.
Happily, Schultz and the Starbucks organization have found and continue to find a steady
supply of employees at every level
of the organization who are
less jaded than my journalist friend with whom I opened this article.
Dyson aims to lean
less heavily on
suppliers than traditional carmakers, partly because
of a penchant for making components in house, and partly because electric cars contain substantially fewer bits than their combustion engine counterparts.
Sales for the owner
of KFC and Pizza Hut declined, but
less just than expected after news that a Chinese firm had
supplied the company with expired meat.
Lingerie,
supplies for bachelorette parties and other
less shocking items are stocked in the front
of the store, while the naughtier bits and videos are kept behind partitions in the back.
That
supply (
of money) totals $ 375 million, about $ 240 million
less than the Senate proposed.
The company sold out
of its
supply of 1,000 robots in
less than a minute.
They enjoy economies
of scale and capture margins all along the
supply chain to consumers» gas tanks, so they're
less exposed to crude price volatility.
And the risk
of losing money also falls
less on Mylan than it does on those at the end
of the
supply chain, with the pharmacy having to dispense EpiPens while accepting
less in copay money upfront, then applying for a rebate and waiting to see what trickles back.
Doctors were forced to choose which patients received the smaller
supply of Leucovorin and which would be given a
less effective but more costly treatment.
Ohad Lederer, an analyst at Veritas Investment Research, calculates that investors buying condos to
supply the rental market are accepting annual returns
of less than 4 %.
The higher costs have led to rationing
of dwindling
supplies of the
less expensive generic drugs to avoid purchasing the more expensive name brand treatments.
A $ 23 - million construction - equipment and -
supply company, Albany Ladder specializes in serving carpenters, roofers, and small - time contractors who've never borrowed money from a bank — much
less established a history
of responsibly repaying it.
young farming families in Canada are fleeing to the U.S where the absence
of a quota system lets them purchase better operations at
less than half the price
of supply - managed sectors in Canada
Second, you've got a lot
of demand from institutional investors at a time when there's just
less supply.
With just two people on the mission,
less oxygen,
supplies, and emergency gear will be needed, thus limiting the total weight
of the capsule and likely allowing the company to launch sooner.
Energy research group IHS CERA calculates that fully one - half the U.S. shale resource — a 30 - year
supply at today's rate
of consumption — could be produced at today's prices or
less, meaning the market can accommodate a jump in demand without a corresponding price increase.
Of course, over time, a significant global
supply response is likely to lead to
less pressure on raw materials prices than is currently the case.
In the right destination, it's more than possible to live in a charming villa with a gorgeous ocean view, buy a week's
supply of fresh produce from the local farmer's market for $ 5 or $ 10, hire a housekeeper or gardener, and live a high - quality life on a budget
of $ 2,000 a month or
less.
Although
supply has returned to the market over the short term — due to a combination
of increased production from US shale producers and the easy availability
of capital via debt and equity markets — I'm expecting
supply growth to moderate over the long term as capital becomes more expensive and
less available to marginal energy producers.
What matters much
less is who builds the lease and
supplies all
of the rental components such as matting, camp, light towers, wellsite trailers and the myriad
of other parts and pieces certainly required to drill the well, but which ultimately have no bearing on the quality
of the wellbore or the well's future production.
The more flexible the
supply side
of the economy — the easier it is to re-allocate labour and capital across industries and regions — the
less disruptive the adjustment is likely to be.
Early this week I was with an Australian government representative in Beijing whom I have known for many years and he told me that iron ore prices were currently around $ 83 (I think they dropped another $ 2 last week), and that while some people in Canberra were reluctant to say it too loudly, he and others were increasingly in agreement with my lower forecast
of less than $ 50 well before the end
of the decade, in part because
supply has come off much more slowly than predicted, but mainly because they now recognize that China's rebalancing was indeed going to be a far bigger deal for Chinese demand than sell - side research had predicted.
Any given barrel
of oil is
of more or
less equal quality and desirability as any other barrel
of oil, the
supply is (barring disaster) predictable and constant, and since oil is nonperishable, it doesn't matter if it comes from Alberta or Chile or a geyser on the moon: it still attracts the same price.
Since the publication
of the QTR the Department
of Energy is working seriously on reducing oil demand, other entities are working hard to increase domestic
supply, the combination
of both leaves us with an incredible scenario in which one the US is predicting to import 2 mbd
less from OPEC countries by 2035 and 1 mbd more from Canada.
However, the total amount
of bitcoins is capped, and its
supply is far
less than demand.
Because
of the continuing increase in the money
supply, the dollars
of today are worth
less than yesterday's and those
of tomorrow will be worth
less than today's.
«It's about balancing
supply and demand without killing the golden goose,» said Andy Yan, director
of The City Program at Simon Fraser University, noting British Columbia's finances are dependant on the booming real estate sector, and efforts to cool Vancouver's hot market could hurt
less frothy cities.
They told us that the pre-mine will amount to
less than 1 %
of the Bitcoin
Supply (so
less than 200,000 blocks).
Toyota Motor Corp, Asia's No. 1 carmaker, has found a way to make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable and
less vulnerable to shortages in
supply of the key elements needed to produce the rechargeable batteries that power them.
Ten years ago, third - party logistics made up
less than 10 %
of the total market share in the freight transportation industry, but today it makes up more than 25 %, according to the Council
of Supply Chain Management's State
of Logistics report, which pegged 3PL revenue at $ 157.2 billion in 2014.
Gold's total
supply is increasing by an average
of less than 2 % annually, according to the World Gold Council.
Due to potentially - large oscillations in the desire to hold cash and to the fact that changes in the money
supply can take years to impact the cost
of living, this theoretical rate
of purchasing - power change will tend to be inaccurate over periods
of two years or
less but should approximate the actual rate
of purchasing - power change over periods
of five years or more.
Conversely, if the Reserve Bank
supplies less than banks wish to hold, they will respond by trying to borrow more in the cash market to build up their holdings
of exchange settlement funds; in the process, they will bid up the cash rate.
It's important to note that new mine
supplies are a
less important determinant
of the gold price because most
of the gold that's ever been mined still constitutes
supply, but I think it does have profound implications for equity pricing in the gold business;
less important to the bullion price, but very important to some share prices.
Still, we see
less risk
of a renewed oil price plunge and the potential for a gradual rise toward long - term equilibrium levels around $ 60 a barrel, where
supply and demand are likely to find a better balance.
Ironically, the scaling back
of Russia's LNG ambitions is good news for these
suppliers, as it means
less competition in what is now a buyers market.