Sentences with phrase «low global rates»

This year our lead theme All About That Pace again appears out of consensus as the market view for rates has shifted towards fears of deflation and expectations that low global rates means U.S. rates can never move higher.

«Still - low global rates continue to support unprecedented levels of debt accumulation,» the IIF said.

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«The longer rates are low, the harder it will be to raise them and the more painful that raise will be,» says Eric Lascelles, RBC Global Asset Management's chief economist.

Each of the two previous films have generally positive Rotten Tomatoes ratings, and they fared reasonably well at the box office ($ 170 million in global gross for Cloverfield and $ 110 million for 10 Cloverfield Lane) for lower - budget movies.

«If impending old age is the issue, it can be very difficult to convince households via lower rates to shift desired consumption from the future into the present,» Steven Englander, global head of G - 10 foreign - exchange strategy at Citigroup, said in a note Tuesday.

You get a low flat - rate transaction fee of 2.7 percent for credit card processing, including global credit card payments.

And with global interest rates so low, fixed income and cash alone are unlikely to enable your savings to keep up with your cost of living after retirement.

While the Fed has indicated it plans to raise short - term interest rates, the uncertain domestic and global economies and the still - loosening monetary policy of central bankers in other countries suggests that rates could remain very low for a long time still.

Vodafone (vod), reporting its third - quarter results on Thursday, said it was also seeing lower rates of growth in its global enterprise division, and said it was taking a more disciplined approach to agreeing contracts.

RBC's capital markets division saw a 13 per cent jump year - on - year in net income to $ 748 million, primarily due to a lower effective tax rate largely due to U.S. tax changes and higher results in corporate and investment banking and global markets.

«Global economic growth across the board is doing great at roughly 4 percent, unemployment rates in the U.K. and in the U.S. are at almost record lows.

«Rates and inflation, even though they have ticked up, are still at very low levels relative to history, monetary policy is still easy, said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors in Boston.

«Our «rational exuberance» rests on a combination of above - trend US and global economic growth, low albeit slowly rising interest rates, and profit growth aided by corporate tax reform likely to be adopted by early next year,» Kostin said in a report for clients.

China presents a major opportunity for global insurers as the rapidly growing economy opens up amid low insurance penetration rates, said Manulife's president and CEO.

A 25 basis point rate hike would see the global real GDP level about 0.4 percentage points lower, with US real GDP falling by about 0.5 percentage points.

The global economy risks becoming trapped in a low growth, low inflation, low interest rate equilibrium.

Interest rates have been held at artificially low levels for years now, while at the same time the banks have injected some $ 6 trillion into the global economy.

«With users and subscriber growth ahead of all other platforms in our coverage group and global penetration rates of streaming subscriptions still relatively low, we believe Spotify maintains a long runway for subscriber additions.»

Lower rates should continue to spur consumer spending and encourage lending, notes Scott Minerd, global chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners.

Returns from that era were boosted by a confluence of factors that are unlikely to come together again: declines in inflation and interest rates, strong global GDP, low corporate tax, and rapid growth in China.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, reckons that new legislation that drops the rate all the way to 20 %, and contains other levy - lowering provisions such as immediate expensing of capital expenditure, could raise EPS for the S&P 500 by 8 % in the first year.

Given the starting level of global interest rates for the next US president (5,000 - year lows!)

Financial stability risks have become topical in the wake of the global financial crisis and the subsequent extended period of very low interest rates.

The decade since the global financial crisis has seen widespread central bank intervention in markets to keep interest rates low.

The exchange rate had declined, which would also assist in adapting to weak global conditions and lower commodity prices.

Traditionally, global equities do not peak until after the yield curve has inverted, he adds, but «given the very low - rate nature of this cycle, we'd expect a flat curve to weigh more heavily on sentiment and encourage a more defensive rotation.»

However, Rieder believes that doesn't factor in the role of low global interest rates.

Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors and head of its Global Allocation fund, said he was not put off by the fact that U.S. home ownership rates hit a 20 - year low in the fourth quarter.

Following the British vote to exit the European Union, global economic concerns, coupled with weakness in the Japanese economy, drove interest rates in Britain, Europe and Japan to fresh lows, prompting a burst of yield - seeking speculation that has driven the S&P 500 Index a few percent above its May 2015 peak.

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Another unusual aspect of current global interest rates is that long - term rates, which are set by the demand for and supply of funds in capital markets, have remained quite low in the face of rising official interest rates.

We believe a step - up in risk aversion has led to a structural rise in precautionary savings, further dragging down bond yields across the curve — a trend that won't quickly change, as we write in our Global macro outlook The safety premium driving low rates.

With increasing political uncertainty all over the western world, changing global power structures, continued sluggish growth, and record low interest rates, precious metals are today more...

For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share markets rising solidly in each of the past three years.

Long - term interest rates are currently low due to low global inflation expectations and moderate growth potential in Canada due to lower oil prices, a heavily indebted household sector and a weakened manufacturing base due to relatively high unit labour costs.

The backdrop that set the stage for these results, and for the ongoing bull market in stocks more generally, has been in place since the global financial crisis — tame inflation, historically low interest rates and moderate economic growth in the United States have all been supportive for growth investing.

My best guess is that Beijing will drive an orderly rebalancing of the Chinese economy, even as it drives growth rates down to levels that most analysts would find unexpectedly low, and this will be net positive for the global economy.

I published this piece in today's WaPo arguing that based on recent global dynamics — very low interest rates, strengthening dollar, capital flows, larger US trade deficit — the Fed must be very careful about raising rates.

Regulation, risk, a low - interest - rate environment and global economic uncertainty mean treasurers are more dependent than ever before on software systems and services to help them manage their business.

Speaking by phone from Montreal on Wednesday, economist Paul - Andre Pinsonnault predicted Governor Stephen Poloz will cut the policy rate by a quarter point to 0.25 percent next month, matching a record low set in 2009 during the global financial crisis.

Since the global financial crisis in 2008 - 09, a combination of low inflation expectations and a bond - buying program by the Federal Reserve have helped keep bond yields low but they have climbed this year as inflation has picked up and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.

When U.S. interest rates started to rise, however, frightened global banks pulled credit lines and net capital inflows reversed, leading to lower investment, soaring unemployment, and currency devaluations.

As a currency it enjoys global recognition, is not bound by the FX exchanges or interest rates of any country and transaction fees are very low.

Some reasons for the fall include: the Federal Reserve lowering the Fed Funds rate, declining inflation, improved monetary efficiency, economic slack, the continued global demand for US assets, and relative stability in the US vs. other markets.

As a new source of revenue for the banks in place of loans to domestic real estate and industry, low interest rates enabled them to flood the global economy with credit.

The Canadian economy continues to work its way back from the post-crisis global recession and the associated collapse in our exports while, at the same time, is adjusting to lower prices for oil and other commodities as well as a much lower exchange rate.

Low rates have been with us since the global financial crisis.

It is true that China's economy is slowing down, but lower growth rate in the country should not be a reason for global concern since the pace of growth is «as much by design as by accident,» noted the article, written by British businessman Martin Gilbert, who is the founder and CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management.

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