Sentences with phrase «meet economic targets»

The Minority is predicting that government will not be able to meet economic targets as set out in the 2017 budget.

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The study makes worst - case assumptions that may inflate the cost of meeting U.S. targets under the Paris accord while largely ignoring the economic benefits to U.S. businesses from building and operating renewable energy projects.

The notes from the meeting show that a number of Fed officials feel that interest rates could begin to be raised from their current artificially low levels sooner than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.

Snap's IPO Thursday was «tremendous» but the country needs five times as many start - ups going public to meet economic growth targets, said John Chambers, executive chairman and former CEO of Cisco.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Debt has grown 30 % since the end of 2010 alone, after a huge government stimulus package had already boosted the figure, as officials struggled to meet economic growth targets in 2014 and 2015.

In saying the Fed expected «moderate» economic growth, «additional strengthening in the labor market» and inflation rising toward the central bank's annual 2 % target, Yellen appeared to be preparing financial markets for a potential rate hike after the central bank's Sept. 20 - 21 meeting.

The SVA Plan rewards executives for meeting or exceeding year - over-year improvement targets for economic profit.

China has managed to meet the GDP growth target of 6.7 percent, the level of economic activity presumably needed to keep unemployment from rising, only by increasing total debt by a frightening amount equal to a 40 — 45 percentage points of GDP.

But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

11-18-2005 2005 Drilling Program Completed on Caledonia's Mulonga Plain Joint Venture 11-14-2005 Caledonia Mining 3rd Quarter Results 2005 10-13-2005 Available online: Webcast of presentation to the Minesite Forum 10-11-2005 London: Presentation to the Minesite Forum 09-14-2005 Caledonia amends terms of share purchase warrants 09-13-2005 Caledonia and Motapa announce 11 drill targets at Mulonga Plain Kashiji Plain analytical results confirm possible local source 08-15-2005 Caledonia Mining signs a Memorandum of Understanding with a South African Black Economic Empowerment Consortium 08-12-2005 Caledonia Mining Second Quarter Results 2005 08-11-2005 Caledonia Mining Second Quarter Results Conference Call and Webcast 07-18-2005 Caledonia announces Summer Drilling Program on Kikerk Lake Property, Nunavut 06-22-2005 Caledonia Mining Corporation announces Admission to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and # 1.57 million placing 06-13-2005 Caledonia Mining signs a Letter of Intent with a Cobalt Refinery to supply 3 % of total annual world production 05-16-2005 Caledonia Mining 1st Quarter Results 2005 05-06-2005 Caledonia Annual Meeting set for Tuesday May 10th 2005 05-05-2005 Caledonia Mining Granted Prospecting Right for Grasvally and Will Commence the Drilling Program by Mid May 2005 03-29-2005 Caledonia Mining 4th Quarter and 2004 Annual Results 03-23-2005 Caledonia Mining Fourth Quarter and Annual results Conference call & webcast 03-08-2005 Mulonga Plain JV Exploration Work Program Update 02-23-2005 Caledonia Mining Appoints New Chairman 01-31-2005 Caledonia updates diamond exploration results at Mulonga Plain joint venture in Zambia.

The recently published minute of the Fed's meeting last month showed some members of the policy committee have argued for raising interest rates more quickly in coming months because of strong economic growth, a robust job market and rising inflation, which last month exceeded the Fed's target of 2 percent.

China signals slightly lower growth ahead At its annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China announced it had trimmed its official economic growth target to 6.5 % for 2017 from a range of 6.5 % — 7 % in 2016.

Champions 12.3, a coalition of 30 CEOs, government ministers, executives of research institutions, farmer organisations and civil society groups, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos and aims to accelerate progress toward meeting target 12.3 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which seeks to halve per capita food waste by 2030.

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Opponents claimed that it would lead to a poorly co-ordinated economic policy and could potentially lead to conflict in fiscal and monetary policy aims, resulting in particular from an over-emphasis in setting rates to meet inflation targets at the expense of other factors such as the exchange rate.

But amid an economic downturn it appears unlikely the chancellor will be able to release the funds campaigners say are necessary to meet the government's target of abolishing child poverty.

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

Children's minister, Beverley Hughes, said that in the current economic climate «meeting the 2010 target is very difficult.

This is the lowest inflation rate since Jan 2017, and it has met and surpassed the target set for inflation in the Administration's Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP).

Depending on whom you ask, HS2 is a colossal waste of taxpayers» cash, or a brilliant way to kick - start economic growth; an unnecessary half - measure to cut emissions or our best hope of the UK meeting our climate change targets.

An obscure board, known as the Public Authority Control Board, controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

According to him, the recent failed attempts by the government to meet its target for the first tranche of the energy bond was an indication of the inability of the Economic management...

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500 million as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

* Why has the Government failed to meet it's deficit reduction targets throughout the parliament & why is the economy not generating jobs - even after all these cuts - in which case Labour will take office because Cons will lose the economic competency test.

In September, economic espionage and cyber espionage were forefront at the meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders vowing in a landmark agreement not to target each other's companies.

SYDNEY (Reuters)- Australia faces a A$ 17 billion ($ 13.3 billion) exodus of investment from its windfarm industry because of a political deadlock, threatening to deal the country a major economic blow and kill hopes of meeting a self - imposed clean energy target.

Houghton suggests this target could be met if developed countries cut their emissions by 20 per cent over the coming 25 years, while developing countries double theirs, to allow room for population growth and economic development.

Local officials, charged with meeting aggressive economic targets for their region's industry, tend to ignore national environmental regulations, covering up spills and building new power plants behind the backs of central government regulators.

In Chile's case, the economic benefits of going green have also been heightened by a recent push from the presidency to meet the country's greenhouse gas emissions targets.

Yet, he says, with the same level of economic growth but different energy policies, «it may well be feasible to meet targets of a 60 per cent reduction in emissions» over 50 years.

Those that reduce emissions below the cap can sell their excess permits to those sources that fail to meet the targets — the trade part of the market — resulting in an overall reduction of pollution at the lowest economic cost, in theory.

They then used an integrated climate - economic model and calculated the optimal price that we should put on emissions now in order to minimize the costs associated with meeting such a temperature target.

(The U.S. never ratified the protocol, Europe met its targets largely because of an economic downturn, and Canada withdrew after it became clear that it would fail to comply).

Moreover, we are 15 years into the data - driven school - reform movement, which is based on the idea that racial - and economic - achievement gaps are largely caused by the «benign racism of low expectations,» and that the solution is to hold individual educators accountable for meeting discrete, quantifiable targets.

Some participants were concerned that market participants may not have properly assessed the likelihood of an increase in the target range at the June meeting, and they emphasized the importance of communicating clearly over the intermeeting period how the Committee intends to respond to economic and financial developments.

This new direct route will not only boost the economic activities between the two countries, but also help towards meeting the Indonesian government's target to increase inbound tourism to Indonesia from India.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 video game console and its portable cousin, the PSP, are selling faster than expected and are poised to meet full - year sales targets even if the current economic crisis hurts holiday demand, Sony said on Wednesday.

«If we exceed the financial targets in any given year, we may be able to accelerate the plan; if we don't meet the targets for any number of reasons, such as an economic downturn, we have built - in guardrails that allow us to slow the plan if necessary,» said Laura Sparks, Cooper Union's president, who took office in January 2017.

The system to meet these targets and timetables will give these companies extra time to adapt — and that is good economic policy.

They then used an integrated climate - economic model and calculated the optimal price that we should put on emissions now in order to minimize the costs associated with meeting such a temperature target.

It is estimated, for example, that none of the [Millennium Development Goals] targets will be met in sub-Saharan Africa if current trends continue, and this is before account is taken of the real effects of the recent crises in food and energy, the rapid increase in impacts of climate change, and the major implications of a global economic slowdown.»

Brulle claimed that, to stave off disaster by meeting the targets set by a U.N. panel, the U.S. «will need to reduce its carbon - dioxide emissions by more that 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and by 80 percent by 2050 — an enormous social, economic and technological task.»

The report, which covers the 2011 - 2012 period, said faster - than - expected economic growth was to blame for China's failure to meet environmental targets ranging from energy [continue reading...]

Dr. Thorning: If policy makers have not seen credible estimates using appropriate economic models the lost GDP and reduced employment they might think that meeting the McCain - Lieberman carbon emission reduction targets is virtually costless.

«The current government seeks economic growth while doing our best to meet emissions targets.»

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

Almost all New Member States have drastic reductions in their emissions and will meet their targets - but not as a consequence of intelligent policies but due to their economic collapse of the 1990s.

China's draft economic plan for the next five years contains new targets that will need to be met if the country is to solve its environmental crises, reports Liu Qin

China can make these emissions reductions within the tight constraints of a global 2ºC target while still meeting development and economic growth goals over the next four decades.