Sentences with phrase «of economic»

In the midst of a prolonged period of economic uncertainty throughout the world, offshore investors continue to hold Canada in high regard.

In the meantime, investors will be looking at other indicators of economic and corporate health.

First, they want a secure price base for their securities, not one that bounces up and down like a yoyo, or even too much at all, except perhaps throughout the ups and downs of the economic cycle.

Gallup's daily index of economic confidence has been plumbing lows not seen since September 2008, the Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy noted on Thursday.

According to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the average age when Nobel Prize - winning research is done is 40.

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

Foreign - exchange rates are imperfect indicators of economic strength.

Small - and mid-sized businesses that have come to rely on cloud services would be hit more heavily than Fortune 1000 companies; SMBs would sustain some two - thirds of the economic losses, the report says.

While this would also have a nationwide impact, Craig Alexander, the vice-president of economic analysis at C.D. Howe and a former Toronto Dominion Bank chief economist, argues the risk may well be worth it.

If a case of Ebola does emerge in Canada, some degree of economic turmoil is likely.

Commentary by Laura Tyson, a former chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers.

For example, starting in 2008, Congress passed a measure as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 that let businesses deduct the full price of qualifying equipment purchased or financed during that tax year.

That's better than the 74.9 percent of prime - age workers who had jobs at the low point of the economic downturn, in September and October 2011, or the 74.8 percent from November 2010.

Add a potential multi-billion dollar entertainment industry merger to the long list of economic casualties from the Brexit less than a week after the U.K.'s historic vote to leave the European Union.

So in periods of economic uncertainty — like right now — companies choose to give cash to shareholders instead.

Heavily indebted households can no longer be relied on as the main driver of economic growth.

Accommodating this need, we primarily hold U.S. Treasury bills, the only investment that can be counted on for liquidity under the most chaotic of economic conditions.

Ross also pointed out that the trade deficit with China — at a record $ 276 billion last year — is a result primarily of economic factors instead of policy issues.

Even in times of economic hardship, Americans do not take farm jobs.

Investors will get another clue on the economy on Thursday when the government releases its estimate of economic growth in the April - June period.

And that is neither necessary nor sufficient for the operation of our economic system.

«One should be cautious before we say this is a one - way street,» Ross said of the economic relationship between the U.S. and China.

The panic soon became self - perpetuating, with a reduction in foreign capital leading to a slowdown in economic growth and a drop in commodity prices, which then led to investor confirmation of an economic downturn, which in turn led to more capital flight, and so on.

The CD Howe Business Cycle Council (of which I'm a member) is based on a collective consensus, which is also the technique used by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research.

According to a 2015 study from former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, conflicted advice was costing consumers about $ 17 billion in retirement earnings each year.

What Pattison says publicly is seldom as interesting as what he does, however, such as making Glen Clark, the former B.C. premier who many blamed for the province's «dismal decade» of economic stagnation, his group president and, along with deputy chairman Michael Korenberg, heir apparent.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Governance.

Business owners, perhaps more than any other group, have felt the impact of his economic policies.

In time, he thinks Haiti will attract more private investors, as well as partnerships with nonprofits that recognize the importance of economic initiatives.

China president Xi Jinping is expected to present «the most authoritative interpretation» on China's 40 years of economic reforms and opening up as part of h's keynote speech, as well as announce the establishment of free - trade ports in Chinese provinces potentially including Hainan.

«The decline in confidence was fueled by a somewhat less optimistic outlook for business and job prospects in the coming months,» Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, said in a statement.

This extends to race as well; a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research revealed that candidates with African American names have a tougher time finding a job.

During periods of economic growth, it is better to allocate profits to capital (like a factory) or labor.

Looking longer term, the value of a currency is often viewed as a gauge of economic health, which would indicate that Canada remains a strong and growing economy.

Many learned to weather the worst of the economic storm, and have built strong businesses that they believe can succeed in the the new economy.

I do think this is very much the government handing the baton to the private sector in terms of economic growth.

And nearly one third of all economic growth since 2009 has been driven by exports, according to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.

Built just inside North Korea's border in 2004 as a symbol of economic partnership, it is a place where commerce trumps ideology, while generating $ 2 billion a year for the North's trade - starved economy.

But with the country growing ever closer to full employment and the economy finally seeing the kind of economic growth that suggests a strong recovery, should we focus on the manufacturing sector at all?

And the other main source of economic growth over the next couple of years will come from government spending, led by the federal government's infrastructure program.

Bottom line: at a time when the Bank of Canada was counting on exports to become an engine of economic growth, trade likely will be a net negative, according to the October 2016 Monetary Policy Report.

At least in the U.S., though, studies on the recession are now starting to shine the light on another type of economic disparity that's also been growing: wealth inequality.

On November 27, 2008, Flaherty gave a fiscal update to parliament that took note of the economic storm clouds in the distance, but confidently suggested that the federal government's books would remain in the black in the year to come.

A lot of the economic success realized in the postwar years is correlated to the expansion of collective bargaining and union rights.

He claimed that the deficit would be tamed mainly by the force of economic growth alone and, «if necessary,» restraint in the growth of government program spending.

While men sustained more than 70 % of the job losses during the recession, new numbers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in the U.S. suggest that through 2010, male employment rates increased and eventually surpassed those of women.

«The next couple of months are crucial for the future of Ireland,» said Kevin O'Rourke, professor of Economic History at Oxford University, who has written extensively on Ireland's role in the Brexit talks.

The Motor City has epitomized both America's past industrial dominance and the despair of economic decline.

But according to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. economy will fall well short of that goal, as exports only increased by 48.4 % over that five - year span.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.