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The EU has so far continued to align itself with historic polluters like the USA and Australia, blocking progress towards a conflict of interest policy which could protect the UN climate talks from the harmful influence of fossil fuel corporations and their lobbyists, who have been delaying and weakening progress on effective climate action.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

On Dec. 7, the Bank of Canada endorsed negative interest rates as a viable emergency stimulus measure, a significant shift that demonstrates the extent to which monetary policy has evolved since the Great Recession.

Subdued inflation forced the BOJ to revamp its policy framework in 2016 to one better suited for a long - term battle against deflation, which targets interest rates instead of the pace of money printing.

To stage another fiscal drama just as the Federal Reserve starts to roll back its quantitative easing policy (which will put upward pressure on interest rates, including those on residential mortgages) would like banging pots and pans in the midst of an already distressed cattle.

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.

Frankel urged a form of managed competition, in which oil producers would recognise their common interests and coordinate their policies at strategic level while remaining competitors at tactical level.

The policy shift followed months of agonizing over the proposed takeover of two Alberta energy firms — Nexen Inc. and Progress Energy — by Chinese and Malaysian state interests, respectively, which were eventually approved.

German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has already blamed Draghi's low - interest rate policy for the rise of the populist right - wing Alternative für Deutschland, which performed well in regional polls last year at the expense of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.

Many of them may relate to an optimistic scenario — one in which the economic recovery accelerates, causing the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy and interest rates to rise.

Behind this call is her expectation that this current era of loose monetary policy and tumbling interest rates may be coming to an end, which would put more pressure on companies with low credit quality.

This data shouldn't change the Fed's interest - rate strategy, as a rising labor force participation rate will put a lid on inflation regardless of how it's done, but it should lower our confidence that the Fed can solve the problem of a bifurcated workforce, in which a large chunk of workers are getting left behind, simply through interest rate policy.

Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.

In November 2000, the Bank introduced a system of eight fixed dates each year on which it announces whether or not it will change the policy interest rate.

Those policies will cause inflation and U.S. interest rates to rise, which in turn will pull capital out of emerging markets.»

Today's biggest bubble in safe assets, however, is the one in Treasury bonds, which is a direct consequence of the Fed's policy of holding interest rates down at abnormally low levels.

This prompted a tightening of monetary policy, which, in turn, dampened interest - rate sensitive spending, particularly on housing and consumer durable goods.

The first - quarter lag of interest rates is omitted from this relationship because it has a positive sign in estimation, which the authors attribute to the policy reaction.

The fifth, and most recent, factor is the US Federal Reserve's signals that it might end its policy of quantitative easing earlier than expected, and its hints of an eventual exit from zero interest rates, both of which have caused turbulence in emerging economies» financial markets.

His emphasis on hard power and intelligence - gathering as the primary means of pursuing Canada's interests is now echoed by the current administration in Washington, which has gutted the State Department, allocated record amounts of funding to the military and appointed military - minded men in key foreign policy positions.

My goal is to take advantage of cheaper heartland real estate with much higher net rental yields (8 % — 12 % vs. 2 % — 3.5 % in SF) and diversify away from expensive coastal city real estate which is now under pressure due to new tax policy which limits SALT deduction to $ 10,000 and new mortgage interest deduction on mortgages of $ 750,000 from $ 1,000,000 for 2018 and beyond.

Separately, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), which also will be meeting the same days as the Fed (Sept. 20 — 21), may be on the verge of abandoning its negative interest rate policy at some point — but likely not soon.

Such a incentive to borrow may be undesirable, which is why the 2005 Tax Reform Panel recommended accompanying full expensing with the elimination of the interest deduction (Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center recently explained this point in more detail).

A committed leader with an interest in both business and education, Cardenas is a board member of several organizations including Discover The Palm Beaches, the Florida Atlantic University College of Education and the bi-partisan Council of Community Leaders, which seeks to shape public policy.

This amount of consistent media coverage shows that Start - Up Chile is both a disruptive public policy and a first mover in entrepreneurship to which audiences worldwide are interested in.

The funds were from Y Combinator's new Continuity Fund, which supposedly would be making pro rata investments at < $ 250 million valuations in all of Y Combinator's startups gaining additional funding, but the question as to whether or not Y Combinator has reversed its previously stated policy for the fund is less interesting than the fact the firm is also moving up market.

Since then, we have seen the experience of several central banks, such as the ECB and Swiss National Bank, which have adopted negative policy interest rates.

«The consortium of 40 + banks (known as R3cev) which aims to do just that will inevitably develop something which: is permissioned (for users and developers like the apple app store), privatized, has fees, will not be entirely transparent to everyone, will not be open - source, it will definitely be inflationary to accommodate monetary policy of debasement and fractional reserve schemes, it will facilitate negative interest rates, central control of accounts for suspension / freezing of funds, bail - ins, bail outs, capital controls and transactions will include the identity of both sender and receiver and store that information in a centralized location for the convenience of hackers.»

If it is a new era of faster growth and new investment opportunities, then the equilibrium real interest rate (the rate at which monetary policy neither boosts nor restrains the economy) would rise, so the central bank would be right to move interest rates towards that level.

When the financial crisis hit the markets in 2008, the Federal Reserve embarked ultra easy monetary policy, which included cutting short - term interest rates to effectively 0 % while suppressing longer term interest rates through the purchases of long term Treasury debt and mortgage - backed securities — a program informally referred to as quantitative easing.

Against this backdrop, Governing Council decided to leave our key policy interest rate unchanged, as we judged that the balance of risks at present are still within the zone for which the current policy setting remains appropriate.

During the interim, the Federal Reserve indicates that it expects to limit the extent to which banks lend out the base money created in Step 1, through a policy of paying interest on bank reserve balances.

Policy makers also are worried that a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs has made Canadians extra-sensitive to interest - rate increases, which could force the central bank to take a slower path back to normal.

They are also predicting some volatility in long - term interest rates when the Federal Reserve changes its stimulus policy, which could occur in the fall of 2015.

For a variety of reasons, few of which relate to government policy, and more of which can be attached to market economics, the family farms are being swallowed up by corporate interests, whose MAIN concerns relate more to returns on investment and less on responsible husbanding of the land.

Although it was popular overall, a number of interesting sources indicate that this policy may actually cause staff to take less time off than usual, which has detrimental effects on their well - being.

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At least in part, this reflects lower - than - expected global growth and inflation, which has led to a prolonged period of very low interest rates and unconventional monetary policies in the major economies.

The Bank of Canada will update its economic forecasts in the quarterly Monetary Policy Report on Jan. 17, which will be accompanied by the latest interest rate decision and followed by a news conference in Ottawa with Poloz and senior deputy bank governor Carolyn Wilkins.

Years of central bank policies of easy money have caused short - term interest rates to remain below inflation — aptly called financial repression — which has penalized savers.

Monetary policy is the process through which the monetary authority (central bank, currency board, or other regulatory committee) of a country controls the size and rate of growth of the money supply, which in turn affects interest rates.

Poloz himself has no control over the actions of the markets. And his response to any macroeconomic damage that results is limited to monetary policy adjustments (the next Bank of Canada interest rate decision is September 9), over which the Prime Minister is not supposed to have sway.

But the roots are global as well and at least one of the roots is financial repression which is the major central bank's policies over the last nine years of recovery to drop interest rates to zero to buy risk assets, to push investors into risk assets and generate a lot of liquidity and credit.

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.

The stance of monetary policy is expressed in terms of a target for the cash rate — that is the interest rate on overnight loans between financial institutions, which is determined in the cash market.

That is, given the current state of the economy, and given the objectives for policy (the inflation target and a preference for avoiding undue instability in real GDP), the model can be asked: what is the path for interest rates over the relevant horizon which will minimise the variance of the objective variables around their targets?

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What is the real story behind the Bank of Japan's quantitative and qualitative using program which begun in 2013 augmented with a negative interest rate policy for large scale purchases of Japanese government bonds?

If she had added: «Plus, even though we are currently above the Effective Lower Bound on nominal interest rates (which is probably below 0 %) we are worried that the margin of safety is getting a bit small, and are pleased that fiscal policy is making that margin of safety a bit bigger than it otherwise would be» that would also be an internally consistent thing for the Bank of Canada to say.