Although capacity constraints are an issue in some parts of the resources sector, they are expected to ease in time, given the high level
of investment intentions in the mining sector (see the chapter on «Domestic Economic Conditions»).
Indicators
of investment intentions point to continued healthy growth in business investment, but at a more moderate pace than the rapid rate of the past year.
Broader indicators
of investment intentions also point to further growth although the picture is somewhat uneven across industries.
Indicators
of investment intentions suggest that growth in business investment in the first half of 2004 will remain healthy, although intentions have been downgraded slightly in the past three months.
In these circumstances it is not surprising that business investment has contributed strongly to the overall growth in demand during the past year, and indicators
of investment intentions suggest that it will continue to do so.
Despite little growth in production, business investment rose strongly in the March quarter and the Tankan survey measure
of investment intentions in the manufacturing sector lifted in the June quarter.
Indicators
of investment intentions have proven quite resilient in the face of weakness in global economic conditions.
Surveys
of investment intentions point to continued growth in business investment in real terms, albeit at lower rates than the robust growth seen through 2003.
Obtaining an up - to - date and better understanding
of the investment intentions of the business community is critical for our outlooks for economic activity and inflation, which inform our monetary policy decisions.
Not exact matches
The Bank
of Canada observed that
investment intentions were «somewhat less widespread,» but still at a level closer to the historical average.
The Bank
of Canada's latest quarterly survey
of businesses shows that companies expect little sales growth over the next 12 months and that their
investment intentions are stuck near the lowest levels since the Great Recession.
Tax cuts will have helped, but the revival in
investment intentions is clear in a variety
of recent regional Fed surveys.»
The Governing Council called the economy's adjustment to the collapse
of oil prices «uneven» and that business
investment and
intentions to invest remain «disappointing.»
Also, «both
investment and employment
intentions recovered and are more broad - based, driven by stronger demand and, in some cases, the need to catch up following a period
of anemic
investments and layoffs.»
But if a union considers investing in your company (either directly or through a private - equity fund), you may experience a due - diligence investigation, as Schoenhoeft did, in which an
investment manager reviews your company's benefits package (or
intentions to set one up), employee - training programs, and handling
of layoffs (if you've ever experienced any).
The Bank
of Canada in July described the
investment intentions of Canadian companies over the year ahead as «modest.»
«My every
intention is to push the kind
of boldness and
investment that will make the Globe a laboratory for major newspapers across the country,» he wrote when acquiring the newspaper in October 2013.
Canadian firms are slowly latching onto these
investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results of the 2010 Asian Investment Intentions Survey released recently by the Asia Pacific Foundation
investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results
of the 2010 Asian
Investment Intentions Survey released recently by the Asia Pacific Foundation
Investment Intentions Survey released recently by the Asia Pacific Foundation
of Canada.
A recent survey
of European corporates by
investment bank UBS showed a sharp uptick in French companies» capital expenditure (CapEx) spending
intentions.2 We also expect to see a similar increase in the amount French companies plan to invest in their business.
Private - sector
investment intentions are only 1.3 % higher this year, a far cry from the growth
of after - tax corporate profits.
This increase in
investment intentions partly reflects a modest catch - up after a period
of cuts.
While our
intentions are there, the survey found that millennials hold 70 percent
of their savings and
investments in cash.
The Asian
Investment Intentions Survey, started in 2000, is an annual survey
of Canadian companies with a permanent physical presence in Asia.
Basically, it's moving in and out
of the stock market with the
intention of minimizing losses and buying
investments when they're on the rise to eventually sell at a premium, says Ben Barzideh, wealth advisor at Piershale Financial Group in Crystal Lake, Ill. «Instead
of holding onto an asset long - term, [you're] buying and selling based on predicting future market movements.»
Canadian firms are slowly latching onto these
investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results of the 2010 Asian Investment Intentions
investment opportunities, especially in growing economies in India and Southeast Asia, according to the results
of the 2010 Asian
Investment Intentions
Investment Intentions Survey...
«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic
investment, employment or R. & D., even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these
intentions,» concluded the study, which was conducted by a team
of three economists that included a former Bush administration official.
Growth in the first quarter
of 2016 appears to be in line with the Bank's April projection, although business
investment and
intentions remain disappointing.
As I wrote back in January, the Fiduciary Rule, though well -
intentioned, would inevitably limit the number
of investment products available to retail investors.
Results
of the 2010 survey
of the short - and medium - term
investment intentions of Canadian companies which already have a physical presence in Asia.
The
Investment Managers and the
Investment Co-Managers, located in various countries around the globe, will develop local portfolios
of securities with the
intention to outperform the relevant market
of each region.
Results
of a 2011 survey
of Chinese companies» outward direct
intentions, including specific information on proposed Chinese
investment in Canada.
Results
of a 2013 survey
of Chinese companies» outward foreign direct
investment intentions.
The
intention of these portals is also to bring capital to investors, but business owners are limited to offering goods, services and
intentions in exchange for
investment.
The
investment intentions survey released in early July (scoff, but it's the best piece
of forward - looking data we've got) suggested the hit would be only 20 %.
The balance
of opinion on
investment intentions continued to recover (Chart 3), mainly because fewer firms pointed to a drop in
investment spending.
Canada was once perceived the most open economy in the world toward Chinese outward FDI as an early survey
of Chinese companies» outward direct
investment intentions jointly conducted by the APF Canada and the China Council for the Promotion
of International Trade in 2006.
My
intention this week had been to revisit some
of the powerful ideas that were discussed at my Strategic
Investment Conference two weeks ago.
Although
investment has been weak, the
investment intentions data imply that most
of the decline in business
investment has already occurred.
(Firms were asked by the ABS to report their
investment intentions net
of the GST.)
TD is only the latest global financial firm to choose Dublin as its post-Brexit EU hub, joining 15 others that have announced their
intentions to set up or expand their operations in Ireland in the first half
of 2017, according to IDA Ireland, which promotes foreign direct
investment into the country.
Last year a group
of hedge fund traders launched the
Investment Diamond Exchange, where investors can purchase diamonds with no
intentions to turn them into jewelry — similar to gold coins and bars.
Despite a drop in fixed indexed annuity sales last year, the president
of American Equity
Investment Life Insurance Co. said Friday the company has no
intention of steering sales away from the independent agent channel.
Gender lens investing is part
of the broader genre
of «impact investing,» a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 that put a name to
investments made with the
intention of generating both financial return and social and / or environmental impact.
in 2007 that put a name to
investments made with the
intention of generating both financial return and social and / or environmental impact.
Investing in pieces
of companies through the stock market as well as wholly owned subsidiaries using value
investment methods; Buying old economy industries; Purchasing with the
intention to keep not trade; Focusing on durable competitive advantages; Centralizing capital and reallocating to highest and best use; Being paid (with float) to hold capital to invest
To help answer these and other questions, and to validate the role real estate investors are playing in the housing recovery, BiggerPockets.com, the nation's largest and most active real estate investing social network, and Memphis Invest, one
of the nation's leading providers
of single - family rental real estate
investment services, joined forces to sponsor a national survey on investor s and their near - term
intentions.
In contrast, resilient
investment intentions and a considerable stock
of work in the pipeline suggest that growth in business
investment should remain reasonably strong in the period ahead.
The National Australia Bank's business survey also points to a continuation
of relatively strong
investment intentions at an aggregate level over the year ahead.
Working in the other direction, the
investment of the US dollar proceeds
of foreign exchange intervention by Asian central banks was supportive
of the US Treasury market, as was the very wide spread between 10 - year Treasury yields and the Fed funds rate, particularly in light
of the Fed's reaffirmation
of its
intention to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance (Table 5, Graph 12).
The Capital Expenditure Survey conducted in January and February provides estimates
of aggregate business
investment intentions for the remainder
of 1996/97 and an initial reading on
intentions for 1997/98.