Sentences with phrase «on currency issues»

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

Reagan also used threats of tariffs to bring countries together to collaborate on currency issues with other countries for the 1985 Plaza Accord.

Not exact matches

The world's most popular digital currency exchange, Coinbase, reversed course on Thursday and announced it would accept a new bitcoin offshoot that was issued to every bitcoin owner.

But in an interesting twist, a developer who was hired by Reddit to work on the idea of a «crypto - currency» — a form of Bitcoin that users could receive in exchange for contributing content, or as a way of distributing some of the shares that were issued in the site's fundraising round — said in a post on Medium that he was working on a plan to de-centralize Reddit in just this way before he was let go.

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.

With crypto mania sweeping the world, a handful of countries have stirred at the possibility of issuing their own virtual currencies based on blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his interest in crypto currency and its potential uses in his 2018 mission statement, issued on Thursday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sent a subpoena on Dec. 6 to both Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Tether, a company that issues a virtual currency, the person said, wishing to remain anonymous because the matter is private.

December 2001 (576 kb PDF file): Articles reviewing IMF research on capital controls, currency unions, and environmental issues; country study: United States; summary of October 2001 World Economic Outlook; list of IMF working papers; visiting scholars at the IMF.

At around the same time, the first deputy governor of Russia's central bank proposed a virtual currency that would be issued on behalf of all EAEU nations as well as the BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa.

But some central bankers have said that issuing their own currencies on some sort of blockchain could make it easier for citizens to use the money without going through intermediaries like banks and credit card companies.

Sounds like you have the same issue that I do (I do some currency trading on occasion).

In recent months, the CFTC created subcommittees on distributed ledger technology and virtual currencies, issued a pump - and - dump warning about virtual currency schemes, and provided guidance to its employees about cryptocurrency investments.

On March 19, 2018, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring American citizens and residents from undertaking transactions in or investing in digital currencies or tokens tied to the Venezuelan government which were issued on or after January 9, 201On March 19, 2018, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring American citizens and residents from undertaking transactions in or investing in digital currencies or tokens tied to the Venezuelan government which were issued on or after January 9, 201on or after January 9, 2018.

In March 2014, just in time for the filing of 2013 tax returns, the IRS issued guidance on virtual currency.

The deal will also establish a side agreement between the United States and South Korea that is intended to deter «competitive devaluation» of both countries» currencies — which can artificially lower the cost of imports bought by consumers — and to create more transparency on issues of monetary policy.

While most of the foregoing bills are at an early stage, and do not comprehensively regulate virtual currency or blockchain technology, it is encouraging that legislators on both sides of the aisle are increasing their focus on issues relating to this technology.

On November 4, 2017, Yao Qian, the Deputy Director of the PBoC's Science and Technology Division and director of the PBoC Digital Currency Research Institute, reportedly spoke in Beijing, where he highlighted the importance of state - backed, central bank - issued cryptocurrency in an increasingly digital world.

Senator Coburn, generally regarded as being very conservative, has yet to issue statements that are clearly indicative of his position on virtual currencies.

On March 19, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury issued guidance regarding virtual currency sanctions levied by its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), explaining that OFAC may add specific digital currency addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List.

Indeed, it would be un-Trump — in light of his campaign slogans of «Make America Great Again» and «America First» — if the first days of the new administration passed without major U.S. actions on issues like the Chinese currency, market access for U.S. companies, and Chinese exports to the United States.

On December 13, 2017, reports hit the press that two of the middle eastern superpowers, are teaming up to create and issue a digital currency.

Iran, on the other hand, issued a nationwide ban on cryptocurrencies that prohibited banks from dealing with virtual currencies.

IRS has opened a John Doe summons (a summons issued to a person whose name is unknown at the time of service) which seeks information on any «United States persons who, at any time during the period January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2015, conducted transactions in a convertible virtual currency.»

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Citing a technical issue with the Bitcoin protocol that could allow fraud, Mt. Gox on Feb. 7 suspended bitcoin transfers to external addresses, a move that was followed by a plunge in the value of the digital currency.

IBM's Jesse Lund recently revealed that the firm has been working with several central banks on digital currency projects, and said that a central bank digital currency will be issued soon.

But in time, she argued, technological innovations could address some of the issues that have kept a lid on the appeal of digital currencies.

Following Carstens» foray into the early trust discussion, Ingves brought energy into the middle of the event, shedding light on another essential aspect of the larger issue facing central banks that might be pondering digital currency: the legal aspect.

Tokens are still issued on the Ethereum network, and can be exchanged against other currencies.

The Tatiana Coin is powered by CoinPowers.com, which is a new Crypto - Property Crowdsale platform running on the Counter Party protocol, an innovative, distributed technology that enables anyone to issue their own smart property or currency.

The National Bank of Hungary issued a warning to its citizens about the potential dangers of virtual currencies on 19th February, calling the payment method «much riskier» than other electronic payment options such as credit cards.

Executed on Monday, the executive decision bans transactions with the U.S. involving «any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Government of Venezuela on or after January 9, 2018.»

The UK cryptocurrency community is calling on the Government and the Financial Conduct Authority to toughen up rules governing the trading of virtual currencies and to issue licenses to firms which demonstrate compliance.

Commenting on rumors that banks could create their own cryptocurrencies, he says that in this example, people are referring to building some kind of technology whereby things are tokenized on the blockchain, and issued as, for example, shares or currency.

ESMA issued a call to submit evidence on potential interventions in crypto CFD, arguing that the very high price volatility of crypto currencies as the underlying assets have raised concerns about the protection of investors.

Many governments and regulators have issued sufficient risk warnings — including on liquidity risk — on virtual currency usage, or like the Government of China, banned them from trading.

I would expect the currency banks issue to be redeemable for gold, or dollars, or Swiss francs, or something else, depending on historical context.

The data layer uses the distributed ledger + distributed computing technology to realize the detailed record of the assets issue, consumption, exchange and so on, which makes the digital currencies more transparent, compatible, traceable and no fault - tolerance.

«If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.

In the face of the endless digital currencies, the editor contrasted several digital currencies that are about to be issued at present, and found that we may wish to focus on a new generation cryptocurrency - lionchain, which combines the advantages of a variety of digital currencies.

Algeria, Morocco, Bolivia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Bangladesh have all issued bans — or at least begun the process — on bitcoin and other alternative currencies, in order to stamp out tax evasion and irresponsible trading.

Benoit Coeure, chair of the BIS» committee on payments and market infrastructures, said that that virtual currencies issued by central banks showed promise in wholesale payments.

* + - Interview by David Berger, CEO of the Digital Currency Council, with Kirk Phillips, a thought leader on Bitcoin and a CPA that serves clients across the U.S. on business issues related to Bitcoin taxation and accounting.

Coming from an anecdotal perspective, he acknowledged that he approaches this issue as «a dad,» and went on to detail what he had previously stated in a Senate hearing on virtual currency:

In a related development, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued new rules on Wednesday relaxing restrictions on multinational companies» management of their foreign currency - denominated debt in China, allowing them to pool debt from all their subsidiaries for central management.

Compounding the issue is the fact that more and more digital currencies are appearing on the market, some of which are created by non-blockchain companies.

The two most relevant regulations were: 1) the prohibition on interstate banking, which created overly small and undiversified banks that were highly prone to failure; and 2) the requirement that federally chartered banks back their currency with purchases of US government bonds, which made it prohibitively expensive to issue more currency when the demand rose, leading to the currency shortages and resulting panics that culminated in the Panic of 1907.

However, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent subpoenas to Tether on December 2017 because Tether Limited has failed to issue a complete audit of their total currency reserves.

The DXCD would be a blockchain - based analog of the Eastern Caribbean dollar, a currency issued by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on behalf of the eight island economies.