The more this one goes up, the more investors love it... Meanwhile, my bearish perspective remains horribly off - base, but GNC's recent interims do nothing to change my mind: Revenues grew just 0.9 %, both net debt &
the pension deficit increased again, and free cashflow was actually negative (by GBP 12.9 mio).
Not exact matches
This $ 300 - million budget
deficit is not paid for by additional government debt, but by union members who must
increase their contributions to the
pension fund.
While it's true that the Town's bond rating was lowered from A + to A -, the report also stated that, «We understand that the
deficit in 2012 was due to a steep
increase in
pension contributions and an unanticipated charge from Ulster County for Safety Net (welfare) expenditures without an offsetting property tax levy
increase.»
Albany has been engaged in
deficit spending since at least 2007, the mayor said, and has extinguished its formerly healthy rainy - day fund in order to deal with
increased pension costs and other consequences of the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.
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Pension scheme
deficits also play a part: people currently at work not only have their salaries affected, but are also extremely unlikely to enjoy the same retirement benefits as their colleagues who retired in the past, even when accounting for an
increasing life - expectancy.
With schools facing
increased costs amounting to 4.5 per cent due to pay rises, National Insurance contributions and
pension deficits, it's no wonder that more than 90 per cent of 1,000 head teachers surveyed by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) say that their finances are going to be critically under pressure for 2015/2016.
Another problem lies with the fact that both the state government and districts have been able to
increase teacher salaries (by 8.4 percent between 1999 - 2000 and 2011 - 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Education) without being forced to contribute more into the system in order to stem
pension deficits.
Although Greuel still has two months to win the run - off, she will have to do a better job of articulating her school reform agenda as well as offer more - concrete solutions for addressing L.A.'s fiscal issues (including a
pension deficit that has
increased by 25 percent a year for the past decade).
The UTLA report comes as the district is facing a potential $ 450 million
deficit within three years due to declining enrollment and
increasing fixed costs, including
pension costs, legal liability and other post-employment benefits.
Given that the cost of the nearly - free healthcare benefits and other perks of teaching have
increased by 21 percent within a six - year period — and the $ 1.4 trillion in
pension deficits and unfunded retiree healthcare costs — governors realize they must restrain future
increases.
This year's
deficit, driven by a $ 400 million
increase in
pension payment obligations coupled by flat and declining revenues and
increasing contractual and statutory obligations, has led to some difficult choices.
But after congratulatory statements from other board members, Monica Ratliff asked about a slide that had not been presented that addresses a potential $ 450 million
deficit in three years due to declining enrollment and
increasing fixed costs, including
pension costs, legal liability and other post-employment benefits.
We have a cultural problem where we hide
deficits / profit shortfalls through adjusting
pension assumptions, or trading lower salary
increases for
pension benefit
increases, which don't hit the bottom line immediately, but
increase funding needs for years to come.
I also include 50 % of convertible / preference capital,
pension deficits etc., which seems an appropriate balance — it recognizes these (long term) liabilities aren't bank loans, but they still
increase gearing & prior claims on capital.
All sounds great, but this completely ignores the (totally un --RRB- exceptional charges being expensed every single year, the
increasing levels of capex, the continuing & quixotic acquisition spree in the US (believe me, $ 200 mio of pro-forma US revenues does not make you a player there), and let's not forget the whopping GBP 116 mio net
pension deficit.
In the four years before President Macri's arrival, the Argentine economy grew at a paltry 1.6 % rate per year — meaning that, in per capita terms, it didn't grow at all... Consumer inflation, on the other hand, averaged almost 30 % per year... At the end of May, the government announced a plan to
increase public
pensions and devolve tax revenues to the provinces that, if implemented (which is almost certain), will cost the national government a significant amount of money and make meeting primary
deficit targets... all but impossible to achieve.
There has been a dramatic
increase in the areas that Parliamentary Select Committees investigate, ranging from tax for digitalised businesses, packaging waste,
pension deficits (e.g. Carillion), working conditions (e.g. Sports Direct) and bankers bonuses.