Sentences with phrase «pressure on corporate profits»

All of these factors are putting downward pressure on corporate profits.

My worry as an investor: With February's unemployment rate at 4.9 %, companies may need to raise wages to attract workers, which would put pressure on corporate profits.

As shown below, we've observed downward pressure on corporate profits in recent quarters as a result.

That puts pressure on corporate profit margins and theoretically should lead to higher inflation.

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That, in turn, should help alleviate the pressure on the manufacturing sector, as well as corporate profits.

As investors pressure corporate heads to focus on repaying debt, and profit expectations roll over further, it's almost inevitable that we'll see hiring slow significantly.

Pricing pressures also affected profits: several senior corporate partners or firm managers noted increased competition for underwriting work, resulting in lower fees last year; and push back on rates continued to be a concern in many practice areas, especially litigation.