Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said the London - listed company might consider raise the dividend later this year if oil prices
remain near current levels and debt declines.
Not exact matches
However, crude oil inventories
remain high, with
current storage
levels near 500 million bbl, which is approximately 9 million bbl ahead of last year.
It will keep the fed funds rate at its
current near - zero
level «for a considerable time» after it finally ends QE, especially if the core inflation rate
remained below 2 percent.
However, the
current high
level of loan approvals suggests that housing credit growth will nonetheless
remain very fast in the
near term (see Box C in the chapter on «Domestic Economic Conditions»).
Earnings will grow at about 5.9 percent a year if we assume profit margins
remain near their
current record
levels.
With the recession losing steam and home sales
remaining strong, practitioners» confidence in
current and future housing sales is
nearing the all - time high
levels set early last year.