Sentences with phrase «term macroeconomic»

In addition to these short - term macroeconomic conditions and competitive trends, we identify four mega trends which are likely to influence the future shape and direction of the world of work and therefore how we manage our business and develop our strategy.

They generally employ technical analysis spanning a longer time frame (hourly to daily charts), as well as short - term macroeconomic factors.

The Company acquires controlling interests in businesses that operate in industries with long - term macroeconomic growth opportunities and that have positive and stable cash flows and face minimal threats of technological or competitive obsolescence.

• The short - term macroeconomic outlook remains volatile.

For Europe, the near term macroeconomic outlook seems less bright.

The team reviews how a BAT would work, its likely effect on prices and exchange rates, its implications for the longer - term macroeconomic outlook, its impact on different domestic sectors and trade flows, and the potential ramifications for international trade relations.

Despite short - term macroeconomic concerns, I continue to believe in the long - term prospects for our business.

Not exact matches

Forward - looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future business plans, earnings and performance of Yum China, anticipated effects of population and macroeconomic trends, statements regarding the capital structure of Yum China, and beliefs regarding the long - term drivers of Yum China's business.

«Additional vigilance in terms of macroeconomic management is needed in order to weather any negative impact of those policies, and the best way to do it is to accelerate some of the reforms that need to be introduced,» he added.

The report said that to ensure a lasting job recovery, strategies were needed that combined short - term measures (job - friendly macroeconomic and labor market policies) with «further action» to tackle long - standing imbalances.

My only problem with you people arguing in favor of transfer payments is when you try to justify it in terms of macroeconomics.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

The presentation suggested that such a facility would allow the Committee to offer an overnight, risk - free instrument directly to a relatively wide range of market participants, perhaps complementing the payment of interest on excess reserves held by banks and thereby improving the Committee's ability to keep short - term market rates at levels that it deems appropriate to achieve its macroeconomic objectives.

As we enter FY» 13, macroeconomic uncertainty remains high, putting pressure on the near - term profitability of many global companies.

Those efforts delivered measurable results in FY» 12, although not enough to offset the macroeconomic headwinds in the short term.

In the past, large terms of trade increases in Australia had led to serious macroeconomic problems with a rapid inflationary boom, followed by bust.

While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.

While some companies attempt to address the impact of macroeconomic factors by using relative goals in their long - term incentive plans, the CNGC has determined that relative goals are not the right approach for Walmart for the reasons described on page 50 above.

Ferrario says one of their more interesting features is their proprietary investment framework called economic regime - based asset allocation (ERRA) that monitors macroeconomic and market data to make portfolio adjustments with a medium to long - term outlook for each asset class.

In macroeconomic policy terms this would be a terrible mistake.

«In the near term, however, the company is facing a number of challenges beyond general macroeconomic conditions that are likely to linger for the next few quarters,»

In macroeconomic terms, the embrace of cryptocurrency makes sense.

The New Yorker does not immediately jump to mind in terms of macroeconomics coverage, but I would recommend the following article on Yellen and the Federal Reserve: The Hand on the Lever — The New Yorker.

«For the Fed, the underlying momentum is more important in terms of policy decisions, and that looks to be strong, supported by a tightening labor market, rising incomes and high consumer confidence,» Gregory Daco, head of U.S. macroeconomics at Oxford Economics, told Reuters.

Under the current macroeconomic conditions, it would seem inappropriate for governments to seek additional restraint here in the near term.

We have preferred a prudent approach, which is most likely to promote both macroeconomic and financial stability consistent with the medium - term inflation target.

I think it's a very careless time for equity and bond investors from a longer term perspective whereas those of us who are Austrian have a bend for the idea of real money, sound money, and one of the things that looks pretty attractive in a Ponzi finance global macroeconomic backdrop would be precious metals I would say.

Analysts at Barclays said in a note that macroeconomic concerns would continue to crimp optimism in coming months: «Although we continue to believe that the global economic prospects are likely to recover into the second half of the year, data are likely to remain choppy in the near term and keep investors concerned about the future trajectory.»

«While Pensions overall continued to have solid returns against a backdrop of challenging macroeconomic factors, the decline in long - term interest rates has likely increased plan liabilities,» said Scott MacDonald, managing director, Pensions, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

While we expect many of the first quarter's headwinds to be transitory, our focus remains on diversifying our portfolio across different end markets, macroeconomic influences and company - specific factors that we believe can contribute to long - term performance regardless of the overall direction of the US economy.

Stated plainly, gold will continue to react to real macroeconomic factors even as some people continue to look for simple explanations to explain the long - term trend.

Think of the most important aspects of a macroeconomic model — the level and growth rate of potential output, the real neutral interest rate, and the transmission of terms - of - trade shocks.

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This special edition Research Report provides insights regarding the modern - day American consumer by including the following: snapshots of the overall macroeconomic environment, data that spotlights spending trends, the potential impact of lower gasoline prices and opinions on the near and medium - term outlook with implications for the US dairy marketplace.

The Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Research Unit, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Millicent deGraft - Johnson who spoke on the governments short to medium - term development programme said it was aimed at providing opportunities for growth and job creation through the private sector, and had developed concrete reform actions to tackle key challenges to private investment such as ensuring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-riskingMacroeconomic Research Unit, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Millicent deGraft - Johnson who spoke on the governments short to medium - term development programme said it was aimed at providing opportunities for growth and job creation through the private sector, and had developed concrete reform actions to tackle key challenges to private investment such as ensuring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-riskingmacroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-risking instruments.

In practical terms, macroeconomic decisions remain in the hands of the central government, as do decisions relating to the management of the main taxes and money transfers which enable the Catalan government to pay everything from the salaries of its employees to its suppliers.

MACROECONOMIC TARGETS FOR 2018 AND THE MEDIUM TERM 64.

• I will then present the President's Macroeconomic Targets for 2018 and the Medium - Term Targets.

Mr. Speaker, consistent with our medium - term development policy framework, we have set the following macroeconomic targets for the medium term (2018 - 2021): • Real GDP to grow at an average rate of 6.2 percent between 2018 and 2020; • Inflation to stay within the target band of 8 ± 2 %; • Overall fiscal deficit to remain within the fiscal rule of 3 - 5 percent; • Primary balance expected to improve from a surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP in 2017 and remain around 2.0 percent in the medium term; and • Gross International Reserves to cover at least 4 months of imports.

In broad macroeconomic terms, there is little to comment on.

The geography of the economic crisis in Europe: national macroeconomic conditions, regional structural factors and short - term economic performance is published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.

Before you over-generalize based on this one anecdotal experience, I should mention the counter point, which is that from a macroeconomic perspective, no one would use online dating websites if they were completely useless in terms of helping people find happy relationships.

Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange rates - the effects of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked aTerms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked aterms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked aterms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked aterms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.

A macroeconomic logic puzzle that would be good for an end of term revision lesson.

Longer - term rates, however, are heavily influenced by other macroeconomic factors and technical drivers, such as supply and demand of bonds.

But the idea that investors can improve their long - term returns by adjusting their portfolios according to «changes in market structure, macroeconomic fundamentals, and technical cues» flies in the face of the evidence.

He analyzes market and macroeconomic data, creates quantitative models, and recommends global macro and relative - value positions along the global term structure.

Thanks - I understand that making predictions is difficult, but on the other hand there are people who understand things like macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical risk a lot better than I do, and I suspect someone with the appropriate expertise would have a much better idea of the possible long - term trajectories than me.

With an unsure macroeconomic outlook, Masa describes his prudent stock selection process, seeking companies with proven long - term track records and international growth exposure.

One weakness of many macroeconomic models is that they don't take account of the long - term resilience of economies, but focus on short - term losses, as if that were all that goes on.