Firms are hoarding cash in an environment of economic uncertainty as protection against the type of credit squeeze that occurred in 2008.
Either way, the push to make policy changes "adds uncertainty to the environment, " said Perry Kojodjojo, a foreign-exchange strategist at HSBC in Hong Kong.
One of the defining characteristics of the post-Cold War strategic environment is a great deal of uncertainty about threats.
Given the uncertainty in the demand environment, we decided to aggressively and proactively adjust our supply chain now to maintain lean inventories, especially in the distribution channel.
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So if we do this regularly you can bet that it will have a negative impact on our economic prospects, on our growth and our job creation because it creates uncertainty about the economic environment that businesses are operating in.
Consequently, as we look at companies today with a lot of cash on their balance sheets, but a lot of uncertainty in the macro environment, technology is actually a very interesting place for companies to make capital investments today, because technology investments tend to be productivity enhancing and not capacity enhancing.
We have a fiscal and regulatory environment that has raised the cost and uncertainty of hiring workers while inhibiting productivity improvements.
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So let's just be -- let's remind ourselves that if you've got an economy suddenly contracting by 6 percent, or a loss of trillions of dollars of wealth basically in the blink of an eye, or home values descending by 20 percent, that that's going to create a whole lot of uncertainty out there in the business environment and among families.
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Last week, I wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the post-referendum investment environment in Sudan, and promised to update the blog with any new information.
The uncertainty of a stock sale in this environment, where the markets are volatile and investors are skittish about taking on risk, is one reason why expectations were high of a bank-led buyout.
The heated political environment in the Middle East is still adding to uncertainty among investors in the longevity of energy prices, which have produced a 30% increase in gasoline prices for U.S. consumers from the same time last year.
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This is an interesting paper in Nature on the uncertainty we have about the future of the environment and ecosphere.
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Alex Attwood told the environment committee there was now a movement from a period of uncertainty into a time when people would have to address the issues of the scale of local government organisation.
While he is taking on a company that has established itself as a major global player, there is growing uncertainty about the times ahead, not least due to a volatile economic environment.
The right perspective, he added, will create the right environment where the best work will come forth even when teams are faced with change and uncertainty.
Nevertheless, the Bank is facing an uncertain global environment, and so by prolonging the rate hikes it is hoping that some of that uncertainty abates, and the outcome is favorable for Brazil.
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How, in a period of uncertainty, it is only politicians who understand they are in a rule-free environment who have any hope of maintaining domestic stability.
But Dr Freeman says doctors lack control of their workload and work environment, they stay late to get the job done and, in training, there is the constant uncertainty of having to change jobs frequently.
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