Since the ability to refinance or restructure debt is one of the incremental drivers of a profit trough, the importance of this policy change cannot be overemphasized,
Quotes about trough (16 Quotes)
We knew that French bibliophiles would be horrified to see their books falling into a trough like candy or soda. So we installed a mechanical arm that grabs the book and delivers it safely.
My belief all along is the unemployment rate is the key to consumer behavior, ... A 4.5 percent unemployment rate would be more than a half a percentage point above the low of 3.9 percent. If unemployment goes up a half percentage point from its trough, you almost always get a recession subsequently in the next 12 months. There is a snowballing effect that begins to happen once you get too much past that size increase. While it might take a nice round 5.0 percent rate before people get panicked, the snow may already be rolling over them by then.
Business is tough, now people are trying to travel but at much lower cost. (In total) business travel dropped by 12 percent from peak to trough,
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
Chip stocks are testing trough valuations but if we have a seasonal pickup the downside is somewhat limited. But if you don't get that seasonal pickup, then chip prices drop and inventory gets dumped in the channel. That's when havoc ensues.
I don't think Sears happened as quickly as Lucent, peak to trough. But it's a valid analogy.
Whether it is the Enron, Arthur Andersen, Global Crossing, or now the Halliburton and Harken scandals, there is a dangerous intersection between politicians of all stripes, Democrat and Republican, attempting to feed at the trough of business greed,
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
We battled trough the adversity and were able to bounce back and get a couple goals to get us in the lead, and get us a little confidence.
Supply-chain applications are in a trough of disillusionment. CEOs signed off on supply-chain packages a couple years ago and now are beating their heads against the wall, wondering what they bought.
This is the traditional trough of prices, ... I'd make book with anybody that we're going to see one hell of a spike next year.
A snake came to my water trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pajamas for the heat, To drink there.
The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy but the crest is not more or less complete Utopia, but only, at best, a tolerably humane, partially free and fairly just society that invariably carries within itself the seeds of its own decadence.
In Both Parties Find Trough to Their Liking , ... Federal pork spending has exploded in recent years. The highway bill passed in July was bloated with 6,371 pork projects, or earmarks, inserted by members of Congress. Overall, the number of pork projects has increased ten-fold during the past decade. ... The pork explosion is a neon sign advertising the fiscal failure of today's congressional leadership.
The direction and level of the book-to-bill have been well anticipated by the market in our opinion. Thus, we expect little impact on the stocks from this news. Once the order reductions begin, they have continued for an average of nine months in previous downturns, in a range from seven- to- 10-months from peak to trough orders.