Economy

Ford Motor brands cut quarterly net profit 9.4 times

Published

1 year ago

February 4, 2023

U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F). cut net income 9.4 times to $1.3 billion, or 32 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from $12.3 billion, or $3.03 per Ford Motor company stock, in the comparable period a year earlier.

Ford Motor brands adjusted earnings rose to 51 cents per Ford Motor company stock from 26 cents per share a year earlier. The figure was below the 62 cents per share expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, the company said in a statement.

Revenue, meanwhile, rose 17% to $44 billion. Experts had forecast revenue of $41.4 billion. The company said in a statement that the results fell short of its expectations, due in part to supply chain and manufacturing instability that led to higher costs and lower-than-expected vehicle production.

For all of 2022, Ford recorded a net loss of $2 billion, compared with a profit of $17.9 billion a year earlier.

Ford is forecasting EBIT of $9 billion to $11 billion this year, but warned that factors such as the U.S. and European recession, a stronger U.S. dollar and higher customer acquisition costs could have a negative impact on the figure.

Ford said earlier this week that it will “significantly increase” production of the Mustang Mach-E electric car in 2023. At the same time, the company sees an opportunity for lower prices for these electric cars in the U.S. Ford Motor Company stocks fell 6.4 percent in additional trading in New York on Thursday. The company’s capitalization has risen 23.1 percent to $55.4 billion since the beginning of the year.

Earlier, we reported that the U.S. suspends the issuance of licenses to U.S. companies to export Huawei technology.

Economy

Russian central bank says it needs months to make sure CPI falling before rate cuts -RBC

Published

4 months ago

December 26, 2023

Russian central bank says it needs months to make sure CPI falling before rate cuts -RBC

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank will need two to three months to make sure that inflation is steadily declining before taking any decision on interest rate cuts, the bank’s governor Elvira Nabiullina told RBC media on Sunday.

The central bank raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 16% earlier in December, hiking for the fifth consecutive meeting in response to stubborn inflation, and suggested that its tightening cycle was nearly over.

Nabiullina said it was not yet clear when exactly the regulator would start cutting rates, however.

“We really need to make sure that inflation is steadily decreasing, that these are not one-off factors that can affect the rate of price growth in a particular month,” she said.

Nabiullina said the bank was taking into account a wide range of indicators but primarily those that “characterize the stability of inflation”.

“This will take two or three months or more – it depends on how much the wide range of indicators that characterize sustainable inflation declines,” she said.

The bank will next convene to set its benchmark rate on Feb. 16.

The governor also said the bank should have started monetary policy tightening earlier than in July, when it embarked on the rate-hiking cycle.

Economy

China identifies second set of projects in $140 billion spending plan

Published

4 months ago

December 25, 2023

China identifies second set of projects in $140 billion spending plan

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk past an under-construction area with completed office towers in the background, in Shenzhen’s Qianhai new district, Guangdong province, China August 25, 2023. REUTERS/David Kirton/File Photo

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s top planning body said on Saturday it had identified a second batch of public investment projects, including flood control and disaster relief programmes, under a bond issuance and investment plan announced in October to boost the economy.

With the latest tranche, China has now earmarked more than 800 billion yuan of its 1 trillion yuan ($140 billion) in additional government bond issuance in the fourth quarter, as it focuses on fiscal steps to shore up the flagging economy.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement on Saturday it had identified 9,600 projects with planned investment of more than 560 billion yuan.

China’s economy, the world’s second largest, is struggling to regain its footing post-COVID-19 as policymakers grapple with tepid consumer demand, weak exports, falling foreign investment and a deepening real estate crisis.

The 1 trillion yuan in additional bond issuance will widen China’s 2023 budget deficit ratio to around 3.8 percent from 3 percent, the state-run Xinhua news agency has said.

“Construction of the projects will improve China’s flood control system, emergency response mechanism and disaster relief capabilities, and better protect people’s lives and property, so it is very significant,” the NDRC said.

The agency said it will coordinate with other government bodies to make sure that funds are allocated speedily for investment and that high standards of quality are maintained in project construction.

($1 = 7.1315 renminbi)

Economy

Russian central bank says it needs months to make sure CPI falling before rate cuts -RBC

Published

4 months ago

December 25, 2023

Nabiullina said it was not yet clear when exactly the regulator would start cutting rates, however.

“We really need to make sure that inflation is steadily decreasing, that these are not one-off factors that can affect the rate of price growth in a particular month,” she said.

Nabiullina said the bank was taking into account a wide range of indicators but primarily those that “characterize the stability of inflation”.

“This will take two or three months or more – it depends on how much the wide range of indicators that characterize sustainable inflation declines,” she said.

The bank will next convene to set its benchmark rate on Feb. 16.

The governor also said the bank should have started monetary policy tightening earlier than in July, when it embarked on the rate-hiking cycle.