1. Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains. 2. There was no shortage of opinions on what to do with the windfall gains. 3. Changes falsify individual expectations and inevitably create windfall gains and losses and other undesigned consequences which are likely to affect equity adversely. 4. Cost-cutting, windfall gains from the strong dollar and robust sales of its bread-and-butter Accord and Civic compacts in the U.S also helped profits surge. 5. Honda said strong sales in North America, cost-cutting and a windfall gain from the strong dollar also contributed. 6. Still, consumption is recovering because of tax cuts, lower mortgage rates, buoyant share and housing prices, windfall gains from building society conversions and electricity rebates. 7. That implies spending of the windfall gains rather than saving or re-investing them. 8. To be sure, some economists say increased demand as a result of windfall gains will persuade retailers to raise prices. 9. The banks put a high stake into risky asset investments and when it pays off the bank owners make windfall gains in profits. 10. Seoul economists expect at least windfall gains, as dollar-denominated products become cheaper overseas. |