Item 1A. Risk Factors
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The discussion of our business and operations should be read together with the risk factors contained in Item 1A to Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC, which describe various risks and uncertainties to which we are or may become subject. These risks and uncertainties have the potential to affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, strategies, or prospects in a material and adverse manner. The risk factors set forth below should be read together with the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Economic conditions in the United States could have a material adverse impact on our earnings and financial condition.
The economic outlook in the United States is uncertain and facing recessionary concerns resulting from slowing gross domestic product growth, continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, increasing interest rates, supply chain disruptions and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Because economic conditions in the United States may affect demand within the hospitality industry and our subsidiaries’ businesses, current and future economic conditions in the United States, including slower growth, stock market volatility and recession fears, could have a material adverse impact on our earnings and financial condition. Economic conditions may be affected by numerous factors, including but not limited to, the pace of economic growth and/or recessionary concerns, inflation, increases in the levels of unemployment, energy prices, changes in currency exchange rates, uncertainty about government fiscal and tax policy, geopolitical events, the regulatory environment and the availability of credit and interest rates.
Inflation and price volatility could negatively impact our businesses and results of operations.
General inflation in the United States has risen to levels not experienced in recent decades, including rising energy prices, prices for consumer goods, interest rates, wages, and currency volatility, causing interest rates and borrowing costs to rise. These increases and any fiscal, monetary or other policy interventions by the U.S. government or Federal Reserve in reaction to such events could negatively impact our businesses by increasing our operating costs and our borrowing costs and may negatively impact our ability to access the debt markets on favorable terms.
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