Sentences with phrase «low energy prices»

The weak April job growth was caused by continued troubles in the mining industry, caused by low energy prices, and cutbacks in government hiring.

However, to claim that the impact of low energy prices will be substantive, changing our current view of the trajectory of fundamentals in a significant way, is an exaggeration.

As such, low energy prices have had little effect on our multifamily outlook for Houston, though we are not saying that the metro's market will continue to do incredibly well.

Note that we are not saying that real estate fundamentals will continue to improve indefinitely for Houston multifamily: for a variety of reasons unrelated to low energy prices, we have already been forecasting a rise in vacancies and a moderation in rent growth over the next five years.

In Texas, Houston's office sector is facing the biggest challenge due to low energy prices, says Doug Little, senior managing director at Houston - based real estate brokerage firm Transwestern.

The region's low energy prices and political stability are two of the underlying reasons why it is such a hot - favorite among miners.

Though the effectiveness of the two power plants is not very high, existing Russian legislation, as well as low energy prices, make them promising as a basis for the creation of data - centers.

Canada's largest utility, Hydro Quebec, is reviewing its commercial energy strategy after being inundated with demand from global digital currency miners rushing to the province to benefit from political stability and low energy prices.

In the downgrade report, analyst Jennifer Chang noted that her negative outlook on Chief Power «may continue in light of sustained low energy prices owing to low natural gas prices, new natural gas fired generation and tepid load demand.»

Past energy demand grew and the world's energy - using technologies were developed over nearly a century of relatively low energy prices.

Discussions focussed on the current state of energy markets and the possible impacts of low energy prices on the implementation of the international climate agreement reached at COP21 in Paris.

So the energy intensive refining is done here becease various state governments have caved into the industry and agreed to give them very low energy prices.

These include weak capital markets; immature EE markets and supply chains; low energy prices; lack of information and awareness; high transaction costs; inadequate governance capacity; lack of consensus on best practices; sovereign risk; and institutional fragility.

Low energy prices, poor management and high losses have undercut the viability of energy sectors in the region.

Thanks to low energy prices, rising incomes and low interest rates for vehicle loans, the demand for vehicles — mainly cars and motorcycles — has grown rapidly over the past decade.

While CES program costs would be higher under low energy prices, this would be outweighed by customers» savings on their overall energy bills due to lower energy prices.»)

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin), a progressive with a lot on the ball, noting that low energy prices are driving significant gains for the U.S. economy, questioned the trade - offs between expanded LNG exports and the needs of U.S. consumers and domestically based manufacturing.

IEA Executive Director briefs Japanese PM ahead of G7 summit Address to council led by Shinzo Abe focuses on effects of low energy prices and cuts in investment 21 April 2016

Framing international climate policy in such terms is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole because it simply sweeps over the fact that supply chains have become, after decades of low energy prices, highly transnational in nature.

Liberal Democrats are less likely to give top priority to maintaining low energy prices (49 %) than moderate or conservative Democrats (72 %).

Moreover, they drive climate change by encouraging the consumption of polluting fuels while tilting the playing field against renewable power and energy efficiency: Fossil - fuel subsidies are five times greater than renewable energy subsidies, and they inflate domestic demand and discourage energy efficiency through artificially low energy prices, undermining the energy security of fossil - fuel importing countries.

Low energy prices, the distraction of the first Persian Gulf war, and a temporary cool spell following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines all helped tamp down global warming as an issue through much of the 1990's, outside the brief burst of triumphant proclamations with the 1997 negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol, a stricter addendum to the faltering 1992 climate pact.

Because of this, these energy companies are going to have to continue to reduce their dividends because of the low energy prices.

Low energy prices have disrupted both long and short term plans.

As the liquidity of recent markets have been tested by the impact of low energy prices a look at index design and results may be valuable.

The impact of low energy prices is rippling through the debt markets for bonds issued by energy related companies.

Is the «business as usual» approach — subsidizing fossil - fuel supply and nuclear energy and large hydro projects, maintaining low energy prices to consumers by keeping environmental and political costs «external,» propping up oil supply by every available means — part of the solution or part of the problem?

Upstate power generators are already vulnerable because of low energy prices, said Darren Suarez, director of governmental affairs at the state Business Council.

The plant has lost millions of dollars due to low energy prices.

If they are to compete in the global race they need low energy prices.

The Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline project is dead — a victim of low energy prices and a lack of interest by natural gas shippers and buyers.

Low energy prices are a major competitive advantage for United States companies vis - à - vis their European competitors.

The bottom line: While the energy sector comes with considerable near - term downside, the key for the long term is selectivity and a focus on those names best positioned to survive, or even thrive, in what may be a prolonged period of low energy prices.

With a weak Canadian dollar relative to the U.S., low energy prices, and a growing U.S. economy, conditions are favourable for SMEs to increase their export presence.

[Unique effect specific to this scenario] Low energy prices inadvertently offset Federal Reserve's progress toward its price stability objective

Canada's largest utility, Hydro Quebec, is reviewing its commercial energy strategy after being inundated with demand from global digital currency miners rushing to the province to benefit from political stability and low energy prices.

But clearly, low energy prices take a toll on LNG as the liquification, transport and regsification are expensive.

Low energy prices in early 2015 and shrinking long - term investments in energy infrastructure by many multinational companies may remove some of these barriers in order to foster new cross-border investments.

«We've got to get rid of some of these regulations,» he told reporters in the state, which has been battered by low energy prices.

Any commodities business comes with some volatility — the oil and gas business has had a tough couple of years amid low energy prices.

«The board considers that while this is a necessary step, it is not a sufficient change to produce competition and lower energy prices in WA.

«Our view has been that the boost to real incomes from lower energy prices — and its positive impact on consumer spending — would offset the drag from energy - related investment, resulting in gains for US GDP growth on net,» Hui Shan and Zach Pandl said in their report.

Every market will react differently to the prospect of rising interest rates, a higher dollar and lower energy prices, he warns.

He predicts that because of lower energy prices, our dollar will fall to around $ 0.90 next year.

The bulk of the declines in activity related to lower energy prices has run its course, baring another significant down leg for oil prices.»

The conditions that the Fed has said it was waiting to see before liftoff are actually in place; they're just not being reflected in the headline inflation data because of the transitory nature of lower energy prices.

Increased energy efficiency of transport vehicles & lower energy prices in future may dampen the speed of growth in demand but, as part of the evolution and R&D process, creation of better and more economical products can be expected.

2015.10.28 Exporting represents golden growth opportunity for small - and medium - sized businesses in Canada: RBC Economics A weaker Canadian dollar, lower energy prices and stronger growth in key export markets are creating opportunities for small businesses to reap the benefits of exporting...

With lower energy prices, the potential for resolution to increase confidence, and the reasonably low valuations currently afforded to small - cap growth equities, now may not be the time for pessimism.

Pickens was on Fox Business News Friday to discuss what's driving the rally in crude and why America should use this opportunity of lower energy prices to its advantage.