Sentences with phrase «price pressures remain»

Price pressures remain modest but moving in the right direction.

Yet price pressures remain very subdued.

Price pressures remain modest.

On the other hand, pricing pressures remains largely absent — save for energy costs — with inflation on personal consumption expenditures, the Fed's preferred gauge for pricing, up just 1.7 % in the quarter over the past year.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK / LONDON, May 2 - Gold prices hovered near four - month lows on Wednesday as the dollar advanced, and were expected to remain under pressure from a significantly stronger U.S. currency and weak investment demand.

Existing generators that now need 6 cents to cover fuel and operating costs would have to drastically cut costs, possibly restructure and surely pressure the fuel suppliers to slash prices in order to remain competitive.

LONDON, May 2 - Gold steadied on Wednesday near 4 - month lows as the dollar's uptrend paused, but prices of the precious metal are expected to remain under pressure from a significantly stronger U.S. currency and weak investment demand.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments; adds second byline and NEW YORK) NEW YORK / LONDON, May 2 (Reuters)- Gold prices hovered near four - month lows on Wednesday as the dollar advanced, and were expected to remain under pressure from a significantly stronger U.S. currency and weak investment demand.

Phillip Streible, RJO Futures, thinks oil prices will remain under pressure.

«So even if the price that investors are paying for their earnings is not excessive, share prices may remain under pressure as earnings themselves are squeezed.»

This remains an agricultural commodity, which will generally experience downward price pressure as legal use grows.

Gold prices remained under pressure on Monday as the dollar stormed higher ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting this week.

This parched patch of land, under which lies the largest oil - producing rock formations in the United States, is the epicenter of a growth binge that shows just how tight the link remains between low unemployment, rising wages, and upward pricing pressure.

I think many feel that in time WFC will be back and as long as it's in the headlines the price will remain under pressure.

Fares remain under pressure and oil prices lofty but the airline is carrying more cargo and, separately, collecting more income through its stake in Air China.

As US consumer prices declined unexpectedly on a month - to - month basis, Treasury yields retreated, while the Dollar remained under pressure against the Euro (although a break above 1.24 didn't happen in the EUR / USD), while the safe - haven Yen regained some of its recent losses against the Greenback.

Should North American oil suppliers continue to pump a considerable amount of oil, gas prices could remain stable and possibly even pressured.

«While supply remains under control, increasing vacancy rates are placing downward pressure on residential rents and sales prices.

Further, respondents noted that orders related to commodities (oil, gas, and mining, specifically) remain under downward pressure reflecting the big declines in commodity prices that have occurred as the «emerging market century» and the «commodity super-cycle» proved unsustainable.

Export prices in SDR terms have risen sharply over the past two years, buoyed by the steep rise in global commodity prices, while import prices have remained broadly flat, reflecting competitive pressures in global manufacturing.

So we're getting this extra pressure on the spot market, but if you look at contract pricing, it has remained relatively stronger, in the low $ 40s.

The June quarter ACCI - Westpac survey of manufacturers suggests that price pressures are picking up noticeably in that sector, with the net balance of manufacturing firms increasing prices remaining at a high level.

Subsequently, with continuing strong activity indicators, stretched labour markets and signs of possible pipeline price pressures (although core consumer prices remain benign), the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy by 25 basis points to 5 per cent in June and then 5.25 per cent in August (Graph 5).

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Inflation measures have been edging higher in the United States in recent months, in contrast to much of the developed world, where price pressures have remained quiescent.

Still, most of the factors that have put commodity prices under pressure are likely to remain in place through the remainder of this year.

«Sentiment in the UK property market is expected to remain volatile while Brexit is being negotiated, and in some of the weaker sub-markets, pricing could come under renewed pressure.

And so the emotional pressure that pulls stock market prices down to insanely low levels at the end of every bull / bear cycle remains in place today.

High prices, plus the added pressure of the necessary emissions standards, mean Canadian manufacturers are struggling to remain competitive against companies in China where such standards don't exist.

With stocks remaining under pressure, investors continued to favor U.S. Treasury debt, causing interest rates to grind lower (as prices rose).

Still, there is a clear speculative element in day - to - day market action here, as trend - following investors remain heavily focused on very specific price levels, which can trigger short - term bursts of buying and selling pressure.

Commodity prices remain under downward pressure.

Given the likely strength of the economy, domestically sourced price pressures are expected to remain relatively strong, with inflation projected to be on an upward trajectory through 2005.

Rather, the increase in spreads appears to reflect both tightness in the Commonwealth Government bond market (where supply remains limited and demand by foreign investors appears to have increased) and upward pressure on swap rates (one benchmark against which corporate bonds are priced) as companies have sought to lock in fixed - rate borrowings due to expected increases in interest rates.

Overall, inflation remains low, owing to falling unit labour costs and subdued upstream price pressures.

In the event, March quarter prices data indicated that upstream price pressures had eased somewhat and that consumer price inflation remained relatively contained.

Market sensitivity to inflation data remained minimal, suggesting the long period of negligible pricing pressures had persuaded most investors any risks from inflation were well contained.

Inflation had remained stubbornly low over the past year, due largely to temporary factors like low cell plan phone prices, which stymied officials who expected the very strong pace of hiring would pressure wages and push prices higher.

As a result, we believe the Fed's ultimate target for interest rates when normalizing monetary policy could remain relatively low, unless pricing pressures that are more typical of previous late - cycle economic expansions start to emerge.

Puerto Rico has experienced a dynamic demographic shift over the past decade even as importers and distributors such as TraFon Group feel the pressure to maintain competitive pricing while the island remains in a recession.

«To be fair, the EU has handled it well, put a price on it and held that price, they haven't dropped it and put further pressure on dairy markets,» he said, noting that the EU as a whole and the UK was showing very strong signs of milk supply, while the effect of the Dutch cull remained to be seen.

But agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank were more cautious, forecasting Australian cattle prices to remain high for the next six to 12 months, but warning they will then come under pressure as global beef production, and total animal protein production, increases.

To help our global dairy food manufacturing customers remain competitive in the face of these price pressures, we've developed Vitex AYS,» he said.

Food makers turn to wood - sourced vanillin as high oil prices continue to put pressure on the price of petrochemical - based vanilla alternatives, and natural vanilla stocks remain vulnerable, writes Lindsey Partos.

«This significant Milk Price increase is welcome news indeed for Fonterra farmers, many of whose farm businesses remain under pressure after several challenging years and a current season marked by some difficult weather conditions.»

Furthermore, at a time when tender prices and profitability remain under extreme pressure, persistently high materials price inflation is making operating conditions extremely challenging for firms operating throughout the construction industry.

How this would play out in practice remains to be seen, though a half - century of research into market competition suggests that increased competitive pressures usually lead to increasing quality and falling prices.

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