Sentences with phrase «spurred by the high prices»

If it is replaced by other farmers boosting their yields more than they otherwise would, spurred by higher prices, you may get a benefit because higher yields absorb more carbon (but it comes at some greenhouse gas costs from fertilizer use and the like).

Spurred by the high prices of the mid-2000s, American companies embarked upon nothing less than a domestic energy renaissance.

Not exact matches

I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially eased monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields, tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.

The floor price, which begins this year at C$ 10 per tonne and increases to $ 50 by 2022, will cost the country's economy about $ 2 billion, or 0.1 % — before factoring in «the prospect of additional growth that could result from clean technology investments spurred on by a higher price on carbon,» The Canadian Press notes.

However, if the price moves above the $ 4 mark or so, then innovation will be spurred on faster by discontent with a high gas price status quo.

US consumer confidence hits 17 - year high The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to the highest levels since December 2000, spurred by surging equity prices and tight labor markets.

Inflation has been high, spurred by the declines earlier increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities and the weaker prospects for economic activity, the.

Increased exploration spurred by high oil prices paired with that drop in demand led to two decades of low oil prices.

Competition from the Koreans and the increasing demand for small cars spurred by high gas prices have caused Honda, Toyota and Nissan to reconsider size.

In an attempt to spur mainstream adoption of its e-reader, the Kindle, (and to fend off the growing number of competitors in the e-reader, digital book, and tablet market) Amazon reduced the e-reader price by more than half and established a policy of capping off e-book prices at $ 9.99, which publishers criticized, arguing that the low prices of e-books would cannibalize sales of higher priced hardcover books.

While Amazon's Kindle price reduction was no doubt spurred by Barnes & Noble's equally aggressive Nook cost cut, pressures from tablet devices such as the Apple iPad are pressuring e-reader prices at the high end too.

Inflation has been high, spurred by the declines earlier increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities and the weaker prospects for economic activity, the.

CoinDesk The price of bitcoin is down more than 25 percent from its recent all - time highs, spurred by futures listings from major derivatives exchanges.

(Bloomberg View)-- To understand the slow - motion trends in single - family housing, start by looking at the oil market: It took years of oil priced around $ 100 a barrel to spur the investments that drove higher production, leading to the current...

Spurred by rising equity and property prices, household net worth as a percentage of disposable personal income has topped the highs seen before the past two economic downturns.

Those looking to buy may want to consider a winter home purchase in order to avoid bidding wars and higher prices spurred by a potential increase in millennial buyers.»