Sentences with phrase «about weak prices»

Sheep farmers have steady expectations, while sugar producers are concerned about weak prices in the face of oversupply.

In spite of this, New York Fed President William Dudley said last week that he wasn't concerned about weak prices.

Not exact matches

Gold prices rose on Friday, as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war, and after U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.

Thus the wage gains are from a one time energy glut brought about by increased supply from fracking, lower demand from a weak global economy, and some producers increasing production to make up for lower prices (not entirely self defeating as consumer nations expand inventories while prices are low).

Commodities and Natural Resource Equities were some of the weaker performers in the first quarter as oil prices retreated by about 7.5 %.

For all the talk about slumping commodities prices against the backdrop of a weaker dollar, there is copper.

With crude - oil exports rising year - over-year, the value of the exports did not rise proportionally, with Canada's crude - oil export bill declining about 11 percent to $ 50 billion in 2016 compared to $ 55.8 billion the previous year, as lower crude prices and a weaker dollar cramped the export value of crude.

«These developments, together with market concerns about the future performance of the Chinese economy, are having spillovers to other economies through trade channels and weaker commodity prices, as well as through diminishing confidence and increasing volatility in financial markets.»

Fellow Dog International Business Machines (IBM - Free International Business Machines Stock Report) rose about 10 % in price during the first half of the year, but support for other tech - oriented stocks in the Dow, particularly Apple (AAPL - Free Apple Stock Report) and Microsoft (MSFT - Free Microsoft Stock Report), was weak.

Getting excited about Materials stocks is not easy given the weak outlook for global economic growth and elevated commodity prices.

Investors are now also concerned about softer manufacturing activities and weaker commodity and Chinese equity prices.

However, a weaker dollar driven by increased concerns about the US economic outlook is not a strong enough foundation from where a price recovery can be established.

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Auditors for troubled iron ore miner Atlas Iron have warned there is «significant doubt» about its ability to continue as a going concern due to «material uncertainties» relating to its proposed debt restructure and weak iron ore prices.

It came out of a trading halt last week to announce the market was weaker than expected and it had to cut milk prices by about 10 per cent.

The New Zealand dollar may fall this week on concern about the impact on the local economy of slower Chinese growth, weak dairy prices and low inflation.

Uncertainty about where prices will go, especially in a weak economic recovery, increases those risks.»

They are typically flat slabs, like the iPad, priced about the same or more, but with many fewer apps, shorter battery life, usually greater weight and thickness and a weaker ecosystem for music, video, books and magazines.

«Now suddenly nothing can go wrong for it, which is quite an amazing turn of events given the fact that oil prices hit multi-year lows in January and financial markets were struggling mightily because of the concerns about weak growth,» Porter said.

Even though commodity prices remain weak, the currency has been propelled by strong Canadian economic data and the realization that the Bank of Canada was serious about hiking rates.

The biggest obvious weak point to this folding electric bike, which is expected to be available this summer, is its price, as climbing on the saddle of this e-bike will cost you about # 1400 (~ $ 2300 USD).