Sentences with phrase «as weak demand»

Even Germany's economy grew only 0.3 % last quarter, or 1.3 % annualized, as weak demand in Europe and patchy global growth hit its exports.

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.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

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.

The stock has been on a roller - coaster ride since unveiling its next generation products, as underwhelming reviews and weak demand for the iPhone 8 have sent shares tumbling.

Peter Harbison of the CAPA - Centre for Aviation - says that a halt to A380 production by Airbus is likely as demand remains weak.

In the days to come the Fed will have to prove that a new set of tools for managing interest rates will work as expected; see how higher U.S. rates affect domestic and global financial conditions; and hope that weak world demand and commodity prices do not lead to an overall bout of deflation and force the Fed to reverse course.

Trump to take center stage at the NRA convention as the gun industry faces a wave of backlash, activism and weak demand

He said everything from oil to metals to lean hog prices are dropping as weaker growth globally weighs on demand.

Just as important is weak demand in the places abroad where Americans sell their stuff.

That's important as the change toward labor quality becoming the most important problem for more employers suggests that economic concerns are shifting from weak demand to tight supply.

Firms directly tied to the energy sector expected further declines in their sales volumes, and companies that sell to energy - related customers suffer along with them as they adjust to an environment of weak demand.

Oil prices will probably fall in the second half of 2015 as the ongoing production surplus and weak demand overcome the sentiment - based belief that a price recovery is already underway.

The International Energy Agency that previously warned of lower for longer oil prices and warned last year that the oil price recovery was threatened by the possibility of weak demand now has changed its tune and is now saying that it is «mission accomplished» for OPEC as oil stocks shrink at a record pace.

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).

As a buyer, it's hard to go wrong if you see strong demand, especially if the price is weak.

This forces peripheral Europe into both rising debt and high unemployment, and it is only because Europe as a whole has forced the problem of weak German demand onto the rest of the world that conditions in Europe are not even worse.

China, however, is already challenging Europe as running the highest current account surplus in history, and in a world in which demand is likely to remain weak for many years, the external sector is unlikely to provide sufficient additional demand.

As long as the world suffers from weak global demand, if China's current account surplus declines relative to global GDP, China is adding net demand to a world that needs iAs long as the world suffers from weak global demand, if China's current account surplus declines relative to global GDP, China is adding net demand to a world that needs ias the world suffers from weak global demand, if China's current account surplus declines relative to global GDP, China is adding net demand to a world that needs it.

(Kitco News)- The story of Rare Earth Elements (REE) is at the center of a sad and dirty chapter of the metals industry as it continues to see weak prices despite strong demand.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

In the Conference Board's Index of Business Confidence survey, business leaders cited weak market demand, government policies, a shortage of qualified staff, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar (which increases the cost of imported technology and machinery) as reasons for not investing.

Just as a murky outlook will depress consumer sentiment, a weak forecast for the demand for goods and services will sidetrack corporate spending on auxiliary measures that can be budgeted away if necessary.

If the evidence for thinking that there is still an unsatisfied excess demand for money is simply that we're having a weak recovery, then as Eli Dourado has pointed out, this is assuming what needs to be proved.

(Reuters)- DowDuPont Inc (DWDP.N) reported a higher - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday as increased prices for its products and demand for packaging, paint and other materials made up for a weak agriculture business.

It was the weakest in nine years, as tight monetary conditions have crimped industrial activity and export growth slips amid waning demand from U.S. and European markets.

That suggests that weak domestic demand is becoming an increasingly significant source of disinflationary pressure, adding to the impact from falling world energy prices and the end of a period of administered price rises as governments sought to repair their finances by increasing revenue from sales taxes and charging more for services such as health care.

For weaker economies in the euro zone that are seeing subdued domestic demand as a result of austerity programs, there were also encouraging signs in the trade figures for August.

Since it is difficult for prices to continue to rise in the face of weak investor demand, well - established negative divergences, as shown in the chart below, are typically followed by important price declines,» said the report.

-- 4 reasons why «gold has entered a new bull market» — Schroders — Market complacency is key to gold bull market say Schroders — Investors are currently pricing in the most benign risk environment in history as seen in the VIX — History shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart)-- You should buy insurance when insurers don't believe that the «risk event» will happen — Very high Chinese gold demand, negative global interest rates and a weak dollar should push gold higher

Gold may reach a record this year as demand for a hedge against inflation outpaces an expanding scrap supply and weaker use elsewhere.

Households» expectations have adjusted as well; weak growth of labour demand has translated into concerns over job security.

Gold rose as a weaker dollar revived demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.

Despite a strong dollar and weak exports, manufacturing activity will benefit from improved domestic demand, and further gains in construction activity will aid the recovery of states such as California and Arizona.

That would come as bad news to a global oil market that is already seeing suddenly weak demand.

Iron ore sank to the lowest level since 2009 as supply exceeds demand and China, the biggest user, contends with its weakest expansion in almost a quarter century.

But that rally soon fell away, like many recent price spikes, as robust supply and expectations of weaker demand from China reminded investors of the market's poor -LSB-...]

But demand will be weak, as discussed earlier.

While a myriad of non-cryptocurrency related factors can explain this decline — indeed, the WGC highlights weak demand for jewellery as being a particularly prominent contributory factor — it certainly begs the question: Are investors adding bitcoin and other digital currencies to their portfolios in place of gold?

The pcb market continues to grow, and although the fpd market was very weak last year, it is stabilizing as a result of strong demand for smartphones.

Sales growth slowed to zero in the fourth quarter and for the full 2017 year as the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues struggled with weak consumer demand.

Macro Factors Dominating Gold Price As US Dollar Outweighs Physical Demand And Investor Flows With gold trading in a narrow range below $ 1,300 and remaining relatively weak, it is worth pausing at this juncture to look at the combination of factors that are affecting its price formation.

LONDON (Reuters)- Gold demand posted its weakest start to the year in a decade, the World Gold Council said on Thursday, as prices of the metal stagnated and the threat of rising interest rates led investors to seek better returns elsewhere.

The «Federalist» perspective demands only weak neutrality because it begins with a commitment to the notion of individual rights, to the idea that each individual has both the right to pursue his own conception of the good and the duty to recognize the same right as accruing to other individuals.

Christianity is not an economic system, but it has a faith and ideal which puts upon any system the demand that it honor rather than exploit human personality, that it operate as a technique to provide for the material well - being of all the people and not for the exploitation of the weak by the strong.

Christianity asserts that men are weak and self - centered creatures who are unable to live up to even the milder demands of the Law, let alone obey the Great Commandment to «love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself.»

And, hard as it is to remember, there was a moment around 1969 when several liberal writers were insisting that care for the poor and the weak demanded the rejection of abortion.

When I am deliberately weak and don't lead with authority and power, which is so popular and in demand, people take this as a green light to despise you, insult you, and consider you disposable.

But to answer your weak thinking, we of The Last Unicorn (also known as Unicornian Universalists), who believe that we are the chosen, do not demand of our elected represent - tives that there be a Consti - tutional Amendment banning: