Sentences with phrase «as weakening the dollar»

«The surprise decision by the Fed to continue buying bonds has maintained the increased liquidity in the market, helping to support the euro, as well as weakening the dollar,» Hood says.

Not exact matches

Abe's radical new economic policies, referred to as «Abenomics,» and expectations of a bold monetary policy have weakened the yen 21 percent against the dollar since mid-November, while Japanese shares have surged almost 31 percent.

The prestige of the U.S. dollar is being questioned as the currency weakens, an investment manager told CNBC Monday.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments; adds second byline and NEW YORK dateline) NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 (Reuters)- Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Previously, as the U.S. markets went from strength - to - strength, the U.S. dollar index continued to weaken.

NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 - Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Our Rick Santelli says commodities markets are once again the playground of hedge funds as the dollar weakens.

On Monday, as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints of an emerging climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened against the future predictable floods that we see.

After weakening at the start of 2018, a rise in U.S. Treasury yields have helped the dollar stage a recovery in the past fortnight at the same time as doubts grow about when the European Central Bank (ECB) will tighten monetary policy.

Manufacturing remains underpinned by a firming global economy as well as a weakening U.S. dollar, which is boosting the competitiveness of American - made goods on the global market.

The rising dollar negatively influences companies that have a huge global presence as they end up trading in a weakened domestic currency.

The Wall Street megabank has been in the Massachusetts senator's crosshairs since it came to light in 2013 that it created as many as 3.5 million fake accounts for customers, resulting in millions of dollars in fraudulent fees and weakened credit scores.

As a result of its weakening economy, China has abandoned its currency peg with the dollar and reduced the yuan's exchange rate on three separate occasions this week.

The rouble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis have made it harder for banks and companies to refinance foreign currency debts and as tumbling oil prices have hurt government revenue.

The region - wide MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was marked 0.01 % higher by 09:00 BST while Japan's Nikkei 225 ended the session 0.2 % higher at 19,590.76 points as the yen weakened against a resurgent U.S. dollar.

As I've noted before, if you want to know exactly when the U.S. economy is about to weaken markedly, watch the dollar.

It would have been even worse had the U.S. dollar weakened as well, but given some very poor economic news from overseas, the dollar held fairly steady.

It weakened against continued strength in the dollar as the DX rose to 91.18 (fresh 3 - month high).

«We anticipate a rebound in oil prices as U.S. supply growth slows, demand improves, and the dollar potentially tops and begins to weaken over the next 12 to 18 months,» Stifel analysts wrote.

Ultimately, we see the dollar weakening against the euro as real rates in the Euro Zone become more positive and strengthen versus the yen because inflation in Japan is picking up due to accelerating wage growth.

Since 2001 the silver and gold markets have gone up substantially as a reaction to the 20 year precious metals bear market from 1980 — 2000, massive increases in military spending, weakening global economies that REQUIRE Quantitative Easing to avoid deflation, the rise of competing currencies that weaken the dollar's trading status, excessive debts in Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and so much more.

It's important to consider the possible impact that a further potential weakening of the euro could have on U.S. dollar - based investments in the region, as my colleague Russ Koesterich and I recently discussed.

China's yuan is forecast to weaken just 2 percent this year as the central bank lowers its midpoint fixings and the dollar rises in anticipation of higher interest rates in the United States.

As my colleague, Richard Turnill, notes in a recent blog post, the US dollar has been steadily weakening because of an improved outlook for investment activity globally and a reduced need for precautionary savings to be tucked away in US dollar safe - haven assets.

Asian stocks reached for new all - time highs on Monday, as the US dollar continued to weaken, boosting both commodity prices and US export - driven industries.

US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, who has responsibility for the administration's dollar policy, responded: «We will never seek to weaken our currency as a tool to gain competitive advantage or to grow the economy.»

Asian currencies weakened on Wednesday as the dollar held firm near a four - month high on expectations that a strong U.S. economy would lead to more rate hikes this year.

As an aside, the further the dollar weakens the more expensive it will be for the US to purchase foreign goods, which will lead to higher inflation.

This is evident in the upward trajectory of the chart's blue line during the second quarter of 2016, as oil prices rallied and the U.S. dollar weakened.

The DOLLAR INDEX is lower by 3.2 %, which is also in contravention of conventional wisdom as QE is done to weaken one's currency in an effort to aid the domestic economy.

I have been nibbling on this stock for the past few months as it too had a difficult 2015 with falling commodity prices hurting ethanol sales, along with a strong dollar and weakened overseas economies reducing demand for ADM products.

As the Dollar continues to weaken, we can see the commodities gaining.

The dollar rocketed higher in 2014 - 2015 on the back of monetary policy divergence, however I'd view the dollar's weakening in 2016 - 2017 as a correction of this move back towards PPP levels.

Price action moved sharply higher on the European open at 2:00 am CT and saw further gains as the U.S. dollar weakened on frothy data and a tweet from President Trump.

The Japanese authorities slowed the very heavy intervention they had been undertaking in earlier months and the yen appreciated by as much as 8 per cent to 108 against the US dollar between end August and late October — its highest level for nearly three years — before weakening a little.

Since January, according to Bloomberg data, the euro has weakened roughly 10 percent versus both the dollar and the pound, as central bank policies diverge.

International equities had strong returns in 2017 as well with U.S. investors benefitting from a weakening dollar.

Profits at Japanese automakers have surged in yen terms as the Japanese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar over the past year, helped by a mammoth Bank of Japan effort to expand the money supply and ignite inflation to end years of economic stagnation.

As with everything else in the stock market, there are exceptions to the rule, but I have found that gold typically strengthens as the US dollar weakens (and vice versaAs with everything else in the stock market, there are exceptions to the rule, but I have found that gold typically strengthens as the US dollar weakens (and vice versaas the US dollar weakens (and vice versa).

«The investor buyer in new developments is slowly returning as equity markets appear richly valued and the dollar has weakened,» he said.

A recent rise in the value of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar is adding to pressures on Japanese companies who had reaped record profits as the yen weakened in recent years, fattening earnings brought back to Japan in yen terms.

The building materials sector is set for an earnings bounce as housing construction rebounds and the Australian dollar weakens, but there are barriers to a full - blown recovery.

The naira weakened further against the dollar at the parallel market on Monday, exchanging at N357 for a dollar as against N350 it traded on Friday.

Oil prices on Thursday hit their highest since December, 2014, pushed up after U.S. crude inventories posted a 10th straight week of declines and as the dollar continued to weaken.

As a result of a decrease in energy costs and weakening of the Canadian dollar, sales tax revenue continues to decline which creates significant challenges for the county's budget.

The cedi weakened to the lowest level in nearly eight months on Tuesday as local businesses sought more dollars for their end - of - year imports, analysts said.

Even when we estimated the probability that an incumbent won a majority of the votes in each precinct, or accounted for test - score changes and levels as a function of dollars spent on students, or measured the relationship between an incumbent's vote share in one election and the previous election, the overwhelming weight of the evidence indicated that school board members were not being judged on improvement or weakening in school test scores.

The value of such investments can change significantly as currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar.

With strong speculative fund buying, a weakening U.S. dollar and inflation fears, investing in gold is a popular trend as the precious metal becomes an alternative asset class.

Also as dollar is weakening that should help the dividend for US investors like myself.