Sentences with phrase «because low commodity prices»

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That's because printing money tends to depress the U.S. dollar, lower interest rates and raise commodity prices — all of which tend to make farmland attractive.

The terms of trade is influenced by the exchange rate because a rise in the value of a country's currency lowers the domestic prices for its imports but does not directly affect the commodities it produces (i.e. its exports).

And it's because of this progress that inflation - adjusted commodity prices have generally been trending lower for 200 years.

The indirect effects are larger, though, because the currencies of America's two largest export markets — Mexico and Canada — tend to weaken when the Chinese economy slows and pushes global commodity prices lower.

Thus, from Australia's perspective, the Asian slowdown may have its biggest effect not through lower export volumes, but through a fall in commodity prices, some (or, conceivably, a lot) of which has already happened because these markets are forward looking.

[The price of] commodity dairy ingredients namely skim milk powder and whole milk powder... is at historic lows and is looking like staying there for a while because of the change in buying patterns in China and the embargo in Russia.

It's now in the midst of a deep bust because prices of so many commodities are at multi-year lows.

First, corporate profits are booming because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that has driven down the cost of labour (the share of U.S. GDP going to labour income is at its lowest level in 50 years).

Fed officials have argued that despite recent jumps in the prices of commodities and food, inflation is in check because underlying measures have climbed only modestly from historic lows.

Because of low oil prices and weakened commodity prices generally, resource exploitation, the motor of economic growth for the Conservatives, is slowing down.

Property prices in other cities are significantly lower on average, but because Canada is reliant on imports for much of its produce, the price of basic commodities can stack up too.

Commodities and emerging - market investments are still risky, because of low oil prices and China's slowdown, Ailman said.