The Chinese economy continued to grow at a rapid pace over 2003, providing considerable impetus to the rest of the region, and
boosting global commodity demand.
Not exact matches
While fluctuations in the
global price of coffee on the
commodity markets led industry behemoth Starbucks to
boost its per - cup price tag last month, a growing share of consumer dollars are going to higher - cost specialty or craft coffee.
Since earlier last year, a rise in
global commodity prices has provided a
boost to our national income.
Rapid growth in
global steel demand has also
boosted contract prices for other bulk
commodities; coking coal contract prices increased, on average, by 25 — 35 per cent in US dollar terms in recent negotiations, while iron ore contract prices have risen by close to 20 per cent.
As of noon Friday,
global equities rose modestly this week,
boosted by broad strength in
commodities and a strong start to earnings season.
The
global recovery has also
boosted commodity prices, with the terms of trade increasing to levels not seen for the past quarter - century.
Looking forward, expansion in production capacity for some resource
commodities, stronger
commodity prices and the improvement in the
global economy should provide a further
boost to export earnings over the coming year (see section on
commodity prices and the terms of trade).
It was also
boosted by rising
global prices for most agricultural
commodities.
The drop in the price of oil, in addition to other
commodities, has
boosted fears of a slowing
global economy.
And Trump couldn't influence the
global commodities markets to
boost prices for metallurgical coal or drive up worldwide steel demand.