Sentences with phrase «by lower fuel prices»

While these holiday retail sales figures were undoubtedly impacted positively by lower fuel prices and higher employment, they are a good sign in their own right, as they indicate that Americans are spending, rather than pocketing, their newfound discretionary income.

Revenue growth averaged 10 % pa for the past two years, while earnings growth was 12 % in FY - 2014, but exploded in FY - 2015 with EBITDA up almost 50 % & adjusted EPS up 88 % (assisted by lower fuel prices & a stronger sterling).

Patrick Surry, chief data scientist at Hopper, says «the decreases are driven by lower fuel prices, which account for a third of expenses for a typical airline; the entrance of low cost carriers like Frontier, Southwest, and JetBlue into different markets; and the unbundling of services, which might mean you're paying more in add - ons than you were for the all - inclusive flight three years ago.»

This is a temporary effect, and is currently being offset by lower fuel prices — another temporary effect.

Not exact matches

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

Tighter supplies of gasoline and diesel in B.C. would likely drive up prices in B.C.'s Lower Mainland by about 10 cents per litre, said fuel market analyst Michael Ervin, senior vice-president at the Kent Group Ltd..

Using our current fuel price of $ 620 per metric ton, we are currently estimating that lower fuel prices should benefit first half 2013 earnings per share by approximately $ 0.23.

The airline, one of Asia's biggest full - service carriers, has been battered by its bets on fuel prices as intense competition from low - cost carriers has risen.

Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.

This was driven by a spike in international visitors thanks to lower fuel prices, the lower Canadian dollar, and more direct flights to Vancouver International Airport.

Low interest rates helped fuel the real estate and stock market bubble by making the debt side of the balance sheet less expensive, creating a «wealth effect» as people came to believe that rising property and stock - market prices would be able to pay off their obligations.

Because those securities are backed by CMHC, not the banks themselves, they're able to go out and lend that freed - up money to new homebuyers at lower prices, which adds fuel to Canada's housing fire.

Don't compound them with bailout for mortgage «victims» The housing bubble that was fueled by multidecade low interest rates priced many people out of their dream homes.

FitzPatrick has been hurt by Central New York's low wholesale power prices, which have fallen along with the price of natural gas, a common fuel for power plants.

Fuel poverty is caused by a combination of low incomes, high energy prices, and poor - quality energy inefficient housing.

«To the point where competition among the Oil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst.

NEA believes fuel poverty is caused by a combination of low incomes, high energy prices and poor standards of heating and insulation.

«What the government can do, in the short term, is some of the things we have been doing - like cutting income tax for 25 million taxpayers by increasing the tax free personal allowances, keeping mortgage rates low and keeping fuel prices down by taking 20p a litre off (of) what Labour were planning.»

Without such leadership and comprehensive economic policies, conservation of energy by individuals merely reduces demands for fuel, thus lowering prices and ultimately promoting the wasteful use of energy.»

In this context, switching from high - cost diesel to a low - carbon alternative fuel isn't just the green thing to do; it's key to ensuring consumer products stay at affordable prices, Elizabeth Fretheim, director of business strategy and sustainability logistics at Wal - Mart Stores Inc., explained at a symposium last week hosted by the nonprofit group Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).

Is the «business as usual» approach — subsidizing fossil - fuel supply and nuclear energy and large hydro projects, maintaining low energy prices to consumers by keeping environmental and political costs «external,» propping up oil supply by every available means — part of the solution or part of the problem?

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Lincoln cites EPA - estimated fuel economy figures of 16 mpg city and 22 mpg highway, for a combined 18 mpg rating in 4x2 form with this new powerplant, which will surely be appreciated by owners no matter how low gasoline prices go.

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In those two markets, you can bring the base price down further by opting for a front - wheel - drive diesel version, lower in power but greater in fuel economy.

Strengths of this model include Much - improved interior, seating space, versatility and toughness, towing ability, comfortable, refined ride, and relatively fuel - efficient engines Every new and pre-owned vehicle is backed by the Crain Commitment, including our 100 % low price guarantee, a 100 hour love it or leave it exchange policy, and a 100 year 100,000 mile warranty.

Perhaps with fuel prices currently low, respondents saw little need for tangential devices that kick up mpg by a tenth of a mile per gallon or so, such as active grille shutters or solar - panel glass roofs.

Fuel economy would likely only improve by 1 or 2 mpg, and a slightly lower price is of negligible concern among Bentley's clientele.

The shift from sedans and hatchbacks («cars» in industry parlance) to SUVs, crossovers, and pickups («trucks») appears to be a long - term trend, helped along by gasoline prices much lower than earlier in the decade, and making fuel seem comparably cheap.

Tyres are around half the price of the low - profile, large - diameter rubber found on most high - grade utes, while fuel and servicing costs are likewise lower, backed in this instance by annual capped - price service intervals (up to six years or 90,000 km), a three - year / unlimited - kilometre warranty and three - year roadside assistance package.

This upside here though is lower fuel consumption, just as the higher purchase prices should be somewhat offset by higher resale values for a model that's traditionally strong in that regard.

Fuel economy is approximately 30 percent worse when running E85, but this can be offset by the the ethanol mix's lower price.

Fueled by record - low interest rates and housing inventories, home prices in the United States hit another all - time high in 2017.

This growth in home prices being fueled by people willing to pay higher monthly payments for houses because homes were too low.

And lower revenue growth reflects a falling oil / petrol price — fuel still comprises 80 % of revenue & is completely driven by oil prices, so total revenue isn't all that reliable / relevant a metric.

Because those securities are backed by CMHC, not the banks themselves, they're able to go out and lend that freed - up money to new homebuyers at lower prices, which adds fuel to Canada's housing fire.

Fuel prices began dropping quickly in late 2014, and by late January they had fallen to a national average of $ 2.05 per gallon — reportedly the lowest level since early 2009.

The improvement in operating results was driven by a 17.8 per cent drop in operating expenses in the three months to March 31st, resulting from lower fuel prices, local currency devaluations and ongoing efficiency initiatives.

This was driven by both a 20.7 per cent reduction in the company's cost of Available Seats per Kilometres flown, as well as lower fuel prices.

It's essentially just a «because we can» airline - imposed junk surcharge, though, because it is * completely * unrelated to fuel prices (which, by the way, are near all - time lows).

At a plausible GHG emissions price of $ 50 / t CO2eq under a future US carbon mitigation policy, such co-production systems competing as power suppliers would be able to provide low - GHG - emitting synthetic fuels at the same unit cost as for coal synfuels characterized by ten times the GHG emission rate that are produced in plants having three times the synfuel output capacity and requiring twice the total capital investment.

The decrease in the value largely reflects lower international energy prices of subsidised fuels since mid-2014, as the gap between international benchmark and end - user prices is closed by decreased international prices of energy, but it also incorporates the impact of pricing reform.

Despite that, Saudi Arabia scaled back some fossil fuel consumption subsidies that artificially lowered the price of fuel for its citizens, increasing its country's gasoline prices by 50 percent last year.

Third, there can be — indeed, has been — a major impact in the U.S. motor fuels sector, where the market for biofuels (mainly ethanol) is negatively affected by low conventional gasoline prices.

A tax Cap - and - trade can only work by raising the price of lower - priced hydrocarbon fuels, so that people are forced either to use higher - priced alternatives or to use less energy.

Finally, low gasoline prices also have short - term effects in the form of more driving and fuel use by the existing fleet of motor vehicles, which is bad news in terms of emissions (and congestion).

Moreover, they drive climate change by encouraging the consumption of polluting fuels while tilting the playing field against renewable power and energy efficiency: Fossil - fuel subsidies are five times greater than renewable energy subsidies, and they inflate domestic demand and discourage energy efficiency through artificially low energy prices, undermining the energy security of fossil - fuel importing countries.