Sentences with phrase «caused weaker global demand»

In a less traditional sense, efficiency measures — like better gas mileage on new cars — have also caused weaker global demand.

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But the problem is caused by a weak global economy wherein inefficient demand is causing slow economic growth.

The investor noted Tuesday that global growth is causing demand for commodities, while the weaker U.S. dollar should also help.

Investors are now almost unanimously assuming a vicious circle, whereby collapsing oil prices cause a global slowdown, which leads to even weaker energy demand and further oil price declines.

But a raft of mine expansions during the boom years and weak demand caused by the global economic slowdown pushed prices to a 3 - year low near $ 80 a metric ton in October 2012, and they have stayed below $ 100 since.