Sentences with phrase «commodity prices declined»

Commodity prices declined in the early months, stabilised in March and improved throughout the second quarter.

But those moves can cut both ways, with commodity price declines leading to falling share prices.

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said the company was reticent to buy back stock following commodity price declines and a weak outlook.

They benefit when commodity prices decline.

Was it the equity rout in Chinese shares that has accelerated the commodity price decline?

Mining companies around the world have reduced capital expenditures budgets in the wake of commodity price declines.

The resource sector's adjustment to past commodity price declines appears to be largely complete, but negative wealth and income effects will persist.

The three mining companies BHP, Rio and South32 have been hit particularily hard by commodity price declines.

However, as commodity prices decline, and farm subsidies are ended, there will most likely be a middle patch of declining earnings for growers.

I did buy Vale shares after this analysis, arguing that there was a buffer built into earnings for further commodity price decline.

An article by Michael Howe, included in the May - June 2016 edition of Commercial Dispute Resolution, that explores the impact of the global oil and commodity price declines for commercial disputes.

Not exact matches

He noted that many commodities market forecasts for next year show a decline in oil prices.

The company expects resource - related sales to decline by 20 % in 2014, as commodity prices continue to struggle.

Malaysia's shares and currency have been hit with a toxic brew of declines in the prices of its commodity exports, especially palm oil and crude oil, as well as what may be the country's worst - ever political scandal, which has spurred protests calling for the removal of the prime minister from power.

HOUSTON, Feb 5 - Oil prices settled lower on Monday as rising U.S. output, a weaker physical market and recent dollar strength added to the pressure from a widespread decline across equities and commodities markets.

First, has been the significant decline in terms of trade during the first half of the year due to lower commodity prices.

Prices for oil and other commodities have declined further and this represents a setback for the Canadian economy.

Following the sharpest decline in crude oil prices in at least a century, as well as a six - year bear market in metals, the global environment could be ripe for a commodity rebound.

The exchange rate had declined, which would also assist in adapting to weak global conditions and lower commodity prices.

Given the collapse in oil prices, and declines in some other key non-energy commodities, the economy is now operating on two distinct growth tracks: the resource track and the non-resource track.

From nickel to soybean oil, plywood to sugar, global commodity prices have been on a steady decline as the world's economy has lost momentum.

So far, the decline in major commodity prices has been fairly modest, though enough to help rates of CPI inflation to moderate a little.

Coinciding with this period of elevated commodity prices, the share of the manufacturing sector in Canadian GDP has declined since the turn of the century from 18 per cent to around 11 per cent.

It's not just oil... iron ore, aluminum and steel are all getting slammed, as the decline in commodity prices takes a toll on companies and the global markets.

«Supported by demand exceeding supply, on the back of multiple years of declining prices, a peaking dollar should mark an inflection point for sustained commodity recovery,» McGlone says.

And on the way down — even as commodity prices fell sharply and mining investment declined — growth in GDP, employment and wages was only a little weaker than average.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

United States Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 32.9 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 1.5 billion, driven by gains from cost savings initiatives and favorable pricing net of commodity costs that were partially offset by volume declines in ready - to - drink beverages and frozen nutritional meals.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.

The decline in Chinese growth will fall disproportionately on investment and, because of this, it will severely impact the price of non-food commodities.

Declining prices of oil and other commodities suggest inflation expectations may actually decline.

By the early 1980s, enormous external debts, soaring interest rates, and the beginning of a long - term decline in commodity prices set off what was subsequently known as the LDC Debt Crisis.

While investment in the energy sector now appears to be stabilizing after a painful adjustment to the decline in oil and other commodity prices that began in 2014, overall business investment in the economy remains weak.

There's limited coverage beyond calendar 2012 in part because we believe some commodities will experience cost declines from the current levels and we want to be in a position to benefit from that decline, or because the premiums for future contracts are simply too great compared to what we expect prices will be in the cash market several months from now.

First, the decline in oil and other commodity prices since mid-2014 has dramatically altered the paths of business investment in Canada and the United States.

Concomitant with that decline, companies with almost any sort of commodity exposure also suffered substantial share price erosion in the period, and we took advantage of the resulting attractive valuations to establish new positions.

After months of decline, commodity prices could finally get a lift, as China tries to kick its economy into higher gear.

While a decline in near - term commodity prices reduced our estimate of value due to lost interim cash flows, the stock's decline has significantly exceeded what we think is the true change in the company's underlying business value.

Further, respondents noted that orders related to commodities (oil, gas, and mining, specifically) remain under downward pressure reflecting the big declines in commodity prices that have occurred as the «emerging market century» and the «commodity super-cycle» proved unsustainable.

While the decision to leave the EU has caused notable market upheaval, global market declines were actually more extreme in the first few months of 2016 due to significant commodity price weakness, concerns regarding slowed economic growth in the U.S. and China, and monetary decisions by major central banks.

The decline in mining investment has been, in part, a reaction to declining production and profits, caused by falling global demand and lower commodity prices during 1998 and early 1999.

The decline in earnings over the past year owes largely to a fall in Australian dollar prices, as the appreciation of the Australian dollar has more than offset rising world commodity prices evident since mid last year (see section on commodity prices and the terms of trade below).

While excess supply contributed to the fall in prices for both commodities, the decline in the more economically sensitive copper seems to point to more challenges ahead for the global economy.

For the year, the TSX has lost just over 11 per cent of its value, primarily as a result of a decline in key commodities prices.

A decline in selling prices, due to the commodity lumber market, and harsh winter conditions (which delayed home improvement and building projects) were additional headwinds.

An appreciation of the exchange rate means that: the increase in the domestic currency price of commodity exports will be less than the increase in world commodity prices; the income of the other tradable sector will fall; and real income gains flow to the broader economy via the associated decline in the price of imports.

What's more, the PMO's own statement then ran through a full litany of all the bad things that lie ahead: decline in global stock markets, decline in commodity prices, slowing growth in China and emerging markets, and potential impacts on Canada's economy. Instead of boasting about Canada's successes under Conservative leadership, the PMO went to great lengths to show how bad things could get.

The below chart illustrates U.S. oil production (in gold) vs. FED's balance sheet (in blue), and how overproduction from accommodative monetary policy resulted in the sharp decline in oil prices, creating a systemic risk that was again transmitted from financial and commodity markets to the real economy (in job losses and slow growth in Texas and other oil producing states, as well as the decline in headline inflation, pushing the Federal Reserve further from the price stability objective):

Recently, we have seen consumer - product companies, including Nestlé, experience share - price declines because investors may be worried that the inflationary trends in commodities could prevent these companies from maintaining their profit margins.

Inflation has been high, spurred by the declines earlier increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities and the weaker prospects for economic activity, the.