Sentences with phrase «dampen prices»

It's difficult to assess the price relationship between BCH and BTC, but if the competing digital currency receives market legitimacy, that could dampen the price of bitcoin.

She talked about one - time factors dampening price growth, predicting that as soon as these faded, inflation would firm up and begin to reflect the tight labor market.

While the sizeable output gap has significantly contributed to this outcome, other factors have also been important: non-oil import prices have been declining (in line with the exchange rate appreciation), deregulation in the service sector has dampened prices, and food prices have been lowered by favourable weather conditions.

Market forces affected fisheries in other regions, such as in the Gulf of Mexico, where revenue for shrimp landings decreased due to high inventories, dampening prices for both domestic harvest and imports.

That cadre of long - term owners tends to dampen the price volatility of such stocks.

All this activity increases the liquidity of the stock being added and can dampen any price movements.

Tax reform is part of the reason behind dampening prices, Yun says, especially in expensive markets in New Jersey, New York, and California.

Short of raising interest rates, they are doing everything they can to slow the market, with intent to dampen the price rises in primary cities such as Toronto and Vancouver.

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He says the supply of condos becoming available this year in Toronto may dampen or even drop prices, but overall, the market remains vibrant.

Martin Ellis, housing economist from Halifax, said in a statement that while prices will be supported by the nation's evergreen problem of a lack of housing supply and cheap credit, demand will be dampened because people are struggling to truly afford buying a property (emphasis ours):

They also stem from the prevalence of positive and negative feedback mechanisms, which alternately amplify and dampen the initial impact of price changes.

Vietnam was once billed as Asia's next economic tiger, but double - digit inflation, a ballooning trade gap, tumbling share prices and banking sector concerns have dampened expectations to a large degree.

Merlin Entertainments's stock price tumbled on Tuesday, after the owner of theme park Alton Towers, Legoland, and the iconic London Eye, said its drop in trading and dampened outlook was due to the terror attacks in Manchester and London.

Critics say the discounts drag forward Christmas sales that retailers would otherwise have made at full price and can dampen business in subsequent weeks.

Gold prices hovered near multi-week lows on Thursday as higher U.S. bond yields and a stronger dollar dampened interest in bullion.

Poloz's bold and unexpected move to cut rates this year — not once, but twice — has been credited for dampening the impact of the sharp drop in global oil prices on the Canadian economy.

Changes in power costs due to falling oil prices, meanwhile, can vary considerably by market and region, and, in many markets, gasoline prices are so inflated by taxation that the impact of lower oil prices for consumers is considerably dampened.

It has often been couched in terms of using monetary policy to prevent or deflate asset - price bubbles — perhaps to dampen irrational exuberance in stock markets.

At the same time, the low level of oil prices will continue to dampen growth in Canada and other energy - producing countries.

Although risks remain, the fear of rising interest rates dampening homebuying activity has sent Toll Brothers stock to a bargain price.

«In recent quarters, weaker foreign demand has dampened business investment, and low oil prices have weighed on energy - related investment, both of which have typically led to slower PDFP growth.

Research has also found the wage - price pass - through to be considerably dampened.

Any feedback into prices is dampened by the low level of wage growth, rebalancing of factor shares, and a relatively low correlation that has developed over time re the price - wage relationship.

Falling oil prices and the strong U.S. dollar have dampened headline consumer price index (CPI) inflation, but the recent core CPI print suggests a clear firming in inflationary conditions.

That's dampening what little inflation exists in the economy, which is troubling for the Bank of Canada because it's mandated to keep prices advancing at a rate of about 2 per cent a year.

Increased energy efficiency of transport vehicles & lower energy prices in future may dampen the speed of growth in demand but, as part of the evolution and R&D process, creation of better and more economical products can be expected.

However, lower prices for oil and other commodities since the summer have further lowered Canada's terms of trade and are dampening business investment and exports in the resource sector.

The well - published national debt issues hurt consumer spending in the West, while rising interest rates, energy and food prices dampened the strong growth seen in major markets in the East, such as China.

The data comes after the Ontario government implemented rules intended to dampen Toronto's real estate market, where escalating prices have concerned policy - makers at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

The dampening effect of falling imported goods prices at the final stage of production continued to ease over the year to December, suggesting that the disinflationary impetus from the appreciation of the exchange rate in 2002 and 2003 has moderated substantially.

When that happens, and the price spikes, the spike can't be dampened in the near term by supply increase because the productive capacity has already been destroyed.

Better - than - expected U.S. jobs data on Friday boosted the dollar and dampened safe - haven demand for gold, pushing prices to $ 1,183.46 on Monday.

Those winter shutdowns were expected to dampen demand and prices for Australian iron ore and coal in particular, but prices for both commodities have remained strong; iron ore prices have surged 26 per cent since October 31 to be fetching $ US77.74 per tonne on Tuesday, according to Metal Bulletin.

That rise is made worse by the depreciation of the US dollar (in contrast to the case for Australians, who at least have had the benefit of a high Australian dollar in dampening the rise in oil prices).

Though the bank's first - quarter numbers were solid, this unexpected forward - looking statement from the CFO could have had a dampening effect on the stock's price.

A sharp turnaround in the external sector, evident in weakening export volumes and declining commodity prices, has been the major dampening influence on growth.

Influences other than the Asian events also appear to be having a dampening effect on some commodity prices.

Abstracting from food and petrol prices, tradables prices were only slightly lower than a year ago, confirming that the dampening effect of the large exchange rate appreciation in 2002 and 2003 has now largely passed (Graph 56).

Although the appreciation of the Australian dollar has dampened export prices in Australian dollar terms, the value of exports has edged higher since mid year, rising by around 1 1/4 per cent in the December quarter.

For millennials, lower prices show the economy is working well, rather than dampen consumption,» Rabe writes.

The Turkish rate hike, which pushed the overnight rate to 12 %, followed a surprising increase in India on Tuesday, as Delhi moved to dampen rising prices even as the South Asian giant faces its slowest growth in a decade.

While the near - doubling of cattle prices in Australia since 2014 has dampened the trade, rising production in the second half of this year is likely to ease prices, industry body Meat & Livestock Australia has said.

This could have a negative impact on inflation: it could feed through to higher prices as easily as it could dampen the rate of inflation.

This would help dampen house price volatility; the total tax burden on a property rises with the value of the property, pushing up the overall purchase price and making the property less attractive as an investment.

Meanwhile, commodity prices threaten to dampen the recover as they surge once again.

Cadillac officials said the price hikes, which apply to Allantes produced after Feb. 7, cover the technical features that have been added to the car, including a new convertible top mechanism, speed dampening and traction control.

Shatzkin still can't quite get it, though, and then shifted the argument to the unknowable ground of whether agency pricing was or was not dampening ebook sales.

On the consumer side, the recent increase in price from $ 9.99 to $ 14.99 for ebooks from major publishers has likely dampened sales in what he called a «maturing market.»

If the Galaxy Tab 7.7 whetted your tablet appetite, but the hefty price tag dampened your spirits, all is not lost.

A publisher, he suspected, would double the $ 5.99 e-book price of his «Wool» five - story omnibus, a move sure to dampen sales.