Sentences with phrase «declines in the price of»

The increased manufacturing capacity in China and other emerging markets brought a decline in the price of most imported consumer goods.

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.

But the advances proved unsustainable, particularly given steep declines in the price of oil, Venezuela's most lucrative export.

Annual inflation readings in March of last year were held down by large declines in the price of cell phone service plans.

That's not a lot of income cushion to offset any potential decline in the price of your bond portfolio.

Given how important oil has been to the Canadian economy in recent years it shouldn't come as a huge shock that the loonie is heavily correlated with the decline in the price of oil.

Any economic and fiscal update would have to take into account the worsening global economy, the decline in the price of oil (to below $ 40 a barrel) compared to the assumption in the budget, and the restoration of the contingency reserve to its normal level of $ 3 billion.

Alberta's oil sands growth has slowed with the decline in the price of oil and there was stiff environmental opposition in the French - speaking province of Quebec.

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.

Overall effect of the decline in oil prices will be a positive driver in aggregate demand in the U.S., even though the decline in price of oil had negatively affected investment in equipment and structure needed for shale oil production, which had «become an important component of aggregate U.S. investment»

The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the price of the assets between the sale and the repurchase, as the seller will pay less to buy the assets than the seller received on selling them.

Moreover, the appreciation of the Australian dollar has led to declines in the prices of a number of intermediate goods, and there are some signs that it is already flowing through into consumer prices for imported goods.

In contrast, world prices of manufactured goods, which Australia predominantly imports, have generally been under downward pressure, reflecting the ongoing declines in the prices of information - technology products and the rapid expansion of productive capacity in Asia, especially China.

This largely reflects the rapid expansion in productive capacity in Asia, coupled with ongoing declines in the prices of information - technology products.

Producer price inflation remains modest with large declines in the prices of imported items offsetting the growth of domestic prices; overall final stage prices rose by 0.1 per cent in the December quarter, to be 1.0 per cent higher over the year (Table 15; Graph 73).

Mr Murphy said his position in the coming financial year depended upon the decline in the price of other variables, including grain and fertilisers, as well as lowered bank interest on the farm mortgage.

For a mono - product economy like ours, it is not unprecedented, therefore, that a sudden and sustained decline in the price of the product will impact the country's revenue negatively.

The decision we took in January 2010 to move Penguin's e-book business to agency pricing has been vindicated by the very rapid subsequent growth in the volume of e-books sold by agency publishers, and by the benefit to consumers of the steep decline in the price of e-book readers that that has resulted from this open competition.»

Lanci also commented on the impact of the decline in prices of computer components on the price of PCs for end users.

The decline in the price of gold from more than $ 800 per ounce in the 1980s to less than $ 350 per ounce in the 1990s is a well - known example.

You will regularly see 50 % declines in the price of these companies.

In fact, I expect in the reasonably near future to see a decline in the price of gold due to investors selling it en masse to re-enter the stock market when the economy has recovered more substantially.

Short selling allows investors to take advantage of an anticipated decline in the price of a stock.

Perhaps of greater concern is how Emerson performed during the most recent decline in the price of a barrel of oil.

Short selling is a less common trade that allows you to potentially profit from a decline in the price of a stock.

As of the end of the third quarter, investments per share had fallen to $ 86,000 due to declines in the prices of stocks Berkshire holds as well as Buffett investing tens of billions of cash in a wide range of operating businesses.

Assume that an agricultural producer has 2 million bushels of corn to sell six months from now, and is concerned about a potential decline in the price of corn.

An investor's risk tolerance is her ability to endure declines in the prices of investments while waiting for them to eventually increase in value.

Bear put spreads are used when the investor expects a decline in the price of the underlying security.

The recent steep decline in the price of Apple Inc. stock illustrates this vividly.

In light of the declines in the prices of energy and other commodities and the weaker prospects for economic activity, the Committee expects inflation to moderate further in coming quarters to levels consistent with price stability.

That means a 1 % increase in overall interest rates might result in a 2.7 % decline in the price of a short bond, a 6.7 % drop in the price of an intermediate fund and a decline of 16 % in the value of a long bond.

Now, the decline in the price of crude oil, coupled with huge production cut, is severely affecting the economic growth.

The short sale is made in expectation of a decline in the price of a security, which would allow the investor to then purchase the shares at a lower price in order to deliver the securities earlier sold short.

The 20 bp rise in 10 - year Treasury yields during the recent market turmoil resulted in a 1.6 percent decline in the price of the Treasury note — a small fraction of the more than 6 percent decline in the S&P 500 on February 2nd & 5th.

Another example cited in Enough Bull to warn investors of the perils of the stock market is the decline in the price of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) from US$ 199.83 on 12/28/2007 to US$ 90.58 on 01/09/2009.

According to the bank's forecasts, the precipitous decline in the price of oil is expected to knock about a third of a percentage point off of Canada's GDP this year.

Put option buyers are usually anticipating a decline in the price of the underlying security, and wish to offset those losses when selling the security at a later date.

If you hold 20 % of your portfolio in cash and seek to maintain a 5 % cash minimum at all times, it might make sense to deploy five percentage points of your cash position in response to each 10 % decline in the price of stocks transitioning from fair value to undervalue.

The surplus has created a problematic decline in the price of emissions allowances, which dropped as low as $ 2.81 in April 2013.

What crushed green energy was the boom in shale oil and gas along with the steep decline in the price of fossil fuel that few saw coming just a few years ago.

Which is why projections for precipitous declines in the price of batteries — as much as 40 — 60 percent over the next five years according to one recent report — are such good news.

But a sharp decline in the price of oil makes many of the new oil sands projects less viable.

The resulting decline in the prices of timber, energy, minerals and agricultural products may do what conservationists have largely failed to achieve in recent years: slow deforestation.

What lies behind significant declines in the price of solar PV over the last thirty years, for example?

The investors continue to believe in the power of the yellow metal, despite a marginal decline in the prices of gold in 2017.

The decision provoked a wave of anxiety on the cryptocurrency market, which led to a dramatic decline in the price of main digital currencies, including bitcoin and ripple.

He noted that a sudden decline in the price of a major cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin could only affect short - term goals.

A lot of things changed in the smartphone market last year, but no change perhaps was as radical as the dramatic decline in the prices of smartphones.

The sharp decline in the price of bitcoin has shocked many users of the digital currency.