Sentences with phrase «declining import prices»

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

For one thing, the concerns over the decline in crude oil prices may be overdone, it said, adding that the economy is still resilient and Malaysia is likely to maintain a trade surplus as demand for imports is also softening along with exports.

Inflation peaked at 3.8 % last year and has declined significantly as the Czechs, like the rest of Europe, dealt with declining wages and rising prices for goods like gas, imported clothing and pharmaceuticals.

Core inflation is higher than the underlying trend, because a decline in the dollar is raising the prices of imports.

The fact that core inflation has been broadly stable over recent months in the face of the earlier declines in energy and non-energy import prices is notable.

Declining prices, which hit a seven - month low in September, are also helping to curb the import bill.

On the other side of the ledger, the decline in the Canadian dollar has raised the price of a wide range of imports.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

In contrast, core inflation, which strips out the most volatile inflation components, is facing upward pressure because recent declines in the exchange rate are boosting the prices of imported goods.

However, an increase in import values of around 3 1/2 per cent in the March quarter, despite another decline in prices, points to a further rapid expansion in import volumes.

In contrast to the strength in volumes, the value of total imports declined by around 5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, as the currency appreciation has lowered Australian dollar import prices.

These declines were led by prices of imported motor vehicles, which fell by more than 20 per cent between late 1995 and June 1999.

Following declines over the past three quarters, driven by significant price falls, expenditure on imports of goods and services rose by 6 per cent in the September quarter, to be 3 1/2 per cent higher than a year ago.

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.

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.

When the dollar declines relative to the value of foreign currencies, the prices of imports rise.

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.

However, given the sharp declines in import prices, the value of imports has fallen over 2003 as a whole.

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.

The exchange rate has appreciated a little further in trade - weighted terms in recent months, principally reflecting a decline in the Japanese yen, raising the prospect of further falls in import prices in the near term.

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).

The decline in the exchange rate over the past year has had an important impact on import prices at the wholesale level that will eventually flow through to retail prices.

The decline in the relative price of imports resulting from the appreciation of the Australian dollar has also provided some impetus to growth.

Much of this rise and subsequent decline was accounted for by the prices of imported motor vehicles.

Although imported input prices have been declining during the past year, as a result of the strengthening exchange rate, this appears to have been insufficient to offset the impact on profits of faster wage growth.

Meanwhile, import prices rebounded after two straight months of declines, advancing 0.1 percent.

Problems with plant diseases, rising labor costs, and competition from lower - priced imported peppers have led to a 75 percent decline in the acreage devoted to growing chiles in the state in the last twenty years.

Although the declining pound has hurt retailers that import goods into the UK, it has lifted Asos, which generates over 60 percent of sales from overseas customers and saw international sales up 54 percent, after investing in lowering prices for international consumers.

Both these cars are now being assembled in India through the CKD route and the price cut comes as an after - effect of the reduced import prices thanks to the decline in the valuation of the British pound after Brexit.

Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's 2 percent longer - run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports.

Inflation has continued to run increased somewhat since earlier this year but is still below the Committee's 2 percent longer - run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports.

Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's 2 percent longer - run objective, partly reflecting declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports.

Inflation is expected to remain low in the near term, in part because of earlier declines in energy prices, but to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of past declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further.

Inflation is expected to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further.

Inflation is expected to remain low in the near term, in part because of earlier declines in energy prices, but to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further.

Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's 2 percent longer - run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and falling prices of non-energy imports.

In contrast, core inflation, which strips out the most volatile inflation components, is facing upward pressure because recent declines in the exchange rate are boosting the prices of imported goods.

As the dollar declines, it slows foreign economies because they can't export as much, and it raises prices here because imports cost more.

Inflation continued to run below the Committee's longer - run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and decreasing prices of non-energy imports.

Inflation is anticipated to remain near its recent low level in the near term, but the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of declines in energy and import prices dissipate.

Inflation is anticipated to remain near its recent low level in the near term, but the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of earlier declines in energy and import prices dissipate.

Inflation has increased since earlier this year but is still below the Committee's 2 percent longer - run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports.

Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's longer - run objective, partly reflecting declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports.

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According to 2012 data from the UN World Food Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spikes.

Rising production from shale gas resources has been credited with both lower natural gas prices and declining dependence on imported natural gas.