Sentences with phrase «dollar demand higher»

The rupiah's heightened volatility risks also come at a time when many companies usually pay their offshore debts and transfer dividends abroad, pushing dollar demand higher, he said.

Not exact matches

Following 15 years of struggling with increased competition, sluggish demand, and a high - valued Canadian dollar, many manufacturing industries are not yet prepared to take full advantage for the U.S. rebound.

Shenfeld thinks the loonie will stay around par, but could get as high as US$ 1.04 in 2013, thanks to continuing demand for Canadian - dollar bonds from foreign countries.

The high dollar, the low demand for B.C. resources and low prices all conspired against the provincial economy, Taylor said.

Instead, a sharp shift in fiscal policy led to high real interest rates that stimulated a strong demand for the dollar, which caused the dollar to appreciate sharply.

And that's the point, really: that increased demand for the Canadian dollar affects other industries precisely because it makes the REAL price of Canadian goods higher relative to the same goods produced in other countries, not just nominal price.

Economists agree externalities should be priced into the market; they agree that it is demand for oil and gas that is inflating the value of our dollar; they agree that a high dollar hurts exports.

The former because it allows for a case in which a modest increase in demand leads to a large increase in price, and the latter because it would lead investors to hedge by moving themselves into Canadian dollars (more than they would otherwise) to protect against high oil prices.

The consumers pay for crude oil in dollars; hence, they always have to keep a steady reserve of dollars, thereby maintaining a high demand for the the currency.

Demand for the U.S. dollar has remained high despite this because of the world's reliance on it to fund crude oil purchases.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

The PBO identified four key downside risks to the private sector forecast: global growth, especially in the U.S. could be slower than anticipated; the appreciation of the Canadian dollar could adversely affect exports; sovereign debt issues in Europe could restrain recovery there and put upward pressure on global interest rates; and the high level of household debt in Canada could restrain domestic demand.

Gold fell as the dollar held near the highest level in five years and investors reduced holdings in the largest exchange - traded product backed by the metal, curbing demand for a store of value.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

The dollar bond market has turned cold for Indian firms after a record 2017, with rising global interest rates, geopolitical concerns and market volatility prompting would - be financiers to demand either a higher yield or invest only in short - term paper maturing in two years.

Buoyant demand in this market stems from the high level of vehicle affordability — in part a consequence of the appreciation of the Australian dollar — and generally favourable financial conditions.

This high demand from early adopters, coupled with the fact that commercial lunar transportation is projected to generate multiple billions of dollars in annual revenue by the year 2020 (Anderson 9) suggests that lunar payload delivery is a very real, viable business opportunity for enterprising space startups and their visionary investors.

-- 4 reasons why «gold has entered a new bull market» — Schroders — Market complacency is key to gold bull market say Schroders — Investors are currently pricing in the most benign risk environment in history as seen in the VIX — History shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart)-- You should buy insurance when insurers don't believe that the «risk event» will happen — Very high Chinese gold demand, negative global interest rates and a weak dollar should push gold higher

The euro plunged from near two - year highs to a six - week low against the dollar in early November, after weak inflation figures stoked fears about demand in the 17 - member economy, according to Nawaz Ali, UK market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions.

Any such pressure would come from the strong New Zealand dollar and the continuing imbalance between high international milk production and weak demand.

We are competing with the US in Korea but our weaker dollar against the US is helping us and we're seeing continuing demand for high - quality beef in that market.»

He explained that the high cost of steel products was not due to high dollar demand but the cost of procuring scrap iron which he said is among the items being taken out of the country.

A Hijacking (R for profanity) Hostage drama about the tension which unfolds when a gang of Somali pirates demands a multimillion dollar ransom after commandeering a cargo ship on the high seas.

When they do so, schools are more responsive to their demands and they also operate more efficiently — delivering higher student performance per dollar spent.

The newly certified teachers will be in high demand in the 11 districts selected by ConnectEd to share $ 12 million dollars in grants to participate in the district initiative.

that «for all its complexity, the Education Reform Act can be reduced, in essence, to two propositions: We will make a massive infusion of progressively distributed dollars into our public schools, and in return, we demand high standards and accountability from all education stakeholders.»

In his Globe op - ed, Birmingham wrote that «for all its complexity, the Education Reform Act can be reduced, in essence, to two propositions: We will make a massive infusion of progressively distributed dollars into our public schools, and in return, we demand high standards and accountability from all education stakeholders.»

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

But for all its complexity, the Education Reform Act can be reduced, in essence, to two propositions: We will make a massive infusion of progressively distributed dollars into our public schools, and in return, we demand high standards and accountability from all education stakeholders.

Surplus Pell funding is held in reserve for years when there is higher student demand for Pell dollars.

«Private funders have been instrumental to charter school growth, but federal, state and local legislative bodies must also respond by investing a larger percentage of public education dollars to support the opening of new, high - quality charter schools to meet the demands of the families they serve.»

I have quit buying any of the Kindle high - dollar mainstream authors that demand $ 12 - 15 for their books.

If you think an exchange rate is wrong (for example, if you think the value of the US dollar is being undermined by excessive spending and it's only temporarily high because of the demand created by bailouts) it might be cheaper to just hedge it separately and profit directly if you're right or get insurance at a lower cost.

In the currency markets today, the U.S. dollar lost ground to high - yielding currencies like the Australian dollar, and the Japanese yen lost more ground after lawmakers in the U.S. came up with a last - minute deal to avoid the «fiscal cliff», this worked to increase demand for riskier currencies.

In particular, the demand for money rises when: consumer spending rises, uncertainty rises, there are higher costs in buying and selling other assets, expectation of a future stronger dollar, increased demand for reserves from central banks (both foreign and domestic), and a rise in foreign demand for US goods and investments.

Higher interest rates are attractive to foreign investors and as a result they will need to buy Aussie dollars in order to invest in Australia, this of course will drive up the demand and price of the currency and lessen the supply of it.

Well, it looks like the Aussie's price action this week was dictated mostly by risk sentiment since the Aussie was a loser, even though gold closed higher, thanks to the weaker U.S. dollar, as well as safe - haven demand for gold.

The reasons for those higher rates involve everything from extraordinary fiscal stimulus via trillion dollar deficit spending, significant changes to the tax structure, an increase in Treasury bond supply, central bank quantitative tightening (QT), a decrease in Treasury bond demand from other countries as well as inflationary pressures.

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Stronger global equity markets contributed to the weakness in the Dollar early in the trading session as traders once again increased demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.This morning, traders drove equities higher after taking a look at the U.S. em...

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U.S. Dollar Falls to 15 Month Low against Basket of Major Currencies The U.S. Dollar fell to a 15 month low against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as concerns about debt issues in Dubai subsided, leading to increased demand for higher yielding currencies.

U.S. Dollar Losing Ground Ahead of ADP and ISM Services Report The U.S. Dollar is trading lower against most currencies with the exception of the Japanese Yen as stronger equity markets in Europe and Asia helped drove up demand for higher yielding assets.

As the Dollar fell, traders bought up stocks as demand for higher risk assets picked up.

As the Dollar fell, traders bought up stocks as demand for higher risk assets picked up steam.

Instead, investors were demanding RRSP foreign content rules should be eliminated so that they can take advantage of (a) higher returns from US stocks and (b) an extra boost from the strong US dollar.

Combine the high value of the U.S. dollar to the increased quote of new Canadians, should the federal government increase the quota of new Canadians, and we may feel upward demand pressure on Canadian housing stock.

In late December 1994 and January of 1995, the US Treasury and the Fed participated in a rescue of the Mexican peso, which was mostly caused by bad Mexican economic policy, but higher rates in the US diminished demand for the cetes, short - term US Dollar - denominated Mexican government notes.

It is also worth mentioning that some high - performance sled leading dogs (those that lead the pack pulling the sled behind it) are in high demand despite the price on them topping 15,000 dollars.