Sentences with phrase «dollar depreciation of»

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Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an average 11.8 billion crown forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

Lastly, investors with capital in U.S. dollars can make cheaper purchases in U.K. property due to the recent depreciation of sterling.

Take a closer look at the FDI stats, and you'll see the depreciation of the dollar against the Euro and the pound boosted Canada's outward FDI, and the country had a $ 50.5 - billion investment deficit with the United States.

Weaker - than - expected US economic data has also contributed to dollar depreciation, especially when compared to Europe and parts of emerging markets, says Morgan Stanley.

Common measurements include dollar revenues, dollar EBITDA (that's shorthand for earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation, depletion and amortization), percentage of market share, and numbers of customers.

On top of the credits for the wind power it's generating, Berkshire also gets long - term tax benefits from the depreciation of the billions of dollars» worth of capital expenditures it has put into building out its wind operations.

The crudest version of this story says that Ottawa should increase spending as a direct response to the fall in oil prices and the resulting depreciation of the Canadian dollar.

Recent export data are improving but are not strong enough to make up for ground lost during the first half of 2016, despite the effects of the Canadian dollar's past depreciation.

The appreciation of the Australian dollar against the yen boosted returns until 2008 but the sharp depreciation since then has wiped out the positive carry.

She finds that the effect of U.S. dollar moves on profits can be more precisely identified when using the industry - specific indexes: dollar appreciations reduce corporate profits, while depreciations stimulate them.

Because most wealthy Chinese seem to think about RMB in terms of USD or Hong Kong dollars, it is the fear that any depreciation of the RMB against those two currencies (the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the USD through a modified currency board) greater than the couple of percentage points interest rate differential would yield less than equivalent USD or Hong Kong dollar bonds.

This implies that markets expect depreciation of the dollar by more than 25 per cent against its major competitors over the next decade.

Overall, the Bank estimates that about 40 per cent of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar since 2002 is due to the multilateral depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

1) not at the top tax bracket yet, thus less expensive to have taxable dollars; 2) before 35, generally significant expenses such as house purchase, engagement ring, wedding, etc.; 3) keep liquidity for potential opportunities — «cash is king»; 4) use after - tax dollars to buy RE and rent it out for another stream of passive income, which is generally not taxable due to depreciation — could be a retirement vehicle in itself.

Unless these firms» net foreign currency liabilities are hedged, a depreciation of the Australian dollar could result in a deterioration of their balance sheet positions — by increasing the Australian dollar value of their liabilities relative to their assets.

The depreciation of the Australian dollar between 2013 and 2015 also supported activity in the nonmining tradable sector, which includes agriculture, manufacturing and some services.

A long position in a foreign currency derivative is one that would profit from a depreciation of the Australian dollar against that foreign currency.

Core inflation is close to 2 per cent as the transitory effects of the past depreciation of the Canadian dollar are roughly offsetting disinflationary pressures from economic slack, which has increased this year.

In the Conference Board's Index of Business Confidence survey, business leaders cited weak market demand, government policies, a shortage of qualified staff, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar (which increases the cost of imported technology and machinery) as reasons for not investing.

The combination of a strong dollar and weak commodity prices led to sizeable depreciations of the currencies of net commodity exporters.

While market demand should improve as the U.S. economy continues to strengthen, the remaining factors — government policies, a shortage of qualified staff, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar — will likely continue to hold back investment.

This set off a complex set of adjustments to the Canadian economy, including a significant depreciation of the Canadian dollar, that are still at play today.9

It is however important to note that size of the depreciation hints at an anomaly with investors blaming poor weather, the closure of LA and Long Beach sea ports for delays in capital and a stronger dollar for decline in demand for US exports.

With many of these economies linking their exchange rates to the US dollar, growth has been boosted by the depreciation of the dollar and by low interest rates.

Between late 1998 and the middle of 1999, the Australian dollar appreciated by around 6 per cent, both in import - weighted terms and against the major currencies, retracing around half of the earlier depreciation.

Even though some people say that the dollar is going straight to hell because of currency depreciation, it still is relatively safer compared to other currencies like the Euro and the Yen.

Export revenues have continued to grow rapidly due to stronger world demand, the depreciation of the Australian dollar and firmer commodity prices (Graph 23).

On top of that, the value of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar has weakened sharply in recent months, from 6.40 yuan per dollar in August 2015, when China's central bank said there was «no basis for further depreciation,» to its current rate of 6.56.

Part of the marked increase in US dollar oil prices over the past year has simply reflected the depreciation of the US dollar.

The depreciation of the Australian dollar over recent years has improved Australia's competiveness and thereby supported production in the tradable sector.

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).

In our equity portfolios, we will therefore continue to steer clear of European companies that are exposed to both further dollar depreciation and the growth - trend reversal signalled by any number of leading economic indicators.

Foreigners provided a large portion of the capital that fueled the runup in asset prices, so they will undoubtedly bear a good portion of the subsequent losses through dollar depreciation and writeoffs in the value of their U.S. financial assets.

Hence, as a result first of large depreciations of a number of Asian currencies during the Asian crisis of 1997 and 1998, and then their more recent decline with the US dollar, the Australian dollar is now some 60 per cent higher than its post-float average against a group of Asian currencies (Graph 23).

I am fully aware the depreciation value of dollar with time and with interest rate so low, it's better to invest the money than leaving it in the bank.

A number of manufacturers noted that exchange rate depreciation against the U.S. dollar had boosted new business intakes from export clients.

The recent depreciation of the Australian dollar and consequent increase in Australian - dollar commodity prices would generally imply an increase in profits for mining companies.

There has not been any event - specific news that would be causing the rapid depreciation of the dollar vs. the yen.

The Group of 20 in Seoul Korea last week accused the United States of competitive currency depreciation and financial aggression, and countries stepped up attempts to shun the dollar and indeed, to avoid running trade and payments surpluses as such.

The bottom line is that there is no way that the United States can defend depreciation of the dollar on terms that oblige other countries to take a loss on their holdings.

Events in global foreign exchange markets have been dominated by the depreciation of the US dollar against all the major currencies that freely float against it.

A number of countries in the region whose currencies have been tied to the US dollar (including China, Hong Kong and Malaysia) have benefited from its decline, with real depreciations aiding export growth.

«If we factor in inflation (in both dollar and cedi terms), exchange rate depreciation and other «time value of money considerations» such as interest differentials, the difference between the GHC20 billion Dr. Bawumia claims the NPP secured and the GHC248 billion he allocates to the NDC has to be adjusted.

The exchange rate now is over N270 per dollar, even as depreciation of naira is having a telling effect on the economy.

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

Data recorded from the foreign exchange market by IES Economic Unit suggests a fairly stable local currency, as the Ghana Cedi closed trading at Ghs 4.55 to a U.S. Dollar, with a depreciation of 0.89 %.

In 2008, when the ruling government won at the polls, the cedi begun the year trading at GH cents 0.95 to the dollar and closed at GH cents 1.11, a depreciation of about 17 percent.

Putting an exact dollar amount on the cost of a critical accident is challenging, since there are so many variables to consider — including initial medical costs, repair costs, loss of wages, ongoing medical needs, depreciation of property, and the diminished ability to work.

3) How do you adjust the price or value of an item to compensate inflation; eg: Say I have a house I paid 1 million dollars 3 years ago (ignore depreciation and other factors that can affect the asset's value), if inflation was: Y1 = 10 %, Y2 = 11 % and Y3 = 12 %, what would the value of the house be?