When INflation prevails, a fixed debt payment, measured in real (uninflated)
dollars declines over time.
Not exact matches
Their
declining currencies against the
dollar (8 - 9 percent
over the past 12 months), falling stock market values since the beginning of the year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.
«
Dollar - value share repurchases amounted to $ 134.4 billion
over the second quarter (July), which represented a 6.9 %
decline from the first quarter (April) and a 0.4 %
decline year -
over-year,» FactSet's Andrew Birstingl notes.
Benchmark spot gold prices were on course for an
over 1 percent
decline this week, pressured by a thaw in tensions on the Korean peninsula and a stronger
dollar as investors looked to riskier assets such as equities.
The U.S.
dollar clung to gains amid fading concerns
over a global trade war, while oil soared on a reported
decline in U.S. crude inventories and the possibility of supply disruptions.
Some critics of the program alleged it would cause a spike in inflation in the U.S.
dollar, but inflation peaked in 2007 and
declined steadily
over the next eight years.
The recent
decline is due in part to concerns
over cord - cutting and increasing competition for ad
dollars, as well as questions
over the health of executive chairman Sumner Redstone, who owns 80 % of the company's shares.
Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent
declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge
over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US
dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity wi
dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US
Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity wi
Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.
Many international markets had strong double - digit gains in US
Dollars as well, helped by a 10 %
decline in the currency
over the year.
Today, with dividends reinvested, the value of each share has increased several times
over despite the dot - com meltdown, the war on terror, higher national debt, and a
declining dollar.
Companies expect this trend to continue as costs keep
declining —
over two
dollars per watt
over the last five years.
Jesse Livermore correctly predicted the crash and shorted stocks to profit from the
decline, earning him
over 100 million
dollars.
Though the US
dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies
over the past two years, if one calculates the
declining purchasing power of the US
dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US
dollar has crashed as well.
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.
The
dollar has
declined over the past 14 months, and has now met its downtrend line going back to 1984.
Some currencies have also begun to reverse their recent
declines, with the South Korean won rising almost 4 % against the US
dollar in October and the Indonesian rupiah climbing
over 7 %.
The
decline in earnings
over the past year owes largely to a fall in Australian
dollar prices, as the appreciation of the Australian
dollar has more than offset rising world commodity prices evident since mid last year (see section on commodity prices and the terms of trade below).
In the food channel, however,
dollar sales of Rebel IPA actually
declined over the latest 13 week period, down 7.5 percent.
This
decline reflects both the general weakness in the world economy and the appreciation of the Australian
dollar over the period.
The major short - term influence on the inflation outlook continues to be the substantial
decline in the Australian
dollar over the past year.
The main contributors remain the same:
declining oil and commodity prices, renewed concerns
over the pace of expansion in China, and the impact of rising interest rates and a strong
dollar on the U.S. economy.
The
decline in the US
dollar evident since early 2002 continued
over the past three months (Graph 20).
Brazil Segment revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in bran processing levels as well as a 12 % quarter
over quarter
decline in the average Brazilian Real versus US
Dollar exchange rate.
Brazil Segment revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in throughput as well as a 27 % quarter
over quarter
decline in the average Brazilian Real versus US
Dollar exchange rate.
«While participant numbers in many traditional team and individual sports such as golf, basketball and racket sports seem to have
declined over the past decade, participant numbers in extreme sports have surged, making it a multi-million
dollar industry.»
Moving from box office champ to box office chump in the span of a year, Sony (which releases films under the labels Columbia, TriStar, and Screen Gems) saw its global receipts
decline by
over a billion
dollars from 2012 to 2013.
According to reports, Alice Through The Looking Glass was expected to earn $ 116 million
dollars in the box office but, the Johnny Depp flick is only expected to earn only $ 35 million in the box office
over the long weekend, which is a
decline of about 70 %.
At stake in the fiercely contested campaign is control
over a complex, underperforming school district whose ability to improve schools for nearly 665,000 students is compromised by
declining enrollment, a $ 1.46 billion projected deficit, and billions of
dollars in unfunded liabilities for retirees.
I speak in particular of AFT President Randi Weingarten, who reportedly pulled in an AFT income of
over half a million
dollars in 2014, while the average teacher salary in the United States has
declined by 2.3 percent since 2000 to $ 56,689.
«Product development of each and every car costs you a couple of billion
dollars, and the roadster segment is, unfortunately,
declining over the last couple of years — not only for us [BMW], but each and every manufacturer,» Werner stated.
E-Book sales
declined by 4.6 %
over the first four months of 2017 and the format generated $ 374.9
dollars, during the same period of 2016 total ebook sales were
over $ 392.9.
Last quarter Barnes and Noble reported that Nook sales saw a
decline of 19.4 % and the division managed to make a little
over $ 35.0 million
dollars.
As Ed Studzinski notes, below, those
declines were occasioned by a panic
over Chinese stocks which triggered a trillion
dollar capital flight and a liquidity crisis.
With the
dollar close to par in the recent past, the number of Americans buying property in Whistler had been on the
decline over the last five or six years — dropping to five per cent of all sales from a peak of 20 per cent.
In both cases, the
dollar amount of your total holding will increase
over time if the fund delivers a positive return, but the gain / loss column in your account summary will show the same misleading price
decline.
Yes, the
dollar will likely
decline over the next decade, but it will not be likely to lose its reserve status, unless a commodity standard currency comes into being.
Over the last year the loonie has
declined significantly relative to the US
dollar: the currencies were at par early last February, but the Canadian
dollar closed under $ 0.92 US on January 10.
According to the Company's 2009 proxy statement, ModusLink paid out more than $ 13.8 million to its top three senior executives
over a period of three years while Company's market value
declined by hundreds of millions of
dollars.
The rising U.S.
dollar (with
over 40 % of the average S&P 500 companies» earnings coming from abroad) and the current record after - tax profit margins, combined with deflation, could result in significant
declines in the earnings of the S&P 500 companies — just as the index hits record highs.
After seeing heightened volatility
over the previous quarter, April saw volatility
decline as the US
dollar continued to strengthen against all major currencies.
The Bloomberg article links the new role for the
dollar with its
declining value amid increased concerns
over the deficit:
Meanwhile, natural foods that include grains actually saw a
decline in
dollar sales — to the tune of three to four percent —
over the same period.
DLA Piper U.S. * reports that gross revenue
declined nearly 14 percent in 2009, to just
over a billion
dollars.
Although Opus
declined to disclose the specific
dollar amount on outstanding debt, if Opus South is any indication the company is facing hundreds of millions of
dollars in maturing loans
over the next two years.
Waning economic growth in many countries and higher home prices further enhanced by a strengthening U.S.
dollar resulted in a slight
decline in international sales
dollar volume of U.S. property
over the past year and a significant retreat in buying from non-resident foreigners.
Commercial property sales
declined for the second straight year in 2017 across asset classes, with only the sales
dollar volume of industrial properties increasing
over the 2016 level, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).