Sentences with phrase «driven by commodity»

To be sure, some of the growth is driven by commodity exports, but much of it is propelled from within, as these nations develop infrastructure, improve education, and foster a growing middle class.

Expectational variance can provide diversification benefits because the price changes are driven by commodity - specific drivers that are completely independent from capital markets and other commodities.

Inflation in the 1970s was largely driven by commodity price shocks.

While it's true that commodities have cratered of late, it's possible to construct a real asset portfolio that's not entirely driven by commodity prices.

A key element in this shift is China; the value of Chinese exports to Canada tripled over this period and Canadian exports to China, while still small relative to exports to the US, have grown steadily in value driven by commodity exports which have been buoyed by high prices and huge demand in China for key Canadian exports such as minerals (nickel, coking coal, potash, copper and iron ore), pulp and lumber.

Since Australian economy is driven by commodities, the currency gained in Thursday's trading session.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, buoyed by many of the same forces driving most commodities (not to mention insatiable demand for energy), Canadian oil companies, including Imperial Oil, Husky Energy and Canadian Oil Sands, also reported strong — albeit less historic — earnings.

A commodities boom has driven the Canadian dollar from a 62 cents US low up to parity, vaporizing any labour cost advantage we previously enjoyed over the U.S. and changing the structure of the economy; at the margin, a Canadian worker adds far more to our economy by extracting resources than by building cars.

The point of this — according to the federal prosecutors, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who are not happy with Sarao — is that by placing all these fake sell orders, Sarao would artificially drive down the price of the E-mini futures.

According to Joe Oliver, federal spending tripled between 1969 and 1979, driven by «the ideology of the man at the wheel and on the reckless assumption that commodity prices would remain high».

Finally, much of the recent drop in inflation expectations is being driven by lower commodity prices, particularly oil.

Though Africa has experienced impressive growth for well over a decade now, domestic markets and intraregional economic relations have remained constrained, with national economies driven primarily by mounting foreign demand for the continent's natural resources and commodity exports.

* MONDELEZ - QTRLY ADJUSTED GROSS PROFIT MARGIN WAS 39.4 PERCENT, DOWN 110 BASIS POINTS, DRIVEN BY UNFAVORABLE MIX, HIGHER COMMODITY COSTS & FREIGHT INFLATION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

The terms of trade boom was driven by very large increases in the prices of some of Australia's commodity exports.

For most countries individually, it is plausible to argue that the rise in a wide range of commodity prices is exogenous — even if it is driven by global demand, our own contribution to that demand is small.

United States Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 32.9 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 1.5 billion, driven by gains from cost savings initiatives and favorable pricing net of commodity costs that were partially offset by volume declines in ready - to - drink beverages and frozen nutritional meals.

Further mortgage writedowns, defaults and increased credit difficulties remain a concern, as does commodity price weakness (not necessarily immediate, but soon enough) and the prospect of earnings risk and layoffs driven by cost reductions.

Cost of goods sold (COGS) per hectoliter decreased 2.5 percent for the year and 2.8 percent for the quarter, driven by supply chain cost savings and lower commodity costs, partially offset by lower fixed - cost absorption due to lower volumes.

United States Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 3.2 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 1.6 billion, driven by gains from cost savings initiatives that were partially offset by unfavorable key commodity (3) costs, particularly in cheese and coffee, as well as lower net sales.

Much of the record growth in corporate EPS has been driven by lower interest expense, lower commodity prices and share buybacks as top line growth has been sub-par.

By: Sascha Solomons 4th November 2016 Africa's mining and quarrying activities continue to be characterised by export - oriented activities and, as a result, the mining sector of this mineral - rich continent is driven primarily by the commodities appetite of the world's largest economieBy: Sascha Solomons 4th November 2016 Africa's mining and quarrying activities continue to be characterised by export - oriented activities and, as a result, the mining sector of this mineral - rich continent is driven primarily by the commodities appetite of the world's largest economieby export - oriented activities and, as a result, the mining sector of this mineral - rich continent is driven primarily by the commodities appetite of the world's largest economieby the commodities appetite of the world's largest economies.

Driven by mining sector investments and high commodity prices, GDP grew by 3.4 % last year.

The prices of other resource commodities increased on average by 5.8 per cent over the three months to April, driven by increases in the prices of alumina, coal and iron ore.

Market volatility increased dramatically during the third quarter, driven by global economic softness, interest rate uncertainty and commodity weakness.

While some tell us that inflationary pressures are temporary and primarily due to bottlenecks in the energy sector, we have long argued that inflation in all commodity prices is not a temporary supply issue, but driven by the global imbalances.

Lower oil prices are also driving cost deflation across the broader commodity complex,» Goldman strategists led by Christian Mueller - Glissmann said in a research note.

The main reason, however, is that the difference between the futures price and the spot price is driven by arbitrage and, in all commodity markets except the gold market, the extent to which current production is able to satisfy current demand (in the gold market there can never be a supply shortage because almost all of the gold mined in world history is still available to meet current demand).

Net debt excluding zinc metal prepay and perpetual securities of EUR 1.351 billion at the end of Q1 2018, an increase of EUR 249 million on 31 December 2017 driven predominantly by working capital outflow mainly due to higher commodity prices and amortisation of prepays.

Substantially improved Mining underlying EBITDA of EUR 16 million, up EUR 11 million year - on - year, driven by higher commodity prices and the successful restart of the Middle Tennessee mines, partially offset by the EUR 8 million negative EBITDA contribution from the restart of the Myra Falls mine

This was particularly driven by mining companies, whose profits almost doubled from the December half of 2003, benefiting from higher commodity prices and increased production.

The RBA Commodity Price Index rose by 4.3 per cent in SDR terms in the three months to October, driven by rises in the prices of rural goods and base metals, to be 1.7 per cent higher than a year ago (Graph 48).

«Emerging markets hedge fund performance has surged in recent months, led by funds with exposures to Latin America and Russia, driving the strongest monthly performance gains in over a decade, as commodities and regional equities recovered from steep early year losses,» stated Kenneth Heinz, president of HFR.

I deal with clients on a daily basis suffering from teh consequences of an entire society driven by consumerism, commodity, laziness and the bottom line.

The New Economy Awards competition is organized annually to recognize companies and its leaders that drive economic recovery around the globe via job creation, productivity enhancement, increased efficiences in sustainable manner, thereby filling in the gap presented by increasingly complex regulatory frameworks and falling demand for commodities.

Group turnover for H1 rose 7 % to NZ $ 10bn due to commodity prices and higher volume sales (+5 % y / y), driven by strong demand for branded consumer products and ingredients (the latter turned over NZ $ 8bn in H1, +10 %).

Through the Consumer Goods Forum, the CDP / We Mean Business Coalition, and the public - private Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, hundreds of major companies have committed to eliminating commodity - driven deforestation from their supply chains by 2020, including companies that account for 90 percent of the global trade in palm oil.

He added: «Our strategy is to increase earnings by driving more milk volume into higher value categories globally by turning the wheel from commodities to higher - margin products.

In the 216 years since European occupation and colonization of Australia, huge changes have been wrought upon the landscape, many of them driven by an agriculture that has largely been oriented towards production of commodities — wheat, sheep, beef, dairy, sugar — for export.

ONE of the nation's largest producers of Wagyu - infused beef is undergoing a radical restructure, driven by elevated commodity prices, changing market forces, and a belief some Wagyu beef production systems in Australia are unsustainable.

«There has been some speculation that the recent increase in European butter prices may have been driven by expectations that Russia could be looking for some additional butter,» Bailey says in a weekly commodity report on the market.

The price for commodities is driven directly by one simple equation — supply and demand.

Yet, driven by Moore's Law and the rapid advancement of processors, screens and other commodity components coming out of the smartphone supply chain, VR and AR are finally poised for mainstream adoption with some calling them nothing less than a «new medium of human experience.»

All of the power from that engine goes to the rear wheels by default, but when grip becomes an increasingly valuable commodity, the Stelvio's Q4 all - wheel - drive system can send 50 % of available torque to the front wheels, instead.

«The institutional interest we see in commodities is driven much more by the desire for diversification than it is by the view that tactically commodity prices will go up in the short term,» said Bob Greer, real return product manager at America's giant bond investor PIMCO, which manages over $ 14 billion in commodity - linked strategies.

It means that most market participants are making an active «bet» that the commodity - driven Canadian market will outperform all other global markets and asset classes by a substantial margin.

An expert trader understands the mechanics of how a market operates, what drives price movements within a market, and what risks will be encountered by trading securities, commodities or contracts within the market.

In my opinion, you're in a precious metals «bubble» when rising prices are driven by the people's desire the own the commodity without a reason other than «the market is going up».

Higher Treasury yields, driven by rising commodity prices, more Treasury issuances and the steady stream of solid economic news, are behind the uptick in rates over the past week.

With increased levels of volatility, a rising dollar and a potential bottoming of commodity prices, investors jumped into each of those categories in February, driving up assets in each by $ $ 527 million (volatility), $ 389 million (currencies) and $ 657 million (commodities), respectively.

This paper asks some critical questions of the concept of commodities as an asset class, noting that, historically, futures contracts have been an inconsistent hedge against inflation, and the historically high average returns of commodity futures portfolios were driven largely by choice of weighting schemes.