Sentences with phrase «effects of lower oil prices»

While we believe that temporary factors have amplified the drop in services inflation, the ECB will likely worry about potential second - round effects of lower oil prices and currency appreciation on the price of some other (non-energy) goods and services, including on Non-Energy Industrial Goods inflation which fell sharply, from 0.7 % to 0.3 % in February.

The supply side will also feel the effects of lower oil prices.

The negative effects of lower oil prices hit the economy right away, and the various positives - more exports because of a stronger U.S. economy and a lower dollar, and more consumption spending as households spend less on fuel - will arrive only gradually, and are of uncertain size.

With the economy expected to resume above - potential growth in the near term, our expectation is that inflation will converge on 2 per cent as the output gap closes and the temporary effects of low oil prices and past exchange rate depreciation dissipate.

Vice Chair Fischer's March 7th speech highlighted optimism on inflation and positive effects of low oil prices

In the table below, I estimate the effect of lower oil prices on green / clean energy companies and corporate bonds issued by energy companies:

Looking ahead, the economy is expected to pick up its pace, helped in part by the positive effect of lower oil prices on consumer spending.

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Clearly, the first - order effect of falling oil prices for these companies is lower input costs, with the degree of reduction dependent on both foreign - exchange effects and the companies» degree of exposure to oil prices.

«Rates are of course extraordinarily low,» Poloz said, adding the bank cut rates by 50 basis points in 2015 to counteract the effects of the oil price shock.

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The bank reduced its trend - setting rate twice in 2015 to the very low level of 0.5 per cent to help the economy as it struggled with the effects of the oil - price shock.

The low price of oil has had an effect on recreational property markets in regions where buyers are typically employed by the oil industry in both Western Canada and Newfoundland.

This analytical report looks at how the key causes of the current food crisis are the combined effects of speculation in food stocks, extreme weather events, low cereal stocks, growth in biofuels competing for cropland and high oil prices.

While it does not necesarily follow from this, it is not illogical to assume that recent increases in oil and gas prices have had a greater effect on US than European demand, particularly since, with historically lower energy prices, the US has not made many of the lower - hanging efficiency investments that have already been made in Europe.

However, a negative leakage (i.e., leakage having the effect of reducing emissions) could also occur due to a lowering in demand and price for oil and gas.

With the price of key oil benchmark Brent crude still hovering at around six - year lows of just under $ 50 per barrel, local law firms are seeing a reduction in work as projects are put on hold or suspended, with many saying they felt the deepest effects of the drop in oil prices during the summer.