Sentences with phrase «fuel prices fell»

But what if fossil fuel prices fell?

The exchange rate appreciation also helped to offset an increase in international crude oil prices, so that in the December quarter retail fuel prices fell by around 0.9 per cent.

«Although fuel prices fell between March 2017 and April 2017, they were 11.5 % higher than they were in April 2016, thereby having an upward effect on the inflation rate.»

Carbon taxes are a lot more complicated to implement and can create perverse incentives for nonparticipating countries to burn more carbon — because fuel prices fall as demand goes down.

Despite the rising adoption of cryptocurrencies and innovative developments being led by the bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, and Litecoin open - source developer communities along with other blockchain projects, the lack of momentum in the price of major cryptocurrencies is fueling the price fall of bitcoin.

Not exact matches

«The falling pound is driving up the price of imports and rising oil prices are being reflected in higher fuel costs,» he added.

Falling fuel costs kept Japan's core consumer prices unchanged in January from a year earlier, well below the central bank's 2 % target, highlighting the daunting task policymakers face in attempting to lift Japan out of stagnation.

Three aspiring gold miners have announced an increase in projected free cash flow for their respective projects as a result of the strong gold price, coupled with falling fuel costs.

Fuel prices have been declining over the past month due to seasonal trends and the falling price of crude, said Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.

It also gradually phased out subsidies that kept retail fuel cheap, causing prices at the pump to climb by an average of nearly 25 % since 2014, even though global oil prices fell by as much as 75 % during that period.

The reason for this is that many countries in Asia used the prior period of falling crude prices to end, or dramatically scale back, their fuel subsidies.

Costco Wholesale's quarterly profit scraped past estimates, helped by a hike in membership fees, but a fall in gross margins fueled concerns of an intensifying grocer price war, sending shares down 3.6 percent in after - market trading.

Nordic forward prices fell on Wednesday after rising for the last three sessions in a row as some market players took an opportunity to cash in the gains, while bearish fuel markets weighted on the longer - term contracts.

We predicted falling prices would make solar energy cheaper than fossil fuel in most states; that was overly exuberant.

Transportation fuel costs have already fallen sharply in concert with the drop in crude prices: prices for jet fuel, for instance, which represents 26 percent of airlines» costs, fell by 52 percent between August 2014 and mid-January 2015.

Wages and prices are assumed to fall proportionally, enabling shrinking economies to «earn their way out of debt» by squeezing out a trade surplus to earn the euros to carry the enormous mortgage debts that fueled the post-2002 property bubble, and the new central bank debt taken on to support the exchange rate.

For example, the prices of secondary education and housing have been increasing much more rapidly than the prices of other goods and services; meanwhile fuel prices have risen, fallen, risen again and fallen again — each time very sharply — in the past ten years.

He called the notion that falling oil prices, rising home prices and stronger auto sales and manufacturing would fuel above - trend 2013 growth a «fairy tale.»

[mainbodyad] With all of the talk of gas prices falling, I'm reminded of the situation a couple of years ago when fuel costs were on an upward trajectory.

FedEx's second - quarter earnings soared 23 percent, but the package delivery company missed Wall Street forecasts due partially to a lower - than - expected benefit from falling fuel prices.

And in the stock market itself, price / earnings ratios are falling as the credit that fueled stock - market speculation by hedge funds and other arbitrageurs is cut back.

With petrol prices last week climbing over 140p for a litre of unleaded fuel for the first time ever (according to Experian Catalist) and the cost of diesel lingering around record highs, sentiment towards the oil companies has unsurprisingly started to fall again.

According to Knight Frank, oil tumbled to its lowest level for nearly 12 years last week, raising the prospect of further falls in fuel prices at the pumps.

Higher interest rates, falling stock prices and a weak dollar represent a tightening of financial conditions — which have been very easy for a long time, a key source of fuel for the long bull market.

The U.K., where Wal - Mart is competing against the likes of Aldi and other low - price grocers, its same - store sales excluding fuel fell 7.5 percent.

Oil prices extended losses on Monday, falling to near $ 78 a barrel, as Europe's debt crisis roiled markets and falling personal incomes in the U.S. suggested slack demand for fuel.

However, he pointed out that global commodity prices had been falling, particularly for inputs such as sugar, oil - based plastics and fuel.

Coles Express outlets lost market share in fuel due to uncompetitive prices, with fuel volumes crashing 21 per cent after falling 16.6 per cent in the June quarter and 22 per cent in the March quarter.

Metcash attributed the fall in grocery earnings to price deflation of 1.3 per cent, which exacerbated operating deleverage, a 12.6 per cent increase in advertising and marketing investment, and intense competition in food markets, particularly the impact of excessive fuel discounts by the major chains.

Sweet potatoes prices fall as popularity fuels production.

Tesco's resurgence and a bitter price war fuelled by competition from Aldi and Lidl lead to three - month sales fall of 2.1 % at Asda

FitzPatrick has been hurt by Central New York's low wholesale power prices, which have fallen along with the price of natural gas, a common fuel for power plants.

Checks by citifmonline.com indicate that Ghanaians are not enjoying a drastic fall in fuel prices because taxes on fuel alone constitute about 70 % of the cost.

The chancellor said that following a fall in pump prices of over 20 pence per litre from the summer price, the postponed twp pence per litre fuel duty increase will go ahead from December 1st.

In the second Pricing window for the month of June 2016, (IES) can project fuel prices on the local market to fall.

So, too, will the decision to freeze fuel duty for the sixth successive year, though if ever there was a time to increase the tax surely it was now as pump prices have fallen so much.

By raising fuel duty by 1p above inflation every year it ensured tax became a large proportion of petrol pump prices, but since 2010 the proportion has fallen steeply.

Since the 1970's at least, the U.S. federal government has had an interest in alternative sources of energy, although funding for those efforts has risen and fallen with economic conditions, fuel prices, and political administrations, among other factors.

As Jiang explained, the efficiency of coal conversion technologies remains low, and coal - derived liquid fuels or coal - based synthetic gas have lost their price advantage due to falling prices for conventional energy sources.

That surge was fueled, in large part, because of a growing economy, falling coal prices and a cold winter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday in its annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

Even as motor fuels fell under cap and trade's mandates, gas prices on a statewide basis edged down.

Even with the falling price of fossil fuels, solar equipment and installation prices are diminishing as well, with California leading the nation in adoption of this technology.

Falling fuel prices might have played a role.

Stay tuned for more information on the 2016 BMW X1 crossover over the next few months, including pricing and fuel economy numbers, before it goes on sale this fall.

As gas prices have fallen over the past several months, public perception of what is considered cheap has changed, indicating Americans now have a lower tolerance for high fuel prices than in the past.

A crossover with a lower price than a Forester and better fuel economy is likely to be well received when it arrives at Subaru stores next fall.

With competition in the large luxury SUV class heating up once again thanks to a recovering economy and falling fuel prices...

Order books for the most fuel - efficient luxury car in America are now open, as the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid price was just announced, with sales scheduled to begin this fall.

As gas prices fall further below $ 3 a gallon, consumer searches for fuel - efficient vehicles have started to decline.

Many customers seem to have forgotten about fuel efficiency as gasoline prices fell, but Toyota hasn't.