Sentences with phrase «global commodity prices»

These include the general background of strong demand and tight capacity, as well as rises in global commodity prices that have added to business input costs.

Probably one of the surprises in the coming year will be fresh dollar weakness combined with falling commodity prices (i.e. global commodity prices falling faster than the value of the dollar itself).

Since earlier last year, a rise in global commodity prices has provided a boost to our national income.

Some pressure is still expected to build on global commodity prices in this year's second quarter, in line with the northern hemisphere milk peak, Rabobank's latest dairy quarterly says.

The bauxite industry's significance to Guinea's economy has grown in recent years after development of huge iron ore deposits in its forested interior stalled when global commodities prices crashed in 2014.

The indirect effects are larger, though, because the currencies of America's two largest export markets — Mexico and Canada — tend to weaken when the Chinese economy slows and pushes global commodity prices lower.

This phenomenon has been observed around the globe and suggests an alternate hypothesis: Higher global commodity prices focus production and investment where it can be used most efficiently, in the plentiful previously cleared and underutilized lands around the world.

Dec 28 Indian shares were little changed on Thursday ahead of expiry of derivatives contracts and on lingering concerns over government borrowing exceeding target, but metals stocks such as Vedanta Ltd rose tracking global commodity prices.

With global commodity prices collapsing, the recycling business in China has collapsed, says China Law Blog and the New York Times.

Papież, Monika and Śmiech, Sławomir and Dąbrowski, Marek A. (2014): The impact of the Euro area macroeconomy on energy and non-energy global commodity prices.

As a result, the Canada-U.S. exchange rate tends to appreciate when global commodity prices rise (Chart 7).

Increased demand for crops to make fuel results in higher global commodity prices that can induce farmers in other countries to plow up new ground, including sensitive, high - carbon ecosystems such as tropical forests in South America and Southeast Asia or peatland in Southeast Asia.

Domestic corporate goods prices, a measure of wholesale and producer prices, have also stabilised in recent months largely due to the run - up in global commodity prices.

And China's depreciating currency amplifies the effect, since it cuts the purchasing power of Chinese buyers and puts even more downward pressure on global commodity prices.

By some estimates, demand from China is behind half the rise in global commodity prices, such as copper, oil, nickel, iron ore, coal and potash — all resources hauled from the Canadian landscape.

The fall in global commodity prices has also hurt the company: Cheaper oil, for one, means that offshore drillers have less need for General Cable's heavy - duty products.

We supply most of the energy and food consumed at home, providing a cushion against swings in global commodity prices.

Both reports illustrate that British Columbia's current prosperity is primarily due to a historic boom in global commodity prices.

From nickel to soybean oil, plywood to sugar, global commodity prices have been on a steady decline as the world's economy has lost momentum.

There are many that matter; but in Canada's case, as research at the Bank of Canada has shown for more than 20 years, the dominant explanation is global commodity prices.

Export prices in SDR terms have risen sharply over the past two years, buoyed by the steep rise in global commodity prices, while import prices have remained broadly flat, reflecting competitive pressures in global manufacturing.

Domestic corporate goods prices rose by 1.9 per cent over the year to December — the fastest pace of growth since the early 1990s — largely reflecting the run - up in global commodity prices.

But no sooner had China's industrial base started to show some positive effects from the pickup in global commodity prices — which has allowed its factories to push through some price increases after many years of producer price deflation — than several of the industrial materials most reliant on Chinese demand started to come under pressure during April.

Macquarie's fixed income, currencies and commodities division has benefited from improved client activity on the back of volatility in global commodity prices.

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

there is a larger than anticipated impact of our financial crisis and deleveraging on potential output; there has been the global commodity price shocks, exacerbated here by our depreciated exchange rate; and, of course, there is the ongoing uncertainty in the eurozone which is now acknowledged to be having an impact on growth and investment across the world, from the US to China.

Around 25 % of the UK's power now comes from renewable sources — an indigenous energy supply that creates no pollution, is immune to global commodity price rises, enables us to hit climate change targets and creates jobs and industry right here in Britain.

Low global commodity prices have impacted companies across Canada - 41 per cent experienced a decrease in business activity in 2013.

The moderate inflation rate is important at a time of rising global commodity prices, and should provide the ability to delay increasing interest rates at an early stage of a recovery period, according to the EIU.

Global commodity prices are stronger, and domestically the drought conditions have alleviated,» he adds.