Sentences with phrase «hikes in the prices of»

«If airports are determined to further pad their coffers at the expense of travelers, they should own it and collect it themselves rather than burying an unjustified tax hike in the price of an airline ticket.»

But Keystone XL would wipe out the U.S. trade surplus, and a hike in the price of oil to $ 75 or $ 80 a barrel would suddenly turn it to deficit.

Euro area consumer prices rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to December, with higher energy prices making a significant contribution, along with hikes in prices of administered items, such as health care and tobacco.

The Saudi body also attributed the rise in wholesale price index to a 33.6 % hike in the prices of other goods after the prices of refined petroleum products surged 93.6 %, while pulp and paper prices increased 9.7 %

Ingredient supplier, Beneo, has announced a 20 per cent hike in the price of its sweetener Isomalt, citing rising inflation rates and the need to secure a flexible supply chain.

AFC fans have been paying through the nose to shatter gate (ticket) fee record in Europe for so many seasons, and this hike in price of ticket is meant to sustain the club and at the same time make us compete with the big clubs and if the fans have being doing it for years then let the club do it (world record fee) for once and knows what the fans are passing through all this while.

The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers» Union (GTPCWU), has kicked against a recently imposed 25 % hike in price of petroleum products.

Curiously, the hike in the price of kerosene came at a time when the price of crude oil had dropped to record low, with the price of petroleum products, such as kerosene, fuel and diesel, among others, dropping significantly in a number of countries, like the United States.

Even though a military engagement could cause a temporary hike in prices of these commodities, in the long - run, stability of the whole region is vital for the European economic interests.

Hundreds of commercial drivers and consumers of petroleum products converged on the Obra Spot at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra to protest what they describe as the persistent hikes in the prices of petroleum products.

North Americans were seeing massive hikes in the price of fuel and there just wasn't as much room out there for big V8 power.

«The tax on books and the closure of libraries is an attack on writers, bookstore owners, publishers, and students (who are being hit by this budget six ways to Sunday, through school closures, deep cuts to the university, threats to the tuition freeze, the loss of grants, job losses in the community colleges, and a hike in the price of already - expensive textbooks).

On the other hand, an increase of 0.5 % in the hourly pay has occurred in the last 3 months; also an 8.8 % has hiked in the price of gasoline and a 0.9 % inflation rate increase.

Adoption of BIM came in response to a big hike in the price of recycled steel.

Not exact matches

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Valeant Pharmaceuticals» infamous price hikes for a pair of heart drugs called nitroprusside and isoproterenol — whose prices were increased by 310 % and 720 %, respectively — had significant downstream effects on patient care.

«The current pace of repricing in fed funds is not immediately problematic for the Fed and there is yet time to price more into the curve, though we'd argue that at the June meeting, it's likely the markets will have to come to grips with the possibility of a fourth hike in 2018 and price more appropriately,» Lyngen said.

«Strong economic momentum and accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote in response to the survey.

Traders are still pricing in two rate hikes this year, based on the price of Fed funds futures contracts traded at CME Group (cme) Chicago Board of Trade.

The report highlights how global growth has lifted the fortunes of the wealthy and hiked luxury real estate prices in the top cities.

The major contributors in June were a 4.6 - per - cent increase in gasoline prices at the pump, and a two - per - cent hike in the cost of purchasing a new motor vehicle, which Statistics Canada attributed to smaller monthly price declines compared to June 2012.

But the lack of any statement about when the next one would happen moved markets that trade in future interest rates hikes, causing the price of so - called Fed funds futures to drop.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Then again, the more the market falls on the fear of an interest rate hike, the less likely it becomes that the Fed will pull the trigger on it in the near future, which will then push prices back up.

Biogen is among companies that have been singled out for criticism in recent months; the Wall Street Journal called out the company for hiking the price of MS drug Avonex — 21 times, and at an annual average rate of 16 % — over the past decade.

It is also under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney's offices in Massachusetts and New York, as well as Congress, as part of their probes into price hikes for certain drugs.

It'd probably result in a price hike — or, more likely, some sort of «premium» model — but the AirPods» unsealed design lets in a good chunk of noise if you don't crank the volume all the way up.

Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the bond market which of course is always pricing in the potential future, was pricing in only one more rate hike over the subsequent two years.

However, it's far simpler to do consistent, smaller price hikes on drugs used by a far greater number of people in order to make up for revenue gaps.

For one thing, increases in commodity prices take time to trickle down to the consumer, and hikes depend largely on the willingness of retailers to absorb added costs.

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, who has made high drug prices a recurring target in her campaign, vowed to prevent price hikes like Mylan's through an «aggressive new set of enforcement tools» last week.

At the end of the day, drug makers are allowed to price their products however they want to in the U.S. Barring some of the regulatory reforms that Trump has previously proposed but have an extremely rocky path through a GOP - controlled Congress, it's difficult to see the more subtle price hike dynamic change.

This partly reflects the fall back in the U.S. dollar on the back of rate hike delays, which has allowed commodity prices, notably oil, to rebound,» said Shane Oliver, head of Investment Strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital.

Nothing about the drug has changed in that time, and the fact that it's generic flies in the face of the argument that lack of generic competition is the reason for drastic price hikes.

When you have these kinds of price hikes, which in some cases I believe are just simply criminal and they are done because of greed, it's like putting a gun to somebody's head and saying you need to pay me this very high price for the drug or you die.

Hillary Clinton has been considered one of the biggest threats to biotech investors ever since September 2015, when she pushed biotech stocks into a bear market with a single tweet about cracking down on drug price hikes that cost the sector $ 40 billion in market value.

As China battles the seeming inevitability of a 19 per cent price hike in iron ore prices, the country's largest iron ore importer is moving quietly to stitch up more long - term supply from Western Australia.

Using case studies from states with fully legalized marijuana, California could see the price of pot increase roughly $ 2 more per gram or $ 7 more per eighth of an ounce after the price hikes set in.

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.

But while the price hike seems steep, the program has a lot of goodies added since the last price increase in March 2014.

Following the release, markets priced in a higher possibility for a third rate hike before the end of the year.

While exorbitant drug price hikes by Martin Shkreli's Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant have sparked outrage in Washington and tanked the stock prices of much of the pharmaceutical sector in the last six months, there's growing evidence that the controversy may be more smoke than fire.

However, according to Reuters, many from the solar industry have argued that the bill will have the opposite effect of resulting in thousands of layoffs and potentially hiking up consumer prices of solar panels.

Amazon will charge U.S. customers $ 119 per year to join its free delivery Prime program starting May 11, a 20 % price hike in the popular offering that also includes access to a growing library of video programming.

Money managing giant BlackRock said last week a no - hike scenario is possible for 2016, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch also tore up its forecast, now calling for one hike this year — in September, for which the market is pricing in just a 38 percent chance — and no more until March 2017.

The Fed for example fought a difficult battle with inflation in the 1970s, hiking interest rates to recession - provoking levels and eventually winning a war of credibility over its ability to rein in price increases.

Big pharma has been a persistent villain in the public's consciousness over the past year in the wake of exorbitant drug price hikes, including on ancient medications.

Gartner noted that the weakness of other currencies against the dollar had led to price hikes in certain regions, leading in turn to fewer sales.

The latest price hikes are affecting all 900 of the remaining restaurants, primarily in the Pacific, Northeast, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic areas.

While Wednesday's rate hike from the Fed was priced in, Odeluga says: «The lack of clear signals about plans to narrow monetary accommodation further — none in the statement and none discernible in chair Janet Yellen's press conference — meant that some of the dollar strength actually had to be unwound.

Clinton went on to reiterate her position that drug price hikes should be linked with better patient outcomes and demonstrated improvements in value, and demanded that Mylan «immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.»