Sentences with phrase «low commodity prices keep»

Gaining resources, increasing production capacity, and low commodity prices keep these small farm operations from competing in the market.

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The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

Cocoa has been the strongest commodity in 2018 as we rallied about 25 % from the low as prices may have gotten ahead of themselves, but I will keep a close eye on this market.

It «underlines the group's confidence that it can keep improving cash flows even in the current lower commodity price environment,» Morgan Stanley analyst Menno Sanderse wrote in a report today.

Keeping prices low offers a short - term benefit, but in the longer run, giveaways of chief export commodities undermines exports, which invites greater economic and political trouble.

This keeps commodity prices low and pulls down inflation.

Continued concerns over commodity prices and the pace of economic recovery both domestically and internationally has kept rates lower.