Sentences with phrase «low fuel rates»

The most significant drivers were higher initial inventory markups and reduced transportation costs, partially attributable to lower fuel rates.

Not exact matches

Its policy of maintaining extremely low interest rates has been, in large part, responsible for fueling the current mania for housing.

The first major correction, however, will likely happen in a housing market fuelled by low interest rates.

Companies with high - energy inputs, like airlines, railways and miners, should also be trying to lock in long - term fuel contracts at current low rates, says Janice Plumstead, senior economist at the Canada West Foundation.

And that may be the crux: a decade of low interest rates has fuelled habitual credit reliance by consumers.

The explosion of «free money» gooses demand briefly, but then debt, even at low interest rates, never declines; and as another bust inevitably follows this latest debt - fueled boom, then the debt becomes increasingly burdensome as income and wealth both plummet.

Some see higher rates as a vote of confidence on the strength of the economy, while others consider increased borrowing costs a threat to the bull market that began amid — and was fueled by — historically low rates and extraordinary Fed stimulus.

Its central bank has been one of the most aggressive practitioners of quantitative easing — in January, it lowered interest rates below zero — which has helped fuel demand in gold around the world.

Bain said China's luxury market should also see robust growth this year «fueled by millennials and ready to wear» attire, though the growth rate would likely slow down to «low - mid teen» levels given the fast growth in 2017.

Interest rates are still low, we're seeing positive employment trends, fuel prices are extremely low,» Cornell said.

But for an economic expansion and bull market fueled by low rates, one could argue a move this quick will wreak even more havoc this time.

The relatively quick upturn, fueled by low interest rates, has left the industry struggling with a greying labor pool and huge demand.

Diesel fuel is taxed at a rate of 22 cents per gallon, 10th lowest.

Who knows how much longer this bull market, fueled by $ 4 trillion from the Fed and low interest rates, can continue.

Low interest rates helped fuel the real estate and stock market bubble by making the debt side of the balance sheet less expensive, creating a «wealth effect» as people came to believe that rising property and stock - market prices would be able to pay off their obligations.

Japan flooded its economy with credit, lowering interest rates and fueling the world's largest real estate bubble of the 1980s.

In a country where the unemployment rate is at a 20 - year low and industrial output is approaching historical highs, fueling inflation concerns, a 10 - year government bond yield of 1.5 % is totally inappropriate and will naturally spur people to buy real estate.

This bull market had been fueled by low interest rates, hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts and merger mania.

Important near - term influences on prices will be the significant increases in production costs that have occurred recently, arising from higher fuel prices, increases in a range of other commodity prices and the effect of the lower exchange rate on prices of imported inputs.

These low interest rates have in turn fueled economic booms, encouraging excessive risk taking.

Instead of stimulating investment in the real economy, low interest rates have fueled stock buybacks, M&A, and financial engineering more generally.

Plenty of writers have claimed that the Fed fueled the sub-prime boom by holding interest rates too low for too long after the dot - com crash.

FedEx and UPS rate increases recently took effect while fuel prices, a key cost for shippers, are at record lows.

And while the fuel (cheap money) that propelled the stock market higher and higher has been removed, artificially low interest rates have remained in place.

He pointed to the $ 40 billion worth of mortgage - backed securities that the U.S. Fed is buying each month, a policy designed to sop up many of the toxic subprime lending still weighing down the balance sheets of the nation's banks, but that Fisher warned is helping to fuel low mortgage rates.

On balance, it seems likely we're in a speculative bubble, fuelled by the record low interest rates of recent years and the arrival of Buy To Let investors scared of the stock market.

Don't compound them with bailout for mortgage «victims» The housing bubble that was fueled by multidecade low interest rates priced many people out of their dream homes.

i) Business mileage: many employers reimburse for fuel only at the lower HMRC approved company car fuel rates even where the employee is using his or her own car for work (usually because the employee has had a choice whether or not to receive a company car and chosen not to), rather than at the Authorised Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates of 45p for the first 10,000 business miles and 25p thereafter.

Lower fuel costs (hedging rates of 80 - 90 % for the majority of large airlines has delayed much of the benefit from low fuel prices into 2016), a faster than expected recovery of the European economy and strong performance on business travel on North Atlantic routes is benefitting the region.

In the Government's own words «These are the lowest SAP ratings, and tend to reflect the least energy efficient properties or those with the most expensive heating systems» [Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report, 2014].

«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.

Alternative fuel vehicles in this category qualify for a lower rate.

Cuomo, speaking at the downtown Strand Theatre on Wednesday, said the city contains all of the elements required to fuel economic growth, including a strong core of small businesses, a state school that acts as an idea incubator and a low corporate tax rate.

Building out the full renewable energy system in New York in the next 15 years will create 4.5 million jobs while lowering electric rates to half of what fossil and nuclear fuels will cost in the next decade, according to a recent study by Cornell and Stanford researchers.

«What the government can do, in the short term, is some of the things we have been doing - like cutting income tax for 25 million taxpayers by increasing the tax free personal allowances, keeping mortgage rates low and keeping fuel prices down by taking 20p a litre off (of) what Labour were planning.»

The experiment has potential as a source of renewable fuel, but at a solar - to - hydrogen efficiency rate of around 5 percent, the conversion rate is still too low to be commercially viable.

«Yet, despite good intentions, the program has failed to eliminate the use of residual heating fuels, and has made the least progress in low - income neighborhoods already burdened with some of the country's highest asthma rates.»

Row over ranking low - carbon fuels Brazil has curbed its deforestation rate while growing the sugar - cane industry, said Kutas.

On the other hand, in 2016 researchers found that the three - toed sloth had the lowest metabolic rate of any mammal, an adaptation that evolved to reduce fuel needs in the energy - poor forest canopy environment where it lives.

The California Air Resources Board's report on the state of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program for the compliance year 2015 indicates a compliance rate of 98 %, with a total of 5.49 million credits generated in the year.

Because oxide fuel conducts heat at a lower rate, the centre of the fuel is above the boiling point of sodium.

By giving your body the right fuel every morning, you reduce the risk of weight gain by elevating your metabolic rate and lowering the tendency to snack inappropriately.

Steady - state cardiovascular training — such as a 45 - minute jog performed at about 55 to 65 per cent of maximum heart rate — causes the body to opt for a higher percentage of fat for fuel and its lower intensity means it can be performed over an extended period of time.

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While a lower intensity within a 55 to 60 % training heart rate zone would use a greater percentage of fat for fuel, working at a higher intensity can nearly double the total calories burned in the same period.

As long as you don't teach your body to run with a more fat - oriented mixture of metabolic fuel (produced by fewer stress hormones and a lower heart rate) your heart rate won't drop.

Effectively, you need to approach this problem the other way» round: run at a lower heart rate to make you body better at running with a more fat - oriented mixture of metabolic fuel (which will allow it to produce and burn more fuel at higher rates while maintaining the same ratios).

Because of the relationship of heart rate to stress hormones to fuel utilization, the fat - burning engine is primarily active at a lower fat - burning heart rate and the sugar - burning engine is primarily active at a higher sugar - burning heart rate.

If exercising at a low intensity (or below 50 percent of max heart rate), you have enough stored fat to fuel activity for hours or even days as long as there is sufficient oxygen to allow fat metabolism to occur.

In spite of current energy trends moving towards green and renewable options, Alberta is planning on double its production of fossil fuels by 2030, meaning that higher supply will generate lower market rates, presenting a more affordable alternative to the American market.