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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Low - Heart - Rate Training — Perform low - heart - rate cardio sessions to reap the extra benefits: the low heart rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as fu
Low - Heart -
Rate Training — Perform low - heart - rate cardio sessions to reap the extra benefits: the low heart rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as f
Rate Training — Perform
low - heart - rate cardio sessions to reap the extra benefits: the low heart rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as fu
low - heart -
rate cardio sessions to reap the extra benefits: the low heart rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as f
rate cardio sessions to reap the extra benefits: the
low heart rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as fu
low heart
rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as f
rate will encourage your organism utilize mostly fat as
fuel.
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.