Sentences with phrase «means lowering the price of»

You're doing a price promotion if you lower your price at all, but there's a difference between a real price promotion, which means lowering the price of your e-book significantly over the course of a few - day campaign versus setting a new (and lower) price for your book.

Not exact matches

And of course leaving people alone much of the time means spending less money on advertising, which means we can keep our prices lower.

Hartnett warns «deflationary» behavior may be required to stop the escalation of a trade war — which would mean lower stock prices and lower yields.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

A McKinsey study showed that 80 - 90 % of poorly - chosen prices are actually too low, meaning companies systematically underestimate what they can charge.

«The rational response would be to lower the rental asking price, but that would mean the value of the collateral would be lowered and the bank would be forced to write down the loan,» he says.

Instead of happily selling me the higher - priced car, Mikhial focused first on what I needed, even if it meant selling me a lower - priced vehicle.

Arbitrage means to take advantage of price differences between markets: Buy low in one place and sell high in another.

Their main effort centered on convincing people that all consumers benefit from the widest possible choice of products at the lowest possible price -; which means that consumers would be the biggest beneficiaries of lowered trade barriers.

This does not necessarily mean that low oil prices would guarantee a deficit, a government committed to balancing the books can ensure surpluses through spending deferrals or further raiding of Employment Insurance premiums, though those create their own problems.

That means you could get the greater flexibility of one - way tickets for the lower price of a round trip.

They may have achieved this position from a variety of means including a greater knowledge or experience base, exclusivity in a particular market, lower product pricing, better service options or even superior personal relationships — with special emphasis on the word «personal.»

While lower crude prices mean cheaper gasoline in the U.S., which should spur demand, that's not so much the case in other countries, where taxes represent a higher portion of the cost of gas (as in Europe).

Samuels said that while the state has among the largest budget reserves of any state, at a projected $ 10.4 billion by the middle of next year, continued low oil prices mean legislators will face some tough decisions when they return to Austin in January.

This often means fewer initial fees, more comprehensive coverage and lower price tags for top - of - the - line phones.

All three of these corporations have embraced the art of reinvention as a means to combat increasing competition, low crude prices, or to keep up with the latest developments in technology.

According to the Health Care Cost Institute, about 43 % of all spending by individuals with employer - sponsored insurance in 2011 was shoppable, meaning that it was spent on medical services whose prices could be significantly lowered without compromising quality.

Success means the reinforcement of prices and revenue stability for producers after two difficult years; failure risks starting a fourth year of stock builds and a possible return to lower prices,» the IEA added.

Another negative effect of the sequester on Redhorse has been the mandate that the government put many of its procurements up for bid under a standard called lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), which as its name suggests, basically means the lowest price possible.

All of this should eventually mean lower ticket prices for travelers.

Two weeks after Redford's remarks, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters lower government revenues follow from lower commodity prices like «night follows the day,» meaning a hard line of spending as he approaches his own coming budget.

In other words, for a lot of Canadian consumers, Target right now means low prices, not chic designs or great shopping.

The study also concluded that the inclusion of immigrant labor meant prices for computer products were 1.9 % to 2.4 % lower.

Defense's practice of giving minority companies a 10 percent price credit meant that companies owned by certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups did not have to be the lowest bidder to win federal contracts, and helped the department achieve the congressionally mandated goal.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

It's not just American companies that have grown lean and mean in this climate of lower oil prices.

«At appropriate prices — and that means at a very low multiple of current earnings — we will purchase more papers of the type we like,» Buffett wrote in 2013.

Comparing the most recent distribution of estimates with previous points in history (see chart below), there is greater clustering around the mean and noticeably shorter tails, suggesting a lower likelihood of major price swings over the next year.

First, the resource economy is going through a painful and complex adjustment to low prices — an adjustment that will mean lower levels of income, investment and employment, as well as the migration of families within Canada.

That means price increases, and that augurs inflation, which would mean, at some point, rate hikes, though up from an admittedly narrow and quite low range of 25 — 50 basis points via the federal funds rate.

Property sellers are increasingly negotiating a deal before a public auction because of fears that slowing markets will mean a lower price, but buyers should be careful.

As described in this 2015 YouTube video (embedded below), a low social credit score is meant to isolate unruly citizens from the rest of the population and deny them access to state services and benefits via travel bans, increased prices for day - to - day products, higher bank interests, and others.

Higher rates mean less investment, lower stock prices and more risk of financial instability.

But lower interest rates generally mean higher stock and bond prices, as well as increases in the value of real estate, which has been another important source of wealth for many savers, particularly seniors.

The optimist's take on this trend is that robots help Amazon keep prices low, which means people buy more stuff, which means the company needs more people to man its warehouses even though it needs fewer human hours of labor per package.

But this combination of higher savings and lower investment means that the price of borrowing those savings in order to invest — the neutral interest rate — has ground even lower.

What this means in practice is that we have kept maturities of our investments very short, particularly for low - risk issuers such as governments and agencies, while we seek out opportunities to increase portfolio yield with what we think is well - priced corporate debt.

This means that if interest rates rise the price of a high duration bond will fall more than the price of a low duration bond.

If $ TBT (which moves in the opposite direction of long - term bond prices) is poised to head higher, it means long bond prices are primed to move lower.

The force of sanctions meant the Islamic Republic had to adapt to the reality of lower oil prices much earlier than other oil exporters.

In particular, in gold terms silver is now almost as cheap as it was in early - 2003 (2 years into the most recent previous bull market), which means that it is close to its lowest price of the past 20 years.

Lower interest rates, slower amortization rates («interest - only loans»), lower down payments and easier credit terms enabled millions of Americans to take on huge debts today with the hope of reaping huge capital gains sometime in the future — or simply to avoid having to pay more as home prices rose beyond their mLower interest rates, slower amortization rates («interest - only loans»), lower down payments and easier credit terms enabled millions of Americans to take on huge debts today with the hope of reaping huge capital gains sometime in the future — or simply to avoid having to pay more as home prices rose beyond their mlower down payments and easier credit terms enabled millions of Americans to take on huge debts today with the hope of reaping huge capital gains sometime in the future — or simply to avoid having to pay more as home prices rose beyond their means.

The earnings yield (earnings per share divided by the share price, or the inverse of the price - to - earnings ratio) still looks attractive versus real (after inflation) bond yields, meaning stocks may be cheaper than they look in a low - rate world.

Eurozone officials are unanimous that it means a commitment to financial war against labor — to austerity and yet further economic shrinkage; to faster privatization selloffs (but not to Russians if they offer higher prices, as Gazprom did) and hence higher prices for hitherto public utilities; to no rejection of past insider privatization deals to higher value - added taxes on consumers; and to lower pensions for labor.

By now, it should be obvious that the Saudis and their Gulf allies are playing the long game when it comes to the current oil situation, and that means keeping the taps flowing in the midst of a global glut no matter how low prices go.

If households are prepared to commit 50 % of net income to housing, low rates mean high prices.

If this is true, in my view, it means that a lack of demand at the current stock price — $ 37 — would have necessitated pricing the deal significantly lower in order to place the shares.

Higher retail sales, higher home prices, and general economic strength should generate more revenues for municipalities, which could also mean reduced issuance of new bonds and lower muni yields for investors.

Thereby, the Bank of Japan means to secure low or negative real interest rates and set in motion a self - reinforcing dynamics of rising inflation expectations, an improving output gap, and broad actual increases in prices and wages (view post here).

In our view, the underlying fundamentals of global economic and earnings growth remain positive, meaning pullbacks like the current one may be an opportunity to add stocks at lower prices if appropriate for your situation.