Sentences with phrase «of higher oil prices»

Ryan discusses the death of Osama Bin Laden; Ryan reviews the economic news of the week; Ryan notices the correlation between increased home sales and interest rate drops; Louis notes we can't expect the housing market to be supported by further decreases in rates as they are already near historic lows; Ryan explains that interest rates change once every four hours; Ryan notes the difference between getting a quote and being locked in to an interest rate; Ryan advises the importance of keeping in touch with your mortgage lender; Louis notes that interest rates change a lot faster than home prices; Ryan notes that the consumer confidence was up, Ryan and Louis discuss the Fed's decision to keep interest rates where they are and to continue the $ 600 billion QE2 program; Ryan and Louis discuss the Fed's view that inflation is nascent; Louis notes that not only does the Fed not see inflation that exists but disclaims any responsibility for it; Louis asserts that there is a correlation between oil prices and Fed policy; Louis discusses Ben Bernanke's assertion that the Fed can't control oil prices but that they somehow can control the impact of higher oil prices on the rest of the economy; Louis also remarks on Bernanke's view of the dollar - the claim that a strong dollar can be achieved through the Fed's current policy as it is their belief that they are creating a sound economy and therefore a sound dollar; Louis notes the irony of the Fed chastising Congress» spendthrift ways — if the Fed did not monetize the debt, Congress could» nt spend; Louis noted that as Bernanke spoke the prices of gold and silver rose as it seemed that the Fed has no interest in cutting off the easy money; the current Fed policy will keep interest rates low; Ryan notes that the Fed knows that they can't let interest rates rise because of the housing mess; Louis notes that the Fed has a Hobson's Choice - either keep rates low or let interest rates rise and cut off the recovery.

The many benefits of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) include: small seasonal and daily variations in availability, benign environmental performance and by - products in a family of deep ocean water applications, for example food (aquaculture and agriculture) and potable water, and improving economics as a result of higher oil prices.

The obvious beneficiary of higher oil prices, ever since the 1970s, is of course the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia.

However, the prospect of higher oil prices in 2017 could reignite the province's housing market.

It's the result of higher oil prices.

The rise in yields began to unwind in late March, however, in response to the fall in global equity prices and growing concern about the impact of higher oil prices on global economic activity.

After two years of contraction, Russian GDP returned to growth of 1.5 percent last year on the back of higher oil prices, still short of a government target of 2 percent.

Even so, economic growth in the third quarter outpaced the bank's expectations, partly as a result of higher oil prices and improved growth in developing nations.

Going forward, as I mentioned earlier, a number of characteristics in the marketplace or in the economy would argue for gold — whether that's monetary policy or rising inflation expectations on the back of higher oil prices and job growth.

A large part of the rise in the September quarter reflected the impact of higher oil prices and the importation of a number of lumpy capital imports, including some civil aircraft and defence equipment.

The impact of higher oil prices on the country's current account deficit and inflation rate, the Indian banking system's struggles with demonetization, scandals, bad loans and a government looking ahead to next year's general election have all taken a toll on investor sentiment.

Western Australian exporters expect a tough three months ahead as business adjusts to the impact of higher oil prices and exchange rate fluctuations, but the longer - term outlook remains strong.

The combination of higher oil prices and ultra-low borrowing costs would have caused the economy to overheat, driving annual inflation to 4 %, well outside the central bank's comfort zone of 1 % to 3 %.

The company said in February that it planned to buy back up to $ 5 billion of stock over 2018 - 2020 to share the benefits of higher oil prices with investors.

«However, the impact of high oil prices on CAD are typically more powerful when they are high on the back of demand versus supply issues,» Sutton said in a research note.

All the while, the industry thrived financially under a combination of high oil prices, low natural gas prices (a major input cost), recession - induced relief from cost inflation and a reduced cost of capital as majors and foreign national oil companies gobbled up wobbly juniors.

Expensive oil made sense only because of the longest period ever of high oil prices in real dollars from late 2010 until mid-2014.

Demand destruction followed periods of high oil prices from 1979 - 1981 (Iran - Iraq War) and from 2007 - 2008 (demand growth from China).

Not long ago it wasn't that uncommon to see a US president fly to Saudi Arabia to plead for more production and relief from the economic yoke of high oil prices.

Looking back at the cost gap figure above, the potential revenue generated by EOR is only about $ 50 - 60 / ton, and that is in the best plays under the assumption of high oil prices.

Biofuels don't help, but biofuels are the result of high oil prices, which are the result of poor incentives to bring oil up (both because of low yielding U.S. assets and political resentment over U.S. foreign policy).

In addition to the direct effects of high oil prices, broader upstream inflationary pressures were apparent, including further increases in building construction prices.

In tandem, the era of high oil prices prompted an increase in saving among oil producers... Using the increase in emerging markets» current account surplus as a guide suggests the desired saving schedule has shifted to the right by 1pp as a result of the EM saving glut, which lowers the global real rate by round 25bps.

But even with the aid of high oil prices, the supermajors haven't offered investors any returns to write home about.

After four years of calm, the age old policy dilemmas that India faces in times of high oil prices are back to haunt the nation and its government.

He said although the era of high oil prices might not be here now, the petroleum industry remained critical to the nation's economy now and in the future.

But many leisure travellers are putting off flying because of the impact of high oil prices,» said Bisignani.

His study attributes the expected growth in oil output largely to a combination of high oil prices and new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing that are opening up vast new areas and allowing extraction of «unconventional» oil such as tight oil, oil shale, tar sands and ultra-heavy oil.

The only qualification I'd make is that you need a fairly hefty tax on petrol, or the return of high oil prices, to induce the shift to electric vehicles you envisage.

I wonder how much of that is on account of high oil prices (the US could bring them down by drilling in the Monterey county Shale deposit, which is estimated to have 3 years of oil for the US at current US oil consumption rates), ANWR, off - shore, etc..

While in Britain researchers have found organic sales suffering slightly as consumers feel the gloom of high oil prices and global economic woes, in Denmark organic food consumption,

A new organization, appropriately named the Green New Deal Group, has picked up on this idea and is laying out an ambitious 100 month agenda that it says is necessary to prevent dangerous global warming, reports the BBC.Tackling the triple crisis of energy prices, the credit crunch and climate change Comprising a number of experts from the fields of finance, energy and the environment, this group has issued a list of proposals that it claims will tackle the threats of high oil prices, climate change and the credit crisis.

We've always been concerned about the effect of high oil prices on food - production costs, and those are very real, given the oil intensity of world agriculture today.

Not exact matches

Brent oil prices eased off four - month highs of just over $ 75 a barrel set on Monday on worries that Trump may pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thus bring back sanctions on its oil output.

The price of oil has risen to its highest since late 2014 this month, driven by concern over the potential for disruption to Iranian crude flows, but analysts say the degree of uncertainty hanging over the deal means the market is extremely sensitive to any developments.

Continental posted net income of $ 233.9 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share, in the year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's production costs were higher.

NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters)- Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four - month high, but worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.

The higher the oil price the Saudis (or OPEC) target and possibly reach, the more areas in the U.S. would be profitable to drill and add to the global oil supply, potentially wiping out the effect of the cuts and depressing oil prices again.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

NEW YORK, April 24 - Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday after Brent hit its highest level since November 2014, supported by strong demand, OPEC - led production cuts, and the prospect of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran.

SINGAPORE, April 24 - International oil prices hit their highest levels since late 2014 on Tuesday, pushed up by expectations of renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran and as OPEC continues withholding supplies amid strong demand.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher as energy stocks advanced while oil prices hit a 16 - month high and traders took in a mixed batch of U.S. earnings.

For the full year, Exxon reported profits of $ 19.71 billion, its highest annual earnings since the start of an oil price slide in 2014, when it earned $ 32.52 billion.

Nonetheless, Saudi Arabia's economy is still largely predicated on oil and, with oil prices rising on the back of Saudi - led OPEC and non-OPEC producers curbing oil supply, the kingdom's finance minister said he welcomed higher prices but they would not affect spending limits.

The price of oil could then spike in the future if the lower oil production meets higher than expected demand.

Oil prices have recently hit their highest levels since the end of 2014.

Brent oil prices eased off four - month highs of just over $ 75 a barrel set on Monday on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump may pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thereby bring back sanctions on its oil output.

With oil selling for around $ 100 a barrel and gasoline prices high, sales of cars that plugged in rather than filled up were beginning to climb.

Oil prices slid more than one per cent on Tuesday as the US dollar remained near a four - month high, but worries that US President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.

According to Dan Nathan of RiskReversal.com, selling put options is a good way to collect a high premium from investors who are worried oil prices will fall even further.