Sentences with phrase «other commodity prices rose»

The second cyclical factor that has had a major impact on our exports and business investment is the protracted recovery of the US economy — the slowest in the postwar period.10 When oil and other commodity prices rose in the years before the 2014 oil price shock, so did our dollar, making our non-commodity exports to the United States less competitive and reinforcing the ongoing shift from manufacturing to services.

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Other underperformers could include emerging - market stocks, which, while positively affected by any rise in commodity prices, would be vulnerable to further strength in the U.S. dollar, in which much of their debt is denominated.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

We know that Canada - along with other commodity - exporting countries - has benefited from the rise in commodity prices since 2002.

Among other things, my track record on predicting rising oil prices demonstrated that the traditional laws of supply and demand were no longer working for one of the economy's most basic and essential commodities.

On one side of the equation we have rising commodity prices, and on the other side we have falling bond yields.

Overall inflation has risen over the past two years, pushed up primarily by higher prices for energy and other commodities and industrial inputs.

Among commodities, oil prices moved higher as fears about rising US shale production abated somewhat, and market participants began giving more weight to the effectiveness of supply cuts by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and several other large oil - producing countries.

Rapid growth in global steel demand has also boosted contract prices for other bulk commodities; coking coal contract prices increased, on average, by 25 — 35 per cent in US dollar terms in recent negotiations, while iron ore contract prices have risen by close to 20 per cent.

As the U.S. dollar rises the general trend in commodity prices denominated in U.S. dollars is downwards because they cost more when purchased with other currencies.

Some of the price rises for Australia's important commodities, for example, signal international pressure on steel prices and non-oil energy costs, and therefore a range of other prices.

Even before the price rises for oil and other commodities seen this year, Australia had experienced a significant pick - up in inflation, in the mature phase of a long period of economic expansion.

We also still favor assets levered to rising oil prices — energy stocks and select master limited partnerships — and other commodities that should benefit from accelerating global growth.

It has been a little stronger than the other currencies in the group, as international investors have been attracted to the currency by the prospect of strongly rising commodity prices and the positive interest rate differential.

The increase in the quarter reflected a further small rise in world commodity prices and other goods export prices, coupled with gains in the services terms of trade.

The prices of other resource commodities also rose moderately in the three months to October.

World food prices posted their biggest monthly rise for four years in June, buoyed by a surge in sugar and increases for most other edible commodities, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

Global dairy prices leapt up in January rising more than any other group of food commodities in the monthly Food Price Index, published by the UN food agency.

But the rise in oil and commodity prices pushed up inflation in the UK more than in other countries, demonstrating the downsides of a policy of deliberate devaluation to which much of the British economic policy establishment remains committed as an article of faith, despite little evidence that it has done much long term good.

With the price of fossil fuels and other commodities rising, a lot of that is down to economic self - interest.

Although recently rising prices for stocks, high - yield bonds, commodities and other riskier assets would suggest otherwise, investors remain skittish over the still unresolved and quite concerning risks facing financial markets, such as the U.S. presidential election, the potentially prolonged post-Brexit renegotiations, Italian bank solvency and a slowing China.

In my opinion, you're in a precious metals «bubble» when rising prices are driven by the people's desire the own the commodity without a reason other than «the market is going up».

The prices of energy and other commodities have risen of late.

We should expect gold, crude oil, and other commodity prices to rise to reflect that.

The problem is, inflation and high commodity prices — including oil and gas prices — tend to feed on each other in a vicious circle: people stock up on commodities to hedge against inflation, which leads to even higher prices, and thus inflation continues to rise.

«The problem that we have found, and I think a lot of other manufacturers have found, is that commodity prices have risen quite a bit, and as a result, it's hard for us to keep a cap on the process,» says Larry Wright, president of The Green Pet Shop (booth 3809).

[* In my initial query to Brown, Smil and others, I noted how Paul Krugman had migrated in the last several years toward the conclusion he made in December that rising commodity prices were driven increasingly not by speculation or other such factors but by fundamental constraints on resources in the face of fast - rising demand).

Environmentalists blamed last year's changes to the country's code for the increase, but other analysts pointed to other factors including a weakening real, lack of incentives for farmers and ranchers to curb deforestation, and rising commodity prices.

The same thing happens with a variety of other commodities — when cigarette prices rise in Texas, people in North Texas who can drive up to Cherokee Country do and bring back cheaper cigarettes.

He added of 2015 - 16: «On the one hand we had an M&A boom in developed markets during calendar 2015, while on the other hand clients also had to contend with a slowdown in China, the collapse of oil and commodity prices and rising uncertainty over the UK's referendum on whether to leave the European Union.»

Prices for other commodities that might be affected by trade deals and disputes have also stopped their sharp rise since the beginning of the year.

This assuming real estate prices rise along with other commodities such as gold and silver.