Sentences with phrase «primarily by higher prices»

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

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April 23 (Reuters)- Barrick Gold Corp, the world's largest gold miner by output, reported a 5 percent rise in first - quarter adjusted profit on Monday, primarily reflecting higher gold prices and lower depreciation.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

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Excluding the impact of currency, Adjusted EBITDA increased primarily due to gains from cost savings initiatives (2), lower overhead costs and favorable pricing, which was partially offset by higher input costs and lower volume / mix.

Pricing increased 5.7 percentage points, primarily driven by actions to offset higher input costs in local currency.

Excluding the impact of currency, Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 3.6 percentage points, primarily reflecting favorable pricing and lower overhead costs that were partially offset by higher input costs in local currency.

Despite lower production levels, adjusted net earnings, operating cash flow, and free cash flow all increased compared to the prior - year period, primarily driven by higher gold prices.

He proposes that vitamin D's toxic effect is primarily the result of higher levels leading to a deficiency of vitamin K and postulates that patients can be given higher doses of vitamin D, potentially offering greater therapeutic value, by administering vitamins A, D and K simultaneously.41 It is hoped that future studies will evaluate their interactions, in order to better treat patients, and support public health efforts, as recently proposed by the Weston A. Price Foundation to the National Institutes of Health43 as the agency considers the Strategic Nutrition Research Agenda.

This is primarily due to the fact that they are sourced by Hachette and often carry a higher price tag.

Revenue and profit growth is primarily driven by new stores, higher volumes, and used car price inflation.

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) predicts prices will drop by about 7.8 % in 2017 in B.C., primarily due to a lack of supply of higher - priced single family homes in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver areas.

Living the dream on card rewards Those who don't know us very well may think we are living the high life, but the truth is that our $ 250 hotel room near the line of totality during the eclipse was booked for 3,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points; our flight to Wyoming was 100 percent free on a private plane thanks to a crazy JetSmarter promotion for those who could prove they had a million miles; our resort complete with water slides and a lazy river in San Antonio was booked using an annual credit card award night when the room normally costs $ 300 - plus per night; our amazing room at the Park Hyatt New York was booked using 30,000 Hyatt points per night when the selling price was almost $ 1,000 per night; and most of our other flights were booked via a collection of airline miles and credit card points that were primarily earned by leveraging our everyday spending for major rewards.

That said, reducing emissions by blocking the pipeline would likely be far more costly (primarily in terms of higher world oil prices but also, potentially, in terms of reduced Bakken production) than almost any other emissions - cutting approach that serious people contemplate.

Building on my weekend «Reality Check on Ambitious Climate Targets,» here are two «Your Dot» views of energy and climate paths for California and the rest of the planet, one offered by Alan Nogee, an energy consultant who was until recently the leader of the Clean Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Thomas J. Crowley of the University of Edinburgh, a veteran of decades of climate research who here writes primarily as a resident of a place, Scotland, where energy prices are very high.

Recent high oil prices were primarily caused by the cut - off of Libyan Continue reading The Price of Gasoline →

When trying to justify the higher sticker prices its methods will impose on vehicle buyers, EPA's analysis rests primarily (again, 56 to 73 percent, depending on the other assumptions) on the view that it will be directly doing these buyers a favor, by making them buy more fuel efficient cars that will pay for themselves.

Yet RGGI hasn't induced a robust enough carbon price to drive down emissions, primarily because the initial emissions «cap» was set 45 % higher than actual emissions by the covered power plants and wasn't tightened enough to actually «bind» until four years later.

This change is induced primarily by concerns over high fossil fuel prices, greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel import dependence.

Scalloped hammerhead sharks are on the globally Endangered species list, and are often targeted by fishermen for their fins, which attract high prices primarily for the Chinese market.

But as reported by the National Association of Realtors, home prices are skyrocketing, primarily due to a high demand and a limited supply.

a) High price volatility as investments tied to Virtual Currencies are highly unstable and are primarily based on speculations; b) Failure / closure of Virtual Currency exchanges / businesses due to any reason including action by law enforcement agencies; and c) Hacking / security compromises of cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet businesses.

The price of bitcoin continues to rise, led primarily by the exchanges in China, which have, oftentimes, been trading at a premium of $ 10 / BTC higher than the other major exchanges around the world.

Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income children.18