Sentences with phrase «puts price pressure»

This would potentially put some price pressure on the preferred share market in the short - term, but any pullbacks could represent opportunity to source higher yields.

I want to like this tablet because of the relatively low price, and I'm happy that Toshiba has put some price pressure on its competitors, but considering that it's possible to get better tablets for less money, the price still isn't low enough, and the specs are just a little too low to give it a proper thumbs up despite its fancy exterior.

This could put pricing pressure on the current U.S. tech companies.

We're glad to see another player putting price pressure on the unlocked phone market, but for now we'll have to wait and see how the GetHuawei store expands to even more devices in the future.

Echo device morph into the Echo Plus, which adds a home networking hub, while the baseline Echo has become smaller and softer with a fabric exterior, putting price pressure on the passed - over Echo Tap.

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Lululemon isn't the only retailer facing headwinds as American shoppers deal with an uncertain economic recovery and more U.S. giants, such as Target, move into what's already a competitive retail space in Canada and put pressure on pricing.

The price dive could put pressure on the federal government to the tune of $ 2.5 billion annually for the next four years, according to a fall economic update from Ottawa, and oil - producing provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are staring down revenue and royalty losses worth billions.

Amy Price, senior food and drink analyst at market research firm Mintel, told CNBC via email: «The deterioration in the exchange rate will put upward pressure on prices of imported goods, including wine.

The committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D - MD), along with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - VT) have been putting pressure on pharmaceutical companies to disclose more information about how they set prices.

Gravity did lose a few customers: Some objected to what seemed like a political statement that put pressure on them to raise their own wages; others feared price hikes or service cutbacks.

All too often we feel the pressure to put a price on something before we have enough information to accurately do this.

I do think it is possible that rising inflation puts a downward pressure on [stock price] multiples.

Branded drug price deflation and fewer expected new drug launches continue to put pressure on industry profits, and AmerisourceBergen has been working to counter those effects.

The Fed policymakers reason that a bigger supply of debt should put downward pressure on Treasury prices and deliver a corresponding lift to yields.

The CPI isn't the Fed's favourite inflation, and the collapse of energy prices are putting extreme downward pressure on overall prices.

That puts pressure on commodity prices and drives up inflation.

??? But the price of corn is going to be high enough that people are going to want to plant corn, only that corn acreage is going to come in and infringe on the soybean,» he says, adding that increased Chinese demand for soybean oil will mean fewer acres for cotton — putting even more pressure on an industry that's already feeling the pinch.

Amazon and Whole Foods can «engage in low - cost pricing and it also going to put pressure on wages,» Ro Khanna tells CNBC.

Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, which had put pressure on the company to pursue strategies to boost its stock price, said it would vote for the deal.

Amazon and Whole Foods can «engage in low - cost pricing and it is also going to put pressure on wages,» he says.

He expects Amazon to put pressure on grocery stores to lower prices.

All of those outcomes would put pressure on oil prices.

This puts deflationary pressure on prices in Canada, since imports are relatively less expensive when priced in Canadian dollars.

«The impact on sales tax from oil prices being down is really what's putting the pressure on the budget situation.

Price - conscious millennial shoppers drifting to stores and websites of newer players such as Denmark's Pandora A / S and online jeweler Blue Nile, which sell sterling silver jewelry starting from $ 35, have put more competitive pressure on Tiffany.

The central bank noted in its statement that «financial vulnerabilities in the household sector continue to edge higher,» which is the Governing Council's way of saying that ultra-low borrowing costs continue to put upward pressure on asset prices and personal debt.

A global glut in oil could put more downward pressure on crude prices, reports CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis.

Walmart has been cutting prices, so - called «price investments» in retail parlance, on hundreds of products across categories, putting pressure on dollar stores.

Over the medium and long - term, this could lead to a supply - demand imbalance and ultimately put strong upward pressure on the price of gold.

«We don't completely know (why),... But one of the ingredients is that maybe somehow technology and globalization is putting downward pressure on wages and prices and that's holding back inflation from competitive pressures but we're seeing global growth,» he said.

Normally this would put remarkable pressure on the price of gold — higher yields raise the opportunity cost of buying gold — but over the same period, the U.S. dollar has steadily weakened and is now officially in a bear market.

These three western cities are experiencing strong population growth, which has put some upward pressure on home prices.

Of course, the extra investment would also require companies to hire, putting upward pressure on wages and prices.

The main issue continues to be the potential for the Chinese economy to run too hot, putting upward pressures on the prices of goods and services and on housing prices.

While structural factors such as technological change - related disruptions and globalization will put a cap on underlying price pressures, the strength of cyclical factors will outweigh the structural factors, in our view.

Heads» up, burger barons: McDonald's has a low - priced approach that's going to put more pressure on the U.S. fast - food industry next year.

The U.S. dollar depreciated as investors sought higher returns elsewhere, putting downward pressure on foreign interest rates and upward pressure on global asset prices and foreign currencies.

The excess supply of housing is putting downward pressure on rents, which represent a large share of the consumer price index (CPI)(Chart 27).

After all, the catalysts for the volatility we saw in January and February are still here: excess supply putting pressure on oil prices, disappointing earnings, and slowing global growth.

The huge pool of low - cost labour that this has brought into play has put sustained downward pressure on a wide range of prices of internationally traded goods.

While the re-balancing of global oil markets is progressing, record - high crude and gasoline inventories continue to put downward pressure on prices.

The option framework predicts how investors will behave as long as they understand that a lot of selling puts downward pressure on prices and a lot of buying upward pressure, and in a purely speculative market, this is pretty much the only thing investors have to understand.

Speaking of the Treasury, they've got to pretty massively increase the supply of bonds to the market to fund the deficits induced by the tax cut and spending bill, which puts downward pressure on bond prices and upward pressure on yields.

Some analysts think this could put downward pressure on the price.

Sluggish global growth and muted inflation continue to put pressure on commodity prices, particularly those most exposed to global growth, like prices for industrial metals and oil.

While not captured by current antitrust doctrine, the pressure Amazon puts on publishers merits concern.285 For one, consolidation among book sellers — partly spurred by Amazon's pricing tactics and demands for better terms from publishers — has also spurred consolidation among publishers.

The uncertainty created by a tumultuous global economy and uncertainty about the future means B2B buyers give extra attention to driving down costs and putting more pressure on reducing price whenever they can.

Divesting DirecTV would eliminate the price decrease for millions of DirecTV consumers predicted by the government itself, and divesting Turner would eliminate the content innovations and the advertising benefits that put downward pressure on Turner prices,» AT&T said in a court filing.

China's demand for resources to supply its industrial expansion has put upward pressure on prices for steel and its raw materials (iron ore, coking coal), and on the costs of shipping.

Since then, adverse weather has limited prospects for crop supplies more than the government expected, and crude oil is up 42 percent from a year earlier, putting more pressure on agricultural prices, Hart said.