Sentences with phrase «real dollar exchange rate»

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Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

As noted earlier, arbitrageurs obtain a twofold gain: the margin between Brazil's nearly 12 % yield on its long - term government bonds and the cost of U.S. credit (1 %), plus the foreign - exchange gain resulting from the fact that the outflow from dollars into reals has pushed up the real's exchange rate some 30 % — from R$ 2.50 at the start of 2009 to $ 1.75 last week.

These paybacks have pushed up the yen's exchange rate by 12 % against the dollar so far during 2010, prompting Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa to announce on Tuesday, October 5, that Japan had «no choice» but to «spend 5 trillion yen ($ 60 billion) to buy government bonds, corporate IOUs, real - estate investment trust funds and exchange - traded funds — the latter two a departure from past practice.»

Brazil Segment revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in bran processing levels as well as a 12 % quarter over quarter decline in the average Brazilian Real versus US Dollar exchange rate.

Brazil Segment revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in throughput as well as a 27 % quarter over quarter decline in the average Brazilian Real versus US Dollar exchange rate.

Because most prices are already being set according to a $ 13 or $ 14 peso - dollar exchange rate they reason that this should have a limited effect on the real economy.

Technically, the transaction involves in - game currency — called Linden dollars — but those virtual dollars can be readily exchanged for real ones, currently at the rate of roughly 250 to 1.

For instance, an U.S. investor in Canadian stocks would have experienced real returns with a standard deviation of 16.8 % in local currency, 4.6 % in exchange rate and 18.4 % in U.S. dollar terms.

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Currency: Australian Dollar ($ A) Market Exchange Rate (5/24/02): US $ 1 = $ A1.79 Nominal Gross Domestic (GDP, 2001E): U.S. $ 365.8 billion Real GDP Growth Rate (2001E): 4.1 % (2002F): 3.8 % Inflation Rate (2001E): 4.3 % (2002F): 3.0 % Unemployment Rate (2001E): 6.9 % (2002F): 7.0 % Current Account Balance (2001E): - $ 15.3 billion (2002F): - $ 16.9 billion Major Trading Partners: Japan, other Far East, European Union, United States Major Export Products: crude materials, food and live animals, mineral fuels and lubricants Major Import Products: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals

If a virtual currency is listed on an exchange and the exchange rate is established by market supply and demand, the fair market value of the virtual currency is determined by converting the virtual currency into U.S. dollars (or into another real currency which in turn can be converted into U.S. dollars) at the exchange rate, in a reasonable manner that is consistently applied.

«The U.S. dollar - euro exchange rate movements make unhedged European real estate look increasingly cheap and U.S. investors remain convinced that mis - pricing opportunities exist across the continent,» RCA's Mallinson said by e-mail.