Not exact matches
Economists were disappointed with the stall in imports, but were encouraged
by the
rise in
consumer goods imports as this was a sign domestic
demand was holding firmer.
Crudely put, the theory states that when inflation
rises above a prescribed level (typically around 2 %), central banks must respond
by raising interest rates, which quells
consumer demand and causes inflation to fall back to «acceptable» levels.
Turkey's
demand for gold surged
by more than a third in the first quarter, as
consumers flocked to the precious metal as a protection against a tumbling currency and
rising inflation.
Rising home prices can help bolster
consumer demand, as the home is
by far the most valuable property most Americans own.
As
consumer demand rises for healthier options, we have decided to separate ourselves from other companies
by developing a product that provides a wide range of health benefits without unnecessary ingredients that are widely found in the health product and beverage industries.
This growth will be largely influenced
by changing
consumer behavior resulting from hectic lifestyles,
rising disposable income, and
demand for convenience.
Group turnover for H1
rose 7 % to NZ $ 10bn due to commodity prices and higher volume sales (+5 % y / y), driven
by strong
demand for branded
consumer products and ingredients (the latter turned over NZ $ 8bn in H1, +10 %).
The Good Food movement has gained major ground in recent years, driven
by fast -
rising consumer demand for better and healthier products.
Cargill is expanding the cocoa pressing capacity of its Ilhéus plant in Brazil
by 25 % The investment is designed to help the plant keep up with
rising consumer demand for chocolate and cocoa products.
However,
rising water scarcity — made worse
by climate change — could impact the Indian manufacturing sector's future ability to meet Chinese
consumer demand.
The challenge for WHEAT is no less than to raise the productivity, affordability and quality of wheat and wheat - based foods for 2.5 billion resource - poor
consumers in 89 countries today, as well as meeting
rising demand from a world population expected to surpass 9 billion
by mid-century.
Gold and silver mining companies may also be adversely affected
by changing inflation expectations, the availability of alternatives, disruptions in the supply chain,
rising production costs,
rising regulatory compliance costs, increased environmental regulations, and changes in industrial, government and global
consumer demand.
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What you can see on eBay is the
rise of both traditional eco-friendly products,
demand for products that are made with Fair Trade practices — like those found on WorldOfGood
by eBay — as well as people thinking more about how they can be more sustainable
consumers;
by using what already exists in the world today and turning to eBay to buy existing products.
clean energy innovation improving
consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance
demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources
by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble
rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed
by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-
consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy
demand response energy efficiency
Change is urgently being
demanded by market forces — shifts in
consumer habits, intolerable
rising costs to advertisers and through a nearly universal dissatisfaction with the advertising models that have dominated (plagued) the U.S. digital economy.
«All told, increasing
consumer sales, greater
demand for space
by retailers and insufficient growth in new supply suggest that rents and occupancy will likely be
rising at a healthy rate over at least the near term,» writes RBC Capital Markets REIT analyst Rich Moore.
The coming year will see an increased scrutiny of the value of real estate listings syndication; a renewed debate around broker control of listings data and its distribution channels; and a
rising demand among
consumers and real estate professionals for higher - quality data, according to more than a dozen industry experts contacted
by Inman News.