Sentences with phrase «sharp fall this week»

Gold suffered a sharp fall this week as better - than - expected U.S. economic data raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve may start scaling back its $ 85 - billion - per - month bond - buying program earlier than anticipated.

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A federal government report released last week found there had been a sharp fall in the number of new apprentices.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

Investors hedging against a sharp fall in equity markets in the coming 12 weeks has also reached its highest level since the onset of the global financial crisis, the bank said.

Gold jumped 2.3 percent to a six - week high yesterday as sharp falls on stock markets globally led to renewed demand for gold as a haven.

Fidelity - owned funds cut their stake by 2.54 per cent in PC Jeweller last week and one of the company's promoters Balram Garg believes the continuation of the sharp fall in PC shares this week could be due to further selling by the foreign investor of its remaining stake.

However, recent weeks have seen sharp falls in base metals prices in response to market concerns over the sustainability of growth in China.

The U.S. oil - rig count fell by 13 to 400 in the latest week, according to Baker Hughes Inc., maintaining a recent clip of sharp declines.

Global stock markets fell Monday, led by a sharp dive in Japan, as traders awaited a packed schedule of economic data releases this week in the U.S. and a key meeting of the Federal Reserve.

Obviously, that has not been the case, as sharps appear to be all over the Colts this week, with 70 % of the money falling on Indy.

After the first debate her mentions are at least double those of any other party leader and while there is then a sharp fall, she remains ahead of her competitors until almost a week after both debates.

Right now, the only way for free - range farmers to prevent the behavior is beak trimming, a euphemism for cutting off the sharp tip of a bird's beak with a hot blade or directing infrared rays into its inner tissue until the tip falls off a few weeks later.

In Chloé this week, we found this beautiful Marcie at the top of the page, and what a bag!Katran26 added this sharp satchel to her collection, and we are sure this purse will see a lot of action this fall.

St. Paul — Only weeks after going into effect this fall, Minnesota's «open enrollment» plan, which allows 11th - and 12th - grade students to take college courses with tuition paid by per - pupil state foundation aid, has come under sharp attack on economic and constitutional grounds.

Weekly Rate Report, Jan. 11, 2012: Average APR drops following First Premier move — Interest rates on new credit card offers fell this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, due to a sharp APR drop for the priciest card in our survey.

The number of hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies more than doubled in the four months to Feb. 15, despite sharp falls in the value of the virtual coins in recent weeks, data from fintech research house Autonomous NEXT showed on Thursday.

After hitting two - year highs earlier in the week, bitcoin prices fell notably entering Wednesday, nearing correction territory after enjoying a sharp rally.