On the other hand, the percentage of Americans suggesting prices are increasing as a result of the economic forces of supply and demand increased from 10 % to 15 %, while 6 % now point to speculators and 4 % to
the shrinking value of the dollar and the poor U.S. economy — both new reasons not even mentioned a year ago.
Not exact matches
The decreasing reserves mostly reflect the rising U.S.
dollar (which
shrinks the
value of non-
dollar reserves) and a switch by some onshore Chinese corporates to yuan financing rather than U.S.
dollar financing (a welcome trend).
Later, when companies convert those sales back into
dollars, the unfavorable exchange rate
shrinks the
value of revenue earned overseas.
As the
dollar value of grants
shrinks, so does buying power: Mexican scientists purchase most
of the research materials and equipment they use from the United States.
The
value of the U.S.
dollar shrank against the Canadian
dollar.