Sentences with phrase «stronger than the demand»

Here's why: Currently, rent prices are high relative to monthly mortgage payments and the demand for rentals remains stronger than the demand to buy homes.

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While the high level of existing debt means rate hikes will have a stronger impact in cooling demand than they did in previous years, it is still too soon to know just how much of an effect the bank's three rate hikes have had, Poloz said.

Demand in the three main geographic regions should remain well oriented and the environment characterized by a stronger euro1 and higher raw materials costs than in 2017.

But Mortimer - Lee said the report's details were «much better than the overall total, with domestic demand very strong and inventories and net trade making a big subtraction.»

Early demand has been stronger than analysts expected, and many have begun revising their sales projections for Sovaldi's first year on the U.S. market.

MANILA, May 3 (Reuters)- East Asian economies are expected to grow faster than previously thought this year, the ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on Thursday, driven by strong domestic demand, solid exports and stable inflation.

While demand for «low - end» apartments priced at $ 1 million to $ 2 million remains strong, sales of apartments of more than $ 5 million will get tougher.

U.S. oil demand in August was slightly stronger than previously estimated, but still down nearly 1 percent from a year ago, the U.S. government said Wednesday.

The final price was slightly higher than the expected range of $ 17 and $ 19, Reuters said, suggesting strong demand for shares in the company, which is best known for its raunchy Super Bowl ads.

With demand for coding skills stronger than ever, today there are more than 500,000 unfilled programming - related positions across the country, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million more software development jobs than applicants qualified to fill them.

Last month, the USDA raised its 2016 butter price forecast due to stronger - than - expected domestic demand.

The underlying factors driving the strength of the loonie have implications on how the BoC responds; the BoC is more forgiving if a stronger dollar is driven by fundamentals (i.e. greater foreign demand for Canadian goods / services) rather than investment flows.

While sales of its mass - market VW brand have suffered, this has been more than offset by strong demand for luxury Audi and Porsche models as well as Czech brand Skoda.

«It may signal stronger - than - expected demand in Asia,» Fritsch said.

Accenture's net revenue rose 4.7 % to $ 8.32 billion, helped by strong demand for its digital, cloud and security - related services, which make up more than 40 % of revenue.

Sales at gasoline stations rose 0.9 %, but that had more to do with higher oil prices than stronger demand.

iPhones aside, KGI notes that the Apple Watch Series 3 with GPS + LTE is seeing «significantly stronger - than - expected pre-order demand» based on longer ship times of around 3 - 4 weeks.

Although lead - acid batteries will continue to account for more than 62 percent of secondary battery demand in 2015, sales of lithiumbased rechargeable batteries, which are widely used in both portable devices and hybrid vehicles, will record the strongest increases.

KGI believes the iPhone X may be impacting iPhone 8 sales while the Apple Watch Series 3 is seeing stronger - than - expected demand.

JetBlue reported stronger than expected profits as strong demand helped offset higher fuel cost.

Another report from the Commerce Department showed new orders for U.S. - made goods rose more than expected in March, boosted by strong demand for transportation equipment and a range of other products, but business spending on equipment appeared to be slowing.

Beijing is trying to boost domestic liquidity in the hopes that this will generate stronger domestic demand, but expanding liquidity fuels capital outflows, and these put downward pressure on the currency, while increasing PBoC concerns about the monetary impact of money leaving the economy which, as an article in last week's FT argues, might be worse than we think.

With iPhone 6s demand seeming less «strong» than the demand for iPhone 6 had been,...

But the overall impact is uneven with demand for top end property worth more than $ 30 million remaining strong while sellers are heavily discounting small inner - city apartments in high density zones.

Boosted by the bullish supply - demand reports, oil prices rallied on Monday, with Brent hitting a more than two - year high on strong oil demand growth and the threat to Kurdish oil exports over the referendum on independence.

The Paris - based energy agency said that demand in OECD countries (i.e., rich industrialized countries that tend to have weak demand growth rates) «continues to be stronger than expected, particularly in Europe and the U.S.»

But taken altogether, Goldman says the impact of Harvey will be stronger on demand than it will for supply.

Diesel demand surged after Hurricane Harvey knocked offline more than 20 percent of U.S. refinery capacity at the peak of shutdowns, but demand was strong even before the storm, according to executives and analysts.

The expected strong demand growth, coupled with OPEC's production cuts, is making oil analysts and traders at the Singapore conference more bullish this year than at the same event last year, according to Bloomberg.

In addition, regional prices could increase due to refinery problems, production cuts, stronger than anticipated demand or hurricanes that impact distribution and production.

Then Q2 oil demand growth figures started coming in, and showed that demand growth was stronger than expected and would continue to be robust in the months to come.

The deficit was still 13.6 percent smaller than the ¥ 1.09 trillion deficit recorded a year ago, as exports grew 12.2 percent to ¥ 6.09 trillion helped by strong demand for hybrid cars and semiconductor production machinery from China.

Initial demand has been strong, with Blossom on track to finance more than 200 micro-businesses just within its initial private beta and first year of operation.

Stronger - than - estimated demand means U.S. automakers are curtailing annual shutdowns usually scheduled at their assembly plants in the summer months.

In contrast, export volumes decreased over this period, despite strong global demand, as capacity and infrastructure constraints and supply disruptions restricted growth; such supply - side factors have hampered exports for a number of years, with resource export volumes now lower than during 2000 (see the chapter entitled «Australia's Resource Exports — Recent Trends and Prospects» in this Statement).

While spreads between yields on highly - rated corporate bonds and government bonds have remained above their historical averages, this continues to reflect strong demand for Commonwealth Government bonds rather than concerns about corporate credit quality.

«Notable was that the demand environment remains strong, with traffic ahead of expectations on lower than expected capacity,» said RBC Capital Markets analyst Walter Spracklin in a note to clients Monday.

Zinc prices rose by 13 per cent over the three months to January, as stronger - than - expected demand led to falls in stocks.

«Inventory is tighter than ever, while strong demand keeps driving up home prices.

To be sure, slower US growth is affecting trade patterns, but to date growth has remained pretty solid in many cases, helped by firmer exports to places other than the United States and strong domestic demand.

Strong demand for apartments is expected to drive up rents 4.6 percent this year according to the National Association of Realtors and more than 4 percent a year for 2014 and 2015, according to Reis.

In the large industrial countries, on the other hand, the rebound has been more tentative, and driven more by the turn in the inventory cycle and temporary policy measures than a strong pick - up in private demand.

Behind the price surge is the steady drop in world crude stocks; strong demand from Asia as China's economy grows faster than forecast; the likelihood that OPEC will continue its production cut on into next year; and the possibility that the Trump administration will abandon the nuclear treaty and impose new sanctions on Iran.

GM (GM) said earlier this year that it sold more than 4 million vehicles in China in 2017, counting its joint venture partners — a record high fueled by strong demand for Cadillacs and Buicks.

Data on Thursday showed that new orders for U.S. - made goods rose more than expected in March, boosted by strong demand for transportation equipment and a range of other products, but there are signs that business spending on equipment is slowing.

The measures announced were even more aggressive than most had expected, fueling hopes of stronger economic growth and increased demand for various commodities.

Nickel prices have been especially strong, rising by more than 70 per cent in SDR terms over the past 12 months and by nearly 170 per cent since their trough in late 2001, largely in response to robust demand from China's expanding stainless - steel industry.

Also, if domestic economic activity and demand were to be even stronger than expected, given the existing strength of the labour market, upward pressure on labour costs could emerge, eventually pushing inflation higher.

Analyst Brad Erickson noted that «checks indicate that demand for the Hero 4 Silver appears slightly stronger than the Black Edition camera, with more Black inventory versus Silver after the first...

As a result of the strong global demand for steel, coking coal producers negotiated an increase of around 120 per cent in contract prices, with iron ore contract prices generally rising by more than 70 per cent (Graph 39).