Sentences with phrase «up in energy prices»

In summary, the reason the 3.3 % real GDP number looks weird is that imports have a negative weight in the GD Product price index, so a large move up in energy prices (largely imported) makes the GDP product price index go down, and real GDP go up.

Not exact matches

Our outsized energy index, which has helped push the S&P / TSX Composite Index up 15 % year - to - date, also includes several rate - sensitive stocks — though they're more susceptible to movements in oil prices — and is up 33 %.

Energy companies in North America have been ramping up production in tandem with OPEC's efforts to cut global output in a bid to take advantage of rising prices.

Demand for oil is expected to drop in 2017, the International Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday, raising further problems for producers as they try to ramp up prices.

But security of supply ranks right up there with price as a deal - breaker in the energy business, and the world's No. 1 gas supplier is looking less reliable all the time.

Along Colorado's Front Range, fourth - generation farmer Kent Peppler said he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land for the full growing season, in part because deep - pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water.

Susan Hirsch, portfolio manager of the TIAA - CREF Large - Cap Growth fund, prefers to get her exposure to the energy industry via a company that's less sensitive to the ups and downs in oil prices.

Those closures, affecting a major U.S. oil refining hotspot, are pushing up the prices of energy products like gasoline and heating oil as investors anticipate a drop in supply.

«The stock prices are still not reflecting the earnings power that's likely to show up here in this quarter and for the year as a whole,» said Leo Grohowski, chief investment officer at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, which has been overweight the energy sector.

Energy shares in general have not caught up with rising oil prices.

General Electric's deal with Baker Hughes to create the world's No. 2 oilfield services business is the clearest signal yet that consolidation is picking up in the energy sector as companies face long - term lower oil prices.

With energy prices remaining on the back foot, tell us when you think the oversupply in crude will clear up in order to restore prices.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) is raising $ 1.5 billion through the sale of 67.5 million common shares in a move aimed at shoring up its balance sheet in the face of oil prices that have fallen to half the level of June.

Elliott built up most of its position in Energy Future's debt after Texas regulators rejected NextEra's offer earlier this year, causing bond prices to crash, the sources said.

In March this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that unless the industry approves fresh investments in new projects, global oil supply may be struggling to catch up with demand after 2020, which could result in a sharp jump in oil priceIn March this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that unless the industry approves fresh investments in new projects, global oil supply may be struggling to catch up with demand after 2020, which could result in a sharp jump in oil pricein new projects, global oil supply may be struggling to catch up with demand after 2020, which could result in a sharp jump in oil pricein a sharp jump in oil pricein oil prices.

If energy costs go up when there's a price on carbon... and an incentive comes in then, it actually helps people make changes.»

(Another good question, which I won't get into, asks about regional variation in wage growth; outside of states hit by the fall in energy prices, moodys.com reports that wages have picked up in most parts of the country.)

Over the last year, consumer prices are up 2.0 percent — nicely within the Fed's target range — but in recent months, food and energy prices have increased strongly.

Such an agreement would help support oil prices — Saudi Arabia, in particular, seeks higher prices to take Saudi Aramco, the world's largest energy company, public — but it's likely American shale producers would ramp up production to fill the void.

However Azeez admits that part of the catch - up challenge is the low fuel price in the GCC, which makes energy efficiency a less significant driver for Industrial Internet adoption.

While the up - front price for its Solar Roof looks high, SolarCity asserts that tax credits and the estimated value of energy created over the product's 30 - year power warranty will save customers money in the long run.

Looking ahead, Governing Council expects inflation to move up to close to 2 per cent in the near term, mainly because of firmer energy prices.

We are neutral on U.S. high yield energy debt after a big run - up this year, believing the OPEC deal is now fully priced in.

Ours includes a big run up for an Emerging Market, a couple of large cap energy stocks rebounding and an improvement in prices for a key commodity.

The core index, which excludes food and energy prices, remained unchanged at 0.4 percent for the month, with a modest increase in the year - on - year figures, up from 2.2 to 2.4 percent.

However, the Canadian Energy Research Institute has indicated that oil production in Canada is likely to scale up by about 600,000 barrels per day in 2017 and by another 200,000 next year, as a number of projects that were being developed prior to the oil - price slump are nearing completion.

Energy goods and services prices rose 0.2 % after their drop in April of 4.5 %; Gasoline prices continued lower modestly, but other energy costs rose markedly, especially natural gas for household utilities, which was up 2.4 % (16.6 % yEnergy goods and services prices rose 0.2 % after their drop in April of 4.5 %; Gasoline prices continued lower modestly, but other energy costs rose markedly, especially natural gas for household utilities, which was up 2.4 % (16.6 % yenergy costs rose markedly, especially natural gas for household utilities, which was up 2.4 % (16.6 % y / y).

As of 2:17 pm EDT on Thursday, WTI Crude was up 0.73 percent at US$ 49.43, while Brent Crude was trading up 0.82 percent at US$ 52.64, after earlier in the day the price of oil was down as investors» enthusiasm waned over yesterday's Energy Information Administration (EIA) draw.

The recent brief recovery in energy prices has pushed up the goods component of the CPI (from -2.3 % in September 2015 to -1.6 % in February 2016), but service price inflation (at +2.4 % in February 2016), which tends to lag somewhat, has not yet come down.

On the other hand, pricing pressures remains largely absent — save for energy costs — with inflation on personal consumption expenditures, the Fed's preferred gauge for pricing, up just 1.7 % in the quarter over the past year.

Real PCE was up 0.4 % in March, as the overall PCE price index was flat due to the drop in energy prices.

Higher energy prices pushed the U.S. CPI up 0.7 % in February, +2.0 % Y / Y.

With oil prices high enough to pay comfortably for investments and dividends, the energy giant may be tempted to ramp up new projects in a bid to become bigger than Shell.

I'm somewhat disinclined to believe that the current gold price is due strictly to excess supply with discussion of price manipulation always looming, but the general thesis remains that until these global excesses are mopped up, successful commodity investing will involve focus on a narrow subset of raw materials — in our case the Energy Metals.

Business columnists highlighted a 6 % to 8 % drop in share price at MEG Energy, Trilogy and Cenovus, but they failed to mention that Suncor, Husky and Imperial dropped less than half that amount (about 3 %) and that all energy stocks were up by the close of business Friday due to higher crude prices and «a more positive sentiment for things oil - related these days.&Energy, Trilogy and Cenovus, but they failed to mention that Suncor, Husky and Imperial dropped less than half that amount (about 3 %) and that all energy stocks were up by the close of business Friday due to higher crude prices and «a more positive sentiment for things oil - related these days.&energy stocks were up by the close of business Friday due to higher crude prices and «a more positive sentiment for things oil - related these days.»

Crude oil prices edged up on Friday boosted by stronger than expected U.S. economic data though the longer - term outlook for energy markets remains weak due to a global oil supply glut and uncertainty over economic growth prospects in Asia.

High oil prices may well lead to a collapse in demand over the long term, resulting in a speeding up of the energy transition that most experts see on the horizon

As shown in the two charts below, of the ten S&P Select Sector indexes, the top and bottom performers in terms of price index returns in 2017 (through November 7) were the S&P Technology Select Sector Index (IXT), which was up 32 %, and the S&P Energy Select Sector Index (IXE), which was down 6 %.

Even if growth in the region did show signs of picking up in 2015 — and recent sharp falls in energy prices should support growth, though put further pressure on lowflation — given structural constraints, ultimately growth is likely to be limited to the region's trend rate, somewhere between 1 % and 2 %.

Although the young Graham refused to countenance segregated seating in his crusades (often at the price of sullen resistance from white supporters), he seems to have expended equal energy urging civil rights protesters to go slow — giving credence to Reinhold Niebuhr's charge that he expected Christians to give up peccadillos like smoking and cussing overnight, but overcoming racism might understandably take a while.

These energy bar recipes can be whipped up in practically no time for a fraction of the price.

ANZ's Williams said prices could pick up should the El Nino weather system crimp local production, if European milk supply slows, if demand improves in key markets such as China, or if production costs such as energy and feed prices rise.

The Lasko # 100 MyHeat Personal Ceramic Heater comes in several colors, and at its price, it's a solid investment if you're looking for a way to heat up your desk or bathroom without using too much energy.

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Prosecutors accused Reliant of conspiring to create a phony energy shortage in 2000 to illegally drive up electricity prices there.

The delays and denials of natural gas pipelines could drive up energy prices in the long run, said Gavin Donohue, the president and chief executive officer of the Independent Power Producers of New York.

Fuel prices are expected to go up by one and two per cent in the first pricing window of April, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has stated.

Labour's promise to temporarily freeze energy bills — as well as being a con, with energy companies bound to hike up prices both before and after — would also be a huge blow to our renewables sector — spooking investors and threatening billions of pounds worth of investment in green energy.

Guided by the fundamental indicators such as rise in price of Gasoline, Gasoil and Brent crude on the international oil market, the country's fuel stock as well as the fair - stability of the country's local currency against the U.S. Dollar; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) sees fuel prices primed to rise again on the local market by up to 2.5 %.

Mandelson fears his own carefully crafted legacy of «industrial activism» built up during his two years as business secretary is under threat, and that Miliband's party conference speech in which he made the energy price pledge was driven by politics as much as economics.