Sentences with phrase «weak dollar hits»

As Fed policy tilts toward loosening, the already weak dollar hits a 15 - year low, and is less than 2 % fro...

As Fed policy tilts toward loosening, the already weak dollar hits a 15 - year low, and is less than 2 % from an all time low.

Not exact matches

HOUSTON, Jan 26 - Oil prices settled higher on Friday after hitting three - year highs, with crude also posting a weekly gain as a weaker U.S. dollar underpinned prices.

LONDON, Jan 24 - Gold prices hit the highest in more than five months on Wednesday after a U.S. official welcomed a weaker dollar and investors sought insurance against uncertainty.

LONDON, Jan 24 - Gold prices hit the highest in more than four months on Wednesday after a U.S. official welcomed a weaker dollar and investors sought insurance against uncertainty.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 1 - Novo Nordisk operating profit fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter as it felt the effects of price pressure in the United States and it warned that a weak dollar would hit earnings this year more than expected.

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters)- Gold prices hit the highest in more than four months on Wednesday after a U.S. official welcomed a weaker dollar and investors sought insurance against uncertainty.

Sterling tumbled further, hitting a low of $ 1.3715, as the dollar gained and investors further trimmed expectations that the Bank of England would raise rates next month following weak first - quarter GDP data published last week.

Gold hit its highest in over a year on Friday as the dollar sagged after weaker - than - expected US jobs data and as tensions over North Korea.

Contributing to this gain was a weaker U.S. dollar, stock indices hitting new highs and geopolitical instability, all of which fueled uncertainty.

To be sure, a weak dollar is a positive for exporters, though if our trading partners retaliate with tariffs of their own, trade flows could take a hit (I'm pretty skeptical of that outcome; so far, it's mostly been bluster, noise, confusion, and uncertainty; not helpful, of course, but not macro-economically important... yet).

Jad Mouawad hits all the usual suspects, such as the weak dollar, worries about terrorism -LRB-?)

Jad Mouawad hits all the usual suspects, such as the weak dollar, worries