Sentences with phrase «weaken the dollar by»

So we have to wonder, is it possible that Saudi Arabia is preparing to weaken the dollar by liquidating their US government bond holdings, boosting the price of oil before their IPO?

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One only has to go back to April 2016, when speculation was rife that an additional «Plaza Accord» style agreement had been put in place among the G20 economies to weaken the dollar; yet, by late 2016 the broad trade - weighted dollar had actually appreciated to highs last reached in 2002.

Despite strident comments about alleged currency manipulation by China, but not Japan, there is little doubt that the Reserve Bank of Australia will implement a variety of measures to weaken the Australian dollar.

I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially eased monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields, tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.

The dollar weakened by 8.5 percent in 2017, creating a tailwind for the technology sector and certain multinational companies that should benefit from lower tax rates on the repatriation of foreign profits.

Manufacturing remains underpinned by a firming global economy as well as a weakening U.S. dollar, which is boosting the competitiveness of American - made goods on the global market.

Morgan Stanley expects the yen to weaken to around 125 to the dollar by June, 2018, compared with a recent exchange rate of 110 yen to the dollar.

The region - wide MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was marked 0.01 % higher by 09:00 BST while Japan's Nikkei 225 ended the session 0.2 % higher at 19,590.76 points as the yen weakened against a resurgent U.S. dollar.

The Dow utility average plunged another 12 points, the Transports dropped by nearly 100, the Industrials failed their recent basing pattern, the number of stocks hitting new lows jumped above new highs on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq, decliners led advancers by more than 2 - to - 1, and the U.S. dollar weakened further, among other ugliness.

The euro, which had already been near its lowest level in 11 years on expectations of action by the central bank, weakened further against the dollar, falling about 1 percent to around $ 1.14, a move that could help European exporters.

Oil futures rebounded in Asian trade on Wednesday, buoyed by a less than expected build in crude oil stockpiles last week and a weakening dollar, but concern that a two - month Continue Reading

This strategy wont prevent the US dollar from weakening further either requiring further action by the central bank of Canada.

However, in recent weeks the dollar has weakened amid realization the America First policy touted by Trump may not be dollar positive.

Data from the Institute for Supply Management, along with other statistics, suggest the US economy continues to be driven by the services sector, whereas growth in manufacturing (outside the buoyant auto sector) showed signs of slowing in August, possibly due to dollar strength and weakening economic prospects outside the United States.

These estimates assume the current level of the yen, at 110 to the U.S. dollar, will hold through mid-2017 before weakening to 125 by mid-2018.

The rise in bitcoin price coincided with a spike in commodities prices, fueled by a weakened US Dollar.

They printed a massive amount of Swiss Franc which they've converted to other currencies which they bought equities and they've done so well so the paper profit 55 billion last year equal to eight percent of their GDPall through the creation of money in order to keep the Swiss Franc weak, which they've managed to weaken against the Euro last year also by about 10 percent even though the Swiss itself held against the dollar was a little bit stronger..

The DOLLAR INDEX is lower by 3.2 %, which is also in contravention of conventional wisdom as QE is done to weaken one's currency in an effort to aid the domestic economy.

Additionally, a recent cable was leaked by the infamous WikiLeaks website, which revealed the REAL reason behind China's increasing demand... it showed that China's intent is to make major gold purchases for the sole purpose of weakening the U.S. dollar.

These types of deals, assisted by a weakened Canadian dollar, pose a long - term opportunity for our economy and allows us to gain an advantage for the future.

A second source of risk would be a further sharp appreciation of the Australian dollar, which might be driven by additional interest rate reductions around the world to combat a weakening global economy.

Most important has been the weakening in the yen, which fell against the US dollar from 133 at end March to a low of 146, before intervention by the US authorities saw it recover sharply (Graph 1).

By focusing on trade and labor, he implies that the dollar is weakening only because of the trade deficit, not because of military spending and capital flight.

The current strength of the dollar, driven by short - covering, rising bond yields and a slowdown in Europe, has rattled a market which previously held a general belief that the greenback would continue to weaken.

The Japanese authorities slowed the very heavy intervention they had been undertaking in earlier months and the yen appreciated by as much as 8 per cent to 108 against the US dollar between end August and late October — its highest level for nearly three years — before weakening a little.

Profits at Japanese automakers have surged in yen terms as the Japanese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar over the past year, helped by a mammoth Bank of Japan effort to expand the money supply and ignite inflation to end years of economic stagnation.

«The surprise decision by the Fed to continue buying bonds has maintained the increased liquidity in the market, helping to support the euro, as well as weakening the dollar,» Hood says.

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»

Instead, the release cites McDonald's support last December of a «3 billion dollar tax increase even though his campaign pledge was not to support taxes,» and his backing of a recent attempt to «weaken the tax cap» by allowing school districts to bond out pension costs.

That weakening, however, led Geithner to reverse himself within minutes by underscoring that the U.S. dollar would remain the world's reserve currency for the foreseeable future.

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However, fewer international funds made the list, with hard - currency ones partially affected by the weakening dollar in 2017.

The rise in bitcoin price coincided with a spike in commodities prices, fueled by a weakened US Dollar.

Good news if you are thinking of a trip down under this year though — thanks to the weakening of the Australian Dollar, Sydney and Melbourne were both knocked off the elite list and replaced by New York and LA.