Sentences with phrase «weakening the dollar for»

Today, investing in emerging markets is very popular for US investors because these economies are booming and US monetary policy has been weakening the dollar for some time.

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Royal Bank economist Paul Ferley says now is the time for Canadian exporters to aggressively pursue opportunities to sell in the U.S. «[Where] they may have found they were getting outbid earlier on... they may find now that they're more competitive, given the weakening of the Canadian dollar,» he says.

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.

To keep the currency weightings of their reserves steady, their demand for dollars naturally increases the more the greenback weakens.

Witness Barrack Obamas visit to China in November which saw him apologize for the weakening American dollar and answer softball questions from government - picked students in Shanghai.

For how long a weakening Canadian dollar raises import costs and whether risks to the housing market intensify will take time to evaluate in terms of consequences to inflation risks.

Asian shares edged higher on Friday, turning positive for the year, while the US dollar weakened broadly after the Federal Reserve's cautious stance on further rate increases prompted investors to rebuild their bets on riskier assets.

The Wall Street megabank has been in the Massachusetts senator's crosshairs since it came to light in 2013 that it created as many as 3.5 million fake accounts for customers, resulting in millions of dollars in fraudulent fees and weakened credit scores.

The rouble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis have made it harder for banks and companies to refinance foreign currency debts and as tumbling oil prices have hurt government revenue.

Three key headwinds for EM assets have abated lately, with a weakening U.S. dollar, a rebound in commodity prices and a recovering Chinese economy.

This eliminates direct currency risk for US investors, but raises the possibility that a strengthening dollar or weakening local currency could make the debt harder to service, increasing credit risk.

The concerted weakening in commodity prices already suggests a global force to this economic downturn, while further weakness in the U.S. dollar would suggest that demand for U.S. goods and securities was softening even more sharply than internationally.

Christina Kalogera, director of the Greek National Tourism Organization's U.K. and Ireland office, told CNBC that Greece was hopeful that 2015 would be a good year for the tourism industry, particularly with the euro weakening against the dollar and sterling.

His new message for those who doubt he's prepared to weaken the dollar if Canada's recovery veers too far off track: Just watch me.

As my colleague, Richard Turnill, notes in a recent blog post, the US dollar has been steadily weakening because of an improved outlook for investment activity globally and a reduced need for precautionary savings to be tucked away in US dollar safe - haven assets.

The country's healthy trade surpluses and the Plaza Accord in 1985, which sought to weaken the U.S. dollar against the Yen and German Deutsche Mark, caused the Yen currency to appreciate against other currencies, which in turn made foreign capital investments relatively inexpensive for Japanese companies.

Asian stocks reached for new all - time highs on Monday, as the US dollar continued to weaken, boosting both commodity prices and US export - driven industries.

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.

On top of that, the value of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar has weakened sharply in recent months, from 6.40 yuan per dollar in August 2015, when China's central bank said there was «no basis for further depreciation,» to its current rate of 6.56.

US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, who has responsibility for the administration's dollar policy, responded: «We will never seek to weaken our currency as a tool to gain competitive advantage or to grow the economy.»

As an aside, the further the dollar weakens the more expensive it will be for the US to purchase foreign goods, which will lead to higher inflation.

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.

The US Dollar index could begin a larger rally given the weakness in Pound sterling which has a lot of momentum vs USD while the BOJ meeting is on deck for the Japanese, with most eyeing Kuroda to attempt to weaken the Yen using new methods.

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.

If risk is off for whatever reason, money is being pulled out of the U.S. and the dollar is weakening.

A broad selloff in commodities and dollar strength point to disinflationary pressures on the horizon that weaken the argument for a near - term rise in U.S. interest rates, according to some analysts.

I have been nibbling on this stock for the past few months as it too had a difficult 2015 with falling commodity prices hurting ethanol sales, along with a strong dollar and weakened overseas economies reducing demand for ADM products.

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.

In addition, the more that consumer spending weakens, the greater the probability that the Fed might be inclined to delay further rate hikes, which would undermine support for the U.S. dollar index (DXY, 99.32).

Global economic conditions have been quite strong, and the weakening of the U.S. dollar could be a tailwind to growth for Mastercard well into the future.

But while a weakening euro is good for airline fares, the European economy and large European exporters, it can potentially hurt the returns of dollar - based investments.

If Planned Parenthood was distributing contraception services legitimately and fraudulently claiming for abortion services (really just dollars for abortion follow - ups), then the inflated billing would weaken the correlation between contraception and government funding.

The weakening dollar is offsetting declines in global grain prices on the back of a strong international crop and is a tailwind for Victoria's dairy farmers.

The building materials sector is set for an earnings bounce as housing construction rebounds and the Australian dollar weakens, but there are barriers to a full - blown recovery.

The naira weakened further against the dollar at the parallel market on Monday, exchanging at N357 for a dollar as against N350 it traded on Friday.

As a result of a decrease in energy costs and weakening of the Canadian dollar, sales tax revenue continues to decline which creates significant challenges for the county's budget.

The cedi weakened to the lowest level in nearly eight months on Tuesday as local businesses sought more dollars for their end - of - year imports, analysts said.

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.

Even when we estimated the probability that an incumbent won a majority of the votes in each precinct, or accounted for test - score changes and levels as a function of dollars spent on students, or measured the relationship between an incumbent's vote share in one election and the previous election, the overwhelming weight of the evidence indicated that school board members were not being judged on improvement or weakening in school test scores.

Sending tax dollars to schools that lack local supervision is not an appropriate use of taxpayer funds and it weakens educational opportunities for millions of children.

While the price of the A3 e-tron is $ 2500 higher than expected in 2014, its price converted to the Euro is only $ 500 higher — about AUD $ 750 more — and presumably set at this level to allow for a further weakening of the Aussie dollar.

(Because of its Kindle e-reader Amazon is also a direct competitor for publishing dollars, further weakening the publishing industry's interest in supporting Amazon's pricing decisions.)

For countries with large current account deficits, a weakening dollar can provide relief both in the cost of financing and in trade.

Also as dollar is weakening that should help the dividend for US investors like myself.

Dollar Strengthening as Equity and Commodity Markets Weaken The stronger Dollar is putting pressure this morning on both equity and commodity markets as traders dump risky assets for the safe - haven Dollar.

Short for foreign exchange, trading forex involves speculating on whether one currency will strengthen or weaken against another currency e.g. GB Pound / US Dollar.

For US Dynamic Hedging clients during the quarter, hedging returns in the programmes were negative, as the US dollar weakened against the weighted basket of hedged currencies.

For one, credit the weakening U.S. dollar.

As my colleague, Richard Turnill, notes in a recent blog post, the US dollar has been steadily weakening because of an improved outlook for investment activity globally and a reduced need for precautionary savings to be tucked away in US dollar safe - haven assets.

The Galaxy A5 was announced in later 2014, and though it has been available in Asian and European markets for nearly eight months, Canadian carriers likely see it is as a presentable alternative to higher - end Samsung phones in light of the weakening Canadian dollar.