Sentences with phrase «with lower commodity prices»

Despite the more difficult global environment, with lower commodity prices and domestic power shortages, economic growth in 2015 was close to 4 percent, slightly higher than expected.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

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«One of the questions I've been getting more frequently with the low commodity prices is where farmers can have some cost savings,» said Kaiser.

Not exact matches

The impact of disappointing commodity prices on the wider Perth economy has become clear this week with a key annual conference postponed due to low numbers.

Commodity prices were mixed with July copper one cent lower at US$ 3.14 a pound, sending the base metals group down 1.88 per cent.

Resources giant Rio Tinto has reported a 34 per cent drop in its underlying first half profit to $ US5.2 billion ($ A4.9 billion), with lower prices for iron ore and other commodities the main reason fo

After a five - year bear market in most metal commodities, miners finally had a bull run in 2016, with some stocks» prices more than doubling off their lows.

Any commodities business comes with some volatility — the oil and gas business has had a tough couple of years amid low energy prices.

«For commodity products with low differentiation, where price is higher on the list and it's a smaller item that's easy to deliver, that's probably something that Amazon can be competitive at,» Hammond said.

The BOS indicator began to recover starting with the 2016 — 17 winter survey, as the complex adjustment of the Canadian economy to low commodity prices slowly progressed.

Canada's resource sector continues to adjust to lower prices for oil and other commodities, with some spillover to the rest of the economy.

«With construction a strong driver of China's commodity demand and tier 3 and 4 cities accounting for 80 - 90 % of total new construction, we likely need to see prices supported in lower - tier cities to encourage commodity demand,» says Dhar.

These questions come as EM stocks have had a rollercoaster year, with valuations beaten up by concerns about China's economy, slowing global growth and lower commodity prices, just to name a few of the headwinds facing developing markets.

Cocoa prices are now trading below their 20 - day but still far above their 100 - day moving average as the trend is mixed as prices topped out on April 2nd around 2647 as the hot and dry weather conditions still do persist in West Africa, but the commodity markets, in general, are drifting lower due to the fact of the possible trade war with China.

We regard the greater stability in commodity prices, along with a lessening of volatility in financial markets, as welcome, and believe it should provide a more stable platform for the global economy, where growth remains acceptable, if lower than desirable.

Commodity prices have been heading lower for more than four years, and according to data accessible via Bloomberg, commodities have been the worst performing asset class of 2015, with the most severe losses in cyclical commodities, such as oil and industrial metals.

The recent uptick in uranium appears to be due to the fact that the commodity price has been too low for too long with a majority of global production operating below cost.

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Mick Carew, a research analyst with Haywood Securities, hopes we have found the bottom of the commodity cycle but expects M&A activity to continue apace through the rest of this year and into 2016 as low metals prices force the hands of underfunded management teams.

Daily News Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Juniors looking for a lifeline With commodities prices at multi-year lows, nickel and zinc mines closing, and exploration programs being scaled back or even cancelled, anxiety is mounting at all levels of the mining and exploration industries.

With respect to companies deleveraging, we will be following up after earnings season with a note on the current state of select company balance sheets and how sustainable they are given lower commodity priWith respect to companies deleveraging, we will be following up after earnings season with a note on the current state of select company balance sheets and how sustainable they are given lower commodity priwith a note on the current state of select company balance sheets and how sustainable they are given lower commodity prices.

The out - performance reflects the benefits flowing to the Latin American region not only from low US interest rates (these countries have large US dollar borrowings) but also its exposure to stronger growth outcomes in the US, with strong rises in the prices of key commodity exports boosting the price of local mining companies.

Furthermore, with slower global economic growth in the years ahead due to the U.S. consumer saving spree, worldwide financial deleveragings, low commodity prices, increased government regulation and protectionism, excess global capacity will probably be a chronic problem.

The dramatic shocks of the original QE's are already turning around with commodity prices falling, and food prices now at two - year lows.

While we believe lower commodity prices are a boon to the economy over time, the abruptness of their price decline and a lingering «commodity super-cycle» mentality likely caught many with more commodity inventory (acquired at higher prices) than proved desirable.

«The organic industry is growing and with lower commodity grain prices, and farmers are looking to add value and meet consumer demands,» he told Civil Eats.

«So let's see now: how will a rural property trust go with low yields, subject to weather, labour, world commodity prices and all the other difficulties of making money on the land?

Although price rises looked unlikely this season, with Murray Goulburn maintaining its opening price of $ 5.60 a kilogram milk solids, Mr Helou said the farm gate price would be much lower if the co-operative was still dependent on commodities.

Rural vendors could be in the box seats this spring selling season with a low volume of listings, strong demand from cashed - up farmers and corporate investors and rising commodity prices set to push up asking prices for many trophy properties.

Despite high volumes, Australia's historically commodity - based markets have low margins, with high labour costs decreasing competitiveness and significant competition in saturated markets driving down prices.

Price premiums for organic commodities are 20 percent lower in countries with a high involvement of general food retailers (e.g. Austria, Denmark, Switzerland), mainly due to lower distribution costs.

From the outset, they had two purposes: to help dispose of surplus agricultural commodities owned by the government as a result of price - support agreement with farmers, and to help prevent nutritional deficiencies among low - income schoolchildren.»

He said pineapple cultivation in the area is saddled with challenges including pest infestation and unavailability of market for the product, which leads to huge post - harvest losses and low pricing of the commodity.

Government is hopeful that this year economic activities will rebound with a projected real GDP growth of 5.4 percent — despite the International Monetary Fund, which is helping in management of the economy under a three - year Extended Credit Facility programme, lowering Ghana's economic growth in 2016 to 4.5 percent as a result of the continued fall in prices of commodities on the world market.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com

If Amazon makes the Kindle look like a commodity, it will only be a short while before competitors from Taiwan and China flood the market with similar low priced devices.

These questions come as EM stocks have had a rollercoaster year, with valuations beaten up by concerns about China's economy, slowing global growth and lower commodity prices, just to name a few of the headwinds facing developing markets.

With yield an ever - scarcer commodity, relatively high rates that U.S. bonds offer alongside a strong U.S. dollar are attracting global capital flows and pushing bond prices higher and yields lower.

At the same time commodities, with relatively lower volatility in its pricing compared to equity and bonds, provides an equally effective option in portfolio diversification.

Many also depend on exports of oil or other commodities and are suffering with lower prices.

The energy and materials sectors have been the sore spot for the high yield market, given the anxiety over credit quality, as current low prices in oil and commodities, along with a Fed increase in rates, may be a cause for concern for future earnings and the cost of capital.

At a time of lower commodity prices, the mining stocks with the greatest speculative appeal are those with new projects that enhance their value even before prices rebound.

Most value investors understand that leaving the question of price aside, businesses with enduring moats are more attractive as investments than commodity - type businesses which have no low - cost advantages.

In High - Low binary options you determine whether the commodity will finish «in the money», which is whether your trading agreement will expire with the commodity above or below the purchase price.

The commodity long - only (long - short) carry portfolio is each month long the equally weighted 30 % of commodities with the highest annualized ratios of nearest to next - nearest futures contract price (and short the 30 % of commodities with the lowest ratios).

Commodity prices are often driven by unique economic or market factors such as inflation, and frequently move up or down in relatively low correlation with stocks or bonds.

An overweight to commodities in backwardation (or in less - extreme contango) in order to capture a relatively high and attractive roll yield, and an overweight to commodities with higher recent performance in order to benefit from short - term persistence in commodity price movements (i.e., positive momentum), can have meaningfully positive impacts on portfolio performance.3, 4 We compare the performance of four portfolios — high versus low roll yield and high versus low momentum — from January 1999 to June 2016.

If you can buy a low - cost producer with low / no debt at a price below replacement cost you really should find yourself with a «moat», even in a commodity business.

But storage costs will be quite variable, and copper ingots require considerably more storage space, and thus carrying cost, than gold, and command lower prices in world markets: it is unclear how well a model that works for gold will work with other commodities.

Many African countries faced a challenging 2016, with lower prices for oil and other commodities, devalued currencies and other negative factors.