factors
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They cite three main factors–declining interest rates, increased government-subsidized lending, and a village cooperative program–which are likely to have a trickle-down effect on the economy.
“In recent years, affected by multiple factors such as an economic downturn, Mianchi County has encountered unprecedented difficulties,” the county government wrote in response to one message from a substitute teacher in September.
These four factors—shifting U.S. consumer preferences, increased competition from other suppliers, a trade war, and the strong dollar—are all operating in concert, to dramatic effect.
From Barron's
It also makes Chinese outflows more sensitive to returns, liquidity conditions, and confidence—factors that can change far faster than central-bank reserve policy.
From Barron's
But because so many different factors can move gold, its price is often surprisingly volatile.
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