Sentence examples for offsetting the rise from inspiring English sources

Offsetting the rise in oil prices has been the strength of the dollar, which makes other imports cheaper.

Proponents of these adjustments often justified the increases as offsetting the rising cost of living.

The decline in energy prices more than offset the rise in food, which was up 0.6 percent in June.

This contraction has more than offset the rise in LIBOR which is in any case still low in historical terms.

Electricity too is getting pricier, and these expenses have offset the rise in potato prices.Might international markets help?

Even if all did so, he said, the extra income would not offset the rise in diesel fuel.

The extent of the impact would depend on how much more companies like Wal-Mart and H.&M. are willing to pay to offset the rise in costs, which Mr. Huq pegged at 15 percent to 20 percent of total cost of production.

The new minimum came into force in April but a number of retailers and other businesses have offset the rise in basic pay by cutting other benefits such as special rates for unsocial hours or overtime.

The United Nations, in announcing the gift, said it would complete the program's emergency appeal for $755 million to offset the rise in fuel and food prices around the world.

Otherwise it will not generate enough new disposable income to offset the rise in debt payments as interest rates go up -- and people might grow reluctant to take on new debt, even to buy essentials.

While none of the three American automakers are threatening to abandon Canada if they do not receive substantial concessions in the contract talks, they have all made it clear that they need to reduce labor costs, mainly to offset the rise of the Canadian dollar.