' They've got higher fuel prices and higher food bills to deal with now.
Higher fuel prices were made worse in Stark's case by an early December cold snap.
The April data is unlikely to reverse that trend, because the gains came largely from higher fuel prices.
For the current quarter, JetBlue now figures higher fuel prices will drive costs 13% to 15% higher than one year ago.
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More QE might send these prices higher, weakening the economy as consumers are forced to reduce spending to offset higher fuel prices.
Higher fuel prices discourage sales of SUVs and trucks impacting Ford?s revenues.
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Inflation is stubbornly high at 3.5%, thanks partly to higher fuel prices.
But higher fuel prices will hurt auto sales--particularly sales of big vehicles.
FedEx increased its outlook for the year Thursday, saying that higher fuel prices have offset its performance as expected, but that it remains optimistic.
Moreover, continuing shift in freight traffic from air to the sea, driven by higher fuel prices is not helping the air-cargo industry at all.
Shipping will probably gain market share from less efficient modes of transport, but higher fuel prices may also cause the entire transportation pie to shrink.
But the numbers also show that airline profits are down a bit, probably due to higher fuel prices, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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The Labor Department revised November's import increase to 1.5% and reported that import prices gained 4.8% overall in 2010, instigated by higher fuel prices since October.
As you contemplate the upcoming holiday weekend, do you respond to higher fuel prices (still up 50 cents a gallon on last year) by traveling less?
Then came the 1970s, with the rise of Germany and Japan during a time of higher fuel prices, inflation, a bad stock market and skyrocketing borrowing costs.
Higher fuel prices were offset by cost control efforts, an increase in capacity and revenue yields that turned positive for the first time since late 2008, Arison commented.
The previous two oil disruptions, in 1973 and 1979, caused both higher fuel prices and reduced demand for trucking here in the United States, double whammies for the industry.
Southwest and United Continental both reported quarterly losses Thursday, as higher fuel prices continue to sting the revenue streams of air carriers, even as passengers return in greater numbers to airline travel.
Higher fuel prices at the pump didn't derail the economy, but they certainly adversely affected people's mood and added to the notion that middle-class Americans are on a treadmill--with the treadmill outpacing them.
Fuel, after all, is not just a source of emissions for the shipping industry, it is a cost, so higher fuel prices mean that more efficient shippers will have a greater cost and profitability advantage.
AMR, parent company to American Airlines, narrowed its loss in the first quarter, reporting that the increase in ticket prices helped to offset higher fuel prices that are expected to pressure the industry this year.
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And the combination of cancelled flights and higher jet-fuel prices threatens to push more airlines into bankruptcy.
As a result, higher crude prices fuel inflation, as well as widen both the fiscal and current account deficits.
Similarly, today, if Libya and Algeria were to halt operations, OPEC spare capacity will also likely be drawn down to 2.1 million barrels per day, in our view, which could fuel higher oil prices.
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For some countries, notably in South Asia, where such funds account for a large part of national incomes (16% of GDP in Nepal in 2007, 9% in Bangladesh), the fall will be painful indeed when combined with higher fuel and food prices.
Even in affluent America, higher food prices reflect the higher cost of fuel for the trucks that deliver supplies to the supermarkets.
It identified a number of issues including little affordable housing, more expensive vehicle fuel and higher prices in local shops which all contributed to a higher cost of living.
The petroleum industry is not price gouging, either: In an effort to stem slowing demand from consumers reluctant to pay higher prices, fuel refiners and retailers have been eating some of the added cost incurred lately as unrest in Libya and a weakening dollar push crude oil prices higher, according to the Reuters report.
Fuel prices are higher after the government boldly scrapped subsidies on petrol and diesel.
On the upside, consider the possibility of global economic strength, pulling demand upward at the same time that fuel prices move higher.
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