71. Rising demand for Italian assets helps the lira because foreign investors need lire to acquire Italian securities. 72. Rising demand for U.S. assets often helps the dollar because foreign investors purchasing U.S. securities must generally buy dollars first. 73. Rising foreign demand for U.S. bonds is expected to generate demand for the dollars non-U.S. investors need to buy U.S. securities. 74. Rising chemical demand on the heels of improved economies in Europe caused prices of petrochemicals, such as ethylene and polypropylene, to double. 75. Rising demand for bonds often helps the currency because global investors need dollars to buy bonds. 76. Rising demand for cars -- as well as homes and other big-ticket items -- ahead of the April tax increase has helped push down steel inventories. 77. Rising demand for heating oil pushed oil stocks higher. 78. Rising demand for prescription drugs and the movement away from rewarding physician groups for keeping costs down are helping fuel the cost increases, according to the study. 79. Rising demand from foreign investors should boost the prices of shares that are widely traded abroad, particularly oil producer YPF SA, he added. 80. Rising demand from the construction industry, which represents one-third of consumption, comes at a time of low warehouse inventories. |