"Overall sentiment continues to be dictated by central bank actions and hopes of more policy accommodation, " said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong.
And the pace of sales is likely to be dictated largely by movements on the world's currency markets to bring in foreign currency at the best rate possible.
Thus the amount families consume tends to be dictated by the size of their cars and the distance of their house from work, things which aren't quickly changed.
But what campaign wants to be dictated to by anyone?
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"I don't want to be dictated to by having to go to America to play FedEx Cup when it doesn't really mean that much to me, " said the 37-year-old.
The issue for us (the American Muslim Council) is to be conscious of where to give our money, but not to be dictated to where we send our money.
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But I want to be very clear that ultimately this issue is going to be dictated by the science, and the science indicates that we're going to have to take more aggressive steps in the future.
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While the US should never allow its priorities to be dictated to it by Russia, or any other country, it should understand that the more it focuses on areas of disagreement the less cooperative Russia will be.
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Still others positioning on our list seems to be dictated by little more than the news cycle (Queen Elizabeth, for example, has benefitted greatly this year by the media coverage of both the Olympics and her Jubilee year).
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When you get referred to see a hospital consultant, would you like a letter to be dictated and posted in an unsecured manner to a mail room in a hospital pushed round on a mail cart, opened by somebody processed and then a postcard sent to your house regarding the nature of the appointment and where you should turn up?
Amenabar also explained that Sampedro's efforts to be allowed to die dictated the structure of the film.
"Ultimately, our return to growth will be dictated by our customer, " he said.
Guinea beat Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso before the 1-1 draw with Malawi that triggered government intervention with Sangare saying "Guinea was a sovereign state that would not be dictated to by Fifa".
Federer was undoubtedly worn from del Potro, but this was the Murray his fans had dreamed of seeing: unremittingly aggressive, bold on service returns, refusing to let the action be dictated by his opponent.
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For much of the 20th century, the model of medical care was paternalism: A doctor dictated what was to be done and the patient complied.
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They dictated dimensions: Knives had to be no longer than 15 inches overall, with no more than 10 inches of blade.
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Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that we would be unable to run the festival to a standard that both the artists and that Sonisphere's audience would rightly expect.
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The signature bonus will be dictated by Sonangol, and is expected to be at least as much as those paid last year.
Perhaps it was the phone's larger 4.3-inch display that ultimately dictated its fate, but Incredible fans will be pleased to know that the industrial design of the Droid Incredible 4G LTE is remarkably similar to its forebears.
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Wales dictated the tempo of the game, dictated territory, had a better kicking game and that proved to be enough.
The same may not be true for unskilled workers in Germany, who will have to find work at rates dictated by Germany's entrenched system of centralised bargaining.
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