The result of a decrease in supply and an increase in demand is higher prices.

The mine was permanently closed in 2002 due to declining resources and metal prices.

Lower prices and free food save the lives of millions of starving people, despite the drop in food sales of the local farmers.

A low level of Hemoglobin is a sign of anemia.

Several factors account for the reduction in risks.

The resulting supply surge drives down prices, reinforces expectations of further declines, and produces the inverse of a speculative bubble a collapse in prices.

While accepted economic theory would argue that lower prices are good for consumers, it does not consider the hidden costs that accompany lower prices such as the health damaging effects of high levels of methyl mercury and the destruction of ocean marine resources.

The dollar price of gold does not increase with the US price level.

The falling dollar has emerged as a source of profound global macroeconomic distress.

Much had been done to remedy the low participation of women in political bodies.

The fact that the government is willing to buy in the future (and now) should raise prices today, because it reduces the possibility of low prices in a future fire sale.

For a long time, Brazil s interest rates were among the highest in the world.

Fewer remittances flowing into Uganda could mean less economic activity or simply lower prices.

It announced its intention to stabilize the market and that bearish speculators should beware.

Since price declines would bring with them wage declines, the ratio of monthly mortgage payments to wage income would rise.

The low level of women's participation in political and public life was particularly disappointing.

The embargo drove up prices and unleashed a period of inflation and stagnation worldwide.

It has been suggested that implementation of this commitment, together with falling prices (resulting from the large supply in 2004), brought about a decline in poppy planting in areas where production has been traditionally high.

A temporary leave of absence from the eurozone would allow Greece to achieve a price level decline relative to other eurozone countries, and would make it easier to adjust the relative price level if Greek wages cannot be limited.

Foreclosed property is generally sold at auction, guaranteeing that there will be a buyer but driving down prices.

Of course, technological advances, like hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) in the shale gas industry, could increase supply and therefore lower prices.

The ECB is committed to 2 inflation in the eurozone as a whole, which implies that lower wage and price increases in southern Europe arithmetically mean higher wage and price increases in northern Europe.

The claim rested on the assumption of a large reduction in global energy use.

The current worldwide slump could bring a cut in official development assistance (ODA) of 30 .

Social deprivation is the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society.

For example, iodine deficiency causes a fall, on average, of 12 IQ points.

The price comparisons will be at the component level for the basic headings for residential, non residential and civil engineering works.

The worsening terms of trade have been a major factor contributing to the decline in the current account surplus in recent years.

Italy, for example with a debt to income ratio already exceeding 100 , has been able to manage so far thanks to falling global rates.

There would not, therefore, be any decrease in the level of work that would have to be performed by the Unit.

A second argument is that higher oil prices are due to lower interest rates and anticipations of higher long term prices.

Stability of social spending is crucial, inasmuch as instability and fluctuations reduce the efficiency of social spending.

During the same period, crude steel production increased by 260 Mt., indicating that the excess has been reduced.

For others, low prices would be a tremendous buying opportunity, whose prospective return far exceeds returns from lending today.

This could be an explicit devaluation or an implicit one due to a price reduction, made possible by the reduction in unit production costs resulting from the extra working time at constant pay.

Though the market shares of Chinese exports seem to have held up quite well, this is attributable to price cutting in foreign markets, which is not sustainable.

In fact, there has been no change in relative prices or depreciation of the US dollar of a magnitude that would augur a permanent shift in trade and spending patterns.

For each crop, Iran calculates the compensation sought for the decreased quality by multiplying the difference between the local and national prices by the quantity produced in 1991.

The bubble is inflated further by the asymmetry between those who bet that prices will rise and buy, and those who forecast a fall, but stay out because to sell short is too costly.

The low market concentration probably makes it easier for steel companies from developing countries to enter the world market.

Yes, prices could easily fall below 1,000 but, then again, they might rise.

Almost half of the stimulus simply offsets the contractionary effect of cutbacks at the state level.

However, due to low level of development in rural areas, practical measures have been taken by relevant agencies to ensure the effectiveness of this policy.

Asia s pipeline network is far too thin, and gas prices are among the highest in the world.

First, with its birth rate well below replacement level, Japan s population is aging and shrinking.