Housing prices have also soared in most major cities.

Instead, world oil prices have soared to 35 per barrel.

Output collapsed and unemployment soared.

Home values have soared to high levels in many countries as irrational exuberance grips the markets.

Stock markets around the world soared.

But the iron ore companies have gotten a windfall gain as iron ore prices have soared (nearly doubling since 2007).

At the top, the incomes of the mega rich have soared, with predictable repercussions, especially in the property market.

Demand for gold jewelry in India and China soared.

Legal awareness in society has soared to unprecedented levels.

Currencies fell, interest rates rose, and credit default swaps soared.

Bankers pay soared alongside profits indeed, it grew even faster.

Unemployment soared, the currency depreciated, and food prices rose dangerously.

His rhetoric soared. His smile could light up a stadium.

The medicalization of depression has proven to be even more profitable for pharmaceutical companies, whose sales of anti depressant medications have soared.

But optimism foundered over the course of 2013, and frustration soared.

Tension between Japan and China which claims the islands immediately soared.

First, the volume of JGBs has soared relative to Japanese household assets.

While China s influence in Latin America has soared, the US has remained aloof.

In this decade, thanks to record high oil prices, GDP growth rates soared.

In the US, as the financial sector soared, the manufacturing base contracted sharply.

The stock price of Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney s old company, has soared.

Apple s stock capitalization has soared, and it became the first trillion dollar company.

Local governments indebtedness soared, and fixed investment surged toward an unprecedented 50 of GDP.

Against that background, it is not surprising that pay in the financial sector soared.

Industrial competitiveness has soared, owing to much higher gas prices in Europe and Asia.

Those countries whose deficits have soared as a result of the global recession should not be forced into a death spiral as Argentina was a decade ago.

Industrial output soared to 40 times its level at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Despite all the oil and gas below the desert sand, growth lagged and unemployment soared.

That year, oil prices plunged, interest rates soared, and the government defaulted on its debt.

Another group Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIIGS) has had more mixed outcomes yields have soared on Greek and Portuguese bonds, while Ireland s were falling until recently.

When unemployment rates in Iraq soared to 60 , hiring Iraqis would have made sense but the contractors preferred to import cheap labor from Nepal, Philippines, and other countries.

But workers were trapped in the rural sector they didn t have the resources to move, and their declining incomes so weakened aggregate demand that urban manufacturing unemployment soared.

And my spirit soared free, like a great whale gliding through the sea of silent euphoria.

At that time, Japan s budget deficit soared after the country s property bubble burst, causing economic stagnation.

He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

Building on this momentum, the campaigns for debt relief, trade reform, and increasing aid to poor countries have gained traction. Yet, while pledges to increase development assistance have soared, short term funding is woefully inadequate.

Meanwhile, corporate profits have soared. The GDP share of after tax corporate profits is at a nbsp record high, whereas labor compensation has plunged to its lowest share since 1950.

The premia paid by Portugal have actually soared since major ratings agencies, explicitly citing the agreement reached at the EU summit in late March, lowered the country s sovereign debt rating.

In 2006 gum arabic exports soared to 280 million, making it by far the leading agricultural export.

Since the early 1990 s, many poor countries food bills have soared five or six fold, owing not only to population growth, but also to their focus on export led agriculture.

Real personal consumer spending grew at a robust 4.4 rate, as spending on consumer durables soared by 21 .

For example, even though the United States was at the heart of the financial crisis, the dollar initially soared.

Rumors of an imminent default swirl around Sicily, whose governor has resigned as borrowing soared after cutbacks from Rome.

So when the dollar s convertibility into gold was suspended, the value of that debt soared, threatening many institutions survival.

Among residents of the Iranian capital, the share of nationalists soared from 38 in 2000 to 59 in 2005.