No quick fix exists for oil prices.

For some, low prices would render them insolvent.

Higher prices can mean higher incomes for them.

Unstable prices for commodities were a serious issue.

So rising prices feed back into more rising prices, and the cycle repeats again and again for a while.

Higher home prices in a given country may tend to create conditions for falling home prices there in the future.

Finished goods were imported at excessively high prices set by Russia, while the prices for Donets' industrial products was low.

Growth driven by high commodity prices is also susceptible to busts, for similar reasons. Commodity prices tend to move in cycles.

The Middle Eastern uprisings have pushed oil prices higher, eating up consumer purchasing power while raising input prices for many producers.

Twenty one countries computed average prices for the first quarter.

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In addition, Gazprom is now overpaying its suppliers, because its long term contracts are for prices that are now far above market prices.

Prices for many commodities have doubled over the past couple of years. Oil prices have risen almost 400 in the last five years.

For most non oil exporting developing countries, the improvement in commodity prices stimulated 2004 growth, outweighing the negative effects of higher oil prices.

Food prices are soaring. Oil prices are at historic highs.

Soaring energy prices, for example, have become a leading inflation risk.

He knows his children s future depends on better prices for cotton.

Housing prices peaked in 2006, and equity prices peaked in 2007.

Shortages of natural gas increased fertilizer prices, pushing up food prices.

These may be either the best country prices or perhaps even international prices, but they are not local farm gate prices.

High oil prices fuel public discussion about the future of oil prices.

But, whereas metal prices have fallen, oil prices are reaching record highs.

The prices of traded mortgage backed securities have followed house prices down.

Of course, we do not have annual data for Babylonian gold prices.

According to Iraq, local producer prices are more appropriate for this purpose.

Liberians have also had to face rapidly rising prices for basic commodities.

In this scenario, bond prices in post industrial countries are heading for a serious fall as are real estate prices in California, New York, and London.

In the near future, substantially higher oil prices, lower real estate prices, or both, could, depending on public reaction, put Bernanke into uncharted territory for economic stress.

Prices are high.

Prices went up.

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a 2002 prices.

OPEC might be correct to blame American policies and speculators for higher prices.

Mail recipients will set their prices for different kinds of mail requests senders.

If prices rebound, Putin and his people will glorify themselves for their wisdom.

Domestic and export (fob) prices for HR (hotrolled) sheets, US tonne, 1974 1999

Consumer demand has been the main factor responsible for lower prices in retailing.

For consumers, the costs are in terms of higher prices and less variety.

But, the truth may be just the opposite. Higher home prices in a given country may tend to create conditions for falling home prices there in the future.

But continued growth increases demand for oil, sending prices even higher. The alternative to monetary and fiscal expansion is recession, at which point oil prices would stop rising.

The individual prices and supporting comments will need to be compared across regions, which led the Global Office to request submission of individual prices for the ring collection.

Moreover, we are now experiencing a fundamental change in expectations about oil prices not only are today s prices quite high in real terms by historical standards, but the futures markets indicate that prices are expected to remain high for years to come.

In the recent past, the prices of these products have increased faster than steel prices.

Oil prices rose throughout 2004, with accelerating fluctuation as prices peaked in August and October.