Consequently, oil prices increase.

Prices could increase much faster at times.

Moreover, falling commodity prices will also help increase household purchasing power.

So what could justify another huge increase in gold prices from here?

Jordanian Moey complains about the increase in alcohol prices in his country.

The agreement led to an increase in prices of 120 per cent.

This increase put pressure on businesses and consumers, and was a major factor in the increase in world food prices.

Likewise, modern energy crops increase deforestation, displace agriculture, and push up food prices.

Indeed, many countries are already experiencing an increase in import prices for biological resources.

Of course, prices cannot continue to rise indefinitely the price increase will ration demand.

Market prices seem to have been affected by the increase in attention to governance.

This has tended to increase metals prices, fueling Australia s large export surplus in metals.

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

But even optimists don t believe that real estate prices will increase substantially any time soon.

The increase in some asset prices may, moreover, lead to a W shaped double dip recession.

The resulting rise in equity prices would increase household wealth, providing a boost to consumer spending.

This misunderstanding may also contribute to an increase in home prices again, after the crisis ends.

As part of this new deal, Bolivia should also get a larger share when prices increase.

) there was not the long term steady increase in prices associated with the period since 1945 .

The chains pointed to other market forces which, they said, caused them to increase these prices.

If Europe cut back on its agricultural production, the increase in its own food imports would contribute significantly to a worldwide increase in food prices.

The growing gap between mortgage debts and house prices will continue to increase the rate of defaults.

The resulting increase in sugar prices has led producers to seek more land on which to grow sugarcane.

They might be causing an increase in energy prices, amplified by the aging and soon decommissioned production capacity.

However, the rise in oil prices could jeopardize the progress made if the increase is maintained in 2005.

While speculators can affect prices in the short run and increase price volatility, market fundamentals and government actions explain the spectacular rise in oil prices between 2003 and mid 2008.

They think that arguments implying that home prices are higher in one country than another are also arguments that the rate of increase in those prices should be higher there.

Following each wage increase by the government and even before the plan is approved by parliament, prices soar tremendously.

On the contrary, the real question is why the increase in stock prices has not outpaced growth in corporate earnings.

Spanish banks speculated on a continuing increase in real estate prices, which would bring large capital gains to their customers.

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

There was therefore a rapid rise in prices, without any significant increase in salaries or wages in the Palestinian territories.

He also initially refused a gradual increase of petrol prices, saying that after making necessary preparations, such as a development of public transportation system, the government would free up petrol prices after five years.

The Chinese and others should, however, bear in mind that an increase in housing prices does not make a country richer.

The Yom Kippur War in 1973 caused a sharp increase in oil prices, leading to the global stagflation of 1974 1975.

However, cutting farm subsidies will increase food prices, at least initially, while reducing agricultural tariffs alone will not necessarily lead to an increase in food production in poor countries without complementary support.

The implication is that speculators can drive up prices and increase their inventory holdings even as total commercial inventories remain little changed.

Clearly, the Fed s objective is to increase bond prices, in the hope that lower long term interest rates will propel corporate investment.

The Iranian revolution in 1979 led to a similar stagflationary increase in oil prices, which culminated in the recession of 1980 1981.

Rising asset prices lead to a general increase in purchasing power, because many asset holders are willing (and able) to borrow more.

The ECB recently published a report saying that food prices will most likely increase further, because demand is structurally higher than supply.

Increase in LPG prices has been a politically sensitive matter in India as it potentially affects the urban middle class voting pattern.

The outlook for 2005 is for a slowdown in economic growth as commodity prices decline but for a slight increase in inflation.

Inflation was generally lower in 2004, partly owing to currency appreciation, which offset the sharp increase in petroleum prices to some extent.

And Chávez, despite the recent increase in oil prices, can no longer afford to subsidize Cuba as he did during the boom years.