The balance sheet value of the item may therefore differ from the real value.

Just as inflation helps debtors by eroding the real value of their debts, deflation hurts them by increasing the real value of what they owe.

Even if the asset pool declines in value, the fund s managers keep the value of each share at 1.00 by rounding upward the fund s real value.

Sometimes the real value of a conference, however, lies in the conferring.

The real value created by many of these companies is much broader.

But that is logically flawed even with deflation, real purchasing power would fall, and the real value of debts would rise (debt deflation), as the real depreciation occurs.

But the protection against inflation does not prevent a loss of value if real interest rates rise, depressing the value of the bonds.

The real depreciation necessary to restore external balance would drive the real value of euro debts even higher, making them even more unsustainable.

The most direct adverse impact of deflation is to increase the real value of debt.

Moreover, real estate prices might fall dramatically, in which case many households may find the value of their mortgage exceeding the value of their house.

There is a basic view that real value involves making things, involves labor. It involves engineering.

Unlike common stock, bonds, and real estate, the value of gold does not reflect underlying earnings.

His letter to his two nephews emphasized the value of determining the real meaning of strength

It is mainly the value of the land that makes real estate in this area so expensive.

We consider that multilateral approaches here add real value to whatever national means might already be available.

The Shanghai Composite in China rose by a factor of five in real terms from 2005 to 2007, and then lost two thirds of its real value.

What matters is not variations in the book value of these reserves, but rather their real value in terms of purchasing power when China decides to cash in.

The error is called the money illusion the belief that a nominal unit of currency is the best measure of value, even though its real value is unstable.

As a result, the rise in the real value of goods and services available for US consumption and investment was the same as the rise of real GDP.

Top scientists, sheltered by anonymity, can usually spot originality and can judge which scientific ideas have real value.

The Board could therefore still not ascertain that the financial statements fully reflected the real value of assets.

If that happens, a homeowner with a mortgage would see the real value of his debt rise by 10 .

But they also have to create something of real value to have meaningful economic impact in the long term.

What Ukraine would value most is a real sense that it is being treated distinctly in its own right.

On a real trade weighted basis, the dollar is down about 13 relative to its value in March 2006.

The real hope lies in the idea of protecting forests for their value in the fight against climate change.

This compensation had been estimated in the absence of precise information on the real estate value to be compensated.

In addition to tempering debt problems, a short burst of moderate inflation would reduce the real (inflation adjusted) value of residential real estate, making it easier for that market to stabilize.

The government might be tempted to rely on rapid inflation to try to reduce the real value of its debt.

This is not default in the usual sense because the debt is honored, albeit with currency of lesser real value.

Sustained moderate inflation would help to bring down the real value of real estate more quickly, and potentially make it easier for German wages to rise faster than those in peripheral countries.

Once the Chinese are confident about their domestic growth rate, they can allow the real value of the renminbi to rise.

First, they can improve value for money (in that better value for money can be achieved through a competitive market price, and substantial cost savings can be realized through dynamic and real time trading).

They're hiring them to get it done, get it on budget, and they're missing out on the real value of an architect.

A more developed financial system would provide alternatives to real estate as a store of value, thereby making home ownership more accessible.

In particular, the temptation for governments to use inflation to reduce the real value of public and private debts may become overwhelming.

Moreover, most small business loans are collateral based, but the value of the most common form of collateral, real estate, has plummeted.

The government might be tempted to rely on rapid inflation to try to reduce the real value of its debt. Fear of that strategy could cause investors to demand even higher real interest rates.

Supporting further real estate investment would make the sector s value even more dependent on government policies, ensuring that future policymakers face greater political pressure from interests groups like real estate developers and bonds holders.

Paying down debt on credit cards or mortgages also counts as saving but increases in the value of existing assets like stocks or real estate do not, even though they increase the value of household wealth.

We Europeans cannot afford the luxury of dismantling a high value added industrial sector in which we still have a real comparative advantage.

Budget deficits offered what appeared to be a free lunch, as the resulting inflation eroded the real value of public debt, while the government had privileged access to private savings at near zero real interest rates.

Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider real value and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.

The currency, the real, has been strengthening steadily, to nearly twice its value against the US dollar in October 2002, when Lula was first elected.

The inflation pessimists worry that the government will actually choose a policy of faster price growth to reduce the real value of the government debt.