Commodity prices fell, too.

As a result, food prices fell somewhat.

Japan s share fell by four percentage points, and America s fell by almost seven, from 18 to 11.2 , while Europe s share fell by only 2.4 percentage points, from 19 to 16.6 .

Over the decade, the US share of global R D fell from 38 to 31 , the EU share fell from 27 to 23 , and Asia s share rose from 24 to 32 .

In the UK, the share fell four percentage points in 1980 1990 (the Margaret Thatcher revolution), and fell further until 2000.

When US housing prices fell, some of these players should have gone bankrupt.

Steel prices fell from their very high levels starting in late 2004 early 2005.

These assumptions turned out to be wrong, as export prices fell steadily over four decades.

Commercial real estate prices fell from May to June this year by an alarming 4 .

Share prices show that investors believe that they got a really good deal.

The interest rate on 10 year government bonds fell to 3 , and the stock market declined for six weeks in a row, the longest bearish stretch since 2002, with a cumulative fall in share prices of more than 6 .

Oil prices gradually fell, and the stock market began its long climb towards its peak in 2000.

When housing prices fell, so did the value of the mortgages and the securities based upon them.

Lower share prices will now have negative effects on consumer spending and business investment.

Between 1990 and 2005, the sector s share in total employment fell by more than seven percentage points.

Because consumer prices fell faster than wages, the welfare of those who remained employed rose in the Great Depression.

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

Dramatically lower share prices and a 35 fall in home prices reduced household wealth by 14 trillion, a loss equal to 140 of annual disposable income.

In the years prior to the financial crisis, Canada s share fell from the mid 40 s to about 40

Since share ownership (including mutual funds) of American households totals approximately 17 trillion, a 15 rise in share prices increased household wealth by about 2.5 trillion.

Indeed, at the peak of the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, gold prices fell sharply a few times.

In June, oil prices leapt by 11 in one day, and in July they fell back by 15 in three days.

The bond market and share prices have responded to all of this bad news in a predictable fashion.

The stock market dropped sharply. Home prices fell 40 , completely wiping out the equity of one third of all homeowners with mortgages.

In contrast, US home prices were uneventful before the Great Depression, and actually fell slightly in real terms between 1925 and 1929.

Africa s share of global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) also fell, from 1.8 in 1986 90 to 0.8 in 1999 2000.

Because of their pressure, employment fell, reducing the share of wages in total national income by 10 over the past 30 years.

Markets had factored into share prices the belief that the US government would not allow any more banks to collapse.

Though its share of the popular vote fell just below the 5 threshold required to enter the Bundestag, the party performed surprisingly well.

They insist that China will go ahead with plans to introduce margin trading, short selling, and futures contracts on share prices.

International trade also played a role because if commodity prices in developing countries fell too low, farmers abandoned their occupation and drifted to the towns.

Among developing countries, Latin America s share of global FDI also fell dramatically, from 40 50 in the 1970 s to about half that in 2006.

The share of social infrastructure and services in total official development assistance increased from 25 per cent in 1990 to 34 per cent in 2002, while the share of the economic infrastructure and production sectors fell during those years.

After the upward jump in energy prices in 1973, annual global growth fell from roughly 5 between 1960 and 1973 to around 3 between 1973 and 1989.

In Africa, the share of manufacturing exports of about 30 per cent in 2000 represented an increase of only 10 percentage points compared with the 1980 share, while the continent's share of world merchandise exports fell from 6.3 per cent in 1980 to 2.5 per cent in 2000 in value terms.

After 1979, fears about limits to growth and nuclear power ebbed. Oil prices gradually fell, and the stock market began its long climb towards its peak in 2000.

Even those countries that were better prepared were made painfully aware of the after effects of crisis export markets collapsed, commodity prices fell, and credit markets seized up.

They also need roads and transportation to get their products to market, and technology to receive and share the latest market information on prices.

They should share the bonanza of higher prices with Australia s citizens, and an appropriately designed mining tax is one way of ensuring that outcome.

Given China s size and its rising share in the global market, macroeconomic instability there fuels volatility in global prices for basic commodities and raw materials.

During the last quarter century, global economic growth has soared, but Africa continued to lose ground. Indeed, the continent s share of world exports fell from 4.6 in 1980 to 1.8 in 2000, and its share of world imports declined from 3.6 to 1.6 over the same period.

The interest rates on loans to brokers at the stock exchange soared to 70 and, with brokers unable to get money, stock prices fell to a low not seen since December 1900.

The general shift from defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution plans meant that employees felt the effect of rising share prices directly in their own personal accounts.

Instead of profiting from sales at high prices, the corporation would become eligible for a share of all payments made by the fund over the next ten years.

Sami fell.