(e) Price volatility

One apparent consequence is extreme price volatility.

Global economic instability correlates strongly with energy price volatility.

Security problems and disruptions in production also increased price volatility.

Weather related events are a major cause of price volatility on agricultural markets.

The more energy efficient one is, the lower one s vulnerability to price volatility.

While this is keeping price volatility in check, it is also hindering employment growth.

Economists generally consider commodity futures to be the solution to higher price volatility, not its cause.

Since these responses are overdue, they are severe and lead to energy price spikes and volatility.

While not a cause of price volatility, speculation on derivatives of essential food commodities significantly worsens it.

But their presence has also raised concerns that speculation in commodity futures could result in higher price volatility.

Given these findings, trading in futures markets seems to have amplified price volatility in the short term only.

Whatever your reason for wanting to do this, whether you're concerned about national security or price volatility (Laughter)

Price volatility breeds risk, and vulnerability to risk is recognized as one of the four dimensions that constitute poverty.

But chronic hunger remains pervasive, particularly in developing countries, which are affected most by crop shortages and food price volatility.

Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world.

The growth slowdown is a much greater concern than the recent asset price volatility, even if the latter grabs more headlines.

During the consultations, speakers discussed both the long term and the short term dimensions of the problem of commodity price volatility.

The eurozone s sovereign risk problems could worsen, leading to another round of asset price corrections, global risk aversion, volatility, and financial contagion.

Recent global economic trends called for major policy initiatives, for example for export diversification, investment in infrastructure and control of price volatility.

Oil is not a reliable deterrent to democracy in the long term, owing to price volatility and the development of alternative energy sources.

UNCTAD is also actively working on issues related to the impact of oil price volatility on African oil importing and oil exporting countries.

The enormous pressure of fuel price volatility on our emerging economies is becoming a brake and a factor of distortion for any development plan.

A lack of investment in agriculture that feeds local communities makes these countries vulnerable to international price shocks, as well as to exchange rate volatility.

It supports the purchase of equities by central banks to reduce asset price volatility, restore the value of wealth, and prevent a future market crash.

Looking forward, in the short run, speculators will continue to fuel oil price volatility as bullish and bearish factors steer them one way or the other.

The era of floating exchange rates that followed the end of the gold standard required the development of products that could protect international trade from price volatility.

Where Did Market Volatility Go?

Indeed, one of the big puzzles of the US stock market recently has been low price volatility since around 2004, amid the most volatile earnings growth ever seen.

Also common to rentier states are short investment horizons, vulnerability to commodity price volatility euphoria when they surge, crisis when they collapse and an underdeveloped and uncompetitive manufacturing sector.

) When evaluated through the prism of poverty reduction, the notorious price volatility that has long plagued world commodity markets is among the most pressing of challenges facing developing countries.

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.

Price volatility has also been high for commodities that are not traded in futures markets (copper, iron, and ore), or for which these markets are not important (steel and rice)

They have embarked on the normalization path by hiking official interest rates in order to nip inflation in the bud, thereby preventing price volatility from choking off future economic growth.

Surely, today s low volatility is partly cyclical.

Because energy and food security are matters of economic as well as social and political stability, policies that reduce commodity price volatility should be in the interest of producers and consumers.

In addition, low volatility of inflation relative to the volatility of RER depreciation may be needed to lead to de dollarization.

Commodity exchanges make it possible for farmers to achieve price predictability and security, despite the volatility, over a crop cycle (and, for storable commodities, for a further six months to one year).

Indeed, there is volatility just beneath the surface.

Surging energy prices and price volatility, soaring demand and imports in some large economies, and environmental considerations are the main factors driving development, investment, production and trade with respect to renewable energy (RE) products.

Such volatility does not fit a fundamentals driven market.

That prospect has already sparked renewed financial market volatility.

38. The drawback of voluntary pledges is their volatility.

This does not mean that protectionism is the way forward, only that taking account of specific issues that affect international farm trade weather, price volatility, or health risks may be necessary from time to time.

It was important for the international community to take action to improve their access to trade financing, protect them against the adverse effects of trade liberalization and commodity price volatility, and reduce their transport costs.