The yen s weakening will mean higher import costs, and therefore a higher rate of inflation.

Rising labor costs are inevitable.

The rise in raw material prices was exacerbated by increased transport costs.

From a macroeconomic perspective, China s current inflation is attributable both to demand pull and cost push factors.

The result has been elevated unit labor costs relative to France s peer group (especially Germany) and stubbornly high unemployment.

These new rules have certainly pushed transaction costs higher.

This is exacerbated by high transportation costs due to the geographical remoteness of small island developing States.

The interference of cost push factors contributed to the unexpected persistence of inflation.

In today s Internet age, the costs of China s support for Burma s generals are rising fast.

But will tax revenues rise fast enough to offset the escalating cost of servicing the government s mountain of debt?

But these reactors have experienced safety problems and are more expensive to operate than current reactors.

But by 1966, high production costs forced the series to come to an end after 107 episodes.

The steady increase in production costs, partly attributable to high borrowing costs, is squeezing enterprises profit margins of small and medium sized enterprises in particular.

Higher interest rates also raise the cost of borrowing to buy these assets, which may diminish demand for them, exerting downward pressure on their prices.

Thus, they run the risk that a spike in interest rates would feed back relatively quickly into higher borrowing costs.

Developing countries have begun to realize the high costs of modern health care systems and the technologies that are required, thus proving Africa's dependence to it.

Meanwhile, rising oil prices have increased transport costs, leading analysts to wonder whether the outsourcing era is coming to an end.

The legislation was a response to the cost of urban housing, which is pushing up the national average marital age (currently around 25 years for women and 28 years for men).

Cities are declaring bankruptcy to escape the pressure of exponentially rising pension and health costs.

Moreover, because crude oil is priced in US dollars, a rise in the euro means a fall in energy costs.

During the last 20 years, economic growth has been based on rising asset prices and declining borrowing costs for consumers and companies.

Although Africa is the world's poorest region on average, wages in the formal economy generally exceed those paid in China and India, where government keeps basic food, housing, and transport costs relatively low through subsidies and controls.

High information and transaction costs contribute to the perception that investing in SMEs is complicated and expensive.

Some were pushed there by the high cost of containing the damage from banks irresponsible behavior.

However, it should be noted that all United Nations organizations in Bonn will face higher operating costs at the new premises, particularly for electricity, relating to increases in basic office size, lifts, air conditioning and generally higher energy costs.

Delegations expressed concerns about the possibility of higher costs for immunization because of higher prices of new vaccines and encouraged UNICEF to continue its efforts to increase access to affordable vaccines.

Debtor countries pay substantial risk premiums to finance their debt, which is reflected in their high economy wide borrowing costs.

With a debt GDP ratio of 230 , a four percentage point rise in borrowing costs would cause the annual deficit to double, to 20 of GDP.

The alternative is either a sovereign debt crisis, followed by a destructive spike in borrowing costs, or a growing burden for subsequent generations of taxpayers.

13. We acknowledge that the special characteristic of the Pacific Island region incurs significant transaction costs and place practical constraints on the prospect for achieving the MDGs.

Higher deficits, moreover, would cause the ratio of debt to GDP to rise from its already high level, which implies greater debt service costs and, therefore, even larger deficits.

As a result, the cost of capital in the US will soar, discouraging investment and reducing consumption spending as high interest rates depress the value of households principal assets their houses.

At the same time, Japan s demographic trends will boost demand for fiscal expenditure, as pension and health care costs rise.

The Germans fear that such innovations would lead to a rise in domestic borrowing costs, and to direct and indirect fiscal transfers to poorer countries.

Rising production costs and falling prices for their products is a recipe for indebtedness, and debt is the main cause of farmers suicides.

The increase in rental charges over those for the 2004 2005 biennium is due to the increase in the charge per square metre, from 1.00 to 1.50.

Nor could a country abuse the privilege, lest it be automatically withdrawn, causing the country s cost of borrowing to rise immediately.

Likewise, increasing pressure from growing labor costs will force enterprises to lower their profit expectations and cut costs, negatively affecting output growth and employment in the short run.

Transport costs for sub regional trade are double that of other developing regions, and high energy costs contribute significantly to the prohibitive cost of doing business.

Barring unexpected shocks, I believe that China s inflation may peak soon. From a macroeconomic perspective, China s current inflation is attributable both to demand pull and cost push factors.

Higher yields and lower production costs have reduced global commodity prices (corn, soybeans, and derivatives), resulting in higher farm income, enhanced supplies of food and feed products, and more readily available high quality calories.

In the face of high systemic risk, private capital is leaving banks and the sovereign debt markets, causing governments borrowing costs to rise and bank capitalization to fall.

All this, not production costs, lies at the heart of high oil prices and the scramble for oil contracts in Central Asia and Africa.

Childcare costs have risen dramatically in recent years, in part due to improvements in the pay of childcare personnel.

Production costs in terms of labor, resources, regulation, and infrastructure have been rising domestically, while consumption bubbles in the West have burst.