They thus provide an important instrument for hedging price risks in commodity markets.

military expenditures

(Actual outlays, current prices)

(A) Column 6, item 1.1.3, includes military retirements and pensions, retroactive retirements and pensions and scientific and technological research staff.

Instrument for standardized international reporting of

In the defense budget for 2005 the percentage of personnel expenses shall be lower than in 2004, but it is still high comparing to international standards

National currency and unit of measure Thousands of GEL

Instrument for standardized international reporting of military expenditures

National currency and unit of measure Ringitt Malaysia

National currency and unit of measure Thousands of New Zealand dollars

National currency and unit of measure millions of US dollars

(Actual outlays, current prices)

Since the 1930s, the agricultural sector had been subject to price controls.

It facilitates price discrimination and the exploitation of secondary markets.

Futures markets have evolved historically in response to market participants need to manage price risks, and they are an indispensable marketing tool for many commodities.

This reflected a decrease in real terms, due to inflation and the devaluation of the dollar.

This reflected a decrease in real terms, due to inflation and the devaluation of the dollar.

The prices offered by neighbouring countries compared to those paid in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the fact that owners of large businesses in the border areas require foreign currency in order to import basic necessities also invite illicit exports of gold.

With fewer trades, the information content of prices is arguably reduced.

The objective of the Voorburg Group is to establish an internationally comparable methodology for measuring the constant price outputs of the service industries.

Trade deficits reflect transactions between producers and buyers, and those transactions are the result of incentives and price signals.

Price information may be more readily available to both sellers and buyers in this sector.

For travelers to the United States from Europe or Asia, US prices are dramatically lower than at home.

Hence they cannot provide a basis for determining the value of crops, most of which would have been sold at local prices.

Real GDP growth continued at a modest pace in 2004 in the Pacific island economies.

America s colossal fiscal gap readily calculated using projections by the Congressional Budget Office is close to 1,400 of GDP and dwarfs US official debt, which totals 9 trillion (60 of GDP).

Data collection is under way with all regions expected to meet the requirements for national annual prices for the 2005 reference year.

Around this time, Argentina s then President Nestor Kirchner was using price controls to keep food prices low.

CAMBRIDGE An American traveler in Paris or Berlin is continually struck by how high prices are relative to those in the United States.

These monopolies are stronger than ever, and prices, supply, service, and quality all suffer.

It was recently booming, up 74 in real terms in the US in the decade ending with its price peak, in 2008.

The individual prices and supporting comments will need to be compared across regions, which led the Global Office to request submission of individual prices for the ring collection.

It is, therefore, important to complement measures relating to relative prices by the enforcement of customs control and an improved control over the market by means of close co operation with importers and the servicing workshops.

Our exchange rate that used to fluctuate all the time is now fairly stable and being managed so that business people have a predictability of prices in the economy.

Per capita GDP at constant prices was 140 higher in Britain in 1960 than in Brazil in 2010.

On 18 June 2007 Rolls Royce announced that it had signed its biggest ever contract, with Qatar Airways, worth 5.6 billion at list prices.

With that amount, it would have been possible to double the supply of the basic allowance to the population in soap and detergent, and to increase the supply of toothpaste by 48.7 per cent.

If it imported only 25 per cent of its annual needs from Cuba, approximately 2,000 tons, Cuba would earn over 66 million at current prices.

In the later period of Spanish rule the trading system was also inefficient in comparison with previous periods because of high taxes on exports and monopolising corporations which had total control of prices.

If the Cienfuegos refinery were to start production and if the embargo were lifted, Cuba could export 600,000 tonnes a year to the United States. At today's prices, this would be the equivalent of 210 million.

The Global Office pointed out difficulties it encountered in preparing the ring list, and it also indicated that countries would be expected to provide supporting information with the individual price observations.

(3) The provision of information during electronic reverse auctions as provided for in paragraph 1 (b) may give rise to concerns, in that so doing may encourage price signalling or collusive behaviour.

Because of its proximity, Cuba would be a natural supplier of nickel, and but for the embargo could be selling the United States over 30,000 tons per year, worth at current prices over 500 million.

Also, greater transparency concerning the prices applicable to Internet interconnection should be encouraged, particularly with regard to the dealings between large NSPs and ISPs from developing countries.

Goal 4 Core and non core resources aligned with commitments