Prices will continue to rise.

The increase in gasoline prices is a tactical increase.

A weak dollar also affects demand by increasing consumption. The result of a decrease in supply and an increase in demand is higher prices.

The result of a decrease in supply and an increase in demand is higher prices.

Four years of deflation and a drawn out banking crisis offer little prospect of economic stimulus. Higher oil prices and lower trade turnover aggravate the problem.

Higher oil prices and lower trade turnover aggravate the problem.

This is boosting the prices of other risky assets such as equities and credit.

Ultimately, higher oil prices compete with national development priorities.

Ordinarily, a sharp rise in oil prices quickly translates into higher inflation expectations, followed by rising interest rates at all maturities.

The increase in the exchange value of the euro from 2003 to 2004 eroded production cost advantages and the benefits of dollar denominated price increases.

Indeed, many countries are already experiencing an increase in import prices for biological resources.

Soaring oil prices boost wood energy

If there is a perception that prices will be higher in the future, then prices will tend to be higher today.

The parties were able to justify the increases to the agency, however, by showing increases in their costs.

Certainly, the increase in the prices of certain primary commodities in 1994 was an encouraging sign.

In general, the higher demand for roundwood resulted in higher prices, which were not always equally compensated for by higher product prices after processing.

However, the gains in African prices were not solely the result of currency movements shortages in supply of certain species also drove up prices.

Strong global demand, owing to emerging economies like China, has undoubtedly fueled some of the price increase.

This means more treatment on greeting cards and higher buy in prices for gift products.

The recent turn around in that trend seemed due to speculation because, according to long term forecasts, prices would remain weak.

In North America, housing construction demand drove prices up and production responded.

Prices for fibre inputs have also shown signs of recovery and increase in North America over the past few years.

Indeed, elevating long term asset prices was precisely the point of lowering interest rates making bondholders and especially real estate owners richer, after all, provides a fillip to spending.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization argues that rising food prices could lead to increasing global conflicts. The Davos World Economic Forum ranks food insecurity as a major risk to humanity.

People seemed to think that rapid appreciation in these markets had become a universal constant, like the speed of light.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization argues that rising food prices could lead to increasing global conflicts.

During Napoleonic Wars it became impossible to import cheap grain into Britain which resulted in the price of bread increasing.

The city government of Moscow complained to the antimonopoly agency of a simultaneous increase in the price of cement by four leading producers.

(a) Sudden increases in the cost of services and supplies promulgated by the host authorities that result in unplanned unforeseen expenditure

Despite recent improvements, long term projections of the prices of commodities from the developing countries were unfavourable.

The limited availability of coastal mining resources and the growing demand for these resources implies that their prices are rising.

This pattern reflects the Fed s own obsession with price stability, which encourages preemptive interest rate increases to head off inflation, but restrains equivalent preemptive reductions to head off unemployment.

As the escalation of dollar commodity prices continues, so will European interest in a stronger currency.

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However, the rise in oil prices could jeopardize the progress made if the increase is maintained in 2005.

This increase in price has had little to do with changes in demand, but rather more to do with tight log supply and higher transport costs.

The stronger euro and weaker dollar in 2004 limited price appreciation in Europe for pulp and paper commodities.

The world s monetary authorities will have trouble stopping this decline, and much of the attendant problems, just as they would have had trouble stopping the ascent that preceded it.

Indeed, these countries are already experiencing large relative price increases for food and oil, a food emergency for the poor, and higher rates of inflation induced by commodity price shifts.

Gradual, predictable, and reliable increases in energy prices would provide strong incentives for consumers to reduce their energy bills.

The recent rise in oil prices also posed a challenge to world economic growth and, in particular, the economic development of many developing countries.

The sharp rise in oil prices had only a relatively moderate negative impact on global economic activity in 2004 (graph 3.1.1).

In Europe, the appreciation of the euro and other currencies against the dollar mitigated the potential adverse impact of higher oil prices.

The recent recovery in commodity prices should provide an impetus to the growth of developing countries, but they must continue to diversify their economies.

This strategy comprises three elements First and foremost it contains a clear commitment to the primary goal of the ECB, which is to safeguard price stability. Price stability was defined as an annual increase in the price level of below two percent over the medium term.