On Wednesday the U.S. central bank's Beige Book, an anecdotal compendium of economic conditions around the country, described a familiar picture of economic softness, with sluggish consumer spending and a slowdown in commercial real estate, despite rising prices.
Moreover, despite rising oil prices, Brunei faces flagging growth and its enviable living standards could dip.
The boom is expected to continue, despite rising gas prices.
Curiously, the trend has continued despite rising wholesale prices.
Despite the rapidly rising prices, there was no shortage of crude oil to justify the run up of price in the commodities pits.
Yet, despite rising unemployment and lower share prices, consumers continued to spend.
But, as was seen in the 1970s, rising energy prices can lead to inflation despite weak growth, a concept known as stagflation.
Despite rising wages, consumer price inflation is still falling: prices rose 1.4% in the year to March.
Rising incomes have also outpaced rising oil prices and sustained emerging market demand despite a general reduction in subsidies, the IEA says.
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Despite the RBI's hawkish line on inflation, rising prices are seen as less of a problem than they were a few months ago.
But the biggest mystery is why, despite bond yields that have been rising since October 1998, share prices have continued to climb.
Despite the sharp fall in natural gas prices in the U.S. caused by rising production from shale and other unconventional rock formations there was a time when early investors in shale gas made fat profits, a process which is being mirrored in Australia.
Kicking off earnings season, Alcoa posted second quarter results after the bell on Monday, hitting EPS expectations of 32 cents right on the head as the Dow component realized higher prices and saw increased demand, despite a weak U.S. dollar and rising energy and material costs.
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It's also a signal to the Chinese that the U.S. may secretly want the dollar to decline, which is one reason that, despite the global recession, the prices of oil and other goods that are denominated in dollars have been rising again.
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