It is often assumed that periods of sharp commodity price increase are congruent with periods of overall price inflation.
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It can, for example, increase the price that people are willing to pay for a product or the number of products a company can sell.
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All coffee producers and sellers will be affected by the price increase, but when you are at the top of the price ladder and have painfully slow growth that is already a result of those lower McDonald's prices, that pain may be more immediate and severe.
"The years of 300% annual increase in the stock price are probably over, " says Paul McKinnon, Dell's head of personnel.
Over the medium term, however, we expect the downshifting from higher to lower end plans will likely minimize the impact of the price increase on ARPU, and churn should quickly stabilize as subscriber anger over the price increase moderates and they realize there really are no viable competitors to turn to.
Well, global electricity prices are expected to increase in price, in real terms, by 15% by 2035.
Due to a very limited price increase in the trailing twelve months, sales are likely to be tepid.
Of course, many here in America are also experiencing this commodity price increase.
When countries devalue during full utilisation of resources, the results are a general increase in the price level.
Gold, oil, copper and other items are approaching or exceeding rates of price increase not seen for a quarter of a century.
Thanks to technology, even small businesses can have a global footprint if they leverage the Internet and available tools that are dropping in price even as capabilities increase.
After that increase, however, they are trading at price-earninigs ratio of about 25 times, according to Bloomberg figures.
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While top seats on the floor are going for multiples over face value, some of those upstairs are bringing little-to-no price increase.
Some of this added burden has already come to light in the latest wholesale price index, which showed rising oil costs are driving an increase in manufacturing costs.
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Vioxx sales were way down this quarter, but the company says that was the result of wholesalers buying up supplies in front of a price increase. (For the year, sales of Vioxx are up 8%.) Worse, Zocor will face competition from cheap generic versions in 2006.
"Properties have increased in price around 40 percent, and some people are predicting a further increase of 10 percent this year, " said Elms.
One reason, he admits, is that half of the penalties are being passed on, through a 10% price increase, to American buyers who need Canadian wood.
Backdating, in which options are dated retroactively to coincide with low points in the stock price, can increase the profit for the recipient.
He said also that SUV sales in India are unlikely to be hurt by the tax increase because of the lower price of diesel.
It comes as no surprise that commodity prices are highly volatile, but researchers at FuelQuest have shown the exponential increase in wild price swings started in 2004, when electronic trading proliferated and hedge funds and other market players jumped in the market looking for bigger returns in a world of low interest rates.
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If supplies are disrupted or demand accelerates beyond Saudi Arabia's ability to increase supply, the price of oil could rise well beyond anything considered realistic today.
Bananas are one of the most purchased items in American grocery stores, so an increase in price is going to affect the pocketbooks of most of us.
Both agree, however, that dealers are getting smarter with their sales ploys: for example, using loss-leader sales until users are hooked or offering three-for-the-price-of-two deals to increase usage.
While the acquirer said that it can boost the target's business in China, there are concerns that HKEx would have to massively increase LME's business to justify the price paid.
"We want suppliers to explain what mechanisms they use when prices are raised to ensure that consumers pay the higher price only for units consumed following the price increase, " the spokesman added.
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Miners are pushing hard to increase their copper output in order to take advantage of the current market price, which is still relatively high.
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But you go on to suggest that central bankers are powerless to stop the development of asset-price bubbles short of a blunt interest-rate increase.
This drove up prices, which because houses are collateral for housing loans, led to futher easing in lending standards and a further increase in price.
"If you look at electric cars today and at what their price increase is, it's 50% - often more than 50% - and some of them are 100% more expensive, " he observes.
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