Refiners have already moved to cease their operations, which will put further upward pressure on prices.
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On the other hand, it exerts an upward pressure on prices in India, China and Brazil.
In 2011 the fundamentals of supply and demand are likely to exert more upward pressure on prices.
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Excess workers are being put to work and that will begin to put upward pressure on prices.
This could put upward pressure on prices, because the agreement currently supplies one-eighth of world uranium needs.
Not surprisingly inventory levels plummeted as demand increased, putting upward pressure on prices that have created a ripple effect.
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Through Thursday and Friday, oil traders were already covering their shorts, according to Andrey Kryuchenkov of VTB Securities, putting upward pressure on prices.
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Because of an interruption in the usual link between the wage pressure that comes with very low unemployment and the resulting upward pressure on prices.
Demographic factors such as the growing number of single person households, longer life expectancy and a higher divorce rate have contributed to demand and the upward pressure on prices.
This extra capacity minimizes the upward pressure on prices.
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Rises in the cost of non-seasonal foods put the main upward pressure on prices, though this was partly offset by supermarkets slashing the price of seasonal foods, as part of the ongoing supermarket price war.
The current situation seems to be handcuffing the Federal Reserve, which can neither raise rates to combat inflation without hurting growth prospects, nor lower them to aid the economy without hurting the dollar and putting upward pressure on prices.
When fuel prices rise, the cost production and transportation rise, putting upward pressure on the prices of other commodities.
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At the same time, rising home prices and constrained inventories in the single-family market will put upward pressure on rental prices, hurting consumers.
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"It shows more people are looking to rent, which puts upward pressure on rental prices, " he said.
The company reinforced their view that market tension will keep upward pressure on uranium prices in the long-run.
We expect upward pressure on core prices to continue, the normal lagged adjustment to past weakness in the dollar.
Both Hess and Phillips 66 announced they ceasing operations in their New Jersey refineries, putting upward pressure on gasoline prices.
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Even in a world like that, though, sooner or later the very development it brings about will put upward pressure on export prices.
Such a development is likely to exert upward pressure on gas prices if for no other reason than the fact that the currently landlocked and illiquid markets may soon become global.
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If the trade imbalance is sterilized and not allowed to affect the exchange rate, then there will be upward pressure on foreign prices and nominal incomes and downward pressure on U.S. prices and nominal incomes.
To be sure, the embargo "may cause upward pressure on oil prices in Europe in the short term as Iran's oil is diverted, but lower prices elsewhere, " Standard Chartered said, as China would likely take advantage by negotiating discounts.
Under the policies, the Federal Reserve has purchased large volumes of financial assets, and the increase in demand for these assets from the Fed has lowered long-term interest rates and put upward pressure on the prices of stocks and bonds.
The gushers of cash that have flooded Singapore in recent years have put relentless upward pressure on property prices, with private-home prices rocketing 59 percent higher since the second quarter of 2009, even as real-estate prices have tumbled or gone sideways in much of the rest of the world.
Then there is upward pressure on wages and prices, and growth starts to slip.
Strong global economic growth puts upward pressure on crude oil prices as the fast economic activity triggers the need for more fuel.
Expectations of sustained upward pressure on global energy prices have presented the Nigerian government with an opportunity to extract greater returns from existing operations while betting that IOCs will still be interested in investing to meet rampant market demand.
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An EU embargo of Iranian crude would halt around 600, 000 barrels a day of imports, hitting Europe's refiners hard and further tightening markets and inventories, putting upward pressure on oil-futures prices, the International Energy Agency has said.
Exelon's Rowe estimates that electricity prices will increase by at least 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, due to upward pressure on the need for new capacity, fuel prices and capital and labor costs.
With no upward pressure on wages, and real estate prices barely stabilizing, it's hard to say that consumer and producer prices are going higher imminently.
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