Commodity prices fell into territory not seen since 1999.

大宗商品价格跌到了1999年以来未曾见过的区域。

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But Mr Simon also had history on his side: real commodity prices fell steadily throughout the 20th century.

不过西蒙也有历史根据：商品的真正价格在整个20世纪都在稳步下跌。

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High agricultural commodity prices ensured payments slid, and reach a record low in 2008. Last year, this trend reversed as commodity prices fell.

过去几年农业产品价格的持续上升弥补了农业补贴的不断下降，这个趋势在2008年创下历史新低，但是去年随着农产品价格的回落这个趋势被扭转。

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Flowers was caught hedging wheat at high prices while commodity prices fell.

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Yet farm values have held up much better than they did in the 1930s or even in the 1980s, when prices fell by around a third in real terms as commodity prices dropped and the Federal Reserve used high interest rates to squeeze inflation out of the system.

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ConAgra Foods ( CAG), for example, recently reported that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 16%, largely because commodity prices rose while at the same time consumers were more budget-conscious.

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