The court agreed that the level of prices was not the issue; the clarity of the contract was.

法院赞同物价水平并不是问题所在，合同的明确性才是问题所在。

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Adding to investor wariness about commodities are concerns about the possibility of deflation, or a decline in the general level of prices for goods and services.

投资者还担心有可能出现通货紧缩，也就是商品、服务的总体价格水平下降，因而对大宗商品就更加谨慎了。

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In quiet markets, the number of people who want to sell options increases, driving their prices, and thus the level of implied volatility, down.

在市场平静的时候，愿意出售期权的人增加，使它们的价格，也就是隐含波动性的等级下降。

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"The expected decline in world hunger in two thousand ten is primarily the result of better access to food as the global economy recovers, and food prices remain below their peak level of mid-two thousand eight."

VOA: special.2010.09.21

The CPI thus measures the rates of change in prices, rather than the level of prices.

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But note that it is the level of prices and not the level of inflation that falls.

ECONOMIST: A thinkers’ guide | The

What the Bank of England is and should be watching, however, is not the level of house-prices but the level of borrowing: a substantial fall in house-prices now will be far better than an escalation of debt to levels that would result in a prolonged deflationary slump such as that experienced by Japan and other Asian countries.

BBC: NEWS | Business | UK house prices go into reverse