For example, a truly free market and also an oligopolistic one will show much the same activity in prices.
The data "show a broad-based recovery in housing activity and prices across the country, " said Michael Gapen, an economist at Barclays Capital.
The first perspective is fairly standard stuff: the outlook for economic activity and prices over the next couple of years, assuming that rates move in line with market expectations.
In France lofty tax hikes have already been curbing high-end activity and suppressing prices, according to Savills.
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Result: choked development of the "real" economy but spurts of activity (and prices) in key sectors such as housing.
Moreover, the wealth effect may be asymmetric: a fall in share prices could reduce economic activity by more than a rise in prices boosts it, because of the greater adverse impact on confidence.
It also reports weak service and manufacturing sector activity, and falling prices in weak housing markets.
Did Robert Shiller, so bearish on the home market, catch the turn in prices and activity?
Only the continued run-up in stock prices and activity in residential housing.
However, it may also reflect the bottoming-out of prices and activity in the US housing market following the collapse of last decade's property bubble.
"Housing market activity revives when house prices decline sufficiently to restore housing affordability and entice buyers to step up and make a purchase, " says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com.
Despite these improved results, new construction activity remains weak and steel prices are on the rise.
Anecdotally, consider how much typical General Aviation flying activity has fallen as fuel prices have risen.
The cost was rocketing interest rates, plunging asset prices, slowing business activity and rising unemployment.
However, if new demand grows and prices rise, hurricane activity could once again be a threat to key offshore production.
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Fundamentally, the high volatility means investors are discounting extreme future scenarios and baking that analysis into their daily trading activity and their view of security prices.
Halliburton is well positioned to benefit from the burst in exploration and production activity that is expected as oil prices continue to climb higher against the backdrop of strong demand recovery and the political upheaval in the Middle East.
The collateral damage from the housing market is already baked in the cake: Expect a continued slump in residential construction activity and employment, lower house prices that will force more subprime lenders to the wall and put strains on the most leveraged parts of the financial system and a slowdown in consumption expenditures.
It's hard to predict another industry-wide recession, with oil prices still high and drilling activity ramping up worldwide.
Analysts at Wells Fargo are making their predictions, noting that energy prices have already impacted economic activity.
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Strong global economic growth puts upward pressure on crude oil prices as the fast economic activity triggers the need for more fuel.
On Thursday, my Attorney General also launched a task force with just one job: rooting out cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices, including any illegal activity by traders and speculators.
The bottoming of housing prices and a pickup in mortgage activity seem in the cards, too.
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Stimulus is designed to promote economic activity, create jobs, and boost asset prices.
The inflationary impact of sterling's slide will be countered by the collapse in commodity prices and the contraction in economic activity.
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It says it is investigating to determine if dark pool activity detracts from the quality of publicly quoted prices of the stocks involved.
Among the 20 areas where per capita personal income fell furthest, six were in Texas, where declines in energy prices slowed oil and gas drilling activity.
Mr MacRae believes there could be a "modest pick-up" in housing market activity if mortgages are made more available and prices remain at their current levels.
And then normal market activity would resume, with Bitcoin-denominated prices gently falling by a small fraction of a percentage point each month between now and April 2018.
However, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have suggested a sluggish start to the year in terms of mortgage activity, which could feed through to house prices later.
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