This induced artificial variability in the real price of gold, especially during the periodic financial panics that attend fractional reserve banking.

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The artificial supply drives down the price of a company's stock, and because stock values are artificially depressed and manipulated, businesses are less inclined to access the capital markets.

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Goods in Somalia and the region are becoming more expensive owing to the increased cost of doing business and the price distortions generated by artificial economies.

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We need to work off some of the artificial strength that has resulted from high QE2 expectations and simply price in the fact that our economy is growing again, albeit slowly.

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When we hold the price of gasoline below what the market will bear, we create an artificial gap between the number of gallons buyers want to buy and the number of gallons sellers are willing to sell.

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