High commodity prices have given Brazil a large current-account surplus for the past few years.
High commodity prices have masked some of the impact of these shortcomings on the economy.
Now that commodity prices have plunged, the inflation risk has dramatically receded across the rich world.
The company reported continued pressure from higher purchase costs, even as commodity prices have eased this year.
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"Commodity prices have now reached a level where new investment is just starting to appear, " he says.
Commodity prices have tumbled, and the steel in old ships is worth much less than it was.
Stronger wage growth and high commodity prices have squeezed profits, and export order books are suddenly thinner.
Commodity prices have been rising sharply since his August 27th Jackson Hole speech.
The cuts come as slowing global demand and a fall in commodity prices have hurt profits at mining firms.
As commodity prices have risen, governments in some poor countries have demanded higher royalties or threatened recalcitrant firms with expropriations.
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Commodity prices have fallen: oil is down nearly 60% from its peak and many crops and metals have done worse.
High commodity prices have created something of a vicious circle by adding to the expense and difficulty of expanding output.
Since then, although some commodity prices have been strong, the CPI has not risen by much more than 3 percent per year.
Agricultural, industrial and other precious metal commodity prices have also been extraordinarily volatile since Nixon severed the last link between dollar and gold.
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Interest rates have been low and commodity prices have been high.
Commodity prices have already declined from their peaks and capacity constraints are likely to be felt again this year, so fresh capital will be needed.
But commodity prices have risen even when priced in non-dollar currencies.
Though global commodity prices have risen 12% since last June, the Fund expects rising world supplies to bring down global energy prices by 3% in 2013.
Rising commodity prices have allowed a class of super-rich, from Middle Eastern potentates to Russian oligarchs, to splash out on converting full-sized airliners into private jets.
Commodity prices have bounced nicely from the mid-month lows, and the strength in copper may be a sign that the economy is really stronger than most expect.
Recent sharp rises in commodity prices have been an important factor contributing to the rising rate of inflation in the UK and creating uncertainty for interest rate policymakers.
Sovereign debt and commodity prices have gone haywire as well.
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As commodity prices have risen, those rents have grown conspicuously.
Both the strength of the dollar and the weakness of commodity prices have more to do with economic weakness abroad, particularly in Asia, than with any new era in America.
Livestock, wheat and other commodity prices have fallen sharply.
Commodity prices have exploded over the past 10 years.
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"The cumulative increases in energy and commodity prices have been large enough that they could account for some of the recent pickup in core inflation, " Bernanke told the Economic Club of Chicago.
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