When these mature industries are foreign, supporters of the infant industry argument call for tariffs, a tax on foreign goods, to force the foreign price above the already higher price of the infant domestic goods.
Because while a stronger yuan increases the dollar price of Chinese goods, it also lowers the yuan price of foreign raw material, allowing Chinese manufacturers to keep a lid on the price of their finished goods.
Forcing mobile operators to reduce what they charge foreign operators whose customers roam onto their networks (the wholesale price) does not guarantee that those foreign operators will pass on any of the reduction to their customers (the retail price).
It is far simpler to allow one price to change, namely, the price of foreign exchange.
In Freetown, the smashed-up capital of Sierra Leone, where hotels charge New York prices for rooms and meals, another moneyed elite (both local and foreign) inflates the price of everything from toothpaste to bananas.
In an efficient market, such as that for shares or foreign exchange, such price rises would be moderated to some extent by other investors selling short (selling something for future delivery that they do not currently own, in the hope that they will be able to buy it more cheaply later).
This was the price of a foreign policy based on assertion rather than on persuasion.
If political pressure became strong enough, rich countries might decide to squeeze foreign labour whatever the economic price.
UES's share price and encourage foreign utilities to buy into generation capacity.
Crown Currency Exchange, which was established six years ago, allowed individuals and business customers to pre-order foreign exchange at a set price up to a year in advance.
The company has trimmed its profit forecasts three times this fiscal because of slowing sales growth in Europe and the U.S., rising commodity costs, unfavorable foreign-exchange rates and price reductions.
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In general terms, dumping is defined as the sale of a product in a foreign market at a lower price than the price obtained by the same producer in his home market.
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The company has trimmed its profit forecasts thrice this fiscal because of slowing sales growth in Europe and the U.S., rising commodity costs, unfavorable foreign-exchange rates and price reductions, fueling investor pessimism.
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Before that time, it was basically clear that outside of wartime (when gold-standard conventions were often suspended), you could basically count on the dollar holding its value against major things like the consumer price level, foreign currencies, and commodities such as gold itself.
But by looking at the region exclusively through the oil lens, he reduces foreign policy to simplistic energy imperialism, concluding with exaggerated visions of endless energy wars, floods of refugees, oil price shocks and ever-growing foreign military commitments.
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Now take a look at the chart, which plots a foreign exchange rate along with a price index for the global stock market.
Such bonds have high yields, are typically issued by countries with strong economic fundamentals and are immune to the price swings caused by foreign-currency exposure.
Despite these actions, the Seychelles economy struggled to maintain its gains and in 2008 suffered from food and oil price shocks, a foreign exchange shortage, high inflation, large financing gaps, and the global recession.
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Not only will consumers pay more for foreign and domestically grown tomatoes at the grocery store and for salads and hamburgers at restaurants, but the new price-floor terms provide a strong indication that the specter of uncertainty associated with antidumping administration provides the necessary leverage to induce foreign producers into pricing schemes indistinguishable from collusion and price-fixing.
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The spike in the food price may have reflected high foreign demand as much as low domestic supply.
This trend helps Daimler price its vehicles attractively to foreign buyers because its revenues are generated in foreign currencies and the resulting additional foreign sales help to raise overall margins.
For the next 18 years, the Federal Reserve loosely followed a de facto price rule by targeting commodity prices including the price of gold and the foreign exchange value of the dollar.
To achieve price stability, it would require the Fed to monitor a full range of asset prices including not only goods and services, but also the price of gold and the foreign exchange value of the dollar.
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Currently, demand is high and the price of oil is controlled by foreign sources.
Today, President Clinton is no more candid about his determination to exploit congressional inattention to secure a foreign policy "success" at virtually any price.
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Sources of foreign oil are unreliable, as is the price: with every international crisis, especially in the volatile Middle East, the cost of a barrel of oil soars.
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Colombia is considering whether to reintroduce a measure to require foreign buyers to deposit 30% of the price of their financial investments in the country for a year at its central bank with no interest.
Because of subsidies from foreign governments, some of their foreign competitors are selling products at an artificially low price.
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This statistic alone should provide a nice tailwind of price support as investors shift further into foreign stocks in the years ahead.
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