The country has struggled with inflation, a lot of it imported from high commodity prices.
High commodity prices have given Brazil a large current-account surplus for the past few years.
We expect strong results on account of high commodity prices and stable production during the period.
High commodity prices have masked some of the impact of these shortcomings on the economy.
Fueled by high commodity prices and surging demand from China, Latin America's economies are enjoying a renaissance.
Stronger wage growth and high commodity prices have squeezed profits, and export order books are suddenly thinner.
Inflation is falling across the region, and high commodity prices and robust demand are boosting exports as well.
The cost of food, cost and packaging (as a percentage of sales) rose significantly due to high commodity prices.
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High commodity prices have created something of a vicious circle by adding to the expense and difficulty of expanding output.
Thanks to high commodity prices, vacant homes in poorer neighbourhoods are quickly stripped of their aluminium sidings and copper fixtures.
The mining giants do not deny that they have profited handsomely from high commodity prices but do dispute that figure.
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Moreover, thanks to high commodity prices, mining firms are flush with cash.
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But "high commodity prices tend to indicate healthy global growth, " says David Bianco, chief U.S. equity strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Temporary factors, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has called high commodity prices, have eased and have allowed consumers to divert their spending away from essentials.
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Inflation, they said, was caused by high commodity prices pushing up energy and food costs, while supply-chain disruptions in Japan were in the process of being solved.
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While it appears like a distant possibility, high commodity prices coupled with ultra-loose monetary policy and a cold economy could, in a very bad scenario, lead to stagflation.
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Don't expect sudden cash windfalls (from high commodity prices, for instance) to last, plan your spending cuts strategically, cut back on low priorities, but do not slash across the board.
Economic policy in these nations has evolved, to the point where they have managed to efficiently navigate a global environment of high commodity prices, low interest rates, and large capital flows.
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Edmar Bacha, a distinguished Brazilian economist, reckons that the country has not enjoyed such favourable global conditions (including high commodity prices) since the mid-1960s, when it embarked on a decade as the world's second-fastest-growing large economy.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, situated in the heart of America's farm country, concluded earlier this year that the surge in farmland prices had been driven by a combination of low interest rates and high commodity prices.
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Following her Kraft homecoming--Rosenfeld had worked for 20 years at Kraft and General Foods before joining PepsiCo--the new chief now has to grapple with high commodity prices, an upcoming spin-off of the company from its 87% owner, Altria, and of course, fierce global competition.
In its second-quarter earnings report that beat market expectations on Tuesday, Caterpillar said strong sales outside of North America are being driven by solid economic growth in the developing world, investment in infrastructure almost everywhere, and high commodity prices that encourage its customers to invest in mining equipment.
Following her Kraft homecoming--Rosenfeld had worked for 20 years at Kraft and General Foods before joining PepsiCo--the new chief now has to grapple with high commodity prices, an upcoming spin-off of the company from its 87% owner, Altria (nyse: MO - news - people ), and of course, fierce global competition.
In its second-quarter earnings report that beat market expectations on Tuesday, Caterpillar (nyse: CAT - news - people ) said strong sales outside of North America are being driven by solid economic growth in the developing world, investment in infrastructure almost everywhere, and high commodity prices that encourage its customers to invest in mining equipment.
Flowers was caught hedging wheat at high prices while commodity prices fell.
With farm incomes high and commodity prices at record peaks, this season looked ripe for reform.
One thing that has kept commodity prices high has been the lack of supply to meet a huge growth in demand.
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