However, if coffee prices continue to increase through 2011, it can provide an upside to our forecasts.
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They raised output quotas by 500, 000 barrels per day immediately and promised a further, similar increase if prices remained above recent levels.
And if they do increase prices, consumers will buy less or have less money to spend on other things, meaning fewer jobs on net.
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"We do have to do this, but at what cost, " she asked, citing concerns that some consumer may not be able to afford to heat their homes if energy prices continue to increase.
However, if Starbucks continues to increase prices over the next few years in the face of increasing coffee prices, there can be a downside to our forecast.
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Investors should be worried if they begin to see housing prices increase substantially and employment figures sharply rise.
You may recall that this battle became public when Steve called the labels "greedy, " warning of an increase in piracy if prices are increased.
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Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean was also quoted as saying the Bank may have no choice but to increase rates if commodity prices rise further.
The fear, though, is of a further increase in inflation if prices are brought, as economists say they should be, up to the cost of domestic production, something like 20 cents a litre.
If imported coal prices rise, that will significantly increase the price of aluminum.
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Estech countersued, claiming it had been sued because it refused Medtronic's repeated requests to raise prices, including one in March 2003 when Medtronic's then-president of cardiac surgery allegedly threatened that "if Estech did not agree to increase its prices to match the higher prices charged by Medtronic, Medtronic would sue Estech for patent infringement"--which it did, four months later.
Estech countersued, claiming it had been sued because it refused Medtronic's repeated requests to raise prices, including one in March 2003 when Medtronic's then-president of cardiac surgery allegedly threatened that "if Estech did not agree to increase its prices to match the higher prices charged by Medtronic, Medtronic would sue Estech for patent infringement"-which it did, four months later.
The discounts would increase if Nokia successfully drives down component prices through greater volumes.
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Any rise in home prices could still increase consumption, even if it does so by removing credit constraints rather than through the wealth effect.
Nevertheless, Mr Kumhof worries that if oil prices are high enough, the economic impact might increase substantially.
Ceteris paribus, on-field success in Year X (especially if unforeseen) almost always yields an increase in ticket prices the following year.
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You could try to increase total sales by lowering prices, but if you face a downward sloping demand curve then maximum profits will always occur at a lower production level than maximum revenue.
If prices fall in coming weeks in response to the cartel's production increase, might not some other countries agree?
Even if there were a sizeable increase in supply, the impact on house prices would be limited for some time because the number of new homes is so small compared with the existing stock.
If such a major oil producer announces plans to increase production, markets respond and prices promptly sag.
If so, share prices would almost certainly fall, too: a two-point increase in interest rates plus a 20% drop in share prices would have roughly the same dampening effect.
If people have any wealth it's in their houses, but house prices don't always increase.
If the market price drops below that, the government buys dairy products from farmers to buoy prices and increase demand.
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If oil prices remain at the levels they are at currently for a considerable amount of time, this would increase BPs revenues for the year.
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If people have started to increase short positions in bonds this at the very least represents growing concern that prices may not rise forever, nor yields keep on falling.
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Holding prices down could place a real crimp on new drug innovation, which, if put into practice, might increase both fitness and longevity.
If we want to keep costs down in a sector with high levels of consumption and opaque prices we need to increase supply and make prices more transparent.
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Surging capacity in China and elsewhere has prompted the North American Steel Trade Committee (comprising America, Canada and Mexico and their country's steel firms) to estimate that the world's total annual steelmaking capacity will rise by 250m tonnes over the next five years, an increase of 25% that threatens a return to glut, and thus plunging prices, especially if Chinese demand falters.
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