Raising the price makes economic sense but is the last thing a populist government wants to do.
This share price results in a price to economic book value ratio of 1.0, implying no future growth in NOPAT.
"To decide whether to take such steps, we would like to watch price and economic conditions for a while, " Mr Hayami said.
That price translates into a price to economic book value ratio of 0.5, which means the market is predicting a permanent 50% decline in its profitability, an awfully pessimistic assumption.
People tolerated it: they considered it the price of economic growth, the cost of doing business, the quickest way to win a contract (or just get a telephone line), a perk of political power.
This valuation gives it a 0.8 price to economic book value ratio, implying that the market expects a permanent 20% decline in NOPAT for SNDK. In the short term it is possible that SNDK might experience a decline in NOPAT, but over the long term it is hard to imagine this company experiencing the kind of permanent decline that its share price implies.
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If political pressure became strong enough, rich countries might decide to squeeze foreign labour whatever the economic price.
The European Union says that it can reduce its emissions 15% from 1990 levels without paying an economic price.
It was a political decision made in the interest of stability, but the government has paid a heavy economic price.
First, consider the main reason why general price inflation retards economic growth: it can lead to a misallocation of resources.
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Malaria exacts a heavy economic price, in lost productivity, and it means sure death for several million children every year.
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David Cameron has been desperate for a symbol that the bankers have paid a price for the economic havoc they have wreaked.
The British pound was fairly buoyant, despite grim U.K. unemployment numbers and a less-than-upbeat price growth and economic assessment from the Bank of England.
All Americans pay an economic price for this lazy form of teaching because our students are not as ready for the world economy as a result.
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Just as conventional inflation can distort the allocation of resources, so asset-price inflation distorts economic behaviour by causing households to save too little and to pour too much money into property.
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Bernanke said he was committed to both price stability and economic growth, and he reiterated his desire to have the Fed start telling the public exactly what inflation rate it's going for.
It used to be impossible economically to break down the inedible part of a plant, like a used corncob and other parts of a plant, into cheap, usable sugars to get ethanol at an economic price.
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Further, if there are markets with insufficient pipeline capacity (such as New England and parts of New York), Skipping Stone suggests that by syncing the two markets, economic price signals become more transparent and should stimulate provision of services or construction of additional pipeline capacity.
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In a semiannual report to Congress, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told politicians that commodity-price inflation, and oil prices more specifically, could pose a threat to economic growth and price stability if sustained at high levels, while at the same time reassuring markets and politicians that inflation remained low and expectations stable.
Austerity will come at a high price in terms of economic growth for France and for Europe.
Those decisions are often made better by individuals acting in response to price signals and other economic indicators.
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But he warned that the industry continued to see "significant" energy price volatility due to economic and political turmoil.
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That will minimize price volatility and the economic disruptions that come with it.
Virtually all economists regard these constant-price measures as key economic indicators meaningful and indispensable for analysis of growth and fluctuations.
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