"Until you get the next batch of buildings, you will have uninterrupted rent and asset-price escalation, " says Periquet.

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It is not likely that housing prices will return to the bizarre price escalation we saw in the period from 2004 to 2008 when there was a buying panic.

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That crisis is not simply that universities are finding their finances strained but rather is evidenced by the extraordinary escalation of the price of their service to its customers.

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It is nonetheless to be expected that there may be a supply-demand gap for indium, with a substantial escalation in its price, at least over the immediate term which is likely to impact on the inauguration of the thin-film CIGS cell industry.

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The apparent de-escalation in the EU debt crisis worked to put downside price pressure on safe-haven gold.

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