Sufficient refinery capacity has as much influence on gasoline prices as fluctuations in the price of oil so if Americans want stable gasoline prices and almost no dependence on oil from outside North America, we need more refineries.
He announced a review into the way the industry stands up to severe weather and fluctuations in prices, saying farm businesses had to be "effective and resilient".
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This would be a mistake, for unless consumers see fluctuations in prices (especially at peak times), they have no incentive to conserve power or shift their use off-peak.
They are usually long-term investors and are not required to mark their positions to market, so they have been able to weather day-to-day fluctuations in prices better than leveraged hedge funds.
Thus if you are going to make the case that the government should smooth policy based fluctuations in prices, then you should make the general case that the government should use subsidies to smooth other prices for businesses.
The stock owner should not be too concerned with erratic fluctuations in stock prices.
There would be more investment--more steady investment--if there weren't such violent fluctuations in oil prices.
The other lines have tended to cancel out except at times of very marked fluctuations in energy prices.
The sector so far continues to be less influenced by Wall Street's headaches than by fluctuations in oil prices.
An ambitious diversification programme, to reduce dependence on natural resources and hence vulnerability to fluctuations in commodity prices, has been put in place.
The Trulia Price Monitor also accounts for the regular seasonal fluctuations in asking prices in order to reveal the underlying trend in prices.
That may be a good thing: the mine typically accounts for one-sixth of Mongolia's tax revenues, and fluctuations in copper prices deliver devastating shocks to the economy.
The economy is heavily dependent upon the export of six commodities - sugar, gold, bauxite, shrimp, timber, and rice - which represent nearly 60% of the country's GDP and are highly susceptible to adverse weather conditions and fluctuations in commodity prices.
Currency fluctuations, layoffs and rising prices are now everyday phenomena.
But buying stock from overseas opens the stores up to currency risks, which is a problem, because prices cannot rise to make up for currency fluctuations.
"The historic response, if you like, is has always been to look to subsidize, to insulate the impact of the fluctuations of exchange rates and commodity prices by looking to subsidize ... things like bread, " Hanna told CNN.
Its profits aren't expected to be as strong next quarter because of the seasonal demand for natural gas and softer crude oil prices, but analysts say oil and gas price fluctuations will not be drastic because of tight supply and strong demand.
To state the obvious, capital assets and consumer goods prices rise and fall all the time, and their fluctuations are essential for telling the markets what economic concepts should receive capital in abundance, and which ones should be starved of it.
While platinum prices have fallen in dollar terms over the last few months, fluctuations in the foreign-exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South African rand have actually meant South African mining companies are effectively receiving a higher payment for their metal, Tremblay said.
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Because the government mandates everything from train times to many ticket prices, operators of railway lines have few levers to pull in response to market fluctuations.
The company is insulated from fluctuations in the spot market for juice, especially from Napa and Sonoma, where prices have zoomed of late.
And the risk of manipulation of food commodity prices has a big impact on a lot of people, some of them very vulnerable to fluctuations.
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