In that certain sense, prices rise and fall with great regularity as consumers tell producers what they want less and more of.
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.
Gasoline prices often rise and fall with crude oil prices, and so complex refineries that can process lower priced crude feedstock typically see their margins improve during rising oil prices.
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Perhaps ticket prices would rise and fall with cost of jet fuel.
Greece saw overall deflation - on average, prices were actually lower than previously - instead of what is seen in normal economic conditions, in which some prices rise and some fall.
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This is why bond prices fall when interest rates rise, and why bond prices rise when interest rates fall.
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Firms said they expected domestic prices to rise and export prices to fall a little.
But Gore also said commodity prices can be supported through so-called "marketing loans, " which essentially give farmers a minimum price but allow market prices to still rise and fall.
In theory, such a huge increase in purchases should cause bond prices to rise and yields to fall.
Understand that all those who have been forecasting that Treasuries yields will rise and prices will fall will eventually be right.
And there is another snag: if interest rates rise, and bond prices fall, many financial firms might be forced to record huge losses, or even to close down altogether.
The increase in consumption could be tenuous as unemployment continues to rise and home prices continue to fall.
For another, it thinks that demand will be buoyed by the rise in share prices and the fall in the exchange rate over the past three months.
This year, air travellers are waiting to find out whether the latest merger, the marriage of American Airlines with US Airways, will reduce competition further, causing prices to rise and customer service to fall.
Energy ETPs experience more tactical action, with flows rising when crude oil and natural gas prices fall and selling occurs when prices rise, he said.
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Additionally, due to their inherent advantages over traditional spinning hard drives, including better performance, lower power consumption, and increased reliability, drives made from solid state flash products should continue to gain in popularity as prices fall and capacities rise.
Instead, prices must fall and prospective returns rise until some investors are willing to buy.
Proponents of these measures fear that businesses will retrench as prices fall and their debts rise, creating a vicious circle.
But eventually, as danger asset prices rise higher and higher, lending standards may fall to levels that shock the conscience and start to enter the public folklore.
Prices of goods exposed to the Internet may fall, but prices of other goods and services will rise faster than before.
If rates rise quickly, bond prices could fall sharply and cash could start to earn higher yields.
And when rates rise, prices will fall, just like with any other bonds.
After an attempted rally ran out of steam this week, Treasury-bond prices resumed their fall, and yields their rise.
Bond prices would fall (and thus yields rise) as investors worried that they would be paid back in a debased currency.
The rise in crude oil prices through the fall and into 2011 is likely to help earnings for the oil industry.
So gilt prices rise, and the implied borrowing costs for the government fall, when the risks of putting money into companies are perceived to be too great.
Environmental groups say the drop also was caused by the fall of soy prices and the rise of Brazil's currency against the dollar, making the country's exports more expensive.
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With the US debt bubble still firmly in place, Dietrich says investors should expect oil, commodities, gold and precious metal prices to rise again later this fall after taking a breather over the summer.
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If actual growth proves to be better than forecast, then bond yields should rise and prices for the 10-year Treasury note should fall.
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