Lars Svensson, at Princeton University, favours a big depreciation of the yen to push up prices.
Already, surveys of firms have revealed that more of them are intending to push up prices.
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It appears that this is pushing up the demand for housing, and should soon push up prices too.
He said harvesting problems were causing supply shortages and could push up prices.
The confusion continues, with the Fed desperately trying to push up prices and the great correction pushing them down.
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All exports mean that domestic consumers get a little less to consume, all exports push up prices to domestic consumers.
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Business surveys suggest that the economy is operating at close to capacity, and that companies are primed to push up prices.
But all this is combining to push up prices to levels at which it may be hard for private-equity firms to sell their acquisitions profitably.
Political turmoil is another factor that can push up prices.
Stephen Alambritis, chief spokesman for the Federation of Small Businesses, said he was concerned the problems with harvesting could "reduce the amount available to stores - and push up prices".
Thanks to rising demand for steel, producers like Arcelor, until now the world's largest producer of the stuff, have managed to push up prices four times during the past year.
Anne-Laure Tremblay, precious metals strategist at BNP Paribas, said while the Amplats news certainly has the potential to push up prices because of supply uncertainty, she offered a note of caution.
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"Because of the new stations on the MTR (the metro), there has been a lot of development in these areas which will eventually push up prices for both rental income and capital value, " he said.
Even in North America, it has been trying to push up prices of its small cars like the Focus and Fiesta by loading them with premium features in a bid to offset lost profits from slower-selling SUVs.
Yet demand for air travel, and energy generally, is rising quickly in China and other developing countries - something likely to push up prices for the rest of us in future, as the world's oil resources deplete.
This is the basis of the Balassa-Samuelson theory which holds that average prices will be higher in countries with higher productivity (ie, high GDP per head), because higher wages will push up prices in labour-intensive goods and services.
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Everyone expects Shinzo Abe to spend yet more money the government doesn't have, and to pressure the Bank of Japan into spending trillions more as well - in a desperate bid to push up prices and finally reflate the economy.
Housebuilders reject the criticisms and claim that minimum space standards would push up house prices.
So, supply failing to keep pace with rising demand will push up food prices.
In fact, Thain appears to have gone out of his way to push up seat prices.
Expectations about faster growth and hence higher future profits have helped to push up share prices.
Similarly, they may raise rates if a weak exchange rate threatens to push up import prices.
The rainy season next month will disrupt transport and so push up food prices, which a prolonged drought has already helped to inflate.
Some OPEC members may try to push up oil prices again.
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But allowances expected to be provided on a national basis "will fall far short of meeting industry requirements alone", which will further push up carbon prices.
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As more money piles into the business, groups could lose their focus, and competition could push up the prices for deals and force down future returns.
Therefore they have no need to inflate earnings figures and push up share prices because the main group of people they would be cheating would be themselves.
Cancelling such extensions will thus both push up electricity prices and, as coal, gas and oil use increases, result in an overall rise in CO2 emissions - at least in the short-run.
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