Commodity prices account for just a tiny share of retail food prices.

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Office, retail, and apartment space in central Moscow is an incredibly precious commodity that, if taxed and regulated properly, could be used to raise huge amounts of revenue for important and long-neglected sectors like education and health.

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There is, of course, a time lag between growth in commodity costs and when these costs are passed along to consumers through retail price increases (typically a few months).

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Gold, a commodity you can see and touch, became the desired investment by institutional and retail investors alike.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has published its highly anticipated final rules for trading off-exchange retail forex.

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Retail numbers from the Commerce Department Wednesday show that consumers have found more spending momentum to meet rising commodity and materials costs that are already being passed directly to consumers, with food prices, apparel, and most noticeably gasoline prices all rising in the first quarter of 2011.

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The Brazil fund is more weighted towards the Brazilian retail sector and benefits from increased Brazilian consumer spending on the back of a stronger currency and pricier Brazilian commodity exports.

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