The Chinese government has made stabilizing prices a top priority in the second half.
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It was backed by higher consumer confidence, stabilizing home prices and low interest rates.
The work of stabilizing commodity prices remains quite arduous and we should not relax in the slightest in this regard.
This is the equivalent of another tax cut, and we're also beginning to see signs of increased sales and stabilizing home prices for the first time in a very long time.
Stabilizing house prices will likely improve consumer confidence substantially.
The Fed is currently focused on stoking economic growth, but Bernanke may be betting that the current commodities boom will end, or at least taper off, stabilizing oil prices and easing consumer inflationary pressures.
Stabilizing DRAM prices on steady demand.
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Economist says investors should focus on home prices stabilizing and consumer spending trends.
With no upward pressure on wages, and real estate prices barely stabilizing, it's hard to say that consumer and producer prices are going higher imminently.
However, these trends seem to be changing as recent data from SanDisk and overall industry supply cuts indicate that NAND prices are stabilizing.
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He also thinks the company and its rivals should benefit significantly from being able to pass on the increasing cost of rubber and other raw materials because their prices were, in fact, stabilizing.
In recent days, crude oil prices have turned up while the euro appears to be stabilizing against the dollar.
While it is encouraging to see the index stabilizing after it recorded eight consecutive months of gains to February, food prices remain extremely high and, amid a general wave of inflation around the globe, continue to pose a threat to any sort of economic recovery. (Read Global Food Prices Hit All-Time High As Violence Erupts In Yemen).
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With mortgage rates still historically very low and the market stabilizing, you might want to go shopping now for your dream home while prices offer excellent value and the risk of losing money is far less than several years ago.
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Now the real estate industry is stabilizing, one contrarian trade that seems tempting is financials that seem to trade at bargain prices.
Home prices only took a breather when the Federal government pumped extraordinary stimulus into the market, temporarily stabilizing what has quickly turned back into a free fall.
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