The Argentine government has put a temporary price freeze on all products sold in the country's main supermarket chains to try to fight inflation.
White House aides have stressed there are no short-term solutions to the problems, a stand criticized by some Democrats, including California Gov. Gray Davis, who want temporary price controls.
But the fickle nature of commodity trading has derailed yield-hungry ambitions across the currency world leaving a question mark above the rationale or at least the desire among central bankers to shift policy in order to address temporary price spikes.
That news boosted the U.S. stock indexes and in turn put modest, temporary downside price pressure on gold and silver prices.
Rather than seeing temporary low price as an opportunity to buy something he will need in the future, he wants to dump what he has.
Because Wall St. often rewards cost cutting measures with a temporary bump in stock price, fiscally conservative CEOs tend to focus on short-term benefits for all the wrong reasons.
While at this point the impact of the events in Egypt will likely be just a temporary blip on the price action of this pair, the euro is at a critical level and heading into next week, traders will want to watch market sentiment closely to see if the area around 1.3500 can hold as support or if losses toward 1.3400 are in store.
Mrs Cheer has held the post of temporary chief constable since Sean Price was suspended in 2011 and later sacked for misconduct.
Usually, it will be cloaked in terms like full employment, price stability, temporary stimulus, quantitative easing, and economic growth, but manipulation of the money supply serves only to favor the issuers of that particular monetary unit.
Gold had seen some intensified technical selling pressure early this week, but on Tuesday the key outside markets turned bullish for gold and silver (lower U.S. dollar index, firmer crude oil prices), which brought at least a temporary halt to the downside price pressure on the precious metals.
Those I did find still in favour of the British intervention believe any temporary loss of democracy is a price worth paying for stopping excesses, and helping to restore the territory's damaged reputation.
Meanwhile, major international banks that were previously bullish on gold have been turning bearish and dramatically cutting their forecasts, and gold mining companies have been significantly cutting production and exploration efforts, not a sign that they believe the price decline is only temporary.
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While temporary factors such as the incredibly high price of oil and substantial supply chain disruptions are expected to pass, the second half of the year still has to face substantial headwinds as the global economy stalls. (Read Economy Moving At Snail Speed, ISM, Jobs Report Show).
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But the process is back with a vengeance now, and the recent swift price drop is just a bizarre and temporary tick in the wrong direction.
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Temporary, higher-than-normal inflation can facilitate wage and price adjustments and help erode the real value of household debts.
What Southeast Asian nations and others that may get swept up in the panic must recognize is this: A temporary tightening of credit to defend a currency is infinitely less costly than the price paid for devaluation.
The Bank has resisted calls to raise interest rates - seen as the most effective policy tool in combating inflation - on the basis that temporary, external factors, such as rising oil and food costs, are driving price rises.
Whereas recent increases in many food prices reflect temporary supply disruptions (such as droughts and flooding), the rise in the oil price is due to strong demand and stagnating production.
Second, the supply of marijuana is upward sloping at least in the short run, implying that temporary shortages caused by a reduction in supply or an increase in demand will impact market price.
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Speaking on Monday, he said he was also "sceptical" of alternative monetary policy targets to price stability, such as gross domestic product targeting, since any, even temporary, loosening of inflation expectations would "poison" central bank credibility.
The limited damage the stock price has suffered from these setbacks suggests the investing world sees the Dreamliner-gate as a temporary obstacle rather than a lethal blow.
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