A measure of the fluctuation in prices of common consumer goods and services over a fixed time period.

在一定时期内衡量常用消费品和服务价格波动情况的一种尺度。

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The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.

经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

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While neither production nor consumption take place, but people are engaged in trade, to buy is to sell and make money from prices fluctuation, which is speculative.

既不生产又不消费，但是从事买卖，买进就是为了卖出，从价差中赚钱，这是投机性的。

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