(e) Price volatility

Security problems and disruptions in production also increased price volatility.

This, however, was greatly undermined by commodity price volatility, tariff peaks and tariff escalations.

Producing countries have also tried to contain price volatility by forming international cartels. But these have seldom worked.

Your price is too high.

For many countries in the region, a reversion to commodity dependence was unavoidable, with an attendant exposure to high price volatility, mainly from supply shocks, even as real prices continued their secular decline.

Your price was too high, remember?

Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world.

During the consultations, speakers discussed both the long term and the short term dimensions of the problem of commodity price volatility.

The Ethical Cost of High Price Art

We paid a high price for it.

But it's difficult work, and the price is the price is quite high enough.

Recent global economic trends called for major policy initiatives, for example for export diversification, investment in infrastructure and control of price volatility.

You can get a Mercedes for a very high price, very high performance.

UNCTAD is also actively working on issues related to the impact of oil price volatility on African oil importing and oil exporting countries.

Strawberries sell for a high price in the winter.

Don't put so high a price on courage, son.

Effective measures were needed to reverse that trend and address the high volatility of external financial flows.

The enormous pressure of fuel price volatility on our emerging economies is becoming a brake and a factor of distortion for any development plan.

CAMBRIDGE Under French President Nicolas Sarkozy s leadership, the G 20 has made addressing food price volatility a top priority this year, with member states agriculture ministers meeting recently in Paris to come up with solutions. Small wonder world food prices reached a record high earlier in the year, recalling a similar price spike in 2008.

One production is too low. Two price is too high.

It's sort of fashionable, but the price is too high!

That's a high price for an old bastard like him.

But he has paid too high a price for it.

A child s life is too high a price to pay.

The crossings were well organized and yielded a high price per individual.

Protectionism threatens open markets and GDP growth. And price volatility, whether triggered by drought or short sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor s purchasing power.

This progress has come at a high price in human and ecological terms, however.

Where Did Market Volatility Go?

Access to culture remains difficult, as demonstrated, for example, by the high price of publications.

Under these circumstances, people of African descent had paid and continue to pay a high price.

Furthermore, oil producing countries were paying a high price for the technology which they were importing.

UNOPS management proposes to work out a strategy to address the fundamental problems of income volatility and high fixed costs that characterize the existing organizational arrangements.

Some participants expressed concerns regarding the volatility of exchange rates, which partly explained the high level of foreign reserves accumulated by a number of developing countries.

In view of the current high price of petroleum, resource sustainability and energy efficiency should be promoted.

It was important for the international community to take action to improve their access to trade financing, protect them against the adverse effects of trade liberalization and commodity price volatility, and reduce their transport costs.

Banks and investors consider them to be high risk due to their limited assets, low level or lack of collateral, lack of business history and market volatility.

Export restrictions in producing countries and price controls in importing countries both serve to exacerbate the magnitude of the world price upswing, owing to the artificially reduced quantity that is still internationally traded. If producing and consuming countries in grain markets could cooperatively agree to refrain from such government intervention probably by working through the World Trade Organization world price volatility might be lower.

Lowering volatility and sopping up excess liquidity can be beneficial, but there are risks here as well regulators can easily overshoot the mark, leaving financial markets with weakened capacity for price discovery and too little liquidity.

LONDON In the 1960 s, the Green Revolution which included the development of high yielding crop varieties, the expansion of irrigation infrastructure, and the distribution of modern fertilizers and pesticides to developing country farmers bolstered agricultural production worldwide. But chronic hunger remains pervasive, particularly in developing countries, which are affected most by crop shortages and food price volatility.

Yet another reason for the correction is that valuations in stock markets are stretched price earnings ratios are now high, while growth in earnings per share is slackening, and will be subject to further negative surprises as growth and inflation remain low. With uncertainty, volatility, and tail risks on the rise again, the correction could accelerate quickly.

Management of volatility and its effects on development

They held large inventories of these assets, thus providing liquidity and smoothing excess price volatility. But, with new regulations punishing such trading (via higher capital charges), banks and other financial institutions have reduced their market making activity.

Global economic instability correlates strongly with energy price volatility. Economic development is in significant part defined by the process of overcoming energy poverty, yet 1.6 billion people still lack access to even the most basic energy services.

However, since the dynamics of domestic currency bond markets are linked to external bond markets, they are not immune to external volatility, and recent experience calls into question the effectiveness of local capital markets as a buffer against external volatility, particularly for a country considered as a high credit risk.