Price stability.

The Fed Versus Price Stability

Can Food Prices Be Stabilized?

This was how the oldest central banks, the Swedish Riksbank (1668) and the Bank of England (1694), came into being. Likewise, another wave of central banks was founded in the early nineteenth century, with the Norwegian and Finnish banks following the example of the Banque de France (1800).

The predecessor agreements had bought and sold natural rubber, and, thus, had worked to stabilize prices on both the low and the high sides.

By stabilizing expenditure, such funds would help to stabilize relative prices and aggregate demand.

36. Income transfers have also been achieved by keeping the prices of certain public services relatively stable over a long period of time.

Unstable prices for commodities were a serious issue.

The predecessor agreements had achieved a marked degree of price stability in the market.

Article 25 of the Act prohibits the practice of prescribed prices in the form of action by any person to prescribe a minimum level for the sales price of a product or a good, the price of a service or a mark up, directly or indirectly.

The volatility of commodity prices poses a serious risk for the sustainability of growth, and better international coordination is required to reduce the instability of commodity prices and exchange rates.

But primary product prices remain much more volatile than the prices of manufactured goods and services, causing large fluctuations in producers incomes. This exaggerates the effects of booms and busts.

The supply of substitute dyes from the region of stable quality and at reasonable prices is inadequate.

In particular, the volatility of food and commodity prices, including petroleum prices, is seriously denting the financing capacity of many poor countries.

In general, it appears that price increases have been levelling off and a decline cannot be ruled out in the near future.

In recent years there has been a significant decrease in real estate and rental values and construction costs have stabilized.

Chapter 3. Price control measures Measures intended to control the prices of imported articles for the following reasons (i) to sustain domestic prices of certain products when the import price is inferior to the sustained price (ii) to establish the domestic price of certain products because of price fluctuations in the domestic market or price instability in the foreign market and (iii) to counteract the damage caused by the application of unfair practices in foreign trade.

1. Notes the need of the developing countries, in particular the commodity dependent developing countries, for stable and more predictable commodity prices in the face of instability and decline in real terms of the prices of many commodities

Central banks highest priority should be to maintain their credibility as guardians of price stability, and only then turn their attention to keeping the economy near full employment, which they should do by influencing asset prices upward when unemployment threatens to rise, and downward when an inflationary spiral looms

In cases where the transaction value of export goods cannot be identified, the customs, after acquiring the relevant information and consulting with the taxpayer on the value, shall evaluate the customs value of the goods in line with the following sequence

In October 1998, just before the start of the European Monetary Union, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted a stability oriented monetary policy strategy. This strategy comprises three elements First and foremost it contains a clear commitment to the primary goal of the ECB, which is to safeguard price stability. Price stability was defined as an annual increase in the price level of below two percent over the medium term.

Last point, last graph. One of the things that we've got to do is to stabilize oil prices. This is what oil prices look like, OK?

Mandate and structure of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

There is also the issue of the so called reserve price (the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a good or service). The reserve price places a cap on how high commodity prices will go, as it is the price at which demand destruction occurs (consumers are no longer willing or able to purchase the good or service).

Imposition of an obligation to resell at a minimum price

The support to stabilization of commodity prices through the financing of buffer stocks, as foreseen in the Agreement, has not become operational.

The same indicators determine the price level of the services offered.

18. The international consultant evaluation form should be revised to encourage a more rigorous evaluation of the final output against measurable objectives and targets in the terms of reference, and field offices should be reminded to complete evaluations of special service agreement assignments (para. 50).

3. Notes the need expressed by developing countries, in particular the commodity dependent developing countries, for stable and more predictable commodity prices, in the face of instability and decline in real terms of the prices of many commodities

To achieve stable conditions in commodity trade, including avoidance of excessive price fluctuations, at levels which would

In cases where the transaction value of the imported goods does not conform to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 3 of article 18 of this set of regulations, or the transaction value is not able to be identified, the customs shall, after acquiring the relevant information and consulting with the taxpayer on the value, evaluate the customs value of the goods in line with the follow sequencing

Keeping prices roughly constant was a very different mission from the historical role of central banks. In the original vision of central banking, price stability was not at all an obvious purpose, since the value of money was cast in terms of specific weights of precious metals.

The importance of fair and stable prices for commodities exported from developing countries was stressed.

Regulations do not impose any limit on the price that can be negotiated indicating only that unrealistic pricing is not permitted.

They stressed the importance of fair and stable prices for commodities exported from developing countries.

In addition, my country is deeply concerned by the instability and high prices in international oil markets, which militate against our hard won macroeconomic stability.

Price stability was equally important to consumers as they were assured that their manufacturing costs would not be undermined drastically by a violent upward swing in prices.

Currently, since property prices in the UK are falling and outflow of capital starts occurring, keeping domestic economy and market system stable has been the top priority of the UK's new government.

Renewed efforts should be made to overcome the problem of low and unstable prices of commodities from developing countries.

Price stability was a basic element in enabling producing countries to formulate long term national development policies.

33. Among the perennial problems facing producers of commodities is the excessive instability of the prices of many commodities.

(e) The international consultant evaluation form should be revised to encourage a more rigorous evaluation of the final output against measurable objectives and targets in the terms of reference and that field offices be reminded to complete evaluations of special service agreement assignment (para. 50)

Prescribed prices

Strict compliance with nonproliferation obligations is essential to regional stability, to forestalling nuclear arms races, and to preventing resources needed for economic development from being squandered in a destabilizing and economically unproductive pursuit of weapons.

Long distance telephone service sold on price, price, price fast food restaurants with all their value pricing and even the Internet is commoditizing not just goods, but services as well.