Unstable prices for commodities were a serious issue.

With regard to commodity prices it was suggested that income, rather than price, fluctuations are the real problem.

Security problems and disruptions in production also increased price volatility.

38. The Committee agreed to keep the question of conversion rates under review, including the use of price adjusted rates of exchange (PAREs).

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).

The issue is, at that price, can you give them some extra value?

Such matters are considered by the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics.

And that is what the Copenhagen Consensus is really trying to do to try to put prices on these issues.

Regarding the issue of HFC 134a, the price increases had not been taken into consideration in the multi year agreements and they contained a number of elements beyond simply the cost of replacement products.

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.

162. Differing views were expressed regarding the relative importance of the proposed unit price for the expected output as an evaluation criterion.

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

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

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There was little doubt that international competition would increase, putting downward pressure on prices of tradeable goods and giving rise to renewed adjustment problems for many developing countries.

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

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One could emulate J.P. Morgan, whose standard response to questions about stock prices, bond prices, and interest rates was to say simply, The market will fluctuate.

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Responses to those issues necessitated corrective price mechanisms and preferential terms in the area of investment.

The second workshop on the topic of resale price maintenance had been vividly introduced by Mr. Pierre Arhel from the European Commission and covered all the pros and cons of RPM.

(2) The transaction price or the price range

In response to a question on the increase in the price of CFC 12, the Open ended Working Group was informed that while prices varied by region, the price increases of CFC 12 had been considerably less than those of HFC 134a.

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Benchmarks used include the benchmark prices established by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office and the consultancy fees being charged.

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Raising prices is almost never a real problem. Lowering them or making them rise more slowly than prices in competing countries is painful and unnerving.

The situation is, by no means, unconnected with the soaring price of oil, which is causing serious problems in the global economy and threatening the economic gains made by many developing countries.

As regards paragraph (1) (c), it was agreed that the main issue for consideration was whether the price alone, or price and other evaluation criteria should be subject to the electronic reverse auction.

Some of the declines, especially those of the prices of copper, nickel, zinc and lead, were particularly large (see table 1) as the depressed demand for those commodities has been compounded by problems of oversupply.

And the most fascinating thing we've learned is that, when you have small problems on the individual level, like the price of gasoline to drive every morning.

In 1974, prices of petroleum had risen sharply, and in 1980, Governments were fighting against air pollution generated by the transportation sector.

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

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2. Price and price increases

At the same time, the Committee had had a first substantive discussion on the concept of relative PARE, which reflects the movement of domestic prices relative to those of the United States of America rather than their absolute movement, and had decided to consider it further at its sixty fifth session.

These may be either the best country prices or perhaps even international prices, but they are not local farm gate prices.

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