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drop of prices [3 records]

Record 1 2002-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • Economic Fluctuations
CONT

Falling prices increased the burden of real debts, lowering net worth and thereby urging borrowers to pay their debts back. This reaction makes credit, money and prices fall, thus causing the process to self-fulfill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Fluctuations économiques
CONT

La déflation y provoque une hausse de l'encours réel de dette qui pousse les emprunteurs au désendettement, ce qui entretient la chute des prix en même temps que celle de la masse monétaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Precios (Comercialización)
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
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Record 2 2002-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Economic Fluctuations
CONT

This argument has to assume ... at least that the government is more farseeing than private investors in taking account of the future perils of price drops and price gyrations.

CONT

... by 1989, with the drop in oil prices and improvements in automobile fuel economy, the household could have driven 32,000 miles on 5 percent of its income, more than 4.5 times the 1950 value.

Key term(s)
  • decline in prices
  • price reduction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Fluctuations économiques
CONT

Le rôle central d'une réglementation forte pour atteindre à l'efficacité et à la baisse des prix.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
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Record 3 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse

Spanish

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