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FREE-MARKET PRICE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industry-Government Relations (Econ.)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Government, with the backing of the associations of larger commercial farmers, has in recent decades favored lowering price supports below parity and closer toward free-market levels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations de l'industrie avec l'État (Écon.)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones de la industria con el Estado (Economía)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Acción gubernamental tendiente a estabilizar o fortalecer los precios que obtienen los agricultores por sus productos. Se apoyan a través de diversos métodos, préstamos, compras y pagos de uno u otro tipo.

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Record 2 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The daily practice by five participating London bullion houses of fixing the free-market gold price by matching the bid and offer prices.

CONT

The London Gold Market ... remains the world’s most watched market on the basis of two daily fixings ... At these fixings, the five members meet to match the buy and sell orders of their customers and thus establish a single quoted gold price, which is then flashed around the world.

Key term(s)
  • London fix

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Cotation de base de la barre d'or sur le marché. Depuis que la barre d'or est cotée à Paris, l'expression anglaise fixing, qui s'applique à la cotation de la barre sur le marché de Londres, tend à se répandre pour cette même cotation à Paris.

Spanish

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