But the marketplace was down 36 percent.

Unemployment up. Housing values down. Equity markets down.

The extent of price responses to a downturn in demand and thus in capacity utilization is another indicator such product market inertia in response to downturns in the business cycle has been found to be greater in European and Japanese markets (for 1974 1992) than in the more competitive United States market. See Bergeijk and Haffner, op. cit.

Stock deals Market rigging Price cutting.

In this instance, the buyer uses market forces to drive suppliers to lower prices.

But there were no changes in sectoral productivity levels, and market entry rates fell. See UNCTAD, Trade liberalization in Chile Experiences and prospects (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.91.II.D.18), 1992.

Also, growth could be brought to an abrupt halt by falling world commodity prices.

The active market refers to the markets which are concurrently featured by the following

The Markets for the Comoros traditional exports have been weak and this development was marked, in 1996, by a further drop in earnings from commodity exports and by a decrease in the value of imports.

In view of the large market base of these countries, a decline in tariffs would imply a significant increase in market access for other countries supplying them with exports.

And the cost of a transistor cycle, which is a measure of the price performance of electronics, comes down about every year.

Improvements in market competition, technologic standards and transparency have resulted in a considerable drop in the costs of remittances' transfer.

Growth in major markets of Western Europe and North America is likely to slow down, but this is expected to be counterbalanced by expansion in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe.

For example, the price of coffee declined 18 per cent on world markets between 1975 and 1993, but its consumer price increased 240 per cent.

The prices of PC components (microprocessors, memories and hard drives) are falling and the costs of some telecommunication services are decreasing with market liberalization.

51. The Administration explained that the rental market softened appreciably during the time greeting card and related operations vacated its former office space resulting in lower rental market value at the time the lease agreement with the sub tenant was signed.

Recently it has become very much in fashion to call women the emerging market of the emerging market.

Europe s Next Single Market

For example, Kazakhstan reported that as a result of the transition to a market economy, its GDP declined considerably.

From the perspective of the market, the transactions with Japan, the ten ASEAN countries, the BRICS countries and Korea increased by 74.4 , 11.4 , 7.2 and 2.5 respectively, while the transactions with traditional markets of the United States, Australia, Canada and the European Union decreased by 30.3 , 8.9 , 7.3 and 0.8 respectively.

Iran then calculates the monetary value of the losses by multiplying the quantities of decreased catches by the average market prices of the relevant fisheries species.

Hypermarkets in Thailand, for instance, cannot be considered to have and to abuse market power, since each of them has a market share below 35 per cent.

Global stock markets have, overall, reached new highs. And credit markets show low spreads, while long term bond yields have fallen in most advanced economies.

Reduction in production and transaction costs, as well as considerations of market penetration and market power, are thus key elements in the firm s decisional matrix.

Market access privileges have been effective only in some cases for promoting market entry.

Ethnic minority women are under represented in the labour market. Among Turkish and Moroccan mothers and refugees, in particular, there has been a sharp decline in both participation in the labour market and involvement in civic society.

The only way to stop illicit markets is to create legal ones. Indeed, there is no better justification for testing legal modes of exchange than the very depredations of the underground market.

There are different retailing formats corner store, cash and carries, convenience stores, specialized stores, department stores, discount stores, hypermarkets, superstores, supermarkets, warehouse clubs, supercentres, mail order catalogue sales, and virtual stores.

Four characteristics of humane markets were defined as

Alongside the incentives for the use of banks, a more dynamic market for money transfer operators would allow for greater competitiveness and declining costs in the market of remittances' transfers.

Enhancing wage flexibility in an environment in which unemployment exceeds 11 will allow firms to cut wages, and lower labor costs will permit them to cut prices in an effort to gain market share. Deregulation that intensifies product market competition will similarly lead to lower prices (that being what competition does).

Iraq contends that the use of price indices as the basis for the assessment of loss is not appropriate and argues that Iran does not explain clearly why a reduction in the market price of crops necessarily results from a reduction in the quality of crops.

Expressing the concern that the landlocked developing countries are being increasingly marginalized in multilateral trade and faced with a declining market share in world trade.

Their contribution amounted to 12 per cent for pest control and 7 per cent for irrigation, dwindling to a mere 6 per cent for marketing.

The President also informed the Council that, as a result, the market prices of food and medicine in Iraq had almost immediately dropped dramatically, thus putting an end to black market speculation.

But this does not prevent the industry insiders to be optimistic about the prospects of iPhone7 many people think that iPhone7 will be likely to become the last major upgrade of Apple's iPhone series, although it can be seen from the data released by the market research institution IDC that the market share of iPhone will decline to some degree.

In the economic sphere the effects of Colombia apos s adaptation to the new market conditions caused a sharp drop in GDP throughout the national economy.

For each crop, Iran calculates the compensation sought by multiplying the decrease in production in 1991, which it considers to be the result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait, by the market price of that crop.

As market shares increase, steady progress in lowering costs can be expected to continue through economies of scale.

It may also lower the market entry barriers for CHP and renewables.

Indeed, even the markets were fooled, giving the ECB a good grade for its unremarkable rate hike. Inflationary expectations, as measured by the rates on certain market instruments, actually fell after the hike, indicating increased confidence that the ECB will keep a lid on price pressures.

Since the launch of the special action, the city has accepted 39 one day tour complaints with a year on year decrease of 63 . Since the beginning of this year, the city has accepted 270 one day tour complaints with a year on year decrease of 62 .

Wood Group this year cut rates paid to its North Sea contractors by about 9 percent because of negative market pressures.

The new measures introduced into the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) would reduce transit costs considerably.

The electricity market of Sweden depends strongly on hydropower, and therefore on precipitation.