(e) Price volatility

Security problems and disruptions in production also increased price volatility.

This, however, was greatly undermined by commodity price volatility, tariff peaks and tariff escalations.

Producing countries have also tried to contain price volatility by forming international cartels. But these have seldom worked.

Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world.

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

Recent global economic trends called for major policy initiatives, for example for export diversification, investment in infrastructure and control of price volatility.

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

The enormous pressure of fuel price volatility on our emerging economies is becoming a brake and a factor of distortion for any development plan.

Protectionism threatens open markets and GDP growth. And price volatility, whether triggered by drought or short sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor s purchasing power.

Where Did Market Volatility Go?

For many countries in the region, a reversion to commodity dependence was unavoidable, with an attendant exposure to high price volatility, mainly from supply shocks, even as real prices continued their secular decline.

It was important for the international community to take action to improve their access to trade financing, protect them against the adverse effects of trade liberalization and commodity price volatility, and reduce their transport costs.

Export restrictions in producing countries and price controls in importing countries both serve to exacerbate the magnitude of the world price upswing, owing to the artificially reduced quantity that is still internationally traded. If producing and consuming countries in grain markets could cooperatively agree to refrain from such government intervention probably by working through the World Trade Organization world price volatility might be lower.

Lowering volatility and sopping up excess liquidity can be beneficial, but there are risks here as well regulators can easily overshoot the mark, leaving financial markets with weakened capacity for price discovery and too little liquidity.

Management of volatility and its effects on development

They held large inventories of these assets, thus providing liquidity and smoothing excess price volatility. But, with new regulations punishing such trading (via higher capital charges), banks and other financial institutions have reduced their market making activity.

Global economic instability correlates strongly with energy price volatility. Economic development is in significant part defined by the process of overcoming energy poverty, yet 1.6 billion people still lack access to even the most basic energy services.

CAMBRIDGE Under French President Nicolas Sarkozy s leadership, the G 20 has made addressing food price volatility a top priority this year, with member states agriculture ministers meeting recently in Paris to come up with solutions. Small wonder world food prices reached a record high earlier in the year, recalling a similar price spike in 2008.

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A combination of volatility and nuclear weapons can be lethal.

Fredrick the Great of Prussia was very, very keen for the Germans to adopt the potato and to eat it, because he realized that if you had two sources of carbohydrate, wheat and potatoes, you get less price volatility in bread.

For a price, Ugarte. For a price.

They just care about three things and three things only price, price and price.

Indeed, a major disadvantage of voluntary pledges lies in their volatility.

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Fortunately, there is little reason to believe such dire predictions, or that the market gyrations that have been driving recent headlines represent anything more than short term volatility. After all, equity price movements are a poor predictor of the real economy s performance.

The era of floating exchange rates that followed the end of the gold standard required the development of products that could protect international trade from price volatility. This opened the way to options, selling and buying on credit, and derivatives of all kinds.

Commodity dependent countries, particularly in Africa, will require an integrated approach, including special support to diversify their exports, add value to their commodity exports, build the associated supply capacity, manage commodity price volatility and develop a new generation of commodity financing schemes.

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However, the volatility of exchange rates at times had destabilized trade flows.

Concern remained, however, about the degree of exposure to potential financial volatility.

Whatever your reason for wanting to do this, whether you're concerned about national security or price volatility or jobs, or the planet, or your grand kids, it seems to me that this is an oil endgame that we should all be playing to win.

They should also mitigate the impact of the excessive volatility of financial markets.

The aim should be to avoid volatility and to ensure stability and fairness.

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