Hunger is a complex problem, exacerbated by financial pressures, volatile commodity prices, natural disasters, and civil wars.

This is a most positive initiative at a time of high and volatile energy prices and insecure supplies.

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.

Of course, we do not have annual data for Babylonian gold prices. We can only assume, given wars and other uncertainties, that true market prices back then, like today, were quite volatile.

In the face of relatively stagnant markets, volatile prices and declining terms of trade, investment dropped further, diversification stalled and productivity remained stagnant.

The February 27 drop in US stock prices was only the 31st biggest one day drop since 1950. But all of the other 30 drops occurred at times when stock prices were much more volatile.

The scrap market, traditionally the most volatile, has maintained its unsteadiness, with prices increasing almost threefold in some countries in 2004 before falling again.

With high and volatile oil prices, businesses will focus their investments less on boosting productivity and more on maintaining flexible energy usage. At 40 a barrel, expect oil prices to slow the long run growth rate of the world's potential output by 0.1 per year.

Oil prices are especially volatile, as the large swings over the last five years remind us. The recent oil boom could easily turn to bust, especially if global economic activity slows.

In November, annual inflation in the euro area fell to a cyclical low of 0.3 , largely owing to the sharp fall in oil prices since the end of the summer. But falling core inflation (which excludes volatile energy and food prices) also points to weak aggregate demand.

Domestic politics remained volatile.

Unsurprisingly, this has exacerbated the fear of deflation, with the consumer price index (CPI) rising by just 0.8 year on year in January, and the annual decline in producer prices steepening, to 4.3 . While these trends are undoubtedly being amplified by plummeting world oil prices, China's core CPI inflation rate (which excludes volatile food and energy prices) was near 1 in January.

33. We emphasize the need to address the impact of weak and volatile commodity prices and support the efforts of commodity dependent countries to restructure, diversify and strengthen the competitiveness of their commodity sectors.

It is probably best to accept that commodity prices will be volatile, and to create ways to limit the adverse economic effects for example, financial instruments that allow hedging of the terms of trade.

While gold prices may temporarily move higher in the next few years, they will be very volatile and will trend lower over time as the global economy mends itself. The gold rush is over.

The subregional context remains volatile.

The subregional context remains volatile.

The shift toward finance that Thatcher promoted heightened inequality and made the economy more volatile. Her right to buy policy triggered an upward spiral in house prices, which encouraged households to take on more and more debt.

The security situation remains volatile and unpredictable.

CAMBRIDGE World oil prices, which have been highly volatile during the last decade, have fallen more than 50 over the past year. The economic effects have been negative overall for oil exporting countries, and positive for oil importing countries.

One would think that market prices should be volatile as investors try to absorb what this earnings volatility means. But we have learned time and again that stock markets are driven more by psychology than by reasoning about fundamentals.

So, while monetary policy can in theory be automated, as computer programmers say, garbage in, garbage out. Stock and housing prices may be volatile, but the data are much cleaner and timelier than anything available for output and inflation.

(As the old adage has it, banks only like to lend to those who do not need money.) Economic activity is thus even more volatile than commodity prices, and much of the gains made in a boom unravels in the bust that follows.

Volatile stock market, getting negative feedback that's also immediate.

And this particular plant removes formaldehydes and other volatile chemicals.

The experience of many commodity producers is familiar persistently tight external constraints owing to weak and volatile prices, high levels of indebtedness and stagnant or falling ODA all contributed to a weak investment dynamic and stalled diversification, perpetuating a poverty trap (UNCTAD, 2003, 2004).

Despite the measures taken, the security situation remains volatile and unpredictable.

For most low and middle income countries, the incipient economic recovery appears to be fragile and uneven. Indeed, many of these countries remain vulnerable to volatile commodity prices, financial system weaknesses, depressed demand from world markets, and shortfalls in external finance, overseas development assistance, and investment.

Growth was also volatile, with boom bust cycles occurring across most regions.

Much of the eastern part of the country remains volatile and insecure.

In the US, the core inflation rate (which strips out changes in volatile energy and food prices) was 1.6 over the last 12 months. Moreover, the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank understand that even if energy prices do not rise in the coming year, a stable price level for oil and other forms of energy will cause the inflation rate to rise.

Accordingly, Mongolia believed that the call made in the Summit Outcome for the international community to address the impact of weak and volatile commodity prices and support the efforts of commodity dependent countries to restructure, diversify and strengthen the competitiveness of their commodity sectors should receive a swift response.

As too many optimists have learned to their detriment, asset prices are highly volatile, and a whole ocean of phishes is involved. Borrowers are lured into unsuitable mortgages firms are stripped of their assets accountants mislead investors financial advisers spin narratives of riches from nowhere and the media promote extravagant claims.

Emphasize the need to provide an immediate solution to the question of commodities, and in this context, stress the need for a more effective international arrangement to address the problems of weak and volatile commodity prices, which pose a serious constraint on sustained development in a majority of developing countries.

This is not the type of volatile monetary policy that Europe wants or needs.

However, these flows tend to be more volatile than official flows and pro cyclical.

Prices

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

At the same time, we will endeavour to make it more predictable and less volatile.

Although the decline in labour productivity and long term economic stagnation cannot be attributed solely to volatile oil prices, regional wars and conflict, the revival of the region's economy requires, first and foremost, an end to military and political conflicts and the creation of a stable environment conducive to both domestic and foreign investment.

This is the picture. They said, It's going to be too volatile for you to go.

The volatile security situation during September also took a toll on international personnel working in Darfur.

The security situation is still volatile, and the fight against terrorism has not been won yet.

With the elections now less than three months away, the situation in Côte d'Ivoire remains volatile.

Stock prices dropped.