John Hussman has noted that investors can't rule out
a doubling of the consumer price index over the coming decade, beginning a few years out.
Not exact matches
After months
of higher input costs for manufacturers, the simultaneous spike in food and oil
prices is a
double whammy that is now starting to hit
consumers.
Marketplaces are a
double - edged sword; they provide incredible access to a large group
of consumers, but the competition is cutthroat when you are competing on
price and don't own your customers.
Unless the CMA is so stupid that it thinks that a market dominance that roughly
doubles the
price of ebooks at both the low end and the high end
of the market isn't hurting
consumers, then the full weight
of the CMA needs to come down on Amazon like a ton
of bricks.
Spurred on by lower
prices and by growing acceptance among college graduates and Hispanic
consumers, e-reader usage is taking off, with 12 percent
of adults using an e-reader in May,
double the rate from November.
Stock investors are likely coming to grips with the reality that when home
price growth
doubles the pace
of wage growth, and mortgage costs tied to the 10 - year continue climbing,
consumers may not be able to spend freely.
If the
price of games
doubles, $ 120 a game, then most
consumers will only be able to afford to buy half the games, which means the gaming industry gets just as much money.
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Consumers have also been harmed, as the
price of corn derivatives (meat, dairy, soda, etc., etc.,) has increased so sharply that inflation
of the cost
of food
doubled the historical rate in 2008.
Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales
of the Mi 3 were a bit
of a
double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them
of dumping an old device on Indian
consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method
of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works
of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low
price in the Mi 3.
The product will be available in Nov. for U.S.
consumers and will retail at almost
double the
price of the preceding model at $ 69.
The net good time to sell share is now
double the net good time to buy share, with record high percentages
of consumers citing home
prices as the primary reason for both perceptions.
«Strong home
price appreciation has turned into a
double - edged sword for the housing market as it boosted the net share
of consumers saying it's a good time to sell to a record high, surpassing the plunging good time to buy indicator for the first time in the history
of the survey.»
In dual agency, the broker gets paid
double and the buyer and seller forfeit their right to representation on such things as negotiation
of price and terms (2
of the top 3 reasons
consumers hire Realtors *).
«The net «good time to sell» share is now
double the net «good time to buy» share, with record - high percentages
of consumers citing home
prices as the primary reason for both perceptions.