Sentence examples for a general commodity from inspiring English sources

Now, to some extent soaring food prices are part of a general commodity boom: the prices of many raw materials, running the gamut from aluminum to zinc, have been rising rapidly since early 2009, mainly thanks to rapid industrial growth in emerging markets.

However we can't use this to forecast future paths of specific or general commodity prices at a certain point in time - as illustrated by the non-homogeneity of shapes of previous cycles.

Oil was in a bubble of its own, well beyond the general commodity bubble.

markets beginning to falter, coupled with GDP growth rates slowing on a relative basis, we find it unlikely that both (oil) and general commodity prices can continue to accelerate to the upside," Belski says.

The smaller numbers of products will serve well enough if only a general all-commodities index (or a few subindexes at most) is wanted.

The Asset-Based segment includes its asset-based dry van carrier and rail services, which provide truckload carrier services of general commodities to a similar class of customers.

Cash-strapped producers are more likely to spend their windfalls on imports from rich countries.One more reason not to lose sleep over the surge in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the backdrop of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand.

This Phoenix-based truckload carrier transports general commodities like paper products and packaged foodstuffs.

In addition to general commodities, Han historians list the goods of specific regions.

The global financial crisis and a general rise in commodity prices — oil and food, in particular — are the major factors propping up gold prices, analysts say.

The retailer rose 37p to £19.05 after cotton prices - whose recent surge put pressure on its margins - eased back, along with a general decline in commodities on worries about a Japan-induced global slowdown.