The phrase "absolute prices" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in economic discussions to refer to the price of a good or service without considering inflation or other factors that might affect its value over time.
Example: "In this analysis, we will focus on absolute prices to better understand the market trends without the influence of inflation."
Alternatives: "fixed prices" or "nominal prices".
What is amazing is not the absolute prices of these shares, but their relative prices.
Others say the market may be good at pricing in a relative sense — one stock versus another — but it is very bad at setting absolute prices, the level of the market as a whole.
However, several idiosyncrasies are not adjusted for in absolute prices.
The relative prices for all other vignettes are calculated by dividing the absolute prices by the price of the index vignette.
Feder: Our numbers in California show the same trends as Spencer's, but we have the sense that the activity is in smaller homes at lower absolute prices.
It does have implications for absolute pricing, and the focus of rational/irrational debate is exactly on this question.
Jeremy Nicholson, director of the Energy Intensive Users Group, said the absolute price of energy was less of an issue than the price relative to that of rivals.
Whether that translates into a slightly slower increase in prices than would otherwise have been the case or a small absolute price reduction depends on the property market in a particular area when the change comes in.
The idea was most recently proposed by the Australian Energy Market Commission in a submission to the Coalition government, with the AEMC stating that it could operate "without a significant effect on absolute price levels faced by consumers".
"For many people, value isn't just based on absolute price," said Brad Casper, president and chief executive at the Henkel Consumer Goods division of the Henkel Corporation, whose products include home care and personal care.
Based on how things are going after the first dozen condos are sold, said the Beacon developer, George Filopoulos of Metrovest Equities, he will decide what to do next: sell some or all of the 13 remaining units at whatever "absolute" price they attain during the course of the auction, or set a minimum acceptable price.
