That is being compounded by prices broadly inflated by a sharp rise in speculation.
It has been accompanied by a sharp rise in the gap between short and long rates.
Sales of farm products, led by a sharp rise in exports of soybeans, drove exports higher.
The increase was led by a sharp rise in transportation equipment, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
In recent months, though, the construction sector has picked up, driven by a sharp rise in public housing projects.
THE end of the credit crisis in 2009 was followed by a sharp rise in world trade.
A war with Iraq could dramatically alter the outlook, particularly if accompanied by a sharp rise in oil prices.
Their cause was buttressed, he said, by a sharp rise in the number of Latin jazz albums submitted for consideration in other jazz categories last year.
WASHINGTON — A measure of the economy's future health rose solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build homes and a better job market.
The great civil rights advances in the 1960s in the US were followed by a sharp rise in anti-black violence.
The increase was driven by a sharp rise in unemployment in Spain where it rose from 23.8 per cent to 24.1 per cent.
