Sentence examples for commodities shot from inspiring English sources

On news of bans in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Egypt (which between them grew 40% of world rice exports in 2007), the price tripled within a few weeks.In this panicked environment, futures prices for all food commodities shot up.

What seems to have drawn the Russian leadership's attention to Uralkali was its impressive balance sheet, which expanded robustly over the last year as the prices of food and commodities shot up.

Those that cannot service their mortgages will default, causing more trouble for banks and, via lower house prices, other homeowners.Just a few months ago, the main worry of policymakers in many economies was whether, as the prices of oil and other commodities shot up, they could contain inflation.

I am raising the buy price, so look to buy some shares at $15. Gabelli Global Gold & Natural Resources also gives you a diversified shot of commodity prices with a tilt toward precious metals.

At best you might get a shot at a strictly by-the-numbers, commodity-flavored sale with a purchasing agent whose single purpose in life is to whittle down the price.

And he also took a parting shot at "the art trade" as a "booming cutthroat commodities market".

So for now, the N.B.A.'s most valuable player and commodity has to concentrate even harder and sink the most fundamental shot in basketball.

On August 15th the Anglo-Australian company confirmed rumours that it was considering getting shot of some of its less glittering assets to concentrate its efforts on a few commodities.

Yet, in the case of commodities, where reserves are limited and the rate of extraction constrained, producers with rights over the available resources call the shots.

They are expendable commodities.

Dates aren't commodities.