In a two-commodity example such as that employed, it might not be unusual to find matching productivity and price ratios.
An end-use analysis from the commodity paper example, reprographic paper, is shown in the accompanying chart.
This rise in price will therefore also stimulate buyers to find more economical ways of using the commodity (for example, burning the fuel more efficiently) and stimulate producers to find new supplies or substitute products.
Using sex as a commodity – for example, the sexist advertising of a web domain company broadcast to millions during the Superbowl – just seems to reinforce the capitalist American Dream, but apparently regular consenting adults still require government interference in their sex lives.
Now that all of the main oil producers are unequivocally committed to maximising production, regardless of the impact prices, oil will continue to trade just like any other commodity (for example, iron ore) that is in oversupply in a competitive market.
It's especially profitable when the thing being sold is a cheap commodity; for example, the cost of soda syrup and carbonated water is nearly negligible compared with what customers pay.
But he warned individual investors against buying commodities, for example, through one of the scores of commodity exchange-traded funds that have sprouted in recent years.
That could bolster prices for stocks and commodities, for example, Mr. Lo said.
Many African countries rely heavily on exports of a small number of primary commodities (for example, cotton, coffee, cocoa, soyabeans, metals and, in some cases, oil).
Respondents from commodities, for example, rank community health and well-being and the economic sustainability of local communities as more significant than do respondents from other industries.
Real money in the global economy is no longer made from the production of commodities (for example, the price of coffee has plunged) nor even from labour-intensive manufacturing; it is made from knowledge-intensive technology and services.
