Sentence examples for prices account from inspiring English sources

"Wholesale energy prices account for an ever-smaller proportion of the bill and there are different cost issues affecting electricity and gas," he said.

Soaring energy prices account for most of that gain, and the 12-month figure may be misleading since inflation dipped last fall.

Oil prices have been extraordinary high during his tenure, and according to various estimates, rising oil prices account for half to two-thirds of Russia's recent economic growth.

WHEN a crisis grips a segment of the market and the extent of the damage is unclear, investors are prone to err on the side of panic, selling until share prices account for just about everything that might go wrong.

High oil prices account for some of that, but even in 1998, when oil prices crashed, the upstream end contributed a disproportionately high share of profits.Downstream doldrumsIn stark contrast, the downstream business is lousy, whatever the oil price; most oil majors would happily shed a number of their refineries, if only they could get a reasonable price for them.

Those various components are weighted broadly in line with the structure of the economy, so that changes in consumer and producer prices account for about four-fifths of the total index, property about 15% and share prices 5%.The results of this exercise are startling.

Egg prices accounted for much of the gain.

Meanwhile, a bumper corn (maize) crop and rising copper prices accounted for greater economic prosperity.

The crash in house prices accounted for most of that loss.

A 1 percent rise in apparel prices accounted for the acceleration in the core index, the figures showed.

Gasoline and food prices accounted for almost three-quarters of the increase, but outside of those two areas, prices remained subdued.