Sentence examples for prices exacerbated from inspiring English sources

Pearl M. Kamer, the chief economist for the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group, said the rise in Long Island home prices exacerbated the problem of inadequate affordable housing but had at least one positive impact.

Pakistan's economic situation is "a result of rising commodity and food prices, exacerbated by a lot of pre-election spending by the previous government," said Gareth Price, head of the Asia Program at Chatham House, a research center in London, referring to the general elections held in February.

Mining firms from BHP Billiton to Xstrata have been forced to act swiftly and radically to cope with a rapid crash in commodity prices, exacerbated by a slowdown in demand from China — especially its steel sector.

"July is normally one of our most profitable months, and the fact that we were only able to deliver a modest net profit underscores the ongoing challenge of record-high fuel prices, exacerbated by a weak revenue environment," Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jake Brace said in a statement.

Increasingly population concentration in urban areas created difficult housing conditions and resulted in the rapid increase in housing prices, exacerbating problems for individuals with low incomes.

Today, even as soaring energy and food prices exacerbate the suffering of the world's poor, the richest nations are falling far behind on their aid commitments — and behind their past giving.

Anxieties that hurricanes have jacked up already high gas prices, exacerbating the troubles of a middle class bogged down by mounting costs for education, housing and health care.

However, there are concerns that without a significant increase in housing supply, additional demand generated by such schemes will push up house prices, exacerbating the problem of affordability.

Higher food prices exacerbate other problems that children face, such as increasing their exposure to disease and forcing families to take extreme measures like sending children out to work or having them marry young.

If markets expect fire sales, potential buyers will hold off for a better price, exacerbating fair-value losses.In future banks will be more alert to these dangers.

But these would be temporary and expensive measures that would not alter the global factors that drive oil prices, or the price volatility exacerbated by waves of speculative money flowing onto electronic oil-futures exchanges.