The plunging prices led to the bankruptcy of three American solar panel makers last August.
Food prices led the increase again in January, climbing 18.2percentt.
The run-up in house prices led to a near record pace of construction.
The fall in prices led to several stock exchange panics (Vienna 1873 and Paris 1882).
A decline in oil prices led to a healthy gain in airline stocks.
An increase in prices led to blackouts and the bankruptcy filing of a large utility.
Mr. Bezos and his lieutenants reasoned, Mr. Stone writes, that "lower prices led to more customer visits.
Agricultural export prices led the way, rising 2.4 percent, while food, feed and beverage prices were up 2.2 percent.
Peru's economy expanded more than any other during the decade of high commodity prices, led by its mining industry.
Depressed farm prices led to waves of bank failures in the 1920s, and one by one state systems folded.
In 1998, large-scale student riots sparked by higher energy prices led to the fall of the autocratic president, Suharto.
