That is partly because their economies are growing faster, and partly because their consumers are shielded from the rising price through subsidies.
Southwest is almost completely shielded from high fuel prices by hedging contracts that Mr. Kelly arranged as chief financial officer.
From the point of view of a single nation, such a policy might seem to have the desired effect: as world prices spiral upwards, domestic prices are shielded from the full impact.
Most of these companies, given their private valuations, are shielded from the volatility in stock price that would normally accompany public regulatory scrutiny, but it's clear that these recent battles have inflicted real damage.
Furthermore, this pension is index-linked in line with inflation so, to a large extent, it will be shielded from the effects of rising prices".
Still, with the northwest portion of the island designated a Unesco World Heritage Site, and with fairly stringent limitations on development, Majorca has been shielded from any further fall in prices, which are now about 10 percent off their peak, said Michael Cunnington, an agent for the brokerage Savills in Majorca.
The spread of health insurance, which shields patients from price sensitivity, has played a role in driving up our spending.
What you effectively do when you buy a solar PV system is pre-buy decades of electricity at today's price, thus shielding you from price rises.
"Now, with healthy group profits and wholesale gas prices falling, we expect SSE to promise not just to shield people from price increases but to fairly pass on lower costs to their customers".
Futures contracts were created to help farmers shield themselves from price volatility for their crops, and speculators absorb that risk by buying contracts that allow them to bet on price swings.
