Sentence examples for shock prices from inspiring English sources

And given what we've been hearing, the Irish CDS story comes as something of a shock: Prices are down from a spike last summer, but still very high.

SHEKEL SHOCK Prices are what one would pay for modest artworks; one should factor in future special-cleaning costs since the designer favors temperamental fabrics, as in a leather-trimmed jersey dress, $795.

Apart from the oil shock, prices have been gradually rising this year, and some at the Fed think that inflation could continue to edge upward even if a slowdown persists.

He's also waiting for a supply shortage to shock prices up even more.

If you're on a fixed energy plan which ends this month, shop around now for a better deal to avoid a shock price rise.

Even with sticker-shock prices and the accompanying buy-it-now-before-the-mortgage-rates-go-up sales pitches, the prices realized for Manhattan's apartments keep inching up.

When interest and exchange rates are not free to move in response to economic shocks, prices and wages must.

When there are negative demand shocks, prices fall (since housing supply rarely shrinks downward), and some subset of homeowners will find themselves in a negative equity position.

During a market shock, livestock prices often plummet while food prices increase.

But then ethanol companies got a rude shock: corn prices hit record highs this summer after the Midwestern floods.

By comparison, it makes the 1973 oil shock (when prices quadrupled in just months) look like the proverbial molehill.