11. Against this wage trend, the rising prices of the latter part of the century were bound to make for severe reductions in living standards. 12. Not the rising prices and things. 13. Along with short selling, the fund can use futures and options to wager against rising prices, and index options to leverage its bets. 14. Already it has affected agriculture, and food shortages and rising prices are predicted. 15. Also benefiting from rising prices for products will be Geon Co. and Georgia Gulf Corp., which make plastics used in pipes and vinyl siding. 16. Also benefiting from rising prices will be Geon Co. and Georgia Gulf Corp., which make plastics used in pipes and vinyl siding. 17. Amid a feverish real estate boom and rising housing prices, the number of people evicted from their homes has soared in San Francisco, according to city records. 18. Analyst Karevoll said that even with rising prices, housing affordability remains high because interest rates are low and financing is readily available. 19. Analysts said that indicates that the rising prices are starting to entice more owners to put their property on the market. 20. Analysts and traders took that to mean the Fed might raise interest rates to slow the economy as a preemptive strike against rising prices. |