81. Meanwhile, as agency bonds lose favor and their yields rise, they may crowd out high-quality corporate issues or depress their prices. 82. Meanwhile, rising oil stocks have depressed energy prices. 83. Moreover, the resulting commodities glut has depressed prices for everyone. 84. Moderate temperatures and rain in the Midwest also helped depress price. 85. Normally, in an economy with a fixed exchange rate, the government would allow external market forces to depress the price of assets such as property. 86. New government tax proposals also depressed gilt prices. 87. Of course, new comments from OPEC officials holding out the hope of production increases could depress the price again. 88. Oil producers in Kern County have lobbied for a repeal, arguing the law forces Alaskan crude oil on the California market, depressing prices there. 89. One reason is that a bumper harvest has depressed grain prices, which in China account for a major part of the price index. 90. Others see signs of selling late in the day to depress the price. |