1. Greenspan even detailed how frothy stock prices have contributed to excess demand for goods, in spite of rising interest rates. 2. He also said higher newsprint prices will contribute to the shortfall. 3. Higher fuel prices also contributed. 4. Higher oil prices would contribute to inflation. 5. Low, stable grain prices contribute to low supermarket prices for milk, meat and bread. 6. Lower petrochemical prices contributed to the profit decline, said President Chumpol NaLamlieng. 7. Lower petrochemical prices contributed to the profit decline. 8. Low oil prices also contribute to low inflation, which has spawned a boom in mortgage financing and home construction. 9. Meanwhile, falling gasoline prices contributed to the drop in oil stocks, reflecting expectations of slackening demand for U.S. crude. 10. Newsprint prices also will contribute to the earnings of those three companies, he said. |