1. The orange monopoly had also failed to stabilize prices. 2. An attempt this year by the Association of Coffee Producing Countries to stabilize prices failed when members refused to withhold one-fifth of their harvest from the market. 3. Bellman said he doubts that the oil producers can stabilize the price without another round of price controls. 4. A coordinated and public gold sales policy by central banks could, in theory, stabilize gold prices. 5. After that wild day, prices stabilized and made modest gains later last week. 6. AL GORE PERFORMED a double service Thursday in advocating use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to stabilize oil prices. 7. Build roads, stabilize prices, keep the lines of communication open. 8. Bush also opposes the administration plan to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, arguing it should be used for national emergencies and not to stabilize prices. 9. But the same insurance mechanism that stabilizes prices from a decline makes investors miss bond price rallies. 10. Coffee-growing countries do collaborate to restrict exports, and some have their own ways of stabilizing producer prices. |