There was a housing bubble, and loans were made on the basis of inflated prices.

Moreover, while China may have profited from the rise in government bond prices over the last few years, prices have been inflated artificially by expansionary monetary policy in advanced countries, which implies that the bubble could burst.

SWFs tend to invest in foreign markets more when times are good and security prices are more likely to be inflated, and to divest during market downturns, when divestment offer implies lower than fundamental value security prices.

Simply put, surging capital flows into the US artificially held down interest rates and inflated asset prices, leading to laxity in banking and regulatory standards and, ultimately, to a meltdown.

And then it's inflated with this low pressure air.

But remember He has an inflated view of himself, so

The ensuing bubble in Japanese housing and equity prices inflated and burst not because Japan succumbed to US pressure to allow the yen to appreciate, but because Japan, in the end, resisted that pressure.

The bubble is inflated further by the asymmetry between those who bet that prices will rise and buy, and those who forecast a fall, but stay out because to sell short is too costly.

More importantly, the fears underlying the bicycle theory are wildly inflated.

And it's inflated twice a year for one month at a time.

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The late Yegor Gaidar, Russia s first pro reform prime minister, warned the government about the consequences of inflated oil prices, repeatedly arguing that excessive spending growth would undermine the political will for retrenchment when it became necessary.

Likewise, reactions to the Karadžić decision show how inflated the perceived stakes are.

Aron exaggerated the power of reason, while Sartre inflated the power of action.

Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and sulfur have been detected in the planet's inflated atmosphere.

(i) Claims for security costs were fraudulently inflated by certain employees at MONUC.

So, we used the same bladder inflated system, and we took it for testing.

In short, Israel s current leadership has inflated security into a surreal new cult, trumping morality.

25. These structural problems are also illustrated by an inflated number of officers in RCAF.

Inflated results started coming in and the mob was starting to get out of control.

CHICAGO When a profitable company is hit by a very large liability, the solution is not to have the government buy its assets at inflated prices. The solution, instead, is protection under bankruptcy law, which in the United States means Chapter 11.

More recently, many advanced countries have discovered a new set of growth models with built in structural limitations excessive private or public consumption, or both, usually accompanied and enabled by rising debt and inflated asset prices, and a corresponding decline in investment.

That helped Germany and France, but it also inflated real estate bubbles in Spain and Ireland.

Rather than spurring investment in plant and equipment, low interest rates inflated a real estate bubble.

However, expectations easily become inflated, and communities may be disappointed when their hopes are not met.

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Consumer prices

Bargain prices.

Food prices are soaring. Oil prices are at historic highs.

Clearly, trade data are being inflated as companies carry out fake transactions to bring capital into the country.

)It is likely that this figure is inflated by a substantial number of personal blogs that mention fashion.

I think that one of us should swim ashore... ...and it should be the one who's already inflated.

And it doesn't look far different when it's inflated, as you can see from the picture down there.

Housing prices peaked in 2006, and equity prices peaked in 2007.

Shortages of natural gas increased fertilizer prices, pushing up food prices.

18. Consumer prices everywhere rose much more rapidly than wholesale prices.

Issuing the stock to the public at an inflated price a year ago, the shares initially traded even higher.

But, while the resulting surge in capital flows to emerging markets stimulated economic growth, it also inflated asset bubbles.

Now Gaza residents are forced to apply for passports in Ramallah, and they use agencies which charge inflated amounts.

Prices are high.

Prices went up.

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August 2000 prices.