The most recent survey indicators have , on balance , been supportive to the view that economic growth could improve in the second half of 2005 , while higher oil prices continue to weigh on demand and confidence .

Economic slack limited any upward pressures on prices .

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Exchange rate movements have a direct effect on price developments through their impact on import prices .

Upward pressures on commodity prices may persist , while euro area domestic price pressures are expected to remain low .

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This decline was broadly based across components of HICP inflation and partly driven by base effects .

Developments in import prices implied increasing price pressures in the euro area . Oil prices rose almost continuously .

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Introduction of euro banknotes and coins effects on prices

Both factors had the potential to exert upward pressure on prices .

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In the first quarter of 1999 price pressures continued to be weak .

The surge in oil prices exerted considerable short term upward pressures on consumer prices and had a sizeable effect on inflation .

In 1997 upward pressure on consumer prices increased , not least as a result of a rise in import prices .

The Eurosystem aims at ensuring non discriminatory conditions for tier two assets across the euro area when establishing the appropriate risk control measures . Within this framework , the valuation haircuts applied to tier two assets reflect the specific risks associated with these assets and are at least as stringent as the valuation haircuts applied to tier one assets .

This box summarises the evidence concerning the effects of the euro changeover on prices and reviews the possible reasons why consumers have perceived the euro to be a source of price pressure .

Countries can reduce the likelihood of prices being affected by informing consumers and producers well in advance , by seeking agreements from retailers on price change conventions , and by using dual pricing during the crucial months .

The price projections thus embody the expectation of limited second round effects from oil price increases on wages .

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The downward pressure continued towards the end of the year , even though other major stock markets rebounded , as domestic factors , including mounting market concerns about financial fragility and the resolution of the problem of non performing bank loans , again weighed on Japanese stock prices .

For example, price controls, rather than lowering prices, often cause scarcity and the emergence of a black market in which controlled commodities cost significantly more.

The prices observed are the prices households actually pay for goods and services in monetary transactions and thus include all taxes ( less subsidies ) on products , e.g. VAT and excise duties .

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The overall impact of the euro cash changeover on the price level was deemed to be small , despite some upward impact on prices , in particular for certain services .

However , there was a slight rise in the quoted shares issuance of non financial corporations in the second half of the year .

They include the possibility of previous commodity price rises having further and stronger indirect effects on consumer prices , as well as a renewed increase in commodity prices .

Low labour cost pressures may have also played a role in dampening the effect of external price pressures .

Domestic price pressures , however , remained contained throughout the year .

In addition , the macroeconomic environment has contributed to containing upward pressures on prices .

They include further increases in oil prices , a stronger pass through of past oil price rises into consumer prices than currently anticipated , additional increases in administered prices and indirect taxes , and more fundamentally stronger than expected wage developments .

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While any effect on inflation should be of a temporary nature , over the longer term increased price transparency and competition are likely to contain pressures on prices .

Asset prices and financial yields can also be used to derive information about expectations in the financial markets , including expected future price developments .

Note Data on industrial producer prices refer to the euro area including Cyprus and Malta .

In addition , the macroeconomic environment has contributed to containing upward pressure on prices .

In addition , the macroeconomic environment has contributed to containing upward pressure on prices .