price fluctuations

Cost goes up-down

Price fluctuations are the rises and falls in what something costs over time.

Markets experience price fluctuations due to supply, demand, speculation, or external shocks.

The term appears often in economics and finance: We hedge against price fluctuations in commodities.

Daily price fluctuations in stocks are normal; extreme ones signal volatility or crisis.

Opposites
stability

price fluctuationsprice stability

Consistent general price levels

fixed prices

control/regulation

price fluctuationsprice controls

Mandated limits on charges

price fixing · price ceilings · price floors · price caps

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