 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1995 - 196 pages
...prices increase more rapidly than the average product. The sequence is easily visualized as a "U"-8haped curve— the price of any given product relative to...down, is flat for a while, and then goes back up. Nobody debates the reality of this product cycle, and nobody debates the fact that the CPI introduces... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1995 - 184 pages
...off, and prices in crease more rapidly than the average product. The sequence is easily visualized ai a "U"-shaped curve — the price of any given product relative to the consumer marJce basket starts high, then goes down, is flat for a while, and then goes back up. Nobody debates... | |
 | John W. Kendrick - 1996 - 498 pages
...Eventually products mature, sales fall off, and prices increase more rapidly than the average product. The sequence is easily visualized as a U-shaped curve:...down, is flat for a while, and then goes back up. Nobody debates the reality of this product cycle, and nobody debates the fact that the CPI introduces... | |
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... the price had fallen to $200 and controls were electronic, with extensive preprogramming capabilities. Later on in the product cycle, the product will mature and eventually will increase in price more rapidly than the average product of its class.... 