The bankruptcy also has implications for the automakers, which could face supply disruptions and higher prices.

But until then restaurants and stores face higher prices.

Drug use does not directly harm other people, although addicts facing prices inflated by prohibition may turn to crime.

If we weren't blessed with this natural resource we would face even greater shortages and higher prices today.

Cotton is an essential crop with irrigation, but faces declining prices at times on the world market.

Consumers may face higher prices, but at a time when deflation is the more dominant fear.

In the end, trade would be stunted and middle-class consumers would face higher prices.

They will face increased prices and a decline in services, as happens wherever the energy market is privatised.

We hope that the new regulation will make it possible for consumers not to have to face unbearable prices in future.

Consumers and businesses are already facing much higher prices this year because companies have put up power bills by 7pc to 16pc.