THE rapid run-up in house prices in the last two years has brought another dimension to the term "home sweet home."

But that news alone may not account for all of its rapid run-up.

The announcement was the latest in a string of bad news about the well that ended what had been a rapid run-up in the stock price.

World oil transactions are conducted in dollars, and a rapid run-up in petroleum prices had increased demand for dollars.

Today, with the rapid run-up of the yen against the dollar, prices are climbing, inventories of have been growing and profits for some companies have suffered.

Even the rapid run-up in energy prices, economists say, poses little risk to Australia's economy.

The OPEC nations long since recognized that the rapid run-up of oil prices in the late 1970's and early 1980's was counterproductive.

The result was a rapid run-up in the peso, and in some other currencies in the region.

Because of the rapid run-up, the stocks are expensive by all traditional valuations.

The rapid run-up in oil prices over the last two years has translated into a boon for refiners after many years of meager returns.