However, whether raw materials prices continue to rise or whether they fall again, the final consumer prices which took the opportunity to rise along with them are unlikely to come down again so easily, for they are far more elastic upwards than down.
話說回來，不管原物料未來會續漲還是回跌，抓住時機已經升上去的終端消費者物價，在易漲難跌的「僵固性」模式下，是不可能輕言降價的。