Furthermore, secured claims and administrative expense claims are paid ahead of unsecured claims. To make matters a bit more Â­confusing, Section 364(c)(1) provides that certain Â­super-priority claims are to be paid even Â­before administrative expense claims.
The market price of a commodity that is quoted in the news is often the market futures price for that respective commodity. As with equity securities, a commodities futures price is determined primarily by the supply and demand for the commodity in the market. For example, let's look at oil. If the supply of oil increases, the price of one barrel of oil will decrease.
The general price level is measured by a price index. A price index is a weighted average of the prices of a selected basket of goods and services relative to their prices in some base-year. To construct a price index we start by selecting a base year. Then we take a representative sample of goods and services and calculate their value in the base year and current prices.