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According to the government, substantial tax increases will bring the fiscal deficit below the 3%-of-GDP limit set by the Stability and Growth Pact – a target missed for five consecutive years – by 2007.
At the same time, the ECB does not need to go nearly as far as the Fed, which has raised interest rates in increments of 25 basis points at 12 consecutive meetings, with still more to come.
Tusk, who defeated the PiS in eight consecutive elections over the course of his career, was Prime Minister at the time.
It is compatible with three consecutive quarters of zero growth in 2008.
Under Chile’s constitution, she cannot serve another consecutive term.
Starved for ScienceAMSTERDAM – In the Mekong Delta, farmers obtain 6-7 tons of rice per hectare in dry seasons and 4-5 tons per hectare in wet seasons, using fast-maturing rice varieties that allow up to three consecutive yields annually.
While the world economy is booming for the fourth consecutive year, with a historically unprecedented growth rate of about 5%, the French economy is limping.
After decelerating for six consecutive years, real GDP growth appears to be inching up in 2017.
Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP has been rising for 15 consecutive quarters in the eurozone, and all European Union economies are expected to grow in the next few years.
The Illusion of a Chinese BubbleBEIJING – On the eve of Chinese New Year, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) surprised the market by announcing – for the second consecutive time in a month – an increase in banks’ mandatory-reserve ratio by 50 basis points, bringing it to 16.5%.
According to United States Census data, household income fell in 2011 for the fourth consecutive year.
Then comes the United States Senate, which has ignored climate change for 15 consecutive years since ratifying the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The country’s producer price index has fallen for 42 consecutive months, to a record-low of -5.4% in July.
Although she won three consecutive elections, the Conservatives never polled more than 43% of the popular vote, well below the levels achieved by Conservative leaders – Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Macmillan – in the 1950’s.
In mid-September, for example, when the private-sector Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came out at 47.0, the result was generally reported along these lines: “The index has now indicated contraction in the [manufacturing] sector for seven consecutive months.”
April marked the 400th consecutive month of global temperatures above the twentieth century average.
Escaping the Refugee CrisisPRINCETON – In July, the number of migrants reaching the borders of the European Union passed 100,000 – the third consecutive month in which a new record was set.
This year, Latin America is expected to emerge from the recession that began in 2015; but it will still experience a fourth consecutive year of anemic growth – or the sixth, if one counts the slowdown that was already evident in 2012 and 2013.
A common rule of thumb is that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession.
The need to live within the country's means became so obvious that, for two consecutive years, the Duma passed austerity budgets of which my government could only have dreamed.
Following Lionel Jospin’s humiliating defeat in 2002, the Socialists simply would not survive a second consecutive failure to reach the second round.
In addition to boosting investments in foreign stocks and bonds, they have now raised their holdings of domestic stocks for the fifth consecutive quarter.
The whole world has taken note, with Lin being featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for two consecutive issues.
CAMBRIDGE – The release of revised GDP data by the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics in late June seemed like an occasion for cheer, because growth had not quite been negative for two consecutive quarters in the winter of 2011-12, as previously thought.
European countries, like most, use a simple rule of thumb: a recession is declared following two consecutive quarters of falling GDP.
Fortunately, the US economy has recorded positive growth for 15 consecutive quarters, so recession-dating is not a salient issue currently.
At the time, the NBER Committee declared that there had been a recession in 2001 (based on employment and various other indicators), even though the initial GDP data did not show two consecutive quarters of declining output, let alone three.
Japan's Leadership MuddleOSAKA – Having seen a new prime minister every year for five consecutive years, Japan has just narrowly avoided having its third in 2010.
Renminbi RisingBEIJING – On October 26, the renminbi’s spot exchange rate against the US dollar reached the upper limit of its floating range for the second consecutive trading day.
In past decades, external tailwinds underpinned high growth rates; now, external headwinds are hampering growth for a second consecutive year, such that Latin America is underperforming any other emerging region.
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