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As a result, the banks’ foreign-exchange surplus reached $44.6 billion, rising 38% from February and marking the seventh
consecutive
month in which bank-to-client transactions created a surplus.
And the government has won three
consecutive
general elections, each time with a greater share of the popular vote.
Following the German economy’s sharp contraction in the last quarter of 2012, the question for the country today is whether it can avoid a technical recession (defined as two
consecutive
quarters of economic contraction).
Whereas only a few hundred showed up to support the fraudulently elected Mubarak during the revolution, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians rallied for two
consecutive
weeks in Rab‘a al-‘Adawiyya square, near the presidential palace, to express their solidarity with Morsi.
Long Live China’s BoomBEIJING – After three decades of 9.8% average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13
consecutive
quarters – the first such extended period of deceleration since the “reform and opening up” policy was launched in 1979.
He surprised nearly everyone by securing a decisive electoral victory, winning a third
consecutive
term in office after his right-wing Likud party gained a five-seat advantage in the Knesset over its main rival, the center-left Zionist Union.
This year, Chile will hold its sixth
consecutive
democratic election, with two women – former Labor Minister Evelyn Matthei and former center-left President Michelle Bachelet (both daughters of high-ranking military officers) – currently leading in the polls.
Indeed, it has already initiated transfers (such as pension increases for poor retirees), and its policies have contributed to five
consecutive
years of declining unemployment.
The French left, represented by the Socialists, has suffered its third
consecutive
defeat in a presidential election.
With a return to output growth, the recession – defined as two
consecutive
quarters of economic contraction – is officially over.
With unemployment at around 5.5% for the fifth
consecutive
year – a rate that almost any developed country would envy – there are few unemployed to be put to work.
In fact, the US has not experienced three
consecutive
quarters of 3% growth in a decade.
But once they do reach a new record high, prices are far more likely to set additional records – probably not on
consecutive
days, but within a short interval.
The Bank of Japan’s Moment of TruthTOKYO – The Japanese economy has enjoyed seven
consecutive
quarters of positive growth, with the average annual rate reaching 1.9%.
A second conclusion to be drawn from the current situation is that the Fed has now overestimated the strength of the US economy for 11
consecutive
years.
By the time of the 2016 election that brought President Donald Trump to power, the US economy had been expanding for six
consecutive
years.
Although the bean variety existed in publicly available seed collections, it took ten years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, massive protest by farmers and civil society, the intervention of international agencies, and five
consecutive
legal decisions before the USPTO finally annulled the patent in July 2009.
Consumer price inflation in the eurozone has been below target for 22
consecutive
months – long before the price of oil started collapsing.
But, at the same time, we have seen my homeland, Somaliland, witness its third
consecutive
free, fair, and contested presidential election.
Asia After ObamaNEW DELHI – US President Barack Obama’s 10-day Asian tour and the
consecutive
summit meetings of the East Asian Summit (EAS), the G-20, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have helped shine a spotlight on Asia’s challenges at a time when tensions between an increasingly ambitious China and its neighbors permeate the region’s geopolitical landscape.
Add to that a requirement that firms must offer a long-term contract to any individual after two
consecutive
short-term contracts and pay a hefty severance package if they need to downsize the workforce.
But it is also striking that despite the weak economy – growth will barely average 1.5% during Rousseff’s first term, and the economy is now in a technical recession, having contracted in two
consecutive
quarters – Dilma and the PT managed to retain the support of Brazil’s tens of millions of poor and excluded citizens.
The producer-price index (PPI) has declined in year-on-year terms for 54
consecutive
months, while the annual rise in the consumer-price index (CPI) is hovering around 1.5%.
Hopes for continued recovery have now given way to two
consecutive
quarters of negative growth.
Thailand in Yellow and RedBANGKOK – After three
consecutive
years of deadly street protests, Thailand has arrived at the point where it will need to hold new elections, as the current term of its national assembly expires this December.
I have attended this gathering for 17
consecutive
years and have learned to read between the lines of premier-speak.
The Ifo World Economic Climate index deteriorated in the third quarter of 2008 for the fourth
consecutive
time.
Consider Ethiopia, which, despite one of the worst global crises of our time, has been the fastest-growing non-resource-rich African country for seven
consecutive
years – averaging 11% annual GDP growth since 2003.
This time, the Congress has formed the incumbent government for two
consecutive
terms, and its tenure has recently been marked by scandals that have made it look ineffectual, rudderless, and corrupt.
The US economy grew at an average annual rate of 3% during the decades after World War II, but it has not had even three
consecutive
quarters of 3% growth during the past decade.
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