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Finally, our past technological triumphs did not actually conserve natural resources, but instead enabled humanity to mine and use these resources at a lower overall cost, thereby hastening their depletion.
In fact, such balance is very difficult to achieve in an open trading system, and pursuing it would actually be damaging, as it would undermine the overall benefits gained through trade.
They then take delivery on their premises so that overall refined inventories rise, but that increase is not part of reported commercial inventories.
Such speculative purchases may barely register in inventories, because the purchases are small compared to the overall market, and because of the global storage system’s many margins of accommodation.
I am convinced that we need an overall cap on leverage on banks’ balance sheets, regardless of risk asset weightings or value at risk measurements.
Europeans have recognized that good systems of social protection can even lead to improved overall economic performance, as individuals are more willing to take the risks that lead to higher economic growth.
The overall pattern is familiar: China imports North Korean raw materials, such as coal, and exports machinery, consumer goods, and refined petroleum products.
The outgoing president, José Manuel Barroso, claims that “the political forces that led and supported…the Union’s joint crisis response…have overall won once again.”
The danger in this is that cherry-picking certain rights to enforce secular norms will not just undermine the overall project of human rights, which aims to unite the world’s peoples and improve lives through a shared understanding of the minimum conditions necessary to advance the “inherent dignity” and equality of “all members of the human family.”
Increasing overall disease prevalence has hidden decreasing prevalence of late-stage or complicated disease.
Whenever the “severity effect” outweighs the “prevalence effect,” the increasing overall prevalence of the NCD will be accompanied by a decreasing health impact, not an increasing disease “footprint,” as is widely assumed.
“Europe invests more than the US overall relative to GDP, but not in relation to the Internet and ICT.”
But in fact, sexy as the technology is, I was more impressed by the overall notion of practical courseware – and not just in plumbing – that could give millions of people marketable skills at a fraction of the cost of conventional vocational training, ultimately in many other fields, such as welding, carpentry, painting, and the like.
But NCD funding has only just kept up with overall global health funding, and stands at just 1-3% (depending on who is counting) of total development health assistance.
Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy exponential growth, as new customers are attracted by good overall reviews and subsequently provide yet more (positive) feedback.
As a result, every UN climate summit concludes with expressions of grave concern that the overall efforts are inadequate.
The sharp fall in house prices that followed caused a dramatic downturn in household wealth, leading to lower consumer spending and an overall fall in GDP.
Such patients are among the 10% who account for an estimated 64% of overall health care costs.
If people believe that they will share in overall economic growth, they should be more likely to support social peace.
This weakens overall demand, leading to steeper declines in prices.
Instead of leading to an explosion of drug consumption, as many feared, the number of people seeking treatment increased and overall drug use fell.
America’s failures provide important lessons to countries around the world, which are or will be facing increasing problems with their banks:- Delaying bank restructuring is costly, in terms of both the eventual bailout costs and the damage to the overall economy in the interim.
Together they point to a gradual and steady improvement in overall labor-market conditions.
Yes, the headline numbers will continue to signal overall improvement in the labor market.
Moreover, the increase in China’s overall price level – and wage levels in particular – has caused the RMB to strengthen steadily in real terms, reducing (to a certain extent) the need for nominal RMB appreciation.
That danger extends beyond 2015; nonetheless, it is an important component of the overall picture of impending crisis in the EU.
This leads to a clear increase in efficiency and provides overall income gains.
Of course, these figures surged occasionally during that period, such as after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; but the overall decline is considerable.
Owing to the effects of global competition, hampering technological diffusion in one domain would simply dampen overall prosperity.
But the overall message is clear: Putin answers to no rules, and there are no limits to the reach or ruthlessness of his retribution, no matter how powerful in Russia a person may once have been.
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