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But they were deeply affected by the drop in world trade, which recorded a peak-to-trough decline of at least 15%, with trade finance also contracting sharply, owing to a shortage of dollar liquidity.
But there are reasons to doubt that such a cut will affect business investment, the part of demand likely to swing
sharply
in the coming years.
Private-sector demand contracts
sharply
and recovers only slowly after such crises.
Inflation fell, but unemployment, public debt, and urban violence all rose
sharply.
But if the yen appreciates sharply, as it easily could given Japan’s huge current account surplus, some hedge funds will suffer huge capital losses and the yen carry trade will implode.
Creating the Next CrisisWASHINGTON, DC -- Informed opinion is
sharply
divided about how the next 12 months will play out for the global economy.
Some bond markets, too, seem to expect
sharply
higher inflation.
The US Federal Reserve has, in my judgment, responded appropriately by reducing the federal funds interest rate
sharply
and creating a variety of new credit facilities.
If the Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, the melting and the snowfall will probably increase
sharply.
Third, political uncertainty fell sharply, as the Labour government, widely blamed for the 1931 crisis, was replaced by a Conservative-dominated cabinet with broad popular support.
The trade deficit with the dollar area, made up of the US and other countries that used its currency to settle international payments, contracted
sharply.
These factors explain why growth in most BRICS and many other emerging markets has slowed
sharply.
Its launch has
sharply
weakened the yen and is now leading to rising trade surpluses.
Add to that a
sharply
depreciating peso (down by more than 50% against the US dollar this year), and the increase in gas prices faced by households and businesses, on average, amounts to 1,300% over the last 24 months.
In 2005, 2.4% of the UK population used cocaine at least once, up
sharply
from 0.6% a decade earlier.
Indeed, we showed that aggressive conservation actions have reduced bird extinction rates over the last few decades to about 25 E/MSY – still very high, but down
sharply
from the 100 E/MSY projected were conservation actions not in place.
Not only does excess capacity have a negative impact on growth; perhaps more important,
sharply
declining growth also contributes to massive redundancy in some industries (especially resources and the heavy and chemical industries).
But, for this approach to work, GDP growth would have had to remain steady, rather than decline
sharply.
When highly leveraged banks and other institutions face the abyss of massive losses, the probability of a panic rises
sharply.
In particular, the survey shows that individuals who participated in both waves of voucher privatization, as well as those who received property through restitution, and also those who took advantage of the new economic freedom to become entrepreneurs, have views often
sharply
different from the rest of the population.
In a globalized world, national governments’ ability to tax potentially mobile factors of production is
sharply
circumscribed.
He pointed out that when ideas first come into the world, they are likely to be woolly, and in need of more work to define them
sharply.
The MDGs worked because they were few in number and
sharply
focused.
Perhaps international investors will be grateful to the US for its aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus, which will accelerate
sharply
when President-elect Barack Obama takes office on January 20.
The renminbi fluctuated without a clear trend until mid-September, when it appreciated sharply, apparently in response to increased US pressure stemming from the impending congressional vote.
What China should be carefully watching is whether there are signs of overheating in the domestic economy, and whether asset prices are rising
sharply.
But the explanation that we developed so long ago still fits well enough to encourage the belief that we will not see a crash in the bond market unless central banks tighten monetary policy very
sharply
(by hiking short-term interest rates) or there is a major spike in inflation.
Yes, UK growth has been slightly slower, but the British economy has also faced, among other factors, the headwind of
sharply
falling North Sea oil production during this period, whereas the US benefited from a shale-oil boom.
Government-bond yields, which rose
sharply
in the run-up to the referendum, have so far remained steady; if they were to spike, however, Italian banks’ fragile balance sheets would deteriorate further.
This contrasts
sharply
with the experience of two large regional multilateral lenders: the Inter-American Development Bank and the African Development Bank.
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