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Second, with public budgets stretched thin, officials must make the most of available resources.
Ross and Navarro were also co-authors of an economic-policy position paper published on the Trump campaign website that stretched any semblance of credibility.
Sometimes, debt-service payments are rescheduled and perhaps stretched out over a longer period, thus giving the debtor country time to regain its ability to pay.
Unemployment in the US is high, while fiscal and monetary policies have been stretched to their limits.
The West's readiness to bail the country out has been stretched to the limit.
In the process, he has stretched China’s resources at a time when the economy is already struggling and a shrinking working-age population presages long-term stagnation.
Developing countries’ health systems are already stretched.
The aim of taboo-breakers is to see how far the limits of free speech can be stretched, legally and socially.
More than one hundred years ago, vast colonies, possessed mainly by the Western powers, stretched across the world.
In some striking examples, the agreement between prediction and measurement has stretched out to twelve decimal places, making the Standard Model the most accurate scientific theory in human history.
In June, queues to sign her ballot petition in Minsk, Brest, and Gomel stretched for a half-mile (0.8 kilometers), despite police urging people to disperse.
But citizens of these destination countries will feel the pinch as underfinanced medical services are stretched even further.
Further sustained market advances are unlikely, given stretched stock and bond valuations, slowing economic and earnings growth, and heightened political and policy uncertainty.
With both conventional and unconventional monetary-policy tools already stretched to the limit, fiscal policymakers will have to do more of the heavy lifting.
First, central banks’ balance sheets are undeniably stretched.
The army can only be stretched so thin.
Promises of increased public spending now rain down from a Treasury that will soon be stretched thin.
In terms of finance, many developing and emerging economies already had stretched budgets and were borrowing to support economic growth prior to the pandemic.
They are akin to the snapback of a stretched rubber band – or in statistical terms, the arithmetical result of restarting an economy that has just been subjected to an unprecedented sudden stop.
The Limits of Extreme COVID Monetary PolicyLONDON – With output having collapsed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are wondering how far monetary policy can be stretched to support the economy.
In addition, the cherished principle of uniformity of treatment of member countries has been visibly stretched, often in a way that has further dented the standing and credibility of institutions whose governance is still informed by the past.
But EU member states remain bogged down on the key question of whether the bloc can and will help fiscally stretched countries.
Businesses have become disciples of the gospel of efficiency and just-in-time production, fiscally stretched governments struggle to provide even basic services, and we have pushed natural systems to their limits.
Such activities, together with the expansion of demonstrations into local districts, leave police stretched to their limits.
According to the World Bank, they could be any country with domestic vulnerabilities, a stretched fiscal balance sheet, and a heavily indebted population.
But the World Health Organization warns that the outbreak could be stretched out over a few years.
Above all, they have stretched their conclusions beyond credibility.
Politics was polarized and social cohesion stretched thin.
'Don't go,' said Nicholas and stretched out his hand.
The prayers were not yet ended when the dying man stretched himself; sighed and opened his eyes.
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