Trigger
in sentence
717 examples of Trigger in a sentence
If successful, the Shanghai market could
trigger
a shift of payments for other traded commodities as well – all at the dollar’s expense.
But small things – a shot in Sarajevo, as it were – can
trigger
a catastrophe.
When it recently fell into technical deflation, the European Central Bank finally pulled the
trigger
on aggressive easing and launched a combination of quantitative easing (including sovereign-bond purchases) and negative policy rates.
In the US, for example, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes
trigger
immediate Federal assistance.
For starters, Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons pose a huge danger, and, if left unchecked, are likely to
trigger
a wave of proliferation across the Middle East.
First, banks were the primary creditors, and the large losses that they would face in any restructuring was bound to
trigger
a domino effect, with waves of pessimism driving up interest rates and ruining other borrowers’ prospects.
Second, the CBO estimates that the law will add $1.45 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, which could
trigger
spending cuts to health-insurance programs for the elderly, poor, and disabled, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
But Greece is just holding a gun to its own head – and Europe does not need to care very much if it pulls the
trigger.
Of course, there are places where any sign of celebrating Christmas would
trigger
immediate persecution.
After more than two decades of largely fruitless debate, during which CO2 emissions have continued to rise, another failed summit will
trigger
a profound crisis for international climate diplomacy, forcing its proponents either to change the rules of the game or accept that it cannot be won.
The
trigger
for this wave of scorn was Li’s sell-off of some of his prime Shanghai properties, after relocating his corporate registry from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands.
Historical precedents indicate that forcing disparate nations and states to unite under a single idea – whether communism in the Soviet Union, socialism in Yugoslavia, or a shared currency in the eurozone – generates centrifugal forces that can
trigger
the union’s collapse.
But there are promising signs that, over time, the advanced countries’ difficulties will
trigger
a healthy, if belated, shift in Asia’s development strategy, with China leading the way.
But the unprecedented speed and scale of China’s monetary expansion remain a concern, given that it could still
trigger
high inflation and lead to asset-price bubbles, debt growth, and capital outflows.
They immobilize fiscal policy, lead to serious distortions in the financial system,
trigger
political fights over taxation, and incite costly distributional conflicts.
In light of the North Korea crisis, it would be the height of irresponsibility to
trigger
a gratuitous nuclear crisis – and possibly a war – in the Middle East.
Attempts to develop or acquire WMDs might well
trigger
a regional arms race, leading to further instability and threatening international peace and security.
His casual suggestions that US debt might be renegotiated could
trigger
dramatic losses in the value of Russia’s foreign-currency reserves, which have been its anchor in the economic storm that has hit the country since 2014.
Protectionist behavior by the US could even
trigger
a trade war, as occurred after the introduction of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930, in which case everyone would lose.
On one side are those who caution that departure from the EU would cause trade to collapse, discourage investment, push the UK into recession, and
trigger
the demise of the City of London as a global financial center.
Financialization of the economy was the goal, neoliberalism was its ideological cloak, the Paul Volcker-era Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes were its trigger, and President Bill Clinton was the ultimate closer of the Faustian bargain.
The idea is that price action will
trigger
both the “wealth effect” and “animal spirits,” thus inducing consumers to spend more and companies to invest in future capacity.
Just as Britain’s referendum proved uncannily predictive of Trump’s win, Trump looks like a leading indicator of populist upheavals in Europe, which could
trigger
another euro crisis and threaten the breakup of the European Union.
Conversely, abandoning some of the policies he promised could
trigger
a backlash – perhaps violent – among his supporters.
Stronger-than-expected growth could
trigger
an increase in long-term US interest rates, encouraging investors to shift more of their holdings from emerging market assets to US assets.
Similarly, emerging-market officials warned that monetary expansion in the US and the UK would
trigger
a wave of competitive currency devaluations, with Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega going so far as to accuse the Fed and the Bank of England of waging a full-blown “currency war.”
This time, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann is warning that the erosion of central-bank independence in some countries – reflected in the Bank of Japan’s recent decision to buy an unlimited number of government bonds to meet its new inflation target of 2% – will
trigger
competitive exchange-rate devaluations.
Ditching the euro might
trigger
a banking crisis, capital flight, inflation, and perhaps even sovereign default.
China’s leaders apparently worry that Western-style investigative journalism inside China could
trigger
just such a crisis.
Europe Finally Pulls the
Trigger
on a Military ForceMUNICH – US President Donald Trump is making an intolerable show of himself in Europe.
Back
Next
Related words
Could
Would
Which
Crisis
Financial
Their
Might
Economic
Political
Other
Global
There
While
Economy
Countries
Likely
Prices
Change
Government
Country