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That will renew the current-account deficit and worsen Spain’s already weak net-external-asset position.
Ten years later, inequality continues to worsen within developing countries, including the so-called BRICS emerging economies.
Demographic expansion in these countries is set to dramatically worsen their predicament.
America’s Deepening Moral CrisisNEW YORK – America’s political and economic crisis is set to worsen following the upcoming November elections.
An already bad situation marked by deadlock and vitriol is likely to worsen, and the world should not expect much leadership from a bitterly divided United States.
Climate changes resulting from greenhouse-gas emissions exacerbate water-supply problems, accelerate desertification and water stress, and worsen the unpredictability and severity of weather events, all of which adversely affect agriculture in much of the world.
A strengthening dollar would worsen the US trade balance, but a weakening dollar could cause panic in capital markets, which might push up risk premia on dollar-denominated assets, including US government securities, in turn leading to an economic slowdown and a further weakening of the dollar.
Some worry that this will worsen relations with the US.
Economic conditions in China appear set to worsen further.
With population growth forecast to exceed connection rates, “energy poverty” is expected to worsen before it improves.
Finance Minister Hans Eichel decided, reasonably, not to worsen conditions by adopting a contractionary fiscal policy.
Indeed, in some areas, prices are again under downward pressure, which could worsen if mortgage finance becomes less readily available and more expensive, as is possible.
Yet its appeal to some is understandable, given that the country’s economic situation has continued to worsen over the last few months.
We knew that premature attempts to achieve long-term fiscal balance would worsen the short-term crisis – and thus be counterproductive in the long-run.
Officials and opinion shapers must understand that this perilous state of affairs will worsen if they fail to take their responsibilities more seriously, tone down their rhetoric, and adopt a balanced approach to Israel.
But consolidating too quickly can hurt the recovery and worsen job prospects.
This out-of-control debt spiral threatens to flatten the country’s growth trajectory and worsen employment prospects.
Europe's embarrassment is not likely to worsen, nor last very long.
Indeed, the recession will worsen throughout this year, for many reasons.
Thus, banks losses on their toxic assets and their capital needs will be much larger than recently estimated, which will worsen the credit crunch.
And, in fact, the situation could worsen considerably, with so-called “frozen” conflicts heating up and reverting to armed confrontation.
If things do worsen even more, the world, like it or not, must be prepared to manage – and even confront – a scenario in which the Kim dynasty, and with it the North Korean state, collapses.
Given that India is already struggling to feed its population, its current food crisis could worsen significantly in the coming decades.
In an economic slowdown, the country’s severe crime problem might only worsen; so might unemployment, which already tops 20% in the formal economy.
Unfortunately, conditions across the Union will likely worsen before they begin to improve.
The most serious structural flaws concern high payroll taxes and labor-market regulation, which make it difficult – or at least prohibitively expensive – for firms to reduce their workforce when business conditions worsen.
But such measures will merely worsen the situation: specialization in activities in which unskilled workers are not needed intensifies, even more capital will leave the country, and even more people will be attracted from abroad, driving more domestic residents into the welfare system.
The key question is whether the political gridlock exposed by the debt-ceiling debate will worsen in the run-up to the 2012 presidential and congressional elections – if not beyond.
While the US and the EU do not want to worsen relations with Russia, they cannot retreat in the face of Russian obduracy; security in Europe is at stake.
Traveling by motorcycle over rough terrain can worsen health conditions; but with no other options, the frail must choose between a bumpy ride on the back of a bike and no treatment at all.
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