quantitative monetary easing in March 2001 aimed at providing ample liquidity and keeping short term interest rates close to zero percent .

This worsening reflects the protracted deterioration of the primary surplus and the moderate growth of nominal GDP .

The single most important change in context is the rapidly deteriorating state of Iran s economy.

In February 2014, however, McFaul resigned his post amid worsening US Russia relations, and returned to teach and study at Stanford.

The harassment of activists is one proof of the worsening human rights situation in Thailand.

We expect the leaders in the (Arab) sector to prevent a further deterioration of the situation and work to restrain the rioters.

We think these items are essential, but more than ever essential for the peripheral countries.

That will reverse some of the dollar s recent gains and shield growth and inflation from downside risks.

And, indeed, recent data point to a rapidly worsening economic environment in Germany, where the trade surplus has shrunk dramatically in recent months.

mind, in that they were not just empty words but sought to establish specific commitments on social policies, for the most disadvantaged sections of the population, on the peripheral regions of the Community, and also on ecologically sustained economic development.

carefully thought out and drafted Commission pro posal, has, in our view, one disadvantage, namely the absence of input and output, that is to say the lack of an opportunity for cost accounting on the basis of carefully prepared analyses from which conclusions can be drawn.

I m wondering whether the Chinese will die out after decades due to the worsening environment, without the Americans and Japanese beating us.

With global growth anemic and inflationary expectations falling, further growth in debt looks unsustainable. And yet total global leverage continues to rise.

The big question is how Russians will respond when they realize that the decline in their standard of living is not temporary, as it was in 1998.

Moreover, France s rapidly worsening foreign trade deficit is boosting already excessive debt levels, while output is falling and unemployment is rising.

Noting with regret that the humanitarian situation has not improved, owing to the severe economic deterioration and the prevailing drought, and that significant humanitarian needs continue to exist throughout Tajikistan,

Expressing its grave concern over the serious deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the difficulties facing the Middle East peace process,

Expressing its deep concern also over the serious deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the difficulties facing the Middle East peace process,

These worsening indices of health care or health studies in Africa demand a new look. We cannot keep on doing things the way we've always done them.

Government budgetary position In the majority of the countries , the fiscal situation has deteriorated strongly since the 2008 Convergence Report , largely reflecting significantly worsening macroeconomic conditions .

On the contrary, in the Sunni arc today, it means a vicious cycle of expanding extremism, rapid population growth, rising unemployment, worsening water shortages, and popular discontent.

Crisis was at its very peak, not touching so many people yet, but companies had stopped their investment projects and began to restrict purchases of new machinery and technology.

In fact , the worsening of the economic growth outlook implied both lower inflationary pressure from domestic demand and lower risks to inflation from wages .

That wisdom remains the best advice to date, especially given that the consequences of a worsening bilateral relationship would extend far beyond China and Japan.

Here, Japan s failure in opening up its services sector which impeded its ability to adapt its economic structure to its declining demographic dividend can provide much needed motivation.

These solutions are false, however, and always lead to a worse situation (vide establishment of the Fed, so that the crisis of 1907 would not be repeated).

Confidence may also improve more quickly , labour market deterioration may be less marked than currently expected and foreign demand may prove to be stronger than projected .

While the magnitudes involved are huge, they must be attained if an extended period of low growth, high unemployment, and declining living standards among the world s poorest is to be avoided.

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating economic and social situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country,

Politicians responded to worsening economic conditions by hewing as closely as possible to failed prescriptions, making sure to do no more than absolutely necessary to address the biggest economic disaster since the Great Depression.

(f) The continuous deterioration of the living conditions and the increase of poverty affecting a significant part of the population throughout the country, with serious consequences for the enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights

Expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well being and living conditions, and the continuous deterioration of those conditions during the recent period,

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating humanitarian, economic and social situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country, especially women and children,

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating economic, social and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country, especially women and children,

In China, worsening air pollution and growing concerns about energy security have led the government to consider a cap on coal use and an absolute reduction in emissions within the next 10 15 years.

Expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well being and living conditions, and the continuous deterioration of those conditions during the recent period,

If the renminbi were to depreciate by, say, 2 every day, it would take very little time for the currency to lose 20 of its value enough to cause a panic and, regardless of the country s economic fundamentals, send the exchange rate into a tailspin.

As regards fiscal policies , the latest quarterly euro area data and developments in individual countries confirm a substantial deterioration of fiscal positions in 2009 , which is projected to continue in 2010 .

The worsening of economic conditions in the course of 2001 , in combination with those factors that had temporarily increased inflation rates in the early part of the year , presented major challenges for the conduct of monetary policy in the euro area .

If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change.

Third , the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001 and their aftermath led to a further sharp increase in overall uncertainty , reflected in a further decline in euro area business and consumer confidence .

In turn, faster growth was expected to revitalize the labor market, counteract worsening income inequality, mollify concerns about debt and deficit levels, and enable the Federal Reserve to start normalizing monetary policy in an orderly fashion.

Noting that, despite the conclusion of the peace process and significant progress in the security environment, the humanitarian situation has not improved, owing to the severe economic deterioration and the prevailing drought, and that significant humanitarian needs continue to exist throughout Tajikistan,

There is, of course, another explanation of why Putin s popularity is still growing in the face of a worsening economy those unable to fend for themselves naturally look to the state for help and are hardly likely to bite the hand feeds them.

All in all , the outlook for profitability worsened in the course of 2001 . However , the positive performance record of most banks in the years before 2001 and the accumulated capital buffers were deemed reassuring as regards their ability to withstand the deterioration in external conditions .