The crash is followed by a flight to safety, which is followed by a steep fall in the velocity of money as investors hoard cash.

Optimists see it differently. Encouraged by sharp reductions in households debt service costs and a surprisingly steep fall in unemployment, they argue that the long nightmare has finally ended.

But there was a steep political price to pay.

Securing 60 votes is a steep hill to climb.

But Argentina s short term gain came at a steep price.

Regaining a well functioning capitalism may be a steep mountain to climb.

Yet he attempteth not the steep ,

Yet he attempteth not the steep ,

Another implication of this view is that the steep rise in savings in China is largely driven by a rise in the savings rate of middle aged Chinese (rather than a fall in the borrowing rate of the young).

Yet he has not assaulted the steep

Yet he has not assaulted the steep

They elevate players to god like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep and every weakness is dissected.

But he could not scale the steep ascent .

But he could not scale the steep ascent .

But the steep fall in the value of Italian and Spanish banks holdings of government debt, combined with mounting bad loans as a result of recessions exacerbated by punitive borrowing costs, is forcing the banks to rein in business lending further.

The bubble has now burst, and these economies are heading into a steep recession.

The talk now is of a global recession that will be steep and prolonged.

America s failure to deal with its internal challenges would come at a steep price.

True, a steep and persistent collapse in earnings will erode wealth invested in stocks.

How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is ?

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley .

and what shall teach thee what is the steep ?

How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is ?

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley .

and what shall teach thee what is the steep ?

The Chinese market for expensive watches is in steep decline.

But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep .

And what do you know what that difficult steep is ?

But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep .

And what do you know what that difficult steep is ?

And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is ?

And what will make you know the path that is steep ?

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep ?

And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is ?

And what will make you know the path that is steep ?

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep ?

Regulators have proposed steep hikes a Bank of England study, for example, suggested a more than three fold increase.

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep .

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep .

Risky projects are at a steep discount today, because the private sector financial market s risk tolerance has collapsed.

On the other hand, the EU is paying a steep price for the bureaucratic anonymity of its leaders.

What is stoppable is the steep rise in Asia s reliance on fossil fuels.

When I reach the summit of a steep mountain in the middle of nowhere, I feel young, invincible, eternal.

In 2009, economists expect growth to contract by up to 8 , with a further steep decline likely next year.

And how about stock market declines that are accompanied by a steep and persistent collapse in earnings by depressions?