Dampen

Punishment does not dampen their ardor, rather it increases their wrath.

Indeed, one virtue of democracy is its ability to dampen violent tendencies.

High oil prices will dampen global growth in the remainder of 2004 and into 2005.

Distortions and volatility in these prices and balances can reduce growth rates and dampen investments.

But risks to the outlook are rising, and we need determined policy action to dampen them.

To dampen the additional inflationary pressures implied by a weaker rupee, more aggressive fiscal retrenchment is needed.

The increased indebtedness of households is already leading to higher bankruptcy rates, and will likely dampen the recovery.

Although these policies have undoubtedly helped residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods, they have not been sufficiently ambitious to dampen resentment.

But Chinese officials know that renminbi appreciation is also in China s interest, as they seek to dampen inflationary pressures.

The contraction of property and stock markets will undoubtedly dampen US household borrowing and demand, potentially triggering a downward spiral.

Nevertheless, weak demand in EU will reduce the growth of exports while slower real wage growth will dampen private consumption.

While no individual issue is overwhelming yet, together they could serve to dampen economic activity and the proper functioning of markets.

Some countries face the growing risk of near perpetual belt tightening, which would further dampen growth and thus keep debt ratios high.

Rather than trying to hit precise numerical targets, whether for inflation or unemployment, policymaking in this mode attempts to dampen excessive fluctuations.

Not much more was required to dampen foreign investors enthusiasm for the India story, with the rupee falling significantly in recent weeks.

However, he decided not to order a halt to the backyard steel furnaces so as not to dampen the revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses.

In the next few months, it will become clear whether European policymakers can compromise and implement reforms that dampen the threat of a eurozone breakup.

The task of social workers and police, therefore, is to try to resolve quickly and discreetly each particular incident, in order to dampen the revolt.

The system needs circuit breakers in the form of loans and capital flows that dampen the volatility and maintain access to financing across the system.

High oil prices are set to dampen economic performance in the rest of the world as well, although growth prospects look better than in the US.

Where spending cuts should, in principle, help to dampen inflation, European governments, like that of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, are backtracking on their budgetary commitments.

The US, in turn, cannot understand why China should be so reluctant to allow the renminbi to appreciate, as doing so would help to dampen inflationary pressures.

But it makes the case for novel measures, including guidance ranges for asset prices and targeted variation of margin and capital requirements, to help dampen such excessive price movements.

The financial crisis and recession may dampen the rise of FDI protectionism, as countries seek capital to shore up local firms and increase investment to help them promote economic recovery.

In the short term, this might dampen China s own growth, but, given China s mammoth trade surplus with the EU ( 230 billion in 2010), this is both long overdue and reasonable.

The cyclone did not dampen the spirit of Malagasy people, who showed resilience and helped one another to move away from the flooded areas, all the while still wearing their brightest smiles.

However, increasing capacity constraints, inflationary pressure, an expected weakening in the housing sector, currency appreciation and large current account deficits are expected to dampen the growth of both economies in 2005 2006.

At the same time, the US can be cautious about involving Japan in Taiwan issues a neuralgic point for China while encouraging the development of Asian institutions that increase contacts and dampen conflict.

As an advance. Even the debt of two cases of beer apparently the price of a lost wager, in which Simonyan bet on Clinton was not enough to dampen the chief editor s spirits.

This is not a trivial point. Nor is the fact that the PBOC s interventions in the foreign exchange market over the last year have aimed to dampen the renminbi s depreciation, not add to it.

Within the strict domain of moral psychology, they do. After all, a psychological telling of the story of our moral development provides no basis for encouraging us to dampen one natural inclination and nurture another.

Not surprisingly, a catchphrase in economic policy debates nowadays is secular stagnation, the idea that excess savings chronically dampen demand. The economist Robert Gordon has also argued that the world is low on economically productive ideas.

Hopes that a US economic recovery will boost demand and investment in Latin America are likely to be dashed US investment will probably flow elsewhere. China s economic slowdown will also dampen prices for exports, including commodities.

Throughout the world, democracy and respect for the state of law were progressing in a most encouraging way. But given developments in the last few years, it would seem that we should somehow dampen our enthusiasm.

They are finding themselves forced to shift their own rhetoric and attitude in order to dampen their defense of policies viewed as pro American or US inspired, and to stiffen their resistance to Washington's demands and desires.

To dampen the additional inflationary pressures implied by a weaker rupee, more aggressive fiscal retrenchment is needed. Even so, a depreciated rupee will increase the burden of repaying foreign debt, and deepen the woes of domestic companies and banks.

Yes, a building boom and speculative excesses have occurred. But a year and a half ago, the government moved aggressively to dampen multiple property purchases raising down payments to 50 for second homes and to 100 for third homes.

The new capital ratio should be raised to 7 10 of total assets in order to dampen risk taking by bankers and minimize the real economic impact of large scale deleveraging following a loss of confidence in the banking system.

To dampen the protests, President Dilma Rousseff s government has launched various ruses subsidizing fuel prices and reducing taxes on electric power, automobiles, and household appliances and has attempted to conceal them in ways that allow the authorities to claim that inflation remains under control.

(4) In 2005, a concerted effort will be made to reach a full complement of staff maternity leave by several staff and a number of retirements, all in 2005, will dampen the effect, but in 2006 and 2007, the Fund is expected to be fully staffed, as reflected in the statistics above.