The proportion was greater for large enterprises, 45 per cent of which reported online purchases.

By contrast, the Fed s purchases of long term bonds during this period has been unprecedentedly large.

Democratic governments since 1983 straightened the military budget and did not approve any large scale equipment purchases.

CAMBRIDGE Enthusiasm for emerging markets has been evaporating this year, and not just because of the US Federal Reserve s planned cuts in its large scale asset purchases.

The choice of the approach, to a large degree, will depend on the Working Group's view on which types of purchases will be eligible for procurement using ERAs.

Sometimes they're really small purchases.

Interest rates will have to be slashed, and the ECB will have to follow up with large scale asset purchases like those recently announced by the Swiss National Bank.

It simply does not and will never have enough funds to undertake the massive bond purchases required to stabilize the debt markets of large economies such as Spain and Italy.

Proponents of OMT counter that the Treaty forbids only direct government bond purchases indirect purchases in secondary markets are allowed.

Moreover, according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, online purchases in China do not simply replace offline purchases.

With political constraints in Germany and elsewhere preventing further strengthening of fiscally based firewalls, the ECB now plans to provide another round of large scale financing to Spain and Italy (with more bond purchases).

In addition, some agronomists have been trained as trainers. As a result, Nestlé today purchases large quantities of coffee from Yunnan (about 3,000 tons in 2002), thus providing a steady income to local coffee farmers.

Markets noticed that the euro seemed caught between a rock (the EFSF s limited borrowing capacity) and a hard place (the European Central Bank s great reluctance to engage in large scale purchases of financially troubled governments bonds).

In Africa, very few people borrow money for such purchases.

January 2001 U.S. Government purchases 5 K MAX for Peru.

Such speculative purchases may barely register in inventories, because the purchases are small compared to the overall market, and because of the global storage system s many margins of accommodation.

With such expectations, consumers have no reason to put off purchases.

Asset purchases have no balance sheet effect, because assets replace money.

Fewer foreign purchases of US assets again imply a weaker dollar.

Specify their purchases and provide invoices and other documentation if available.

Businesses often obtain financing for specific purchases of inventory or equipment.

Likewise, the Fed s policy of large scale asset purchases has increased commercial banks excess reserves to unprecedented levels (approaching 2 trillion), and has driven the real interest rate on ten year Treasury bonds to an unprecedented negative level.

Such households are especially vulnerable if their purchases are financed by credit.

The ECB can curb the euro s appreciation through purchases of foreign currency.

Weber s dissenting voice on Greek bond purchases brings that day dramatically closer.

Other examples of purchases by sub clans are included in annex I.

Curtailing purchases of US Treasuries is a perfectly logical outgrowth of this process.

It could also be relevant to purchases of debt from distressed member states.

Chinese investments increasingly took the form of official purchases of US Treasury bills.

Arms purchases and sales at the Irtogte arms market during the mandate period

Furthermore, since the beginning of this year, Chinese banks valet foreign exchange settlement (foreign exchange purchases that designated banks make for their clients and themselves) has outstripped corresponding sales, resulting in a consistently large surplus also an indication of increased capital inflows.

The US Federal Reserve s announcement in May that it may wind down its quantitative easing (QE) program that is, large scale purchases of long term financial assets by the end of this year has sparked fears of a 1994 style bond market collapse.

They are required to report these sales every month (see Personal vs. business purchases).

Arms purchases and sales at the Bakaraaha Arms Market investigated during the mandate period

Large purchases would drive up prices in the secondary market, defeating the point of the whole operation. And the opaque Ecuadorian methods are not possible in Europe, both for legal reasons and because a transaction of this size could hardly be disguised or outsourced.

Many people are delaying big purchases such as apartments or cars till after the elections.

Not proceeding now with bank recapitalization and government bond purchases would similarly lead to disaster.

He characterizes the stimulus bill as a two year 600 billion increase in government purchases.

As is customary, many Russian businessmen pledged their shares to borrow money for stock purchases.

Massive purchases of government bonds by the ECB would be the worst type of bailout.

It is also boosting its purchases of shirts and other goods made with Fairtrade cotton.

It was not very common for consumers to make digital movie purchases at the time.

The purchases in Africa alone amount to an area of agricultural land the size of Kenya.

Draghi reversed the euro s slide into oblivion by promising potentially unlimited purchases of member governments bonds.

(b) Average prices must reflect purchases across all types of outlets to provide representative national prices