The sharp fiscal retrenchment that has now started throughout southern Europe should contribute further to a sharp deceleration, if not outright fall, in domestic demand there.

The financial crisis has created a sharp fall in demand, what economists call a Keynesian recession.

Such a program would cause Greek GDP to fall far more than Ireland s sharp decline to date.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies whereby the people fall under thee.

The effects of fiscal austerity a sharp rise in taxes and a sharp fall in government spending since the beginning of the year are undermining economic performance even more.

The sharp fall in house prices that followed caused a dramatic downturn in household wealth, leading to lower consumer spending and an overall fall in GDP.

Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

The sharp fall in China s exports to the US has been compensated by a sharp rise in the Chinese government s spending on infrastructure say, on subway construction in China s biggest cities.

The onset of the Great Depression saw a collapse of demand, which in turn led to a sharp fall in imports.

The fall in house prices also led to a sharp rise in mortgage defaults and foreclosures, which has increased the supply of homes on the market and caused house prices to fall further.

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

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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.

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

So it is not clear what will occur to reverse the decline in GDP and end the economic downturn. Will a sharp dollar depreciation cause exports to rise and imports to fall?

The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Come at ten o'clock sharp.

But the creation of the euro caused a sharp fall in interest rates in the peripheral countries, leading to debt financed housing bubbles and encouraging their governments to borrow to finance increased government spending.

Even if there were no increase in inflation rates, a sharp fall in the dollar s value relative to the euro and other foreign currencies would reduce its purchasing value in buying European and other products.

A full scale financial crisis is triggered by a sharp fall in the prices of a large set of assets that banks and other financial institutions own, or that make up their borrowers financial reserves.

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

Their financial trust index, based on a large scale survey of financial decision makers in American households, did show a sharp fall in trust in late 2008 and early 2009, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

A likely reason for the fall in the saving rate and resulting rise in consumer spending was the sharp increase in the stock market, which rose by 15 between August and the end of the year.

The Indian response was swift and sharp.

But the division is not that sharp.

This lending squeeze resulted in a sharp drop in GDP and employment, while the sharp sell off in assets ensured further declines.

This physical assertiveness followed often violent anti Japanese protests in China in September, while a continuing informal boycott of Japanese goods has led to a sharp fall in Japan s exports to China, raising the risk of another Japanese recession.

I looked away and heard a sharp scream.

The words were simple yet sharp and touching

And the only way for the trade deficit to shrink substantially is for net imports to fall, which requires either a relatively sharp decline in the value of the dollar, thereby raising import prices, or a depression in the US.

Especially in times of crisis and a sharp fall in US imports would imply a much more severe crisis for Asian and European exporters than it would for the US the dollar is a currency that you run to, not from.

In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means higher in pitch and the sharp symbol raises a note by a half tone.

They don t fall over. They don t fall.

He's at the sharp knife edge of this problem.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

How sharp of hearing , how sharp of sight they will be when they come to Us . But today , these evil doers are obviously lost in error .

Of course, China s savings rate will also decline, but Japan s experience since the 1980 s demonstrates how a sharp fall in investment can generate large and persistent current account surpluses, even when the savings rate is falling and the currency is appreciating.

You land on a set of sharp iron spikes! More

Fortunately, Straw s example does not pose such a sharp dilemma.

Asia and Europe have experienced sharp falls in fertility rates.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

They also often offer examples of sharp contrasts in achievements.