CAMBRIDGE The rapid rise in the price of oil and the sharp depreciation of the dollar are two of the most noteworthy developments of the past year.

Facing sharp currency appreciation and fearing asset price booms fueled by hot money, countries such as Indonesia, Korea, and Taiwan have recently taken steps to limit inflows.

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

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

The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Come at ten o'clock sharp.

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

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.

That pattern of rising prices and declining real earnings repeated itself in February and March, with a sharp rise in the consumer price index causing real average weekly earnings to decline at an annual rate of more than 5 .

I looked away and heard a sharp scream.

The words were simple yet sharp and touching

The sharp increase in the price of crude oil was a matter of grave concern and the international community, led by the United Nations, should give serious attention to measures that mitigated the adverse impact on the economies of developing countries.

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.

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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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.

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Ask price, also called offer price, offer, asking price, or simply ask, is the price a seller states she or he will accept for a good.

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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.

There was always a problem in this approach, namely that the general price level is an abstraction. It is a useful in a context of overall stability but, especially during crises or in the aftermath of large shocks, there are sharp movements of relative prices.

Indeed, if the shock is an increase in the dollar price of oil, an inflation target in theory dictates tightening monetary policy enough that the currency appreciates. But such a policy would mean that the adverse shock is reflected in a sharp fall in output.

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.

What I like is how hard the edges are, how sharp.

Yet I find myself in sharp disagreement with the Bush administration.

We need a sharp focus on conventional balance and arms control.

There were also sharp differences within and between the two movements.

The price?

Price comparison measures can provide direct measures of price impacts of NTBs.

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 changes highlighted the sharp differences between the two countries political systems.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

The dollar price of gold does not increase with the US price level.

The lowest submitted price is announced as the starting price of the auction.