This sharp rise in sugar consumption along with a rise in the consumption of food chemicals and artificial foods corresponds with the rise in modern degenerative diseases.

Madagascar has seen a sharp rise in kidnapping followed by extortion during the past two years.

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 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.

Indeed, US and global equities have vastly outperformed gold since the sharp rise in gold prices in early 2009.

But the timing of the stock market rise, and the lack of any other reason for a sharp rise in consumer spending, makes that chain of events look very plausible.

Moreover, the sharp rise in some asset prices threatens the recovery of a global economy that has not yet hit bottom.

But Obama is also concerned with reversing a sharp rise in income inequality (which is now at an 80 year high).

Ordinarily, a sharp rise in oil prices quickly translates into higher inflation expectations, followed by rising interest rates at all maturities.

Global use of fossil fuels is contributing to a sharp rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is causing the Earth to warm.

Economist Simon Kuznets proposed the existence of a sharp rise in inequality upon industrialization, followed by a decline to social democratic levels.

The euro s recent sharp rise has made this competitiveness problem even more severe, reducing growth further and making fiscal imbalances even larger.

In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.

The massive wall of liquidity that has resulted has triggered inflation, sent real estate prices soaring, and fueled a sharp rise in debt.

On the narrower measure, as East Asia experienced a sharp drop in poverty rates, there was a persistent rise in the numbers elsewhere.

Some even carry their fights to the provincial and central authorities, stoking a sharp rise in the incidents of public order disturbances nation wide.

While the sharp rise in oil prices during 2004 led to windfall revenues for oil exporting countries, its impact on the global economy was limited.

The cloud of a sharp rise in personal and corporate income tax rates, now scheduled to occur automatically at the start of 2013, must be removed.

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.

Since then, the sharp rise in bloodshed has made it increasingly unlikely, or even impossible, that Assad s opponents would consent to any arrangement that kept him in power.

The end of the American housing bubble might not turn out badly. But if it does, it will probably be due to a sharp rise in interest rates.

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

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Bruce Bartlett, a senior official in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, recently pointed to research showing the sharp rise in the financialization of the US economy.

These two positive factors have helped offset the negative impact of the sharp rise in the Canadian dollar since the end of 2002 on Canada's exports of manufactured goods.

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

Similarly, any financial institution that bets on a sharp rise in long term interest rates over the next five years in a serious, leveraged way also puts its survival at risk.

ROME A severe food crisis currently threatens southern Sudan. In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.

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?

Imports of inexpensive Chinese products freed up capital and labor in the US for a dramatic expansion of the housing stock which led to a sharp rise in the American standard of living.

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.

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The new standards are compromises that are premised on the assumption that Europeans will continue to eat animal products and do not wish to see a sharp rise in the cost of their food.

Yes, the US will experience a decline in income and a sharp rise in unemployment, lowering the rest of the world s exports to the US. But many other parts of the world that still grow.

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

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.

Yet stumbling oil export performance and a sharp rise in infrastructure related imports, combined with an explosive growth in public spending, have fueled consistently high levels of inflation, with the annual rate now at more than 20 .

The Indian response was swift and sharp.

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

Similarly, any financial institution that bets on a sharp rise in long term interest rates over the next five years in a serious, leveraged way also puts its survival at risk. For where should they park their money?

First, falling labor income implies falling consumption for households, which have already been hard hit by a massive loss of wealth (as the value of equities and homes has fallen) and a sharp rise in their debt ratios.