Indeed, after its recent sharp appreciation, the renminbi could turn out to be a prime target for short sellers.

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

That, in turn, has fueled sharp exchange rate appreciation and a loss of international competitiveness unless the affected central banks intervene to buy dollars.

Cooperation can turn the sharp and frightening decline in worldwide consumption spending into a global opportunity to invest more in the world s future well being.

The latest anecdotal evidence from the US indicates that the economy is taking a sharp downward turn, which should become manifest in the coming months.

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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This has the advantage that the driver does not need to be accelerating the bus (as with a Power on Power off switch) or trying to make a sharp turn (as with a Selectric switch).

I looked away and heard a sharp scream.

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

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.

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

You land on a set of sharp iron spikes! More

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

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

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

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 knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Come at ten o'clock sharp.

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.

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

However, because the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires a sharp upward turn in overall ODA spending over the next few years, new ways to finance a steep increase in the short and medium terms are well worth exploring.

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

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

Of course, these changes do not mark a sharp break with the past.

A return to a national currency and a sharp depreciation would quickly restore competitiveness and growth.

Moreover, a sharp appreciation of the renminbi could risk domestic deflation and a financial crisis.

The Indian response was swift and sharp.

But the division is not that sharp.

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.

This is a parasitic wasp, again, two millimeters long, slender, a very quick and sharp flier.

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

His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Be careful, because it is sharp. Just hold on to it for a moment.

Yet consumer confidence, capital expenditure, and hiring have yet to take a sharp hit.

The conflict in Georgia has been followed by a sharp decline in investor confidence.

The Columbia makes a sharp bend to the west at the Washington Oregon border.

After the loss of the community's mining industry, Uranium City began a sharp depopulation.

It had a particularly large head, in length, with wide jaws and sharp teeth.

Powered by the symbology of a myth and the passion of my training, I brought laser sharp focus into my dance, laser sharp focus to such an extent that I danced a few weeks after surgery.

The words were simple yet sharp and touching

And then to generate the display you're about to see, all I did was touch it once per second on its nerve ring with a sharp pick that's sort of like the sharp tooth of a fish.