Japan used to grow modestly for two reasons strong exports to the US and a weak yen.

But the first half growth rate looks set to come in closer to 1.5 at best, even below 2011 s dismal 1.7 .

The Oxford University economist Paul Collier has shown that years of weak economic growth typically precede civil war in poor countries.

Weak isospin is a complement of the weak hypercharge, which unifies weak interactions with electromagnetic interactions.

Faced with sluggish external demand, weak domestic consumption, rising labor costs, and low productivity, China depends excessively on investment to drive economic growth.

Women are poorly organized.

The size and informal structure of women's enterprises

Image posted by tarekshalaby Journalist Erin Cunningham commented on the turnout in Ismailia in north east Egypt

2009 will be a tough year. Yet, absent a large scale conflagration, there is a fair chance that 2010 will see a restoration of weak growth in the US, Europe, and Japan, and probably robust growth in most emerging markets.

This is what we see in the United Kingdom and the United States, where borrowing costs remain at all time lows, despite both countries weak public finances and poor growth prospects.

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After all, annual economic growth at an average rate of 2.5 may have been markedly slower than during the Clinton years, but it still looks strong compared to Europe's anemic 1 growth.

Morsi never appreciated his tenuous position.

Despite the euphoria around shale gas indeed, despite weak global growth commodity prices have risen by as much as 150 in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

A weak dollar also affects demand by increasing consumption.

And a weaker dollar is one way of delivering foreign markets.

And a weak economy means, more likely than not, more bank losses.

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears let the weak say, I am strong.

Despite these examples, economic and financial commentators appear increasingly puzzled about the weak US recovery, with its modest GDP growth and meager employment gains.

For Argentineans, the diminutive Diego Maradona represented the revenge of the weak and the deprived.

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

For one believeth that he may eat all things another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

Dialogue means tolerance. It does not mean the powerful imposing their will on the weak it means listening to others. That way, the weak and the vulnerable will feel that the powerful do listen to them, and the powerful will feel the obligation to explain and justify their position to others.

Then, with the immediate default risk removed, money stormed out of risky assets into Treasuries to wait out the economic bad news mainly feeble and declining growth, employment stagnation, and falling equity prices.

Given weak demand in slow growing advanced economies, rising commodity prices may lead only to a small first round effect on headline inflation there, with little second round impact on core inflation.

Here, the feckless West torn between its democratic rhetoric and its antipathy to the Islamists showed its hand.

The rule of law is supposed to protect the weak against the strong, and ensure that everyone is treated fairly.

Third, a higher CEO pay slice is associated with weaker accountability for poor performance.

At the same time, it spares an already weak economy damaging fiscal contraction in the short run.

When the prince of Capua died in 1057, Richard immediately besieged the comune.

And in return, he will give me absurd wealth and power over the weak and pitiful of the world.

PARIS With weak demand in advanced countries now impeding growth in emerging economies, including major players in Asia and Latin America, many are arguing that the era of income convergence has come to an end. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Incidentally, it is plausible that the cyclical behavior of the SWFs is responsible for the underperformance of their holdings.

This is not healthy for the development of Armenia s democracy and weak economy.

France is mostly concerned with its own problems, particularly the supposed malfunctioning of its political class and the apparent laziness of the French public, which is blamed for weak economic growth, especially when compared to the United States.

Because of its weak economy, Turkey would be eligible for substantial EU assistance.

That in turn, because of the weak marketing system, led to an 80 percent collapse in maize prices in the country.

Second, this poor performance shows how short sighted the international community can be.

Persuasive explanations of the crisis point to linkages between today s tepid demand and rising income inequality.

Islamist extremism is a handy revolutionary creed for vulnerable young people to latch onto, to gain a sense of power and belonging.