The economic situation in Greece is deteriorating quickly.

Not surprisingly, the economy deteriorated.

The situation deteriorates when all the bodies disappear from the morgue.

Third, China s financial stability and fiscal position may deteriorate in the medium term.

As a result, whenever the US dollar declines, China s net international investment position (the difference between its external financial assets and liabilities) deteriorates and so does its investment income balance.

The situation is deteriorating, and, in the longer term, it is bound to become unsustainable.

LONDON The economic situation in the countries of the so called Arab Awakenings is deteriorating quickly.

Moreover, global currency markets would be disrupted, and the global economy would deteriorate.

They would all be bacon and sausages before any agreement was reached.

Withdrawal is one of the riskiest military maneuvers, because it can easily degenerate into panicky retreat and chaos.

Some delegations observed that the situation in some countries was deteriorating, and that food supplies were critical.

We urged the High Commissioner to continue his efforts to broaden and diversify the donor base, and renewed our appeal to the international community to show sustained solidarity and generosity in sharing the burden.

The serious decline of the Ivorian economy continues, which increases political tensions and worsens the social conditions in the country.

Unfortunately, this creates a security vacuum that, if left unattended, could degenerate into a security dilemma, undermining the credibility of the Organization.

Mr. KASEMSUVAN (Thailand) stressed that the deplorable events during the Tak Bai incident were deeply regretted by his Government.

Even before a situation deteriorates (if it does), people sense when they are being calmed rather than informed.

Today s flux in the Middle East is a highly ambivalent affair, because the situation can improve or (more likely) deteriorate.

In the United States, the number of experts giving a favorable assessment of the current situation declined indeed, a majority believes that the economic situation will worsen during the next six months.

Moreover, the country s strategic situation is deteriorating with each passing year, because the global redistribution of power and influence from the West to the East can only weaken Israel s position.

In that case, what remains of Sudan Khartoum, Gezira, and the two northern states might degenerate even further, probably turning into a base for global Islamic terrorism.

As the current report (S 2005 186) of the Secretary General underscores, the security situation is volatile and the human rights situation continues to be a source of great concern, while the economic situation is daily worsening.

The attacks in Logoualé in February, for example, have shown how precarious the situation is and how easily it can deteriorate into something much more serious.

PRINCETON In a provocative recent paper, Robert Gordon of Northwestern University concludes that the rate of technological progress has slowed sharply, and that the rise in standards of living (at least in the world s rich countries) is thus set to decelerate.

And in the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning of the hemorrhage, I could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of my life.

Some analysts have even predicted a slow death of the Greek economy. Citizens themselves sense that the situation will most likely get (much) worse before it improves.

But macroeconomic reform came to a screeching halt after Koizumi stepped down in 2006. A series of short term prime ministers began a pattern of huge government outlays.

As a result, it is possible that the fall in investment growth will reverse the declining external surplus GDP ratio in 2012, unless the global economy deteriorates further and or the Chinese government launches a new stimulus package.

Even so, the violence, driven by impoverished northern youth, first targeted the region s own idle and self serving rich before degenerating into tit for tat attacks between northern Muslims and their Christian counterparts.

Do they vote, week after week, against tax cuts that would help 100 million Americans, while the economy deteriorates around them? Or do they embrace a deal that cuts taxes and tax rates relative to where they would be otherwise?

But Hamas s brinkmanship is a dangerous exercise, for a low intensity conflict can easily degenerate into an all out flare up if its rockets cause a politically unbearable number of casualties on the Israeli side.

The government is fighting at least two wars simultaneously taking on a deeply entrenched oligarchy, while trying to fend off its hostile eastern neighbor. Further trouble in the form a steeply declining economy is something it cannot afford.