Sentences with phrase «as households face»

Consumer purchases have been slowing down in recent months as households face higher costs for borrowing, stricter mortgage rules and large debt loads.

Fashion sales up but future looks gloomy (Times Online) «Sales of clothes, shoes and textiles were 9.5 per cent higher than in April last year, the biggest annual rise since July last year... Analysts said that retailers would struggle to keep up the momentum as households faced sluggish earnings growth and political uncertainty as well as tax rises and spending cuts.»

Not exact matches

The central bank's warning Thursday comes as the federal government faces pressure to address expanding household indebtedness and rising prices, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver.

Currently, households and businesses face elevated short - term uncertainty as to what will happen to tax and spending policies in 2013 and how this will affect the economic outlook.

Households now face higher food costs as well as the higher gasoline costs driven by disruptions in the Middle East.

When adversaries stick it to you from outside the club, always trying to cause a stir within and among us and we have so called fans agreeing with these failed pundits who prolly do nt even have a voice in their own households, we like illegitimate children back up their unsincere arguments, hell Piers Morgan does it from a place of genuine concern, the AKBs and AOBs too, Fatboy gooner and NY gunner on here even and we are happy to have them but when we thoughtlessly indulge and endorse those who would rather see us fail by always coming up with.unsolicited advise especially without any reasonable bases, we are as much enemies of the club we claim to love, cutting of our nose to spite our face... shame again.

The book has cute illustrations and category pages such as «My Face», «My Body» and «My Home» with lots of cute drawings of household things, pages filled with actions, expressions, and even foods!

Labour is using one of its allotted opposition day debates in the Commons to force the vote, which is non-binding, for a three - month freeze in the face of rising household bills and transport fares as wages remain stagnant.

«Migration [is] one of several options rural households face when they confront diminishing livelihoods such as a decline in crop yields.»

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

As a basic rule of thumb, when faced with food, cosmetics, or household products that are loaded with preservatives or other artificial substances, opt when possible for products containing mostly natural ingredients.

I try to keep my household minimalistic, as well as my face (less is more, ladies) and even my workouts!

The main ingredient is Aloe Vera which makes it a must - have in any household to provide immediate relief from razor burn and sunburn, or revitalize a stressed complexion when used as a face pack.

And that was a movie with some household name actors (who were about to become a full - fledged cinema movement as the so - called Frat Pack), not just a bunch of young faces you might recognize from high school movies like Clueless and American Pie.

«Creepshow» can also deliver the gross - out goods with a very straight face when it likes: the final segment, featuring a stern E.G. Marshall as a neat freak one - percenter overrun by household pests is undiluted nightmare fuel for anyone with a bug aversion.

Beast's sentient household items may not always ring true (Be Our Guest is perhaps too glossy to fit the live action setting), but you do buy into the notion that Belle, going to rescue her father from the Beast, should fall for him — just as you buy into the fear that the Beast faces from the villagers hostile to outsiders.

The United States still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels, and other socioeconomic lines, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold between 2001 and 2009.

Assign your students to analyze the various dangers that children face in today's world, such as crossing the street, being injured in a storm, household accidents, or sports injuries.

Jumoke was given the management contract to run Milner despite the fact that approximately 40 percent of Milner's students faced English language barriers or went home to households that didn't use English as their primary language AND JUMOKE HAD N'T HAD A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENT IN ITS SIX - YEAR HISTORY.

That said, not only is H4H a bust to date, so are the widely - publicized FHASecure loans, a program originally announced as an effort to help households facing foreclosure.

Our emergency fund has nine months of household expenses and is meant for costs we hope never to face, such as mortgage payments if one of us lost our job or medical expenses if we suffered major health problems.

The article goes on to quote Bernank as saying, «Even households with good credit histories are now facing difficulties obtaining mortgage loans or home equity lines of credit.»

The nation faces a massive retirement savings shortfall, as evidenced by the fact that 45 % of working - age households have no retirement savings.

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«As families with pets are on the rise, equating to over 65 percent of U.S. households, dogs are reaching a staggering number of more than 70 million — that's a lot of cute, cuddly faces,» he explains.

Outdoor cats face dozens of dangers, including cars, other cats ready to fight for love or territory, and exposure to fleas, ticks, worms, as well as sickness or death from eating spoiled food or household poisons.

This wouldn't affect the cap, but it would constrain CARB's ability to raise money for initiatives elsewhere, such as high - speed rail or easing the burden on low - income households facing higher electricity bills.

The facts state that the defendant sloshed household bleach in the victim's face.198 The rule is that any object can be a deadly weapon if it is used in such a way as to make it likely to cause great bodily harm.199 It may seem obvious to an experienced lawyer that the precise legal issue is «whether bleach, sloshed in a victim's face, is likely to cause great bodily harm.»

At any given time, as many as two - thirds of all American households are facing at least one problem that requires legal assistance — eviction, the need to pay or collect child support, a health insurance problem.

Family members and household members must be listed on your Lake Worth car insurance policy as part of the law; if they are caught driving and not on your policy then you could face a hefty fine.

A recent New York Times article by Tara Parker - Pope (Jan 20, 2009), quoting from the most recent studies, points to the time bind facing new parents and the burden on women resulting from increased household work as factors in reducing marital bliss.

As a Parent Coordinator who works with divorcing couples who need assistance in managing the demands of a two - parent household, scheduling, and all of the potential complications that they must face as parents, this is an excellent guide for parent to work together in a positive, «mindful» manneAs a Parent Coordinator who works with divorcing couples who need assistance in managing the demands of a two - parent household, scheduling, and all of the potential complications that they must face as parents, this is an excellent guide for parent to work together in a positive, «mindful» manneas parents, this is an excellent guide for parent to work together in a positive, «mindful» manner.

The home search for many households with school - aged children is still going strong into the fall, as many buyers are faced with low inventory and rising prices.

But making the leap into homeownership is facing bigger hurdles as the market sees higher home prices and a shortage of homes for sale, according to the National Association of REALTORS ®» newly released Aspiring Home Buyers Profile, which is based on findings from a survey of more than 10,000 households» attitudes about the real estate market.

As of February, 2.4 percent of the California homes with a mortgage, or about 160,000 households, faced the possibility of foreclosure.

Home sales are expected to increase to 5.5 million units from 5.3 million next year as job creation and other economic fundamentals remain strong, but longer - term prospects for home ownership face head winds if younger households continue to find it difficult to buy.

But as legal issues that have recently slowed the foreclosure process in Oregon are settled, we still have much to do to reach the many households who still face trouble and to help the Portland market's continuing recovery.»

The U.S. is facing a shortage of 7.4 million rental homes that are affordable for extremely low - income households, defined as those earning below 30 percent of area median income.