Sentences with phrase «crisis point for»

However, when adultery occurs in your relationship or your marriage, it does not feel glamorous or exciting — cheating is usually a crisis point for the couple.

It would be a retrograde step to remove the specialist position of Social Justice Commissioner, with functions performed by someone experienced in Indigenous life, at a time which I consider is a crisis point for Indigenous people in this country.

Not exact matches

At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

In a recent Compas Inc. poll, Canadian CEOs said the crisis in Japan is bad news for new nuclear energy installations in the short term, until safety reviews are completed, and ranked the statement a 5.6 on a 7 - point scale, where 1 means strongly disagree and 7 means strongly agree.

So while the time for VIX to fall back to 15 has, in the post-financial-crisis era, shortened compared with what was seen before and during the crisis, history still points to the likelihood that volatility will remain above what was seen in recent years.

«The company, at some point, will reach a crisis where it's really going to be a make or break for the business, and if they handle it well, it becomes a star,» Meeks said.

Surprisingly, Detroit, which has been the poster child for the dilapidated and abandoned properties left behind by the foreclosure crisis, leads the country in increased flipping activity with a 4.8 percentage points jump between 2015 and 2016.

Additionally, some point to funding advantages that the biggest banks may gain for their size and market assumptions that the government would bail them out during another crisis, regardless of changes to the system under Dodd - Frank.

We could try pointing to the 2008 financial crisis for an explanation, but that affected everyone.

This explanation makes sense to the bloggers behind The Drachma Startup, a blog chronicling the author's efforts to start a company in crisis - stricken Greece that deserves a hat tip for pointing the way to Sorenson's study.

Our findings have important implications for how policymakers should respond to the next financial crisis, which will inevitably occur at some point because crises are an inherent part of our financial system.

The starting point for the discussion was five specific global risks: Resistance to life saving medicine Accelerating transport emissions Loss of ocean biodiversity Global food crisis A Generation Wasted These risk represent a pressure -LSB-...]

«We will be asking him to respond in writing to the committee on these points; however, we are mindful that it took a global reputational crisis and three months for the company to follow up on questions we put to them in Washington D.C. on February 8.

He pointed out that the failure of two or three such institutions would put us in «Lehman Brothers territory,» referring to the investment bank that filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, precipitating the financial crisis.

The starting point for the discussion was five specific global risks: Resistance to life saving medicine Accelerating transport emissions Loss of ocean biodiversity Global food crisis A Generation Wasted These risk represent a -LSB-...]

For many large shareholders, the 2008 financial crisis was the turning point that led to greater collaboration with activists.

Bill Gross thinks conditions are ripe for a significant liquidity crisis in the markets, and he points a finger at his old firm for its potential to be at the center of the storm.

«This is why people didn't figure out that it was the Great Depression until two years after the worst point in the crisis in the 1930s; and why it took decades, not months, quarters or even years, for the complete transition to the next sustainable economic expansion and bull market.

He correctly pointed out the systemic nature of the crisis and the serious risk of contagion not just for Europe, but also for the world economy.

Michael Hewson, Senior Market Analyst at CMC Markets in London, says Carney has gained a lot of «brownie points» for his handling of the financial crisis, given that Canada was the only G7 country that did not have to receive a banking bailout during the financial crisis that started in 2008.

The 10 - year swap spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis points, to a level higher than at the time of disruptions in markets during the LTCM crisis in 1998.

Finally, I feel it would be irresponsible for me not to point out that there are schools of thought (ones that are becoming somewhat more prominent in light of the financial crisis) that do not accept a lot of the limits and boundaries of neoclassical economics.

Designating a lead detective to be responsible for victims» families might suffice for double or triple homicides, but for mass - casualty events a point person with specialized training who remains with gathered families throughout a crisis should be the norm.

For point of reference, the VIX hit around 60 during the 2008 financial crisis.

While I correctly anticipated the credit crisis (see Critical Point for a reminder), the unwise response of policymakers — defend the bondholders, avoid debt restructuring, change accounting rules, extend, and pretend — virtually ensured years of economic headwinds, and led me to insist on making our approach robust to even Depression - era outcomes.

Determining a particular inflection point for inflation remains problematic, given the persistent structural forces that have suppressed prices since the global financial crisis.

Morgan Stanley recently calculated that expectations for stock returns are at their lowest point since before the financial crisis.

This possibility points us toward a greater crisis that stems from a world plunging itself into a secularized darkness, a world that has lost its anchor in transcendent values — a world, in short, that has forgotten how it once longed for heaven.

Our departure point is the structural, economic and financial crisis, with all the practical and ideological consequences which we can draw from it for our action programme.

Rites of passage arise around various transition points in the life cycle that, if unaddressed, may lead to crises for individuals and the group of which they are a part.

But in point of fact Bultmann's theology helped to keep many individuals within the great tradition of faith in the eternal God, the God revealed in the crisis of the gospel of Christ; for in the jargon, although his work was to «demythologize,» he refused to «dekerygmatize.»

The genius of Britain, discovered both in the internal relations of the home country and in the various parts of its actual Empire, is a curiously flexible method for the changing of the status quo — a method which prevented crises from reaching the desperation point, ensured the gradual development of liberty, and provided a model of the kind of change which is just in time to anticipate the resort to violence.

As Christopher Lasch also points out, new therapies» solutions are tautological, self - defeating to the extent that they advise people «not to make too large an investment in love and friendship, to avoid excessive independence on others, and to live for the moment — the very conditions that created the crisis of personal relations in the first place» (New York Review of Books [September 30, 1976]-RRB-.

As pointed out in Chapter 3, a key factor in the successful resolution of the intimacy crisis is the possession of a firm sense of personal identity as a foundation for intimate relationships.

For example, when Berger points out that the puzzles of historical scholarship often lead Biblical theologians to crises of faith he expresses it this way: «I have sometimes asked myself how a gynecologist could manage to have sexual intercourse; by the same token, one could ask how a New Testament scholar could be a Christian.»

Modesty about any future projections is generated by the recognition that «almost any day has some chance of bringing up some new crisis or unexpected event that becomes a historical turning point, diverting current tendencies so that expectations for the distant future must shift.»

But amid the politico - social crisis which now besets us, have we valid, objective reasons for believing in the possibility of this hopeful state of affairs, even to the point of discerning its first indications?

Again, we are back to the point of the crisis of the men confronted by Jesus, his ministry and proclamation, and the necessity for decision now.

This is why Benedict was also quick to point out that the Catholic Church has done more than anyone else to help with the crisis» either through its hospitals that provide on the ground contact with those suffering from the disease or be it through orphanages that care for the children who have been left parentless from the pandemic.

The crises of growth, of parturition in pain (ôdînes), of humanity would coincide with the surging of the real elite from the mass in consciously substituting itself for the collective suffering, with the compassion reserved for the «royal souls»; I have noted this point with respect to the fate (and the vow) of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France.

As you and Semety have correctly pointed out folks can quit without a spiritual experience but they absolutely can not be «recovered» outside of a spiritual experience which includes repentance (change of mind / heart - usually brought on by crisis) and restitution for wrongs.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

In Philadelphia, Yards Brewing Company will do the same for each pint and keg of Philly Pale Ale sold, donating to Prevention Point, an organization working on the front lines of the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.

With respect to recovery, if the index trend continues towards 100 points and forecasts for further market development are positive, the crisis can be declared over.

Although the work of the foundation can not mitigate the present drought crisis, landowners in Texas and other stricken areas are fortunate to have such an institution as a focal point for learning the lessons of how best to prepare for droughts of the future.

And as for why Arsenal are not challenging for the title this year I would point out that, just like last season, we have had a crippling and ongoing injury crisis, while he has had a fully fit squad almost every week.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

Deluded manager plus greedy board has created a crisis at arsenal with third rate players being paid first rate wages to keep them loyal and drugged up fans like yourself overdosing on 4th place high... True fans want change when they see the club going in wrong direction not a string of drug crazed platitudes from tribal loyalists who are so deluded themselves that they actually believe the blame for the crisis lies with the people who have been pointing to its causes... Do you think financial crises only happen because people start warning about overlevaraged banks, the speculative and fraudulent behaviour of their overpaid employees and the indulgence of their massively overpaid senior management... Pathetic comment

There are any number of different reasons that have been pointed to in order to explain why Arsenal keep coming up short in the hunt for the Premier League title and it is very unlikely to be just one of them, but a combination of certain factors like the almost constant injury crisis and the pressure of expectation from the Arsenal fans and the players» failure to deal with it.

After 7 games, the Arsenal — a «club in crisis» — has 13 points; Chelsea, supposedly a club challenging for the title, has 13 points.