And yet, the problems continue and are
exacerbated year by year.
Not exact matches
«We expect the stagnation trend to continue and potentially accelerate next
year,
exacerbated by lower oil prices, tighter monetary policy and continued uncertainty on the geopolitical front,» noted Barclays economist Eldar Vakhitov in a recent report.
The flattening of the yield curve could be
exacerbated by Chinese sales of 5 -
year Treasury notes.
The regulatory burden imposed
by the 2010 Dodd - Frank Act
exacerbated this trend, with community banks losing market share at double the rate during the four
years after 2010 as in the four
years before.
In 2007, the then prime minister, Wen Jiabao, called the economy unstable, unbalanced, uncoordinated and ultimately unsustainable, a situation that was
exacerbated by a # 400bn expansion of credit and stimulus spending the following
year.
There were no digital health initial public offerings in the first quarter of the
year, which was
exacerbated by macroeconomic factors that pulled the market as a whole down during the quarter.
But since the last Bitcoin block is projected to be mined around the
year 2140, adopting Bitcoin as a major (or world) currency anytime in the next few decades would just
exacerbate anthropogenic climate change
by needlessly increasing electricity consumption until it's too late.
The decline was
exacerbated by the Easter holiday shifting to March this
year from April in 2012, the group said.
It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after
years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only
exacerbating this problem
by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.
Luther's final ten
years were marred
by infirmities and ill health which
exacerbated his anger and led to outbursts of rage in tongue and pen, both in his continuing struggle with the papacy and in his depression over the excesses in public morality.
A big fall in Australia's wheat production this
year is expected to
exacerbate problems caused
by uncompetitive pricing and the growing acceptance of Black Sea wheat in south - east Asia.
The shortage,
exacerbated by the big LNG export plants off Gladstone in Queensland that have been set up during the past few
years, has fuelled plans for two rival LNG import projects for the eastern seaboard of Australia,
by AGL Energy in Victoria and the Andrew Forrest - backed Australian Industrial Energy in NSW.
«Unfortunately, this downturn was then
exacerbated by several other developments, including China slashing its purchases, Russia banning dairy imports from the EU, plus EU dairy quotas being removed in April this
year,» it said.
Look closely, and this scene tells you a lot about what Italy is today: an MC Escher - like tangle of governmental bureaucracy; social tension
exacerbated by a relatively recent influx of immigrants; passive resignation to
years of high unemployment, virtually no economic growth, and government debt that is now nearly 140 percent of the gross domestic product.
His success in developing young players early on made him reluctant to sign established stars, a problem
exacerbated by the fact that critical Arsenal players had a long history of going missing for months, even
years on end, with injuries that had looked minor at the time.
Part of this is
exacerbated by our living situation, too — we're apartment - dwellers and everyone else in this complex seems to be childless 23
year olds, so it's not like I have a neighbor with a toddler to socialize with just over the back fence, you know?
The increased socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding observed in the intervention group supports the argument that population intervention strategies could inadvertently
exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequalities, particularly when the intervention aims to change individual behaviours rather than targeting «upstream» structural changes.25 Our results are also compatible with an observational study from Brazil reporting that breastfeeding rates increased first among the socioeconomically better - off, followed
by increases among the poor, over a 20 -
year period of active breastfeeding promotion campaigns in Brazil.26
The guilt has been
exacerbated in recent
years by a growing body of evidence showing just how important involved fatherhood is.
The civil war has taken a terrible toll, with the situation having been
exacerbated and fuelled
by a
year long Saudi - led bombing campaign.
Financial constraints on transport spending were
exacerbated by the announcement yesterday that the National Express will hand back its # 1.4 billion East Coast contract at the end of the
year.
NYC Health + Hospitals, formerly the Health and Hospitals Corp., expects to face a $ 1.2 billion deficit next
year, which will be
exacerbated by federal cuts of $ 300 million in 2017 and $ 460 million per
year through 2025.
Nowhere is that effort more lacking than in the realm of reform, a decades - long need in New York
exacerbated by the embarrassing fall from power of two of the three men in the room with Cuomo only a few
years ago and now magnified
by the conviction of a one - time gubernatorial buddy in a blistering corruption trial.
LICH had been losing money for
years before SUNY took it over — again,
exacerbated by faulty billing carried out
by Continuum — but its situation appeared to be improving markedly.
NYC Health + Hospitals, formerly the Health and Hospitals Corp., expects to face a $ 1.2 billion deficit next
year, which will be
exacerbated by federal cuts of $ 300 million in 2017 and $ 460 million per
year through 2025, hospitals chief Dr. Ramanathan Raju said at a City Council hearing.
The situation, everyone agrees, has been
exacerbated by the looming resignation of Democratic town supervisor Bert Leifeld, first elected to his position in 1988 after over a dozen
years as a councilman before that.
The great and unavoidable debate about top pay, pensions, Fred Goodwin's knighthood and Stephen Hester's bonus - swollen and
exacerbated by the biggest squeeze on middle - class incomes in a generation - is being exploited
by our partners in government to rescue them from reputational damage, wreak it on us instead, and roll back the clock to the dismal
years before the Thatcher tax revolution.
However, a study of the coastline five
years ago
by the consultants Sir William Halcrow found that «the presence of sea walls appears to
exacerbate foreshore erosion».
Last
year, the American Medical Association confirmed that night - time lighting can
exacerbate obesity, diabetes, depression and reproductive problems,
by disrupting circadian rhythms (see «Night special: Why they call it the graveyard shift «-RRB-.
The problem is
exacerbated by the lack of an adequate replacement for a pair of Earth - observation satellites, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory and Glory, which failed on launch in the past two
years.
The five -
year drought was
exacerbated by an atmospheric pressure system in the North Pacific Ocean that researchers dubbed the «ridiculously resilient ridge,» which pushed storms farther north and deprived the Southwest of precipitation.
So I think, it
exacerbated the problems and
by 30,000
years ago — I mean, modern humans would have been impacted
by these severe changes too, and their populations crashed as well, but somehow we got through it and the Neandertals did not.
Indeed, climate records indicate that the arid, landlocked steppe was seized
by decades of drought in the late
years of the 12th century, possibly
exacerbating the violent conflicts that racked the region at the time.
Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent
years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species)
exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.
Italy has been facing olive oil scandals and fraud for
years that will be
exacerbated by a bad 2016 harvest, with a 40 percent reduced production rate from last
year.
By the way, certain dairy products are allowed on the GAPS Diet but since I already knew that dairy
exacerbated my asthma I eliminated all dairy for about one
year.
In fact, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in 2006, an increase in usage of flip - flop sandals
by teens and young adults has led to an increase in heel pain.3 ACFAS spokesperson Marybeth Crane, DPM, has reported that practitioners are seeing more heel pain more than ever in patients 15 to 25
years old, noting that heel pain is a marker of plantar fasciitis which accounts for 15 % of all adult foot complaints.3 Furthermore, the ACFAS recommends that patients with heel pain should avoid flat shoes with paper - thin soles and should also avoid walking barefoot since wearing flat shoes (including flip - flops) and walking barefoot provides little cushioning as well as little to no arch support.3 This lack of arch support and cushioning of the heel while wearing flip - flops seems to
exacerbate any abnormalities in the biomechanics of foot motion, and may perpetuate heel pain and inflammation.
For several
years, Ghesquière was said to resent what he felt was a lack of support and funding for the brand — only
exacerbated by increasing friction with chief executive officer Isabelle Guichot.
«Women still feel huge pressure around the holidays,» she told USA Today, «and certainly
exacerbated by New
Year's - to have a date.
Then there's Charlie (Milly Shapiro), the 13
year old daughter with antisocial behavior
exacerbated by weird quirks and unique art.
A senior at a Catholic all - girls school in 2002 — the same
year Gerwig graduated from St. Francis — Lady Bird suffers from a chronic case of teenage boredom,
exacerbated by such youthful ensnarements and pitfalls as an atypical first love, a disheartening first time (her first love not present), family money woes, a hypercritical mother and, most importantly, an irrepressible desire to see all of it grow smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror.
Public - school pre-K programs alleviate financial burdens for families, but
exacerbate them for private programs
by shrinking the pool of four -
year - olds.
She went on to say that the situation is «
exacerbated»
by the government's migrant worker cap which requires the deportation of workers who fail to reach an annual salary of # 30,000 in five
years», with such salaries being but a «pipe dream for most teachers».
2017 was a big
year for education news in Los Angeles, drawing national attention to the most expensive school board race in U.S. history, the looming fiscal cliff
exacerbated by declining enrollment, and a new state accountability system that has sparked sharp criticism from parent groups across the state and education advocates across the nation.
In Washington, this is the second
year legislators have tackled the teacher shortage, which has been
exacerbated by the expansion of full - day kindergarten and class size reduction in the early elementary grades.
As a 22 -
year veteran teacher, I know — as do my colleagues — that students with disabilities are suffering profoundly as a result of the cookie - cutter philosophy accompanying Common Core, and that suffering has only been
exacerbated by the curriculum's disastrous launch here in New York state.
By Layla Avila and Sharhonda Bossier The President's recently proposed budget for Fiscal
Year 2018, if adopted, would cut essential safeguards for our most vulnerable students, keep communities in or
exacerbate poverty and...
A 15 -
year streak of defunding public schools —
exacerbated by an inequitable state funding system — was just getting started.
«In future
years, these barriers will be further
exacerbated by declining enrollment in rural districts and the overall decrease in the number of college students entering teacher education programs,» the request said.
Rather than address the fact that the State of Connecticut underfunds it public schools
by almost $ 2 billion a
year and the state should dramatically increase its level of support for public schools in the state, Governor Dannel Malloy went to New Britain today to announce a sham proposal that will further
exacerbate Connecticut's failed school funding policies.
«The retail environment continues to be challenging, a situation
exacerbated by the disruption caused
by the Tottenham Court Road Underground Station development which, as in previous
years, has cost us dearly in lost sales.