For example, cities
facing economic decline need to create resource - rich networks so that young entrepreneurs can cut through red tape at the local level instead of departing en masse.
Not exact matches
Japan has made
economic progress, but population
decline and other factors mean regional banks
face an uphill task in turning themselves around.
In Italy, however, despite
facing the same problem of a
declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader
economic backdrop is the source of reluctance.
As I noted last week, a strong
decline in Treasury yields would actually be a bad omen here, because it would signal a rush to quality in the
face of rising default risks and possibly fresh
economic weakness.
In late 2002 and early 2003, the global organization — recently spun off from Bass Group —
faced bloated overhead costs in the competitive hotel industry, experienced a
decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide
economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.
They are
facing a serious
decline in finances (the
economic displacement brought by changing media) and their membership is taking on the definite demographics of the specific sub-culture of older literacy, ie.
One of the questions
facing European policy - makers today is thus how Europe can exert influence in an increasingly globalised world despite its comparative
decline in military strength and
economic capacity vis - a-vis the new emerging powers.
Faso said the biggest problem
facing his district is slow
economic growth, which has resulted in population
decline.
This pronouncement, in addition to the broader
economic and security issues the country
faces, has led to a disastrous
decline in the nation's science.
«Sollers Point» is an intimate and wise character study, not only of an unformed young man but also of a neighborhood struggling to preserve itself in the
face of
economic decline.
Continuing asset deflation, and
declining but still positive
economic growth (as the government measures it) leads the Fed to continue to loosen, or stand pat in the
face of rising consumer price inflation.
For example, if an organization
faces a sudden
decline in business or revenue due to political,
economic or any other reasons, the authorities responsible for assigning bond investment - grade scores won't be able to pick the downfall and may be late in updating their investment grade.
With the falling U.S. home prices, tightening credit markets, and the general
economic uncertainty caused by the subprime lending fiasco, credit card issuers like American Express are
facing declining consumer spending as well as the increased likelihood that some customers will be unable to repay their balances.
These companies are considered «speculative grade» and are vulnerable to changing
economic conditions and could
face big challenges if
economic conditions
decline.
The content and format directly hits the key challenges we
face in a world of rapidly
declining environmental, social and
economic capital.
(4) The
decline of cheap and abundant energy will (a) limit our ability to respond to the ecological problems we
face, and (b) create an
economic climate where we stuggle to get by day - to - day, much less make progress in cleaning up the various messes generated during the post-WW2 era.
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Law firms
faced leaner
economic times in 2015, with
declining revenue and flat partner compensation, according to ALM Intelligence's annual financial survey.
African retailers and consumer businesses were
facing long - term growth prospects despite the
decline in global
economic growth, which resulted in sharp rising prices.