Sentences with phrase «of sharp contraction»

The report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Climate Change dents many governments» hopes that recession can at least bring the consolation of a sharp contraction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Much of this contraction is due to the sharp pullback in investment in the oil patch, now expected to decline by 40 per cent over the course of the year.

Demand never quite caught up and then the recession hit, resulting in a sharp contraction in discretionary spending, says John Clapp, a professor at the University of Connecticut's Center for Real Estate.

Typically, the description means a sharp contraction followed by a long period of slow or stagnant growth.

I believe that the president can not allow too sharp a contraction in credit growth until he feels fully secure politically, and for me the pace at which credit is brought under control is, to a large extent, an indication of the pace of the process of power consolidation.

Much of the initial adjustment in these current accounts took place through a sharp decline in imports (Graph A1), primarily reflecting the contraction in domestic demand in most of these economies.

The rate of decline remained modest but accelerated slightly, reflecting a sharper contraction in France and slower growth in Germany.

Cars that either partially or entirely use electricity to function make up slightly more than 3 percent of the U.S. auto market, the lowest share since 2011 and a sharp contraction from 3.5 percent last year, according to EDTA.

Short, sharp, intense bursts of cardio rip the fat right off the top of your abs, while the strategic series of static muscle contractions in IAT will give you more precision than Michelangelo's David.

Increasing muscle fascicle length through eccentric training could therefore be a valuable method for improving athletic performance in movements that have peak contractions at long muscle lengths, such as the terminal swing phase of sprinting, or the ground contact phase of sharp change of direction (COD) maneuvers.

The researchers elaborate, explaining, «Evaluation reforms appear to result in a steady decline in new labor supply over time whereas tenure reforms result in a sharp and immediate contraction in the supply of new teachers that then slowly rebounds.»

This juxtaposition of images provides insight into the consequences of the country's oscillating wealth during the late 1960s and»70s due to an oil windfall in 1973, with a subsequent sharp economic contraction creating discontent that contributed to the Iranian Revolution (1978 — 79).