Sentences with phrase «rising economic production»

Perhaps rising economic production, rising population, the log thereof, or some other rising index during this period might track CO2 forcing equally linearly.

Not exact matches

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Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year ago, versus expectations of a 3.0 percent rise, while annual industrial production (IP) growth in January and February combined at 9.9 percent was the lowest since October 2012 - the starting point of China's nascent economic recovery.

-LRB-...) the big driver was what the Bureau of Economic Analysis dubs motor vehicles -LRB-...), production of which hiked first - quarter GDP by 1.12 percentage points, more than double the rise they provided in last year's fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, there also is a full plate of economic news this week, but all of that, and the latest rise in oil quotations following the agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC oil members on production cutbacks, probably will take a backseat to the Fed.

Economic data in the United States have been a little more positive, showing, among other things, stronger - than - expected GDP growth in the second quarter, improvements in business sentiment, a rise in capital goods orders and a small pick - up in industrial production in the past couple of months, though the performance of the labour market has so far remained disappointing.

Cycles of rapid expansion in economic production are likely to be followed by downturns conditioned by slackening demand; the costs of acquiring and protecting new markets through diplomatic deals and military intervention eventually outweigh the gains to be had from these markets; dominant countries gradually lose their hegemonic power; and the whole system becomes subject to the strains of realignment as new countries or new modes of production rise to prominence.

Few can deny that the rising crime rate and abuse of drugs are related to the destruction of rural and urban communities that are the direct result of economic policies aimed at the one goal of increasing production.

By the close of the 18th century, sugar cane was losing its economic preeminence because of competition from sugar beet as well as rising production costs.

As for the specifics on Friday's economic reports, total industrial production in the U.K. during the July period increased by 0.4 % year - on - year as expected but faster than the previous month's 0.3 % rise.

Agriculture gave rise to the culture shift from hunter - gatherer to food producer and provided the very foundation for an economic system that depends upon the relentless increase of capabilities production, come what may.

We have already seen the beginnings of this financial shaking in the 2008/9 economic crisis that was directly caused by the «plateauing» of crude oil production in 2005 after rising by 1 million barrels / day for twenty years in a row (from Non-OPEC peaking and OPEC cutting back production).

Since the peak of crude oil production a decade ago, the fossil fuel industry has been forced to resort to costly and unconventional methods of extraction — arctic drilling and shale gas fracking among them — giving rise to unprecedented economic and environmental hazards.

In our current growth - based economic system, rising affluence and population growth mean increased consumption, environmental destruction, and waste production.

Because more natural gas is being used, the historic link between rising CO2 emissions and increased energy production / use and economic growth has been broken.

Gas is in the money compared to coal, due to a combination of tougher EU - level emissions standards for coal, rising carbon prices and fuel price levels leading to favourable economic terms for electricity production from gas.

The phenomenal rise in China's grain production from 90 million tons in 1950 to 392 million tons in 1998 was one of the great economic success stories of the late twentieth century.

These trends are combining with economic developments — including the lowering of grain support prices in recent years, the rising wages in off - farm employment that pull labor from agriculture, and the shift to more intensive cropping, such as vegetable production, to reduce China's grain harvest.

The land grab scenario, they say, would mean that: «Aside from human rights violations becoming commonplace, employment would decline, production would fade and imports would rise, leading to high levels of food insecurity... This scenario would rank poorly from both an economic and a legal point of view.»