Sentences with phrase «severe economic stress»

During severe economic stress, couples may struggle not only with how to keep their finances afloat, but also with how to work as a team and combat negativity from affecting their marriage.

Crop failures have put farmers under severe economic stress, often leading to suicides.

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They also have been subjected to annual Federal Reserve stress tests that measure whether the banks have sufficient capital to weather severe economic scenarios.

Upstate cities, as well as suburban counties, face severe fiscal stress that have only been deepened in the wake of the financial crisis and slow - growth recovery following the official end of the economic recession.

The risk that climate stresses will cause profound impacts on ecosystems and society — including the possibility of species extinction or severe adverse socio - economic shocks — highlights limits to adaptation.

Not only will climate change directly impact forests and the other natural systems that maintain critical water - related ecosystem services, climate impacts will be experienced largely through the medium of water — melting glaciers, changing rainfall patterns, increased water stress and drought from higher temperatures, more severe storms — resulting in increased water and food insecurity, and constraints on economic opportunity.