Sentences with phrase «under economic strain»

Yet even if Gap was able to beat its competitors with fast fashion turnarounds, middle class and young consumers, who make up its core customers, are under economic strain.

By the same token, the Civil War inflation did not stem from the fact that the government itself issued greenbacks, but that the credit had to be issued at all under the economic strains of war.

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The China phenomenon is frequently depicted at official and unofficial levels as having put European - US ties under strain, mostly arising from a confluence of the growing significance of Asia in US economic and strategic policy; Europe's political and economic malaise; and China's more confident and assertive external policies that include the prospect of enhanced financial and economic ties between major European countries and China.

«As long as it can be done without hurting the dignity and security that people have, given the huge deficit and economic strain the government is under, there might have to be some trimming,» he said.

«This will exert yet more pressure on a jobs market that is buckling under the strains of contractions in economic growth and public sector employment.

A mere six billion Euros is earmarked for tackling unemployment among young Europeans in countries under the greatest economic strain, and around eighty billion is deemed enough to bolster research and innovation — an area in which Europe lags behind other parts of the world.

The post-war consensus, which had bound managers, unions and politicians in symbiotic lock - step — an outgrowth of the war - time economy - was straining like a pressure cooker under the heat of economic reality.

His comments about «the economic gains of a recession» were met with anger by TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady, who said: «Not only is the government failing to deal with the living standards crisis, their advisers are revelling in the jobs and wage squeeze that is putting people's finances under strain.»

NEW YORK — Humanity's advances in health, longevity and prosperity are in a precarious position as the environment strains under a growing population and economic development.

Lawyers have suggested that the tough current economic climate has had a double effect by putting relationships under greater strain and then making separations more bitter as couples fight harder for a slice of their diminished assets.

The metro area is touting an impressive vacancy rate and effective rents that have largely held up under the strain of the economic recession.