Sentences with phrase «weak government helped»

Fear of the markets» distaste for weak government helped to impel the formation of Britain's doubleheaded coalition monster.

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Foreign partners that have helped stabilize weak governments in the past are distracted.

«What sparked the rally is a perception of a shift in Canadian government policy toward the dollar,» said Michael Malpede, a currency analyst in Chicago with Refco Inc., adding that Mr. Dodge's comments put an end to the widely held perception in the market that Canada supported a weak currency to help its exporters.

And this week the government reported that factory output surged last month, helping overall industry production to rebound from a weak January.

Faced with the usual pressure to help the government pay its bills, Fed officials, and a pliant or weak Fed Chair especially, might cave - in to the government's demands while still meeting the Fed's inflation targets.

He has been a loyal, pragmatic ally trying to help, rather than undermine, the coalition government, even if this made him look weak and dull.

At a time when weak demand in the construction industry is holding back the economic recovery, the government must be more open minded about stimulating private sector demand, particularly for the industry's hundreds of thousands of small businesses, and help ordinary homeowners at the same time.

It would have been better if he had focused exclusively on the former, given the government's weak position in resisting steps to help save drowning immigrants in the Mediterranean.

Certainly the attitude of the UK government has not helped; on one hand urging the eurozone to accept the «remorseless logic» of greater economic and fiscal integration, including Germany taking on liabilities for weaker eurozone states via debt pooling, while on the other refusing to take part in such measures itself and zealously looking after its own self interest.

There will likely be targeted infrastructure funding for major public transit projects, spending the government will promote as «green» to help cover a weak environmental policy flank while wooing those suburban commuters Calandra referenced.