Sentences with phrase «year downward spiral»

That has left Puerto Rico in a 10 - year downward spiral of tax hikes, spending cuts, emigration, and higher interest rates.

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The pound has been on a downward spiral against the dollar since last year's vote for Britain to exit the European Union.

«If you look at the statistics, it seems pretty clear that the department has been in a downward spiral for a number of years,» he says.

If the Chinese economy maintains its downward spiral at its current rate (roughly half a percentage point per year), the growth rate for 2017 would be around 6 %.

Print advertising is whirling downward — 9 percent last year — in a seeming death spiral.

Its original crackdown, which sent the region into a downward spiral, was predicated on an attempt to curb such capital flight but ended up scaring off the VIP gamblers for two years.

Commodity prices continued their downward spiral, resulting from the surprise contraction in Chinese demand, following years of heavy investment and innovation to increase the supply of energy and industrial commodities.

The fate of Yahoo's chief executive, Marissa Mayer, who came under sharp shareholder criticism for failing to arrest the company's long downward spiral during her four - year tenure, is unclear.

That sent shock waves through markets, introduced uncertainty, and sent mortgage rates in an overnight downward spiral to their lowest levels in three years.

Blackberry has been on a continuous downward spiral for quite a few years now.

Speaking at an event in Co Cavan, he called on the EU to intervene directly to support prices, which have been on a downward spiral since the middle of last year

The downward spiral started in 2007, the year Dein was forced out and also when Kroenke arrived, soon followed by the deceitful Gazidis.

If you look at the First Five Years of the last decade Wenger at least managed to qualify for the Champions League in each of those seasons.The Second Five Years have clearly shown we as a Club have gone backwards and spiralling in a downward descent.And in these Five Years we have spent MORE money on transfer fees and player wages than at any time in the Clubs history.

Otherwise we are doomed to be in a downward spiral for the next 2 - 3 years.

at 31 years - of - age, Wayne Rooney should still be in his prime, but in recent seasons he has hit a downward spiral.

So why did Sanchez and Ozil join in the first place then, as we have been on a downward spiral for fourteen years?

UARS and ROSAT, for example, were decommissioned satellites that finished their science work years ago and then spiraled downward in slowly decaying orbits.

That traumatic emotional or physical event that happened five years ago might have been just enough to send your adrenals on a long - term downward spiral.

My usual downward spiral when it comes to New Year's resolutions (or resolutions in general) goes something like this:

About a year ago i suffered with a sever «flu» which in turn was the start of my downward spiral.

As it follows the downward spiral of Tommy Basilio (Mr. Buscemi), a 31 - year - old unemployed auto mechanic who spends his days quaffing boilermakers in a neighborhood watering hole, you sense a life slipping woozily into the abyss.

When he finds out that Violet's post-doctorate program has been extended by a few more years, however, Tom falls into a downward spiral, causing both parties to re-think their position in the relationship.

However, when 13 - year - old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals downward into a creepy state of isolation and the remaining girls are quarantined from social interaction (particularly from the opposite sex) by their zealously protective mother.

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Sara Colangelo, for her film The Kindergarten Teacher (Director & Screenwriter: Sara Colangelo, Producers: Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman - Keren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler)-- When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher discovers what may be a gifted five year - old student in her class, she becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child — spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent.

After years in a seemingly - endless downward spiral, Sega's long - suffering mascot seems to be moving uphill these days.

Dimension's boozy teen horror flick All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, starring 21 - year - old looker Amber Heard (Alpha Dog) as a virginal object of affection who gets caught up in a greater, downward - spiraling tug - of - war, releases in a little over a week, on July 20.

It's been a slight downward spiral for years now, since the Wii was released in my opinion.

The Brothers Grimsby pushes Sacha Baron Cohen further along the downward spiral his film career has been in since Borat launched it ten years ago.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher discovers what may be a gifted five year - old student in her class, she becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child — spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent.

Daphne Engel, You turned freshman English into a ringing affirmation of possibility for a 14 - year - old boy in a downward spiral of misery.

Last year de Blasio announced that as part of his school renewal plan, he would be giving the lowest performing public schools financial support in hopes that they can turn around their downward spiral.

Just as I predicted when I retired from 10 years of public high school teaching in CT 4 years ago — things would continue to spiral downward.....

General Electric stock has been in a downward spiral for more than a year.

Then thing spiraled downward and two years later, its our most realistic option.

The Amex Platinum card has been on a bit of a downward spiral over the past few years with no particularly interesting benefits being added and a lot of newer, more interesting card options, being brought to market by other banks.

The year 2009 has been tough for all credit card companies, but especially so for retail credit card issuers, which have been hurt by the downward spirals in two industries — banking and retailing.

It's been a slight downward spiral for years now, since the Wii was released in my opinion.

Many gamers actually felt this was good news for the company, which has been on a downward spiral for a few years now, although the Western studios (previously Eidos) had been doing well.

Downward Spiral: Horus Station will be available spring of this year for Steam, PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation 4.

The Alien franchise has had a bit of a rocky recent past what with the poorly received Colonial Marines from last year and a downward spiral in the movies as well.

Zooming in on the past three years is initially discouraging — after all, the last two quarters of 2008 sent the market into a downward spiral — but there was notable growth in 2009, especially at the top of the market (Fig. 2).

Japan has been in a vicious downward spiral of low growth, low interest rates and low inflation for the last 20 years.

In the months and years that followed, the company spiraled downward, burning its dreams and reputation to the ground — just like faulty parts did to a couple of its cars.

Uber's reputation is still in a downward spiral, especially after the numerous scandals and lawsuits it had to face over the past year alone.

Many candidates are starting to believe they can finally attain that dream job — the one they would have had back in 2009 if only the economy hadn't started its downward spiral the year before — as well as the dream salary that goes with it.

We are married for close to two years and in recent months our relationship kept spiraling downward as we increasingly became upset with each other due to expectations we deemed unmet as well as constant misunderstandings!

Conversely, choosing court as the combative arena to resolve post divorce issues can lead to a downward spiral of negative energy, years of resentment and unresolved conflict which is likely to damage the physical and emotional development of children as they grow up, caught in the middle of two warring parents.

I had lost my father about two and a half years ago and my life was in a slow downward spiral until I went to see Elizabeth Dubiel.

Embattled Mills Corp. today entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Canadian - based office owner Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $ 7.5 billion, presumably ending a year - long downward spiral that threatened to leave Mills investors...