(1) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
(2) 'This is the upside of the downside': Women's March finds hope in defiance Read more As thousands gathered for the afternoon rally and march, Trump tweeted his solidarity with their action.
(3) Uncertainty over ‘Brexit’, weak overseas growth and financial market volatility are all creating an unsettling business environment and point to downside risks to the economy in 2016.” The official figures follow mixed reports on the economy in recent weeks.
(4) The downside No quick fix: You need to be mentally and personally engaged in the class for a number of sessions before you begin to feel the benefits.
(5) That's just dandy when you're gazing at a lamb chop with mint sauce, but the downside to this technology is that each time you glance at the image of Jamie on the front cover you'll absorb some of him, too.
(6) And, of course, cities built on heavy industry had all the downsides of pollution, waste and filth.
(7) The crime problems were enormous, riots tore apart many American cities – and the downside of fiscal decentralisation was that, in the 70s, you had cities like New York on the edge of bankruptcy .
(8) The only downside was that his link-up play with Robin van Persie was noticeable for its absence.
(9) On the downside what they sell has the potential to seriously damage the children who are buying it.
(10) "We're expecting 0.4% growth, and our judgment is that there are downside risks to that," says Walker.
(11) But the official admitted there had been internal debate about how heavily that campaign would stress the downsides of independence, with some strategists disputing the need to change tactics.
(12) The downside was the online ‘dump’ of all recent published research on the department’s website on the last Thursday of every month to minimise negative media coverage.
(13) We can just about recognise that line of argument, though Thursday's Guardian coincidentally highlights the downside of the acquisitive urge too.
(14) An expensive city with relatively low unemployment The main downside to studying in Asia’s world city, however, is that it’s far from cheap.
(15) But the downside of urban living can be a lack of personal contact.
(16) State intervention was the right policy, but bankers and their shareholders should have been left to enjoy the downside of the free markets whose merits they had extolled for so long.
(17) Klopp’s men are now in a considerable position of strength before the second leg at Anfield on 26 January and the only downside is the sudden epidemic of hamstring injuries that has left them with a patched-up back four, Philippe Coutinho back on the treatment table and the makings of a defensive crisis.
(18) Furthermore, strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook.
(19) Presenting the report , governor Mervyn King highlighted bigger downside risks to growth in the short run than the Bank had previously anticipated.
(20) The downside for City was that they, too, looked unusually susceptible at the back and Pellegrini was quite restrained when he said it “could easily have been 7-3”.
Downsize
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(1) How do you draw a supportive social services ring around these families if they are forced as a result of housing benefit caps to move miles away to different boroughs and schools, or downsize into an overcrowded flat?
(2) Now they’re having to downsize, changing cities and dispose of all their toys, like their big trucks and Ski-doos, but nobody wants to buy that stuff because they can’t afford it either.” “It’s very depressing,” says Seibel, who’s still unemployed despite sending several hundreds of resumes, including to McDonalds, where he was told he was overqualified.
(3) Because of a shortage of smaller properties, many families have found it impossible to downsize and have been forced to make up the difference in rent, pushing many into arrears and debt.
(4) Downsize, by all means, but smaller, age-friendly homes are not always cheaper – and even retired people have to live somewhere.
(5) "Downsizing among this demographic by purchasing smaller homes using equity built up over years of booming property prices is a growing trend," says Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients.
(6) There is a shortage of one bedroom flats in many parts of the region, with sharp competition between individuals trying to move on from supported housing, and those faced with having to downsize to avoid the bedroom tax or risk falling into arrears.
(7) You can always reduce the IHT hit by downsizing, giving your children some or all of the cash released by buying a cheaper property and then living another seven years to make the gift tax-free.
(8) Special efforts must be taken to ensure that downsizing will not exacerbate the existing problem of overspecialization and limited access to care.
(9) Nevertheless, Elop believes Nokia's downsizing and outplacement programmes are a good thing for Finland.
(10) On average, just downsizing from a three-bed to a two-bed home would release around £70,000, according to Savills.
(11) Around half of HMV's 223 stores are expected to close while Hilco has the backing of major film and music companies to run a downsized chain.
(12) Weaving admits that downsizing Cumbrian hospitals will be a "very sensitive thing for the public", but resources have been redeployed into creating new community NHS services as a result, such as setting up a team of home care nurses, with £6m of extra investment in 2009.
(13) Downsizing the state will supersize the economy - this is the economic prize politicians should be grabbing with both hands.
(14) As the report says, “this suggests that landlords with the highest proportion of affected tenants will have more difficulties in meeting the demand for downsizing.” In clinical researcher language, the report is an insight into the human misery of this failed policy .
(15) The couple are looking at home-swap schemes and are beginning to contemplate how they will dispose of belongings accumulated over 34 years of married life, in order to downsize.
(16) But the charity has been beset by financial turmoil following the announcement that the government would not give it its annual £5m grant this year, though it later negotiated a one-off £3m payment, what was called a “transforming and downsizing plan” after Batmanghelidjh said she would resign.
(17) He also downsized the number of people he expects to attend, dismissing initial estimates that 15,000 people may march and this week saying that he expected it would draw 3,000 to 5,000.
(18) If they choose to downsize, this group are popular with sellers and estate agents alike as they are often cash buyers or only need small mortgages.
(19) We had planned to stay in our current property two years, and with the equity and price rises we could then downsize and reduce our mortgage.
(20) By integrating automation technology with controlled downsizing and restructuring of drug distribution services, the department was able to reduce expenses while improving existing pharmaceutical services.