| However, the storm cloud of higher rates now appears to have been blown off course by the chill winds of threatened recessionary pressures. |
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| This is designed to prevent a market collapse, which could have serious consequential effects in the current recessionary climate. |
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| This may look like a recessionary move, but it is actually a canny service to customers. |
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| Many firms see the recessionary side of the current market as a temporary glitch, rather than a cause for serious concern. |
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| This will make recessionary declines less severe and shorter, but it will not prevent economic downturns completely. |
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| Both father and son, in their crabbedness, may be recessionary personalities. |
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| Just as in the case of the failure of deficit spending, more consumption by household will not halt recessionary pressures. |
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| And despite global recessionary trends, the industry feels that the next few months will see a healthy increase in travel. |
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| But the current recessionary trends are being driven by psychological factors primarily. |
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| As for Air Canada, it is unlikely that, in these current recessionary times, such a program would be implemented. |
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| The great unknown, how deep, how long and how significant the recessionary environment may affect commerce is unknown. |
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| Europe wants to act with unity to prevent a recessionary spiral and support economic activity and employment. |
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| Mr Uribe, who at one time wanted a less onerous reform, sees recessionary dangers in imposing more taxes when growth is weak. |
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| There sometimes seem to be almost as few people in Britain who truly understand the credit crunch and its recessionary consequences. |
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| This is not to say that Mr Krugman is wrong about the recessionary potential in the economy. |
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| We have not gone through a recessionary period like this one since the second world war. |
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| That said, even during this recessionary period, people in wealthy countries will not want to be seen as selfish. |
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| During the year, in an effort to relieve recessionary pressures and stimulate growth, central banks continued to cut interest rates aggressively. |
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| Demand during recessionary times remains slack and there is lots of crude in storage. |
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| But comparisons of a return to the recessionary environment of 1982 seem a bit unfounded, in my opinion. |
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| The fundamentals of the business remain solid and Dorel's products have traditionally done well in recessionary times. |
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| In previous recessionary periods, demand for cable telecommunications services has generally proven to be resilient. |
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| Other costs, including wages and transportation, have also risen off their recessionary lows. |
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| The U.S. is a consumer-driven economy, but consumer confidence remains at recessionary levels and wages have hardly budged. |
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| In the midst of our recessionary times, it might be comforting to read these great novels about people losing their jobs. |
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| The altered tenor of Kahlua ads of the mid-1970s reflects more than the general staidness that settled over advertising in the recessionary economy of the United States. |
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| Despite the recessionary business environment in 2009, Michelin's ability to respond swiftly and agilely to the crisis enabled it to strengthen its main financial metrics during the year. |
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| Born of recessionary, disenchanted times, Pictures art shared menacingly cynical attitudes toward mainstream culture with punk rock, in night-life venues, and with deconstructionist lucubration, in academe. |
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| The rotation-related larger number of exhibitions and trade fairs in 2003 suffered from the negative impact of the recessionary economic conditions, the consequences of the Iraq conflict and the effects of the SARS epidemic. |
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| In 2001, provisions were increased significantly in the fourth quarter, reflective of the development of recessionary conditions in the United States and weakening economic conditions in Canada. |
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| Moreover, a majority of exporters indicated that economic conditions had stayed the same, signaling that the anticipated recoveries had yet to take hold and that recessionary conditions still prevailed. |
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| The United States is Quebec's largest trading partner, and in these recessionary times, Quebec cannot stand to lose its access to the market of its most important trading partner. |
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| Rising fuel costs have generated higher travel costs, and when added to seminar attendance costs, educational expenses can take a large bite out of a company's budget during recessionary cost containment. |
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| As recessionary pressures begin to ease, gradually improving economic data continues to support the prospects that the early stages of global recovery have taken hold. |
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| Furthermore, the task of promoting and maintaining a competitive business environment may grow increasingly complex, since recessionary pressures tend to increase the number of mergers involving firms in financial distress. |
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| In short, the world economy is recovering due to the passing of a normal recessionary period, strong fiscal stimulus packages, and aggressive monetary policies. |
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| The recessionary state of the economy and declining trends in certain industries had a faster and also more severe effect on the exhibition business than could have been predicted. |
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| The recession has renewed interest in Keynesian economic ideas on how to combat recessionary conditions. |
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| The resulting recessionary local business climate caused many firms to lay off expatriate staff. |
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| It's not in the recessionary stage, but it's not in a great expansion phase either. |
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| At the very best, he might midly palliate some of the recessionary pain. |
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| But I also suspect the rampant recessionary fears are overblown. |
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| Your second objective should be to counter recessionary pressures by making investments that will strengthen Canada's competitiveness and help offset the imminent economic slowdown. |
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| This situation limits the ability of the industry as a whole to weather the current recessionary pressures, to address emerging market challenges and to achieve conservation objectives. |
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| Investors need to have confidence that the Bank will continue to support the independent status of a spinoff enterprise for a period that is long enough for it to survive a recessionary period. |
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| The past quarter confirmed the global recovery in economic activity and corporate earnings, the result of the normal passing of a recessionary period aided by strong fiscal stimulus packages and aggressive monetary policies. |
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| The theme of the moot was Safe food-significance in recessionary times. |
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| Underlying structural weaknesses remained in the economy and a number of newer companies lacked the direct experience of operating in a recessionary climate. |
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| Recessionary risks in the US, and widespread foot-and-mouth contagion in Europe could mean further short-term weakness. |
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