Thus, the Organization s cash position is weak and getting weaker.

To judge China s economic dynamism, the key indicator is its fiscal position. When, and only when, China s fiscal position is worsening rapidly will its economy suffer a hard landing.

In the United States, where markets, the judiciary, and regulation are highly developed, the imperative is not institutional reform, but policy reform addressing the weak fiscal position, income and wealth inequities, unemployment, health care, and deteriorating physical infrastructure.

31. The Organization s cash position is weak, and getting weaker, with unpaid assessments decreasing slowly.

Turkey s fiscal position deteriorated sharply in 1997, as a result of high public spending.

Given the disadvantaged position of developing country suppliers in terms of capital, management techniques and access to technology, local distributors are in a weak competitive position.

Huge tax cuts and rising military spending have fueled an enormous rise in imports, and therefore a yawning trade deficit now accompanies America s weak fiscal position. But US politicians are blaming China and other countries for unfair trade, even threatening them with sanctions.

The US does indeed face a long run fiscal deficit, largely the result of rising health care costs and an aging population. But the current fiscal deficit mainly reflects weak tax revenues, owing to slow growth and high unemployment, and temporary stimulus measures that are fading away at a time when aggregate demand remains weak and additional fiscal stimulus is warranted.

Counsel argues that the State party's position also reflects weak confidence in the integrity of the Egyptian guarantees.

Yes, he'd certainly be in a position to improve things but not a weak man like Brett Fletcher.

I can also understand (though I disagree with) opponents who believe that the short run stimulus effect of the plan will be small, while America s weak fiscal position implies a large long run drag on the economy from the costs of servicing the resulting debt.

The slow growth of the eastern part of the country has pulled down the Germany wide average, while the enormous demand for public funds in the east has increased public debt. The weak fiscal position has in turn undermined investors confidence, with obvious implications for economic growth.

Thus, in Europe now, as in Japan then, the pieces are in place for a lost decade weak banks make for weak government finances, which in turn make for weak growth and even weaker banks, with the absence of monetary and fiscal support leaving no escape from this vicious spiral.

Spain was not in an enviable position. The rapid deterioration of fiscal position after the crisis made any substantial countercyclical response impossible, while regulatory constraints limited the economy s structural flexibility.

She's weak she's weak all through.

The cash position remained extremely weak, forcing the Agency to live from hand to mouth in terms of balancing incoming funds and outgoing payments.

So why is the Bush administration spending time and energy proposing radical changes to the Social Security System as its signature domestic policy initiative indeed, as virtually its only policy initiative? Everyone who worries about America s weak fiscal position puts Social Security s relatively small funding imbalance far down the list of priorities.

It also notes with concern in this regard reports, including from the International Monetary Fund, indicating deficiencies in fiscal information and weak monitoring and control of public expenditure.

It makes the weak force very weak by giving the weak particles a large mass.

If PiS s populist slogans become policy, government spending is likely to expand, which will exacerbate Poland s already weak fiscal position and consequently trigger inflationary expectations. Worse, boosting social spending will contribute little to resolving the country s staggering 17.5 rate of unemployment most of it structural while any hope of quick euro adoption will be dashed.

America provided China with both stability and growth anchors. China enabled the US to sidestep the mounting perils of subpar saving, reckless fiscal policy, and weak household income growth.

The private sector and Governments are working together increasingly on projects that are noticeably improving the position of the poor, weak and vulnerable groups in society.

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Spending cuts and tax increases that in the long run restore fiscal sanity and balance are good. Having them all hit a weak, still depressed economy simultaneously is not good.

Policymaking in these war torn economies is unique. Most countries in post conflict situations suffer from weak fiscal positions, rendering the provision of internally financed subsidies impractical in most cases.

A strong fiscal framework is indispensable to achieve this, and protects countries from contagion. But the crisis experience suggests that, in times of extreme market tensions, even a sound initial fiscal position may not offer absolute protection from spillovers.

3. It was noted that international trade in the health services sector also demonstrated the extremely vulnerable position of least developed countries and other structurally weak economies.

The fact that small and medium sized enterprises are quot lonely quot , causing their weak bargaining position and leverage, represents a more important disadvantage than their size.

Fiscal Challenges and Fiscal Follies

If, instead, the US faces a fiscal slope, then people who refuse to consider raising taxes namely, Republicans in the US Congress s House of Representatives have a very weak hand indeed.

In the US, the uneven and weak recovery has been sustained by extraordinarily expansive monetary policies and ongoing large fiscal deficits. While corporate coffers hold mountains of cash, private investment stagnates.

The impact was greater in countries that had a history of structural fiscal problems, maintained loose fiscal policies, and ignored fiscal reforms during the boom years. In the future, a weak economic recovery and an aging population are likely to increase the debt burden of many advanced economies, including the United States, the UK, Japan, and several euro zone countries.

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Those factors exerted further strain on the Agency s cash position, making it especially difficult to meet obligations in time towards the end of the fiscal year.

The economic headwinds are formidable fiscal austerity, high interest rates outside AAA rated countries, credit cutting by banks, deleveraging households, weak private sector investment, and declining exports as the global slowdown undermines demand.

Now, however, increased government spending and the resulting rise in the fiscal deficit are being justified as necessary to deal with the economic downturn a sharp change from the reliance on monetary policy that was used to deal with previous recessions. Countercyclical fiscal policy had been largely discredited because of the delays involved in implementing fiscal changes and households weak response to temporary tax cuts.

I feel weak.

Weak community participation.

Coordination is weak

Mechanism too weak.

Protect the weak.

Too weak, perhaps?