Example sentences of "balance [prep] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the 1965 US " voluntary restraint programme " ( made mandatory in 1968 ) imposed limits on outward direct investment ( unless US multinationals could show offsetting balance of payments earnings ) , and discouraged loans by US banks of over one year to international borrowers including subsidiaries of US multinationals . |
| 2 | iii General economic benefits in the form of domestic jobs and balance of payments benefits . |
| 3 | The incentive to export seems to have been considerably reduced , and in 1987 Yugoslavia found itself in an increasingly difficult balance of payments position . |
| 4 | But unless we improved our competitiveness our balance of payments position would become disastrous . |
| 5 | However , ( apart from points noted in ( iii ) ) , no direct causal relationship or correlation has ever been established between the US balance of payments position and the euro-dollar market 's growth . |
| 6 | But a deterioration in the balance of payments position was usually followed by economic policies designed to curtail credit and spending , and therefore support operations in the gilt-edged market would be somewhat counter-productive and inconsistent with overall economic policy . |
| 7 | First , ever since the war governments had willingly taken responsibility for the management of the national economy and by the late 1960s it was clear that this ‘ management ’ was becoming much less successful : inflation and unemployment were emerging as serious problems and the balance of payments position , upon which Wilson laid such stress , was increasingly precarious . |
| 8 | A tight monetary policy , the report indicated , could only be reversed once there had been a significant improvement in the country 's balance of payments position and a slowdown in strong inflationary pressures . |
| 9 | Those expectations , sentiments , may well be based upon interpretation of economic data concerning inflation , the balance of payments position , the exchange rate or many other economic variables . |
| 10 | Also , a high interest rate strategy is partly the result of a high level of world interest rates and partly because of an adverse balance of payments position . |
| 11 | A record balance of payments deficit is not the right background for enforced increases in industrial costs . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ Look at the problems 12 years of Tory mismanagement will bequeath to us ; a balance of payments deficit financed by hot money , casino-type operation — money which will fly away at the prospect of a Labour victory . ’ |
| 13 | Mocking Mrs Thatcher 's claim that Conservative policies had achieved an economic miracle , Mr Kinnock said after 10 years with oil revenues not enjoyed by any of Britain 's competitors , the country had 2 million unemployed , the highest inflation , highest interest rates and biggest balance of payments deficit of the industrialised countries . |
| 14 | They were prerequisites — ‘ an unparalleled priority ’ — for dealing with inflation , the balance of payments deficit , unemployment , and funding the party 's policies for social justice . |
| 15 | A standard monetarist prediction of that decision would have been that it would produce two years of boom , followed by growing inflation and balance of payments deficit . |
| 16 | He then goes on to criticise Labour for suggesting that priority spending on education and training can help overcome the difficulties of the balance of payments deficit — because such investment programmes take generations to work through the system . |
| 17 | More than a little private problem : On the eve of Nigel Lawson 's key address to the Conservative conference , Roger Bootle says the Chancellor must take the balance of payments deficit more seriously , and Nicholas Faith argues that the Tories have failed the entrepreneur |
| 18 | These gains , usually lavished on travel abroad , foreign cars and luxuries , are the single biggest cause of our balance of payments deficit . |
| 19 | Third , even growth rates obtained by comparing similar points in successive economic cycles must be treated with caution if the end-year shows a massive balance of payments deficit . |
| 20 | John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit . |
| 21 | Clearly , liberalisation is a crucial factor explaining both the rise in house prices and in wealth , and the increase in consumers ' spending , inflation and the balance of payments deficit . |
| 22 | BRITAIN remains on course for its biggest annual balance of payments deficit despite a better-than-expected trading performance last month . |
| 23 | The election coincided with a precipitous slide in the popularity of a Conservative government struggling with a severe balance of payments deficit . |
| 24 | Now you are the biggest single contributor to our balance of payments deficit , ’ she said acidly . |
| 25 | These changes in the international competitiveness of UK exports and imports are likely to lead to the development of a UK balance of payments deficit . |
| 26 | A balance of payments deficit of £1.2bn — bang in line with expectations — failed to dent the progress . |
| 27 | And he warned that unemployment will continue to rise , the balance of payments deficit to worsen , health service waiting lists to grow and lowly paid workers to face greater poverty . |
| 28 | All the above arrangements were made in order that members of the IMF could finance any short-term balance of payments deficit without variations in their exchange rates . |
| 29 | But an increase in the supply of dollars implied a persistent US balance of payments deficit ( e.g. exporters to the USA accept payments in dollars , or payments overseas by US residents are made in dollars ) , and this would undermine confidence in the dollar as a reserve currency because dollar claims were growing in relation to US gold reserves . |
| 30 | Specifically , an expansion of demand would result in a reduction in unemployment but would also lead to a balance of payments deficit as imports increased . |