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The result of this self-restraint was that exports soared in real terms, whereas consumer spending barely budged (see chart).

The Toad never answered a word, or budged from his seat in the road; so they went to see what was the matter with him.

A year on, other parties have banded together behind the notion of multiculturalism but the Sweden Democrats have not budged.

The government crackdown appears to have had some effect on property sales volumes but have so far not budged prices off their highs much.

So far, despite envoys from the U. S. , Israel and the U. K. , China hasn't budged from its refusal to endorse sanctions against Iran.

This would also be ideal for a small kitchen, as it can be budged up into the corner.

Please keep your bids within the budged. . . Its a small project and my budget is limited on this one! Thanks for Understanding. . .

China has not budged publicly from its position that the crisis could be solved through negotiations.

From the ease with which you swept away obstacles that no one knew could even be budged .

But currency policy has not budged from the slow-and-steady course set two years ago, when the peg with the US dollar was broken.

In contrast, Panama has not budged, reinforcing its reputation as Latin America's leading financial miscreant.

I expect at least 5 versions. I will choose the one who will send me examples. Budged is limited, but the task is comparatively simple.

Since the announcement, the yuan-dollar exchange rate has hardly budged.

By contrast, during the recovery at the end of the 1980s, wages rose nearly a fifth while dividends barely budged.

but in Germany, Japan and the United States, real wages for the median worker have barely budged.

Precise GPS measurement tools used to measure movement in faults zones confirm this -- New Madrid hasn't budged.

Over the same period, the euro-area economies saw no fiscal stimulus and household saving barely budged.

Euro zone May inflation data also comes on Wednesday, and is expected to show month-over-month prices barely budged.

Since China announced a loosening of the renminbi's peg to the dollar last June, the currency has hardly budged.

But in the two months since, the yuan has hardly budged (see chart).

Throughout the aughts, incomes for college graduates barely budged.

Japan's nominal output has hardly budged in two decades, but its gross debt pile now towers at nearly 200 per cent of GDP.

Ministerial car shuttled between Westminster and Buckingham Palace but the king could not be budged.

And, although wealth has been soaring over the past half a century, happiness, measured by national surveys, has hardly budged.

And despite general economic growth, real hourly wages for average workers have barely budged .

But even if they had done so, it is far from certain that Mr Netanyahu would have budged.

He was not to be budged on the issue.

While firms' profits have soared, wages for the typical worker have barely budged.

The showroom is empty and for the past two months not a single flat has been sold , yet prices have not budged . Something has to give .

In Germany it has hardly budged, despite a much bigger fall in GDP.

By contrast, equity markets have barely budged with the S& P 500 down by less than 1 per cent in the same period.

Elementary school students have performed well in some local tests, but their scores in national exams have hardly budged.

The Japanese are much better off now than in 1950, but the proportion who say they are "very happy" has not budged.

Overall, the bank's data suggest, unit labor costs in China have barely budged since 2005.

Elementary school students have performed well in some local tests, but their in national exams have hardly budged.

The 79 cents manager moms make for every dollar earned by manager dads 'has not budged since 2000, ' the report concluded.

In the past few months Ms Tymoshenko's modest popularity rating has barely budged even as Mr Yanukovych's has slid downwards.

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Real rates, which adjust for inflation, have barely budged .

Medical spending per head has nearly tripled since 1990, yet most indicators of health have barely budged.

But their dependence on exports to developed countries has barely budged, at just under 20% of GDP .

But that is small comfort to the poor in many other countries where poverty has barely budged.

We kept hoping that traffic would start moving again soon, but no cars budged .

The percentage of American adults with jobs, which plunged between 2007 and 2009, has barely budged since then.

In practice, however, the renminbi has barely budged.

America has not budged on the biggest issue.

No, never budged. Drunk, I reckon. I just grabbed that towel and started!

As far as the eye can see near Ishinomaki's city hospital, little debris has budged.

Equities barely budged on the news, while 10-year government bond yields sank further below 1 per cent.

The logic is brutal: they hardly budged, and the Democrats gave way.

It is true that, viewed from afar, China's political system has hardly budged.

Despite overtures from HP and numerous other big tech companies, Cook hasn't budged.

In countries like Liberia and Nigeria the numbers have hardly budged since 1999.

Share prices have hardly budged though.

Even the hawkish Ariel Sharon budged.

I already made two counter offers to yours and you haven't budged.

The exchange rate of the renminbi to the dollar has barely budged since its appreciation halted last July.

In Tokyo, Toyota's shares barely budged, falling a mere 1. 9% on a day that the overall market dropped 0. 6%.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury note barely budged.

Renault has hardly budged.

In the past two weeks, the yuan has barely budged against the dollar, though it still is up 2. 4% this year.

Another sure sign of weak demand is that people with jobs aren't deluged with overtime; hours worked have barely budged in the past year.

How do you stay motivated to stick to your diet when the scales still haven't budged?

The gap has been widening in America, Britain and Canada but has barely budged in France, Japan or the Netherlands.

"Other foreign assets" , a line item on the central bank's accounts that has barely budged in four years, began rising in August last year.

The fertility rate, 0. 97 in 2005, has barely budged since.

In India, on the other hand, the average (59%) would not have budged at all.

Potatoes, maize and sorghum cost three times more in the market than they did last year, yet wages have hardly budged.

During Mr. Chen's eight-year tenure, Taiwan's benchmark stock index barely budged, even as Hong Kong's shot up 75% and Shanghai's doubled.

In countries like Liberia and Nigeria the numbers have hardly budged since