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Banks did not trust one another enough to lend to each other, causing a spike in interest rates charged to companies and governments.

The last thing the world needs right now is disruption of one of its busiest shipping lanes and a spike in insurance premiums.

Several global mining giants are ready to invest in anticipation of a spike in demand this year.

She cited China as among a number of countries where there has been 'a spike in threats to the free flow of information' over the past year.

The recent spike in commodity prices has grabbed headlines and sparked wide-ranging debate about just how much higher prices can go.

The big fear for the company has always been a spike in interest rates.

The spike in oil prices might have done it, but it is now reversing.

"In two or three years, if the economy comes on strong, you'll have a huge shortage, and that would create a spike in prices, " he said.

The bargaining power of these architects is buttressed by the spike in popular appreciation for architecture as an art form.

Deflation fears might have receded but were replaced by a spike in food and gasoline priced that has also undermined domestic growth.

Experts warned the significant spike in couples splitting up could be the beginning of a wave of divorces.

Scientists estimate there will be a spike in the number of such solar eruptions over the next three to five years.

The huge expansion in the monetary base will have disguised this, showing up in a spike in loan-to-deposit ratios.

It's easy to shrug off the current spike in inflation as temporary.

Invited to display it, he lifts a heavy stone slab onto a metal spike in the ground and spins it to a blur with a bamboo stick.

The spike in complaints is partly the result of a new law that requires Japanese companies to report serious product-related accidents.

Asia's growing economy and a demand for higher-end housing is to blame for a general price spike in housing throughout Asia.

Ms Morgan anticipates recruitment will be lower in finance this year, although there has been a hiring spike in private wealth management.

Timing could be accelerated by a disruption in underlying economic conditions and a sustained spike in risk aversion.

And this year's spike in the consumer-price index, which rose by 2% in February, seemed bearable at a time of rapid growth.

Among the implications is the rapid spike in oil prices and its potential to trigger another global economic slowdown.

She warned people to be prepared for a sharp spike in oil prices in 2009, adding "it will drive up prices of cars and houses as well. "

A spike in inflation could have the same effect, as it would probably lead to a rise in interest rates and reduced lending.

The global spike in grain prices over the past year is in large part due to the impact on grain supplies of the growing demand for meat.

In the second quarter, it was inventory restocking in the electronics sector and a spike in relatively volatile pharmaceutical output.

More disappointing was that its bottom line only grew 2. 9% to HK$286 million due to a spike in costs.

Indeed, observers point out that this is the first time China has really had to deal with a large spike in oil prices.

He observes the curious Soviet idea that it could predict a nuclear attack by looking for a spike in prices for blood donations in Britain.

Bettina Luescher is with the U. N. World Food Program. She says the spike in food prices has led to concerns about political stability.

The huge spike in global commodity price inflation is prima facie evidence that the global economy is still growing too fast.

If you're wondering about that spike in federal jobs last spring, it was largely due to a round of temporary hiring for the 2010 census.

Not every unexpected spike in the water flow is the result of a leak, says Mr White.

A tail is a one-day spike in the direction of a trend, followed by a reversal.

Some global ills, like the spike in oil and food prices, can be quantified.

Any sign of peripheral weakness is then accompanied by a sell-off in European stocks and a spike in FX volatility.

countries, economies, that in real time are seeing their borrowing costs spike in no small part due to what the ratings agencies say.

In 2008, constrictions in the food supply chain led to a spike in global prices and riots around the world.

Government planners were reported to have asked state oil companies to beef up diesel supplies to meet a seasonal spike in demand.

Take the oil spike in 2008, it's probably true the movement from $110 to $130 might have been speculation.

BACK in 2005, in an apparent flight of fancy, analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted a "super-spike" in the oil price to $105 a barrel.

So if China's foremost concern is the safety of its US investments, then what's behind the post-downturn spike in Chinese hacking activity?

Normally the whip to get a deficit-reduction deal is fear of the bond market's producing a spike in interest rates and borrowing costs.

You need a spike in blood pressure if you're going to run, to speedily deliver oxygen to your muscles.

There has also been a spike in demand for gold bars and coins (such as from the American Precious Metals Exchange).

Whereas the fertility rate is now below replacement, the problem in the past was a spike in unwanted pregnancies.

Other studies have suggested that alcohol may be a reason behind the spike in suicides and perhaps even falls.

This measure was not around during previous great bear markets but the spike in volatility in recent years took it to all-time highs.

However, there is so much unused capacity as of now that even a sudden spike in demand is unlikely to greatly change gas prices.

In downtown Geneva, Daniel Loeffler of the city's Economic Development Office has also seen a spike in interest, this time from companies.

And, possibly showing that some people's sense of humor is more twisted than others, there's a spike in breakups on April Fool's Day.

The only thing that surprises me about China's spike in inflation is that it took so long to show itself.

Debt advice agencies are describing a sudden spike in inquiries in the last couple of months.

Even before the financial meltdown over the past month, car sales had begun to contract because of the recent spike in fuel prices.

Despite a recent spike in violence in the region, negotiations continue in Doha between the rebel factions and the Sudanese government.

A rise in late confirmations accompanied the spike in trading last summer, suggesting that the plumbing still lacks scalability (see chart).

These factors, they say, will lead to diminishing returns on capital and a spike in bad debts, eventually pulling China's growth rate down.

Markets such as the U. S. and China, which grow most of the rice they consume, are little affected by the spike in Asian export prices.

U. S. , NATO and Afghan forces have faced a dramatic spike in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan during the past two years.

The spike in male sexual harassment claims coincides with a recession that has hit men harder than women.

So far this year gold prices have climbed 34% vs. a 98% spike in palladium, a 63% surge in silver, and a 56% jump in platinum.

That forecast may prove to be conservative if January's spike in sales is any indication, the article said.

A sharp spike in bank lending starting in late 2008 was the central element to Beijing's effort to escape the global financial crisis.

When resource consumption exceeds the threshold level during a spike in workload demands, additional resource instances are allocated.

The latter have been critical in shielding emerging market consumers from the dramatic spike in global food and energy costs.

The large spike in the Router task was a mass mailing, another example of a workload spike for which you must plan.

When do lenders price additional risk to federal borrowing, leading to a damaging spike in interest rates?

China has been raising interest rates to stop an inflation spiral which threatens to cause a spike in prices of raw materials and energy.

That could limit the next spike in commodity prices once the economy recovers.

If you look closely at the server, you see a small spike in disk activity.

The researchers said that despite the spike in small fish, the overall supply of fish is not increasing to meet human demand.

Tough economic times have not yet translated into a spike in sackings of chief executives of the world's biggest companies.

Recent weeks have brought a spike in chatter about the prospect of an Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear installations.

Whole grain fiber is best, since it results in a lower spike in insulin levels, which also reduces the risk of diabetes.

Iraqi officials reported a spike in civilian and security force deaths in July, although American officials dispute those figures.

In Asia in early 2008 a spike in the price of rice led to widespread unrest and desperate attempts by governments to secure more supplies.

For the US and Europe, however, still struggling to build on a fragile recovery, a spike in commodity prices will be further unwelcome news.

The Chinese state media predicted this summer that there would be a spike in sales.

The issue in economic terms is whether the current spike in unemployment is structural or cyclical.

However, some scholars argue that a spike in selfishness among young people is, like the story of Narcissus, a myth.

There are also fewer investors willing to bet on an unproven manager given the spike in market volatility.

But in this visual age, it also generated a huge spike in purchases of DVD film and television versions of the favorites.

But spokesman Lt. Col. Steve Warren said, "a spike in cases does not necessarily mean a trend. "

Hikes in fuel prices have led to a further spike in inflation.

The spike in yields fanned fears that the country will find it unsustainable to raise funds in the market if the trend persists.

Doctors are already seeing a spike in illnesses like typhoid and shigellosis, which arise from contaminated food or water.

A spike in oil prices helped lift materials and energy stocks. Investors also snapped up beaten-down stocks in the financial sector.

He didn't affect a swagger stick, but he did sometimes carry an ordinary wooden cane with a steel spike in the end.

Mr. Bush says recent weeks have been "rough" for U. S. forces in Iraq, amid a spike in sectarian violence in the country.

There appears to be a large spike in outside temperature right near 24 degrees Celsius.

I suppose the motivation behind the spike in fraud is obvious.

Starting at about position 196 on the X axis, the Firefox application is focused, and an associated spike in CPU and disk activity is shown.

That, and the recent spike in oil and gas prices, has prompted many governments to look again at nuclear power.

The increased risk and illiquidity has also lead to a spike in volatility, contributing to the higher margins.

There will be a transient spike in resource usage when new members join or existing members leave the group.

It also appears to have caused a sharp spike in bride prices and betrothal gifts.

The result has been a 30% spike in Canon' s productivity.

Then, too, a spike in the price of oil coincided with a fear thatnatural limits to supply were close.

Whether such speculators were behind the spike in oil prices is a matter of fierce debate.

Without a surge in economic growth or a spike in commodity prices, fears of runaway inflation were overdone.

As well as the recent spike in tension in the South China Sea, the two nations also have a history of acrimony over Taiwan.

The spike in measured radiation levels may indicate damage to the nuclear fuel containment vessel.

Since Rita avoided many of the Texas refineries, there should be no repeat of the spike in gasoline prices that followed Hurricane Katrina.

With electricity consumption set to spike in the sweltering summer months, China had already ordered supply cuts to some industrial users.

That's in contrast to 2008, when a spike in global commodity markets led to steep rises.

The markets gave back some of their gains today, as both gold and oil saw spike in price.

The unexplained spike in oil prices prompted concerns about the impact of rising energy prices on the weak economic recovery.

Will a downgrade finally trigger the much-predicted plunge in markets and spike in bond-market interest rates?

Will the sharp increase in Chinese bank lending result in a spike in NPLs?

So the recent spike in energy prices has prompted operators to look for ways to cut costs.

The northern province has seen a spike in violence over the past year after enjoying relative peace for years.

Energy-watchers, meanwhile, have been fretting about the spike in energy consumption caused by the chill.

It's true that the most recent spike in oil prices was precipitated by unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

The spike in demand is working in the cartel's favour, as stronger consumption starts slowly to dent the world's bulging oil inventories.

In 2010, China temporarily halted shipments of rare earths to Japan, prompting a sharp spike in prices of the minerals.

There was a spike in the late 1990s but levels have dropped since then.

Moreover, the data suggest that the sudden spike in installations doesn't come about simply because a discovered threshold has been passed.

The spike in the number of uninsured Americans is probably linked to the ongoing recession, according to the CDC.

By studying 16 tissue samples from patients living with heterotopic ossification and FOP, scientists noticed a spike in the compound.

The hottest new zone for pirates is West Africa, whose oil-rich Gulf of Guinea has seen a spike in attacks this year.

Firearms merchants report a spike in purchases by gun owners who fear stricter laws will soon be enacted.

This means that a spike in births will raise the rate for a particular month.

Any spike in overnight borrowing rates could indicate that investor confidence has been weakened.

The spike in demand for diesel has drained supplies and resulted in long queues at filling stations.

A recent pet population explosion has brought on a spike in rabies infections.

But investors and traders were divided over whether that was sufficient to explain the recent global spike in yields.

We need to prevent a spike [in births], but I don't think the possibility of this happening is very great.

They are confident that banks could cope with a spike in nonperforming loans, and if necessary the government could bail them out.

There the hope is that more flexible employment laws will prove their worth and that the spike in youth unemployment will be temporary.

Nonetheless, once again, an initial spike in wheat prices, caused by adverse weather events, is pushing other commodities higher.

Fitch Ratings warned throughout 2009 that the spike in new loans could result in declining asset quality at banks.

Condon's research also found that the spike in jellyfishnumbers is also turning the marine food cycle on its head.

Stock prices in Shanghai have dropped nearly 10% since an unexpected spike in consumer prices was reported last week.

Chinese drivers. This time nobody is sure that the spike in oil prices will be short-lived.

Its price forecasts typically have underestimated a spike in summer oil prices.

In the late 1990s Mr. Zhang began noticing a spike in illnesses including stomach ailments, skin rashes and breathing problems.

I saw this traffic spike in the Analytics and tracked it back to the artist's Dribbble page.

A spike in the cost of oil and food has poked a big hole in consumers' pockets, leaving less money for other spending.

In the scenario above it seems that there is a periodic event happening every 20 minutes that cause a spike in the load average chart.

The spike in diaspora consciousness also raises security issues.

Researchers have noted a spike in sudden cardiac deaths following earthquakes and other disasters.

Kim's team found that suicides were more common in the two days following a spike in pollution.

Police blame the growing temperatures for the spike in violence.

The biggest reason: the troubling spike in home foreclosures is nowhere near its end.

One extraordinary lesson of the last 60 years is that after every spike in oil prices, demand growth flattens considerably.

After a spike in pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the fall, 18 countries contributed warships to an armada to police the region.

Nonetheless, whether driven by demand or supply, a large enough spike in the price of oil can do great damage.

He says the draught, plus a sharp spike in farming costs, has left a generational hole on farms.

Mr Friedlander thinks the spike in yields is mainly explained by surging supply.

Now after 12 years and a spike in HIV infections, the scheme has been brought back.

He predicted 2010 would experience a spike in restructurings among mid-cap companies, especially in the US and Europe.

Some traders blamed the spike in volumes from algorithmic trading.

Microsoft's MSN Messenger, meanwhile, a competitor to QQ, has seen a spike in new users.

And you can see that right around age 45, 40 to 45, there's a sudden spike in the cost of health care.

One trader noted that while the spike in Italian yields was due to 'selling of specific short-dated issues . . .

Blood samples provided by the students throughout the study show a spike in levels of the liver enzyme alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

Despite currency-market concerns, there has been no spike in public-borrowing costs.

The Americans have long predicted a spike in attacks when they head for the border.

Any threat to the affordability of the tortilla worries the government, which four years ago faced street protests after a spike in prices.

Actually there's no evidence that suicide rates spike in December; in fact they drop slightly.

China analysts say the spike in unemployment has caught China off guard.

Otherwise, a spike in borrowing costs looms, with dire results.

A sharp spike in the value of the yen after the March 11 natural disasters prompted joint intervention by the Group of Seven on March 18.

In contrast, Germany's match against Portugal for third place, produced no spike in heart-related problems. Germany defeated Portugal 3-1.

It feared a spike in domestic cotton prices, followed by hoarding.

That spike in 2004 came just before the headline ISM index jumped to its highest level since 1983.

This has prompted a spike in bank borrowing costs that is raising fears of a reprisal of the late 2008 credit crunch.

Because we with throw a spike in the street will lead to the elderly, so we don't throw to others safety please, don't do it!

Compare that to Calgary, where they actually recorded a spike in power usage during Earth Hour in 2008.

Some reverted to manual systems but could not keep up with the spike in volume.

Despite the recent spike in wheat, food prices are still well below the peaks they reached in early 2008.

A spike in radiation levels near the reactors on Tuesday ranged from 30 to 400 millisieverts.

Driving the third quarter growth was a 6. 2% on-quarter spike in exports, a key engine of the Japanese economy.

Wall Street has formed a fairly solid consensus that corporate earnings will spike in 2010.

The ADP news helped offset a big spike in the price of oil after a weekly Energy Department report showed a surprise decrease in U.

Although a spike in oil prices and Japan's nuclear disaster have played their part, the real problem has been Europe.

Current oil supply fundamentals don't explain the spike in prices above $85 a barrel.

The country has witnessed a spike in high-profile cases in recent months.

When there is a large spike in available pages, you can actually see this happening while monitoring your system.

Memories of $145-a-barrel oil and $4-a-gallon gasoline faded quickly after the last big price spike in 2008.

Scientists say they are detecting a massive spike in the level of methane in the atmosphere.

Another spike in unemployment could well set it loose.

Eg: Car sales spike in this month, but will return to normal next month.

South Korea is seeing a spike in the price of pork belly, with 10000 won (RMB52) per kg, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.

A short-term spike in borrowing costs is a manageable problem for Italy.

Also, look for long response times in the time= field or a spike in the values reported.

This year, Hanzhong saw a spike in the number of cases.

And the concerns about inflation are clearly related to the recent spike in oil prices.

The evidence is a 260% spike in foreign direct investment to $38. 5 billion in the first six months of the year.

But if Facebook hasn't fueled this generational spike in narcissism, what has?

Banks also have a big cushion in terms of capital, so a spike in bad loans is unlikely to sink them.

A Labour Department survey showed consumer prices rose a modest 0. 3 percent in March amid a spike in energy prices.

There could soon be a big spike in the number of bugs found.

As a result, they showed a spike in accuracy immediately following an error.

But scientists say they can't entirely blame the greenhouse gas for a curious spike in Earth's temperature 55 million years ago.

The removal of Libyan crude from the market fueled oil's spike in the spring.

There are several reasons for the spike in attacks.

Reporter Mark Trumbull discusses the recent spike in the prices of commodities such as oil, metal, and grains.

But last summer's spike in oil prices gave a nudge even to some who harbored Cheney-esque views of renewable energy.

A spike in fuel prices, last year, triggered mostly peaceful protests by thousands of Buddhist monks and others who demanded reforms.

But there were a record 26 Predator drone attacks last month, a spike in activity that suggests something is going on.

Did you realize that risk premiums would spike in all financial sectors if a primary dealer failed?

Online shopping sites know that during the holiday season there is a spike in website visitors.

The backlash comes after a spike in nationalist sentiments in China this year, AFP commented.

There was a similar spike in travel queries before the main school summer holiday last year.

I can see the spike in the F-word now from social media gurus.

During a spike in food prices in 2005 grain was 4. 5% cheaper in markets with mobile coverage.

More scary is if there is a sudden spike in prices.

"Last year, at the end of June they decided to raise yuan and we saw a spike in soybean and crude palm oil prices, " Yang said.

Simple carbohydrates (such as sugar) cause a spike in blood sugar levels, which can lead to health problems.

The law was passed in 1977, but recent years have seen a spike in enforcement, from five actions in 2004 to 74 in 2010.

That caused a big spike in oil prices, which hit $127 a barrel in April.

Last year at the end of June they decided to raise the yuan and we saw a spike in soybean and crude palm oil prices.

When we eat sugar and it enters into our bloodstream too quickly, we have a spike in blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).

Unemployment's going to spike in China.

The 2007-08 crisis was for the food industry what the 1990-91 Gulf War spike in oil prices was for the world's airlines: a wake-up call.

company said it saw a large spike in clients shipping gold and silver from the exchange over the past few months.

The food-price spike in late 2007 and early 2008 caused riots in some 30 countries.

Junk-bond default rates, which ran at just 3. 4% in the past 12 months, are certain to spike in 2009.

Last year's spike in food prices caused riots in about 30 countries, from Haiti to Bangladesh.

But look at that spike in May. 6. 9%? ! ? Can that be right?

Spurred along by the summer spike in gas prices, sales of small cars rose from 17% of the industry total in 2007 to 20. 5% last year.

Analysis and Suppression of Mechanism of Voltage Spike in a Three-Phase Single-Stage Full-bridge PFC Converter

With a spike in the chair just to make it complete

Relationship between the Character of Sword Leaf and the Grains Weight per Spike in Japonica Rice

The Formation Reason and Prevention Method for the Malformed Spike in New Routine Paddyfield

Establishment of High Efficient Regeneration System for In vitro Culture of Young Spike in Wheat

Relationship Between the Flag Leaf and the Grain Weight Per Spike in Wheat

How some agencies addressed the spike in fuel costs and plan to reduce future fuel consumption

absence of a spike in credit-default swaps

Generous monetary policy has created a spike in commodity prices;

Even with the spike in issuance, bank lending still accounts for 82 per cent of corporate financing;

the currency has benefited from a spike in commodities prices

Fixed income: Spike in long bond yields may provide some openings

a spike in sectarian violence

What if you put the spike in my heart

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