still-fragile

Pentagon officials are quick to say the progress in Iraq is still "fragile, " although less fragile than a year ago.

He said progress is "real, " but "still fragile, " and urged the Congress to "stay with" the "current course. "

While he is still fragile, he is moving out of his most vulnerable development stage.

Most recently, we are beginning to witness some positive signs towards a recovery, even though those signs appear still fragile.

AMERICA as a whole has just endured its sharpest recession since the 1930s, and the recovery is still fragile.

Hindered by these limitations, Marat went through a string of bad losses during the Spring that hurt is still fragile confidence.

Weak data show how, a year after the US recovery began, it is still fragile.

What would such a prospect imply for a still-fragile economic recovery?

And second, what are the main risks associated with a consumer boom in Asia's fast-growing, but still fragile, economies?

The underlying impact of the international financial crisis has yet to dissipate, and economic recovery is still fragile and uneven.

Either they are correct in assessing that the economy is still fragile, in which case corporate profits will ultimately disappoint.

Dealing with this old foe has been complicated by the still fragile state of rich economies and by the unconventional measures in place.

They're concerned that gains of 22% over the last six months, a still fragile economy and concern about Europe don't bode well for stocks.

After all, investor sentiment is still fragile, at best, and some institutions are still operating with dangerously low capital ratios.

Although US data have generally been positive in recent weeks, the recovery is still fragile.

The region's stability is still fragile and the suppression of terrorism limited, some analysts say.

That is why the ECB is determined to raise rates, even though the recovery in several of its largest economies is still fragile.

The scale of the resistance war, but public support is still fragile.

But it might also unduly harm the economy, which is still fragile, and, in April, faces tax increases and sharp public-spending cuts.

The world economy is still fragile but far more stable than it was six months ago.

However, fiscal tightening threatens to derail Japan's still fragile recovery after March's earthquake.

More on the Chinese leadership's mind is the still-fragile state of the global economic recovery and the outlook for exports.

This is a bright spot for the peripheral nations as yield spreads to Germany have eased somewhat, but the situation is still fragile.

Forcing significant disposals on firms may undermine still-fragile confidence in the banks.

But they are reluctant to take steps that might push mortgage rates higher and damage the still-fragile housing market.

The recovery is still fragile.

Early this year, when the economy was still fragile, Saudi Arabia said it could tolerate oil prices of around $50 a barrel.

A rate rise would hit Ireland hard, because of its high household debts and still-fragile banking system.

And the people there are still fragile from the many years of war, thus they give their lives to their pastors instead.

But we must protect these advances, many of which are still fragile. And the clock is ticking, with much more to do . . .