Surge of complaints

The result was an astounding surge in business fixed investment in computers and other information technology hardware.

Lowering import duties lead to a surge of imports.

Nevertheless, annual GDP grew by 8.7 , thanks to 16.9 growth in consumption (measured by gross sale of consumer goods) and a 33.3 surge in fixed investment demand.

Tacloban City after the storm surge.

By contrast, countries like China and India, which avoided a surge of capital inflows, managed to maintain highly competitive domestic currencies, and thereby kept profitability and investment high.

The French president loves crises, with their concomitant surge of adrenaline.

Of course, there has also been a surge of bankruptcies in the eurozone s periphery.

This surge in business spending boosted overall demand.

Overnight, the foreign euro liabilities of Greece s government, banks, and companies would surge.

There is, however, another way to look at the worldwide surge of populism.

The long term consequences of the resulting surge in fiscal deficits are serious.

Unemployment fell to 3.8 without any surge in inflation.

Although superficially impressive, this surge obscures several key issues.

HIV Aids China reports 14 surge in new cases

Pet animals were also killed during the storm surge

Despite this, Obama is pursuing a military surge in Afghanistan but an aid surge to Pakistan, which is now the single largest recipient of US assistance in the world.

Also common to rentier states are short investment horizons, vulnerability to commodity price volatility euphoria when they surge, crisis when they collapse and an underdeveloped and uncompetitive manufacturing sector.

Why, unemployed investment bankers, of course!

This deep search for identification should not be confused with a simple surge of nationalism.

And the role of the troop surge in reducing violence in Iraq is not clear.

Lieutenant Colonel Fermin Carangan of the Philippine military recounted his ordeal during the storm surge

The government increasingly tightened its policies as the economy continued to surge ahead due to asset bubbles, high local government investment spending, and buoyant demand in global markets for Chinese goods.

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Think of the lessons that poor developing countries learn. Lowering import duties lead to a surge of imports.

And during this time, there's a surge of prolactin, the likes of which a modern day never sees.

The breakdown of Bretton Woods in 1971, far from stopping inflation, unleashed a synchronized monetary surge.

A recent surge has put Lula within 5 or 6 points of a first round win.

This is a key driving force in the sudden surge of refugees coming through that route.

Brazil has seen a surge in the number of asylum seekers in the past few years.

Consider the goal of stimulating business investment.

Likewise, with household consumption and business investment collapsing, governments will soon become the spenders of first and only resort, stimulating demand and rescuing banks, firms, and households. The long term consequences of the resulting surge in fiscal deficits are serious.

There has been a surge on social media of articles and online petitions regarding the taxing of sanitary napkins.

The war on terror appears to be causing a surge in protectionism.

Rapid surge in Russian Tor usage can be seen in mid 2014.

Or think of investment. Take all the real investment that went on in the world in 2010.

But, by cutting public investment, they are hindering private investment.

Ireland showed the importance of foreign direct investment.

Reduced rates of return will lower investment rates.

Foreign direct investment.

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All of that investment requires plans and years of implementation.