But higher commodity prices may tip the balance of risks, causing policymakers to lose their nerve.

ECONOMIST: Commodity prices and global growth

Faced with negative real interest rates, rapidly rising inflation, and a chronically weak dollar, foreign holders of US Treasury debt and other dollar-denominated holdings may begin to lose their nerve.

FORBES: An Inflationary Death Spiral

He backed the UK's recent ban on short-selling - in which traders bet on share prices falling - and said Britain and other governments "should not lose their nerve as they look to identify a few more targets".

BBC: Archbishops attack City practices

And it is great that people are more aware and concerned about issues like climate change, but it would be even better if they supported their elected representatives not to lose their nerve in negotiating effective regulatory instruments in this area.

ECONOMIST: The Opposition's closing statement

They believe that a small, unrepresentative protest group is trying to make big companies lose their nerve and withdraw from a scheme which allows people up to eight weeks' work experience without losing their benefits (in the past only two weeks was allowed).

BBC: Pooper store?