There is thus a risk that price stability may make relative wages even more rigid.
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Even borrowers with stellar credit and cash collateral are experiencing a more rigid lending process.
Europe's more rigid labour markets mean that wages tend to respond more swiftly to higher prices.
But what about Europe, in which labour markets tend to be more rigid?
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Ms. Lunder noted that in Europe the standards are more rigid: UVA protection has to be one-third of the SPF.
Birds, which have more rigid and robust lungs, do not undergo the same trauma from a sudden drop in pressure.
Recent international studies indicate that British social strata are a bit more flexible than America's but more rigid than in many European countries.
The more rigid wages are, the greater the need for a flexible exchange rate to help the economy respond to an external shock.
But I would think that a decent starting point would be a rather more rigid application of the law as it currently stands.
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Most aluminum alloys are much more rigid, which not only transfers more road vibrations to the rider, but also tends to crack easier under stress.
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And if the solution seems to be more rigid immigration policies and limiting access to state social security systems, right-wing coalitions are much more credible.
Furthermore, the flat cabling is more rigid than I'm used to, so it constantly felt as if something unnecessarily long was sticking out of my ear.
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Interestingly, even as Thatcher was working to open things up and making the British class system more like America's, the US class system started becoming more and more rigid.
As small and open trading economies with flexible labour markets, the Baltics were able to push down wages faster than more rigid and closed Mediterranean countries.
The unemployment rates in many European countries are below America's, but that may be because their more rigid labour markets adjust more slowly to falling demand.
Bettman insists that the league needs to run under a more rigid salary cap, and make sure there are no signing bonuses or back-loaded contracts to player salaries.
Slovakia, with a more rigid system, has seen numbers double.
Three other envelopes had something more rigid than dollar bills.
But it is apparent, he said, that running on more rigid surfaces, such as asphalt or synthetic tracks, typically results in "more loading on the joints" and a greater likelihood of injury.
The current more flexible targets by the end of each Key Stage will also be replaced by more rigid year-by-year targets, but it is not yet clear how this learning will be assessed.
Compared with El Salvador, not only is Ecuador's economy less closely linked to that of the United States but its inflation rate is higher, its labour market more rigid, and its economy still unreformed.
The MM600 is double-sided mat designed with foundation of a solid piece of 3mm thick aircraft-grade aluminum to provide a flatter, more rigid surface and no-slip rubber corners to minimize slippage during frenzied gaming sessions.
The rules governing what constitutes a suitable building for a state school are far more rigid than those for private schools, where lessons may and often do take place in incongruous surroundings such as hastily converted bedrooms.
Curtains need to be covered in flame retardant to prevent fire spread, for example, and certain other materials have chemicals added to them in order to make them more flexible, more rigid, or more rugged.
The first three follow a more rigid computer-screen approach to picking stocks than does Marker, who is often more patient because he can rely on his gut, says Todd Trubey, an analyst at fund tracker Morningstar.
Mr Brown is fond of trumpeting the virtues of Britain's flexible labour markets to his more rigid European colleagues, and it was his government that helped to block the passage of the Agency Workers' Directive last year.
It is important to remember that the UK has had significant monetary advantages, compared with the more rigid inflexible eurozone, in the post-crash years - a currency, sterling, that could and has fallen to reflect weak conditions here, and a central bank able to price money and create money to meet the UK's challenges.
When he lost a recent primary battle to the far more ideologically rigid Mourdock, Lugar fired off a statement harshly criticizing the increasingly polarized political climate.
Malleable ideas in action are far more valuable than rigid ideas on paper.
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