Government grants were inadequate in the face of "the astronomical increase of the cost of living, particularly food prices and prices of paraffin", he added.
The OECD argues that the cost of new border restrictions could increase the cost of foreign trade by around 1% to 3%, and could lead to a reduction in trade flows by several times as much - by between 3% and 9% - more than counterbalancing the savings made by tariff cuts in the last round of trade talks.
Inflation, the rise in the cost of fuel and the increase in VAT means that the cost of living has risen at a time when most of us are experiencing pay freezes, pay cuts and, in some cases, unemployment.
This will certainly cause the loss of jobs and increase the cost of healthcare as the costs are passed on to the end user.
At the current rate of increase, the cost of family insurance will reach twenty-seven thousand dollars or more in a decade, taking more than a fifth of every dollar that people earn.
Overall, the incremental cost of doing things the right way results in just a small increase in the cost of producing gas from shale, in the range of 20-30 cents per MCF certainly not enough to derail the development of this resource, or permanently disadvantage it against other sources of supply.
The reform could increase the cost of having a domestic worker by nearly 20%.
Then they claim that the law would increase the cost of medical research by non-patent-holders.
Their objection is that the tax could increase the cost of doing business is the state.
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This has huge implications for the cost of providing pensions, as a one-year increase in average life expectancy is thought to increase the cost of paying that person's pension by 3%.
Higher Operating Costs: The spokesman for Valero said that the new rules would increase the cost of operating a refinery.
The argument could also be made that delaying construction of the new Ford class of carriers might actually increase the long-term cost of carriers, since the next-generation carrier is designed to reduce crewing requirements by hundreds of personnel, and manpower expenses are the biggest driver of life-cycle costs for aircraft carriers.
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In the long term, it will increase the cost of electricity to consumers.
If the commission mandates 911 on the VoIP industry, it could increase the cost of service and pose significant technical hurdles, they say.
In theory, if banks are required to hold more money on deposit with the central bank, this should increase the cost of their funds and so lead them to push up their interest rates.
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As has happened numerous times before, a member of the audience was distraught over the pain that will be caused when interest rates eventually rise and increase the cost of financing our debt.
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Meanwhile, parents in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan face a 7% increase in the cost of instrumental lessons this year.
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And as the volume of data being stored continues to increase, the cost of maintaining tape archives is growing fast, says Mr Krishna.
In the absence of massive new finds of oil, technological or other impetuses for reduced U.S. and Western demand, the Chinese competition will not only further increase the cost of a barrel of oil.
Increases in the estimated impact of the law on private insurance premiums, along with increases in the estimated cost of health care more generally, have led the Congressional Budget Office to increase its estimate of the budget cost of the law's coverage expansion.
Some observers have also suggested a tax on currency exchange, the so-called Tobin tax, to increase the cost of short-term speculation.
As we move forward on health care reform, it is not sufficient for us simply to add more people to Medicare or Medicaid to increase the rolls, to increase coverage in the absence of cost controls and reform.
"The FDA program will only cause more confusion, increase the cost of enforcement and at the same time make it less effective, " Catizone said.
The artificial scarcity cap-and-trade creates will increase the cost of energy and electricity, making U.S. companies less competitive at a time of intensifying global competition.
Yet despite the 114% increase in the cost of company health plans over the last decade, many chief executives act as if there is nothing they can do to stanch the hemorrhage of red ink.
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Conversely, it would also be a mistake to encourage, via policy and long-term subsidy, more costly technologies to crowd out natural gas in the short to medium term, as this could significantly increase the cost of CO2 reduction.
Moreover, in Britain the shortage of available land in country areas means that the trend towards urban living may increase despite the rising cost of urban housing.
Of the ten fastest-growing diseases identified from the AHRQ data and ranked by percentage increase in cost, only one-- hemorrhoids--was caused by an apparent increase in the cost of care per patient.
Opponents of a Congressional plan to mandate a minimum amount of renewable energy for most utility companies say it will increase the cost of power in states where wind power is not prevalent.
In answer to budget concerns of states, the reconciliation bill would increase the federal share of the cost of covering new enrollees.
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