The program will continue until funding runs out or the need abates, Taylor said.

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Mr Samaras is betting that if the euro crisis abates, then this calculation will change.

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But whenever the selling pressure abates, some say, bargain hunting is likely to emerge from both physical buyers and investors.

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It is also too small: it abates only 330m tonnes of CO2 per year, and billions of tonnes must be cut.

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It is also too small: it abates only 330m tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, and billions of tonnes must be cut.

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Once the victor is known and this uncertainty abates, businesses will be able to make reasonable assumptions about future fiscal policy and act accordingly.

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Handouts to consumers through tax cuts and welfare spending thus make sense in the short run, so long as India's already-stretched public finances are repaired when the crisis abates.

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Nevertheless, the Bank is facing an uncertain global environment, and so by prolonging the rate hikes it is hoping that some of that uncertainty abates, and the outcome is favorable for Brazil.

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