Tightening or loosing the availability of capital, which the Federal Reserve has power over, will not change the balance of oil production to refinery capacity or make the oil producing nations politically stable.
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The overall net balance of turnover for firms in the production sector was marginally up on the last survey period.
Accordingly, the companies have been slowing production to maintain a balance between the supply and demand of steel.
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Atop the work-life balance of her production company Pretty Matches and three kids under ten she stacks paparazzi at her front door, around-the-world-in-10-day press tours, on-location shoots and a hectic social life that includes appearances at the annual Met Gala and regular placement in the pages of New York magazine.
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Firms in the production sector said they fared slightly better than those in the service sector, reporting a net balance in turnover of -2% compared with -5% for services firms.
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This distinction has a important impact on the balance of supply and demand because there is imbalance between production and refining capacity.
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Because utilities and state regulators are putting a premium on solar energy when they evaluate and approve power purchase agreements even though solar electricity production typically fluctuates and makes it more difficult to balance the supply and demand in an electric grid.
While oil production has been reduced to a few drops compared to what had been 1.6 million barrels of oil per day, about 2% of global production, a NATO air campaign finally helped tilt the balance to the rebel side.
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The Iranians now boast that they are self-sufficient in petrol, but this has been achieved only by switching petrochemical plants to petrol production, reducing the country's petrochemical exports and worsening its balance of payments.
When someone is able to ban production of something simply because it is rectangular with rounded corners then the balance between encouraging original innovation and secondary innovation seems to have been upset.
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By exaggerating the social and environmental benefits of ethical production they provide some much-needed balance to big food and drink companies, which have shown remarkably little leadership on such critical social issues as consumer health and global warming.
Three-quarters of global opium production is in Afghanistan, with Myanmar and Mexico making up most of the balance.
The big question is how aggressive he will be and how he will balance expanding domestic energy production with his climate goals.
It's time to try something new: Time to balance the budget, rein in Washington's dangerous levels of spending and unleash economic growth by expanding energy production being held back by the Obama administration, such as the Keystone XL pipeline.
They cannot actually set a reference price for globally traded crude oil, and what ability they once had to balance the market has declined as traders have become more skeptical that the Kingdom is ready and willing to ramp up its production as much as it says it can.
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