Losses for stocks have built not just because confidence in the health of the global economy has slumped but also on account of the growing perception of intransigence amongst European governments.
Two other factors worth mentioning - one is that the huge investments going into offshore developments are partly because of confidence in the sector, but also because extraction is very expensive.
"We need to get a win soon because then confidence will grow, " he said.
This is a very big problem because once confidence returns, and credit begins to flow more easily, we could end up with runaway inflation, an even bigger problem as this would wipe out savings and have a wealth-destroying effect.
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This was "precisely because people have confidence that we have got a plan", he said.
Wall Street is doubling down on insurers who do Medicaid business because of their confidence in the Medicaid expansion.
We made the decision to stand with you because we had confidence in the American worker, more than anything.
And the reason I did that was because I had confidence in you.
Lee and Negrete didn't mind giving their names to a CNN reporter because they expressed confidence in their department's numbers.
It could in fact be a big boost for economic growth and job creation, because of the confidence it can create.
We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind .
"The guys are low on confidence because we aren't winning, " he said.
Or maybe a treatment will have "a placebo effect, " meaning it will make you feel better just because you have confidence it will make you feel better.
We have this confidence because we are fortunate enough to have worked with each of them in different circumstances, and we know what they are made of.
But we go forward with confidence because we have something that our adversaries do not -- we have a commitment to seek a future of justice and peace and opportunity for the Afghan people.
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But there is a question about public trust and confidence because one particular MP, Derek Conway, was you know clearly abusing the system and giving money to his family, when they weren't working hard for it and that was an abuse of public funds.
Let me tell you, I feel extraordinarily confident, in part because of the great friends here who -- some of you have been with me since 2007, when nobody could pronounce my name. (Laughter.) I also feel enormous confidence because we have an extraordinarily dynamic new DNC chair in Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Investment is low because of a lack of confidence in the recovery - not because government borrowing is crowding them out.
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"People are somewhat shy on reporting losses because it erodes investor confidence, " he said.
Financial collapses make them possible, because they destroy the confidence on which economic activity depends.
And we go forward with confidence, because this call of history has come to the right country.
In the short term, demand will taper off again, Waldrop predicted, because of lower consumer confidence levels.
"It shakes my confidence, because I am captain of a side that has lost another game, " said Vickery.
All because the people lost confidence in their economy 10 years ago.
That assurance can't be given with integrity and confidence, because the industry has lost command over of its greatest source of vulnerability--its organizational culture and leadership.
But I made the decision that I did because I had absolute confidence in the skill of our military personnel and I had confidence in you.
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It will increase the real value of the creditors' claims, because it restores the confidence of investors and thus the economy's ability to meet its obligations.
He was just extraordinary, demanding but not in a "we must have this now" way because he had total confidence in his ability, in his own ideas.
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Some FEMA and state workers said they had to order twice as many supplies to get half of what they needed, primarily because they had no confidence in the system.
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