In a slow-growing economy, that critical level will be reached by fewer firms (although eventually companies will cut their costs to suit the new conditions).
Environmental health officers from Blaenau Gwent council told the meeting that monitoring suggested air pollution was not at a critical level, but this would continue.
Once tax rates surpass a critical level, tax revenues actually fall.
Authorities warn the country's central reserves are at a "critical level".
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Nevertheless, the four-week moving average of jobless claims fell by nearly 6, 000, to 375, 000, still a multi-year low and still below the critical level of 400, 000.
As I have mentioned in this space during the past couple of weeks, the VIX is trading at a critical level--just above its 80-week moving average and around the highs of 2007-2008.
Prof Edgerton speculated that "we are activating the spinal cord to a critical level" close to the level which would trigger movement, and a small signal from "the brain pushes it over" leading to movement.
While many professional soldiers feel that an Army with the five brigades, the force established under the Coalition government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (the SDSR), has sunk below a critical level, I would argue that they have probably got off the lightest of the three services.
While at this point the impact of the events in Egypt will likely be just a temporary blip on the price action of this pair, the euro is at a critical level and heading into next week, traders will want to watch market sentiment closely to see if the area around 1.3500 can hold as support or if losses toward 1.3400 are in store.
What I know for sure is that the Iraqi security forces will reach the critical mass level where we have turned the tide around and the insurgents and the terrorists are on the run and we are chasing them.
There are rising Italian and Spanish bond yields, with Spanish yields above the critical 6% level.
There were rising Italian and Spanish bond yields Monday, with Spanish yields above the critical 6% level.
Italian bond yields have declined below the critical 7% level, after last week trading above that key level.
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Meantime, Spanish bonds are trading back above the critical 6% level as a major Spanish bank is in trouble.
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Italian bond yields have declined below the critical 7% level Friday, after trading above that level earlier this week.
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However, the Spanish 10-year bond yield, at 5.33%, is still below the critical 6% level that is deemed a danger point.
Meanwhile, Spanish and Italian borrowing costs continued to rise to unsustainable levels Monday, with Spain's 10-year bond topping the critical 7% level.
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In overnight news, Spanish 10-year bond yields poked above the critical 6% level Thursday, as the European Union sovereign debt crisis continues to fester.
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The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis was ratcheted up yet another notch Thursday when bond yields in Spain pushed above the critical 7% level.
The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis was ratcheted up yet another notch overnight when bond yields in Spain pushed above the critical 7% level.
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The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis has heated up again as European bond yields are rising, including Italian bonds moving above the critical 7% level Tuesday.
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The yield on the 10-year government bond fell just below the critical 7% level to 6.99%, according to Tradeweb, well off the euro-era high of 7.17% reached on Monday.
On the European Union debt crisis front, an Italian bond auction was well-subscribed Tuesday, but yields were still at or above the critical 7% level that is deemed in the danger zone for credit default.
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Immediate reaction to the announcement has generally been critical, with low level specs being the main complaint.
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Such standards (ethics and quality, to name two) were critical to building a level of audience trust.
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It is a defining moment on whether a kinship-based society, dominated by tribal, religious and ethnic loyalty has reached a level of critical mass sufficient for national unity.
But government officials say there are no plans to raise it to the highest level of critical, and they do not expect to see an imminent wave of arrests.
Toth said this level is critical for two reasons.
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