The countries in the most acute financial and economic difficulty also have problems with competitiveness.
The Wilson governments, all intellectual hubris, presided over years of economic difficulty and political inertia.
Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said the errors were completely unacceptable in a time of economic difficulty.
And in my little world, there are four levels of economic difficulty.
None of this is acceptable -- particularly at a time when we're experiencing such economic difficulty and so many people are struggling.
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Unfortunately, this rise in price comes at a time when business travel costs are still being scrutinised following years of global economic difficulty.
In this story, he came to office in a time of unprecedented economic difficulty, one of a sort not seen before, at least since the Great Depression.
"Migrants become easy targets at times of economic difficulty but introducing yet more tough measures to exclude people could damage our prospects for economic recovery, " said IPPR's Tim Finch.
The steady loss of wage competitiveness relative to Germany has been one of the troubling and underlying causes of economic difficulty for a number of euro-zone members since the launch of the single currency.
"A little more effort by member states to control projects properly and retrieve misused funds could go a long way, particularly in this time of economic difficulty, " said the EU's Audit Commissioner Algirdas Semeta.
But if Afghanistan does not recover from the economic difficulty that it has but if Afghanistan does not get the kind of reconstruction attention that we need, Afghanistan does not produce enough economic benefit to the Afghan people and the proper distribution of that benefit to the Afghan people, that kind of danger is always there.
In recent years revenues have been sapped by the economic crisis and the difficulty of attracting rich visitors.
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There are other reasons why the Fed has difficulty assuring economic stability.
If we add greater uncertainty, as reflected by the distribution of the new normal, to the mix, then the difficulty of investing based upon economic forecasts is likely to be squared!
That was the effect of a decision taken by the committee on April 21st, which cited as obstacles the lack of data on corporate defaults, and the difficulty of testing such models over the entire economic cycle.
Reviewing the situation for cultural heritage in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, they pointed to a lack of reliable information about the status of cultural heritage sites and institutions, the loss of previously established working relations with key institutions and individuals, the threat of neglect of heritage protection brought about by social and economic emergencies and the constantly changing conditions, as posing particular difficulty.
And when they are ordered to boost their capital ratios, there is the paradoxical consequence that they will tend to lend less - which in turn leads to an economic slowdown, which in turn means that their customers have more difficulty repaying their debts, which in turn weakens banks.
With the ongoing economic and related job woes, one group that seems to have more difficulty are those in the mid-career stages, particularly those in the 50-plus age group.
Golden Eagle Retail Group, one of the largest upmarket mall chains in China, said on Friday net profit was virtually flat in 2012 compared with a year earlier, underscoring the difficulty retail-related businesses had last year amid rising costs and slowing economic growth.
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"We fully understand that one of the biggest worries facing homeowners in financial difficulty is the thought of losing their home, and this is especially true given the current economic climate, " RBS managing director of retail banking, Craig Donaldson, said in a statement.
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