Longer stoppages would be even more expensive, as more and more parts of the economy were touched by a shortage of materials.
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With volume, you may be able to increase that per-property profit due to economy of scale, buying materials in broke, and receiving significant discounts from contractors.
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When you look at major parts of the economy like technology, health care, basic industries, energy and even raw materials producers of copper, iron ore and chemicals, you find them flooded with cash.
There will without doubt be improvements in the efficiency of the economy - more output from less electricity through better machines or ways of doing things or better materials.
The Dreamliner's use of lightweight composite materials to greatly improve fuel economy has made it a big seller in Asia and the Middle East, where long-haul flights account for much of an airline's business.
China is a prominent export-processing economy, which means that its factories import lots of raw materials and intermediate goods to stoke the machines and processes that manufacture and assemble the finished goods it exports to the United States and elsewhere.
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One of China Development Bank's specific tasks is to try to alleviate and, where possible, eliminate bottlenecks in supplies of raw materials or land for China's economy.
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But there were also high hopes, fuelled by the thought of vast quantities of underused brainpower and raw materials that were now joining the world economy.
He added that the industry is facing problems including the exchange rate between sterling and the Euro which meant an effectual 15-18% increase in price, the collapse in the Far East economy which has made materials coming from there much cheaper and the recent doubling of oil prices in Northern Ireland.
Wall Street seemed to be reacting to news of new stimulus measures from China, whose growing economy had been sucking in raw materials and high-value-added manufactured goods from around the world in recent years.
If real estate collapses and the resulting banking crisis affects the rest of the economy, there will be a substantial drop in the demand for raw materials, with a corresponding fall in exports from countries that produce and export raw materials, and in OECD exports to emerging middle classes.
The move could herald a creeping euro-isation of parts of the UK economy, and threatens UK jobs as British suppliers could be forced to source raw materials and components from the eurozone, where they are cheaper.
Rather than seek economies through scale, the 787 will deliver economy through technological innovation, making the most of newly designed, fuel-efficient twin engines and lightweight composite materials.
As the first major airliner to use lightweight composite materials for most of its construction, the 787 Dreamliner also promised 20% better fuel economy and 30% lower maintenance costs.
Sonders also says deflation not inflation is a greater threat to the economy and markets right now, and notes that Schwab has had an underperform rating on materials stocks because of deflationary concerns.
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