Interest rates were cut for the second time in a month on October 8th, to 6.9%, and the government is expected soon to ease credit controls, especially for property.
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But the closure of such plants has also been hastened by the availability of cheap natural gas from fracking, which makes coal less viable economically, especially when utilities must invest in pollution controls.
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With the abolition of many controls, old uneconomic plants, especially small units, are being replaced by ones that are more competitive.
Common carrier-type regulation, with its strict anti-discrimination mandates and price controls, dampens investment and innovation, especially in technologically dynamic, constantly evolving markets.
But spending pressures have grown too, especially since the government does not yet have adequate budgetary controls to help it get a grip on what it is spending, and where.
Spending cuts for their own sake won't help, either, especially when accompanied by tax hikes (and in the case of Cyprus, exchange controls) that starve the private sector of capital.
Especially difficult to find are folks who can do diesel-engine combustion analysis and electromechanical-controls engineering.
Centrist and conservative Democrats, especially those with tough re-election prospects in 2014, are hardly rushing to embrace new gun controls.
Arsenal's board, which controls 45.5% of the stock, has no intention of relinquishing control, especially after all the pain it went through to build the privately financed Emirates Stadium.
All planes have batteries, but the Dreamliner needs especially powerful ones because its control systems are driven entirely by electrical signals in place of the hydraulic controls seen on earlier generations of jet.
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