By this view, the fact that the sharp increase in the value of the euro in the final days of trading last week coincided with a similarly sharp increase in the value of the yuan should come as no surprise.
Much of the uptick in production is a direct result of the sharp decline in the price of natural gas which has been largely triggered by the unprecedented growth in shale gas production.
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In this scenario the trader is happy to pocket the rich premium available on the options given the length of time to expiration and increase in implied volatility on top of the sharp rise in the price of the underlying.
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The report follows firmly in the footsteps of the sharp rise in the ZEW economic sentiment for Germany.
They found that a sharp increase in the estate tax in the 1930s coincided with a sharp decrease in the size of reported estates.
Recent conflicts and rural to urban migration that reduced the population of the region and changes in ways of life have caused a sharp decrease in the number of performers, resulting in the loss of many archaic styles and genres of solo singing.
One clear concern in America is the sharp jump in the rate of increase in unit labour costs, to an annual figure of 6.3% in the first quarter, compared with a fall of 1.9% in the same period of 2000.
This month's fall in inflation also reflects the sharp drop in the price of oil since the start of the year, which has meant falling petrol and diesel prices at the pump.
The weakness in stocks on Friday was spurred by the sharp declines in many of the European banks.
He foresees the potential of shareholder lawsuits against the company and of a sharp drop in the value of its stock.
That may change, in the event of a sharp downturn in the global economy.
In a statement, BP said its cost-cutting should be seen in the context of the sharp fall in oil prices in 2008, which squeezed all oil companies' profits.
International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
In terms of jobs, the Reagan recovery of 1982-1984 stands in sharp contrast to the Obama recovery of 2009-2011.
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It also led to a smaller volume of fertile floodwater entering the Mediterranean Sea, which in turn produced a sharp fall in the number of fish being landed by Egypt's fishermen.
Moreover, the issues that led to the BJP's humiliating performance have a national appeal: The party was punished for misgovernance in economic and social policies, particularly its failure to control the sharp increase in the prices of onions, a staple vegetable in India that affected the cost of many other goods.
He limped across the playground, climbed the fence, held back the barbed wire, and jumped, this time at the expense of a sharp slice in the sleeve of his jacket.
And I think the point is that it was constituted in response to the sharp rises -- a sharp rise in the price of gasoline a year ago, roughly.
Japan's stock market was one of the best-performing in the world early this year, as a decline in the yen fueled sharp gains in exporters of cars, electronics and other products.
Columbo advises "to stick with what's working, " and for now, large-cap value stocks have held up in 2005, despite the market's sharp pullback in the month of April.
So, what did change, starting around 1960, to account for the decline in marriage rates, the sharp increase in divorce, and the explosion of out-of-wedlock births?
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Although the financial crisis started in the US as a result of the sharp downturn in the country's housing market, it quickly spread around the world as US mortgage debt had been repackaged and sold to banks and other financial institutions around the globe.
The lack of a developed financial market has the flipside of making it difficult for the central bank to inject or withdraw kyat liquidity or to intervene in the dollar market as a way of combatting any sharp moves in the exchange rate, as most of it occurs with back-alley money changers.
As in Yokohama, as well as this week's losing bid to hold the Tokushima governor's seat, exit polls in Niigata showed a sharp increase in the number of unaffiliated voters.
But the IMF warned that the sharp drop in the price of oil may stall progress.
Adding to the market volatility last week was the intervention to slow down the sharp increases in the value of the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen.
The scramble to secure oil supplies now and into the future has contributed to the sharp increase in the price of oil on both the spot market and for future delivery.
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