Officials say that is a sign that government pressure is having an effect.
So we believe that the pressure is obviously having an effect, and we will keep it up with our partners.
While the Fed might have rescued the economy, the side effect of upwards pressure on commodity prices is making investors wary that an end to policy stimulus might arrive faster than they had otherwise thought.
But Princeton Lyman, of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the net effect of all this pressure has been zero.
The effect combined with downward pressure on margins due to competition has resulted in a significant downfall of 13% in the gross margins this quarter.
International pressure may also have a significant effect on the outcome.
Because 80% of Iran's foreign revenues are derived from oil exports, an embargo by the EU set to take effect in July will further pressure its economy.
The Bush administration has reason to hope though that as a protest movement speeded American withdrawal from Vietnam, pressure from Iranians may have a similar effect on Iran's proxy war in Iraq.
Not surprisingly inventory levels plummeted as demand increased, putting upward pressure on prices that have created a ripple effect.
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Because 80% of Iran's foreign revenues are derived from oil exports, an embargo by the EU set to take effect in July will put further pressure on its economy.
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Mr Blair has claimed that the pressure being piled on Iraq is already having an effect on Saddam's regime.
The effect of this perception is to intensify pressure for expeditious completion of strategic and conventional arms control accords.
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The pressure from abroad may be beginning to have an effect.
The effect seems to be limited to the downward pressure placed on interest rates.
That sharpens the pressure from Republicans to either allow the sequester to take effect or to find alternate spending cuts.
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However, as more evidence mounts on the long-term effect of concussions, there may well be more pressure from some in the medical community, AAP or not, to take children out of football, ice hockey and other head-shot-risky sports entirely.
The increase in the demand for paper currency and gold not only had a quantity effect on the money supply but it also put upward pressure on the price of gold, which meant that dollar prices of all goods and services had to fall for the relative price of gold to rise.
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Instead, it can have the effect of actually propping up unpalatable regimes, rather than increasing pressure for their reform.
What this means is that the conventional development model on consoles, which is still anchored by investment sucking AAA titles like Mass Effect 3 and Modern Warfare, is seeing more and more pressure from nearly every direction.
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The main effect of these shareholdings now is to cushion poor managers from market pressure.
It is more the indirect effect of having a tarnished image, and the long-run pressure that places on sales.
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This is when the sudden pressure of demand on supply cannot be met, and demand must, in effect, be cut back by higher prices.
Temperature increases were found to increase the chances of people developing severe headaches, and low atmospheric pressure, which usually causes cloudy, stormy weather, can have a smaller effect.
Blame the inability to reach political agreement on the budget, which puts downward pressure on the dollar in global markets, and has the knock-one effect of pushing precious metals prices higher.
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One effect you can bet on - the Bundesbank is piling on the pressure for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates at next month's meeting, and by at least 0.5%.
He said it was also noticeable Mr Miliband was not willing to rule out a referendum in other circumstances or even to include a commitment to that effect in his party's next election manifesto if the "pressure really builds".
Rieffel refers to the "MCC effect" in his executive summary where there is action in governments and pressure from grass roots that cause genuine reform in recipient countries before money is disbursed.
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Nike should see margin compression begin to ease as price hikes, coupled with continuing strength, take effect, though marketing efforts in the coming Olympics and Euro Cup could pressure margins in the short term.
Diplomatic pressure, especially from Rwanda's close friends, Britain and America, may be having some effect: General Nkunda has not yet mounted his attack on Goma.
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