Ultimately, this poses an even greater long-term danger than the current short-term risks that cloud sprawl presents.
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But their success in bringing deforestation to a halt at the edge of their territories may yet be short-lived if current development efforts are pursued.
Trading short-term oversold and still trading far nearer to long-term highs than long-term lows, current weakness in Sprint is likely both to attract short-term traders looking for a bounce as well as investors who have been waiting for a sale in the stock to build a larger, longer-term position.
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Some say the Fed might give the market more guidance on just how long policy-setters will keep short-term rates at current levels.
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And thus, we anticipate the mining business of Caterpillar to recover post its current short-term slowdown, and drive growth for the company over the long-term.
After losing big time in the 2007-2009 bear market, and short-term in the current market correction, they are under pressure from their investors to take less risk.
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Its foreign-exchange reserves are now four times as large as its short-term foreign debt, and it has a current-account surplus.
Hence, managers are likely to be tempted to be short-termist, by inflating current earnings, and letting the distant future look after itself.
Two of the five scenarios involve a short-term fix extending the current tax and spending policy with a promise to fix the next budget and a large-scale long-term compromise.
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After all, short-term interest rates and inflation are both rising, the current-account deficit is huge and widening, the dollar has fallen and the fiscal outlook has worsened.
It also requires a culture that approaches it as a way of life rather than a short-term band-aid for current business problems.
Net cash is a traditional measure of excess cash and is calculated by totaling cash, marketable securities and short-term investments, and subtracting current liabilities.
According to news reports, Democrats and Republicans are unlikely to reach any sort of budget agreement before April 8, when a short-term spending bill for the current fiscal year expires.
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The oil trajectory that actually occurs will depend critically both on the short-term evolution of the Loop Current, which feeds into the Gulf Stream, and on the state of the overlying atmosphere.
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Another sign of trouble is the current large gap between short-term and long-term interest rates.
The current chart shows a short-term flag formation, lines b and c.
Ignoring the extraordinary insights emerging from modern science would be about as clever as believing the current technology explosion is short-lived and the Cloud will soon dissipate.
Even the short-term benefits to farmers of the current generation of genetically engineered crops are in question (though since Monsanto imposes by contract a rule of silence on its customers, details have been slow to emerge).
If growth peters out, bond yields will fall further but bad loans will rise and the difference between short- and long-term rates will narrow, since there is little scope for the Fed to push short-term rates down further than their current 1%.
Given the significantly oversold nature of the transports and industrials in the short-term, it is easy to imagine one or both markets finding support near current levels, successfully testing those lows, and making at minimum a short-term bounce higher.
But if growth remains very weak despite the recent rise in asset prices, then the current market optimism may prove short-lived.
The analysis in the speech he gave last night in Frankfurt, "Debt and deleveraging, long-term and short-term challenges", also implies that - on the basis of the eurozone's current rules and structure - it is rational for investors to charge more for lending to any eurozone government (even Germany's) than to governments such as those of the US or UK which have their own respective currencies and central banks.
The current-conditions index also fell short of expectations.
Finally, realize that even in the current low interest rate environment, short-term, low-yield bonds offer the advantage of liquidity and little downside risk, allowing them to potentially play an important role in your portfolio.
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However, in the short-term, the impact appears manageable especially if the current growth momentum continues.
They have freed their exchange rates, avoided a dependence on short-term capital flows and steered clear of running up massive current-account deficits.
Apparently out of a belief that oil prices will collapse in the near future, making the current gusher of oil industry profits a very short-lived phenomenon.
Scotland-born Holden arrived at the Reebok Stadium on a short-term deal before agreeing an extension until the end of the current campaign.
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