But he overlooked the challenges of shaping a foreign policy for the 27 member states as well as the function that economic sanctions have in the overall EU toolkit.

ECONOMIST: Letters

So, unless the economy really nose-dives, I suspect the Fed will allow the market system to function normally this time around, allowing economic growth to slow if that is its inclination, and the stock market to adjust to that, without government interference.

FORBES: A New Idea For Bernanke: Leave The Economy Alone

The corporation is in a virtuous cycle of economic growth, whereby success breeds success: the successful execution of one function contributes to the positive execution of other functions.

FORBES: How Companies Become And Stay Great

Its 40 percent unemployment is a function of the absence of proper economic and governing infrastructures.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Kosovo��s stark warning

Real interest rates are basically a function of economic growth and the difference between real rates and nominal rates rooted in inflation calculations.

FORBES: Interest Rates Are What Unite Economics And Finance

Monetarists ignore the most basic of economic truths that all demand is a function of supply first.

FORBES: The Comical, Central Planning Fantasy That Is 'Market' Monetarism

The failure of these startups to kickstart economic growth is mostly a function of size.

FORBES: The Two-Tiered Recovery

Communications technologies of all kinds function as an economic lubricant, reducing friction in the economy and thus accelerating economic growth.

FORBES: WikiLeaks Fallout is Bullish for Boeing, Airbus and United-Continental

But if online behavior data doesn't function as a perfect economic indicator, it does make a fascinating mirror for the human psyche.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In addition to their function in social and cultural expressions, the continuation of beads production is important for economic empowerment and sustainable development.

UNESCO: Patrimoine culturel immat��riel